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CHAPTER 26.

COMMON LAW.

AN ACT Adopting the Common Law of England and Certain Declaratory and Remedial
Statutes of said Kingdom.

Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Terri-
tory of Wyoming, as follows:

of England.

SECTION 1. The common law of England as modified by judicial Common law decisions, so far as the same is of a general nature and not inapplicable, and all declaratory or remedial acts or statutes made in aid of, or to supply the defects of the common law prior to the fourth year of James the First, (excepting the second section of the sixth chapter of forty-third Elizabeth, the eighth chapter of thirteenth Elizabeth, and ninth chapter of thirty-seventh Henry Eighth) and which are of a general nature, and not local to England, shall be the rule of decision in this Territory when not inconsistent with the laws thereof, and shall be considered as of full force, until repealed by legislative authority.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, December 2d, 1869.

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CHAPTER 27.

COUNTIES AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

Boundaries.

County seats.

UINTA COUNTY.

AN ACT to Create and Establish the County of Uinta.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. That all that portion of the Territory of Wyoming, . bounded and described as follows, be, and the same is hereby erected into a county by the name of Uinta: Commencing at the intersection of the forty-first parallel of latitude, and the thirtythird meridian of longitude west from Washington, running thence north along said thirty-third meridian of longitude, to its intersection with the forty-fifth parallel of latitude, thence west along said forty-fifth parallel of latitude to its intersection with the thirty-fourth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence south along said thirty-fourth meridian, to its intersection with the forty-first parallel of latitude; thence east along said parallel to its place of beginning.

SEC. 2. That the county seat of said county be temporarily located at Merril, near Fort Bridger, until the people of said county shall, at their first election for county officers, definitely fix upon a county seat for said county.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, 1st December, 1869.

Boundaries.

SWEETWATER COUNTY.

AN ACT in Relation to the Organization of the County of Sweetwater, and to Provide for
the Appointment of Officers Therein.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the
Territory of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. That all of that portion of the Territory of Wyo ming erected into the county of Carter, by an act of the Legisla tive Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, approved December 27th, 1867, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the forty-fifth parallel of latitude where the thirty-third meridian of longitude crosses the said parallel of latitude, thence south along said merid

ian, being the eastern line of Uinta county, to the forty-first parallel of latitude, being the southern boundary of the Territory; thence east, along the said southern boundary, to a point thirty degrees and thirty minutes west from Washington; thence north along said meridian [of] thirty [degrees and] thirty minutes west, to the forty-fifth parallel to a point thirty degrees and thirty minutes west from Washington; thence west along said forty-fifth parallel to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a county by the name of Sweetwater; Provided, That the eastern line of said county shall be deemed to run one-fourth of one mile west of Separation station, upon the Union Pacific railroad, until a Government or Territorial survey shall prove said station to be west of the said east line. The county seat of Sweetwater county shall be located at South Pass City until removed according to law.

SEC. 2. The following officers are hereby appointed for said officers. county of Sweetwater, who, after being qualified, shall hold their offices until the next general election, and until their successors are elected and qualified: For county commissioners, W. C. Erwin, of South Pass City, and James A. Brennan, of Atlantic City, and John Dugdale, of Hamilton City; for judge of probate, T. Quinn; for sheriff, John McGlinchy; for county clerk, Tim McCarthy; for prosecuting attorney, P. L. Williams; for county assessor, Henry Smith; for county superintendent of schools, Frank Gilman; for county surveyor, Wm. Smith, of South Pass City; for coroner, John Morris; for justices of the peace for South Pass precinct, James W. Stillman and Presley J. Talbot; for constable in said precinct, James Smith; for justice of the peace for Atlantic City, Edward Lawn; for constable in said Atlantic City precinct, W. Hagan; for justice of the peace at Bryan precinct, William Grinnell; for constable in said pre; for justice of the peace at Point of Rocks

cinct, precinct,

; for constable in said precinct,

SEC. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as Duties of sher to require the present sheriff of said county to turn over to his iffs. successor in office, any papers in his hands as such sheriff of Carter county, but all such papers shall be by said sheriff retained and served, or executed and returned to the court or judge from whence or by whom they were issued, according to law, up to and including the eleventh day of day of December, instant, and said sheriff as collector shall return the tax roll to the board of county commissioners on or before the thirteenth day of December, instant, and when such return shall be made. the sheriff shall make a full settlement with the county commissioners, (who are hereby authorized to hold a special session for that purpose,) and pay over to the county treasurer all moneys collected by him for and on account of the Territory or county, or any public fund, and the successor of such sheriff is hereby authorized to do and perform all things necessary as sheriff or collector to complete those acts as sheriff or collector, required by law of such sheriff or collector, all executions and other process of any name or kind which shall be partially executed, upon the taking effect of this act, shall pass over to the sheriff hereby appointed, and he shall have full power and authority to execute

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Officers to transfer docket, etc.

the same in the same manner as the present sheriff might or could do but for the passage of this act, and the sheriff hereby appointed shall account to the sheriff whom he succeeds for all fees collected by him, which shall be due upon the papers transferred under this act at the time of such transfer.

SEC. 4. All officers of the county of Carter, whether county or precinct, shall, on the thirteenth day of December, instant, transter all papers, records, dockets of any name and kind pertaining to their offices respectively, to their successors in office, and all actions or other proceedings, special or otherwise, shall continue before and be disposed of by the successors to the several officers hereby appointed.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the thirteenth day of December, instant.

Officers.

County seat.

Sheriff to turn over tax roll, etc.

LARAMIE COUNTY.

AN ACT to Provide County Officers for the County of Laramie, to establish the County
Seat of Said County, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Ter
ritory of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. That, until the first general election, to be held in this Territory on the second Tuesday in September, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and until their successors are elected and qualified, the following named persons are hereby declared to be the county officers of Laramie county as hereinafter stated, viz: County commissioners-L. Murrin, H. J. Rogers and George D. Foglesong; sheriff, T. Jeff. Carr; judge of probate, William L. Kuykendall; county clerk and exofficio, register of deeds, John T. Chaffin; coroner, C. C. Furley, M. D.; surveyor, S. II. Winsor; county attorney, II. Garbanati; county superintendent of public schools, Reverend H. P. Peck; justices of the peace, Pine Bluffs, D. C. Tracy; Cheyenne, Wm. Baker; Fort Laramie, Frank Gates; constables, Pine Bluffs, William Rowland; Cheyenne, A. J. Mead; Fort Laramie, Gibson Clark.

SEC. 2 The county seat of said county is hereby located at the city of Cheyenne.

SEC. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to require the present sheriff of said county, to turn over to his successor in office any papers in his hands as such sheriff and collector of Laramie county; but all such papers shall be by said sheriff retained and served or executed and returned to the court or judge from whence and by whom they were issued, according to law; and said sheriff as such collector shall return the tax roll to the board of county commissioners of said county, on or before the thirteenth day of December, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and, at the same, time make a full settlement with said board, and pay over to the county treasurer all moneys collected by him for and on account of the Territory or county, or any public fund therein.

missioners

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the board of county com- Duties of comsioners of said county, after receiving the tax roll from said sheriff, as provided in the last preceding section of this act, to cause to be entered on said roll, a statement of all taxes, of every kind and description, which have been collected thereon by the present sheriff, and to turn over to the sheriff hereby appointed, said tax roll, who is hereby authorized to proceed and collect the unpaid taxes thereon according to law.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provis- Acts repealed ions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the thirteenth day of December, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

CARBON COUNTY.

AN ACT to Organize the County of Carbon and to Establish the Boundary Lines Thereof, and for the Appointment of Officers Therein.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming:

SEC. 1. That all that portion of Wyoming Territory described Boundaries. as follows, be, and is hereby organized into a county, by the name of Carbon, to-wit: Commencing at a point one-half mile east of Como station, on the Union Pacific railroad, and running thence due north to the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude; thence west along said parallel to the one hundred and seventh degree and thirty minutes west longitude; thence south along the eastern boundary of Carter county, (namely:) the one hundred and seventh degree and thirty minutes west longitude, to the forty-second [forty-first] parallel of north latitude; thence east along said parallel to a point due south of the point of beginning; thence north to the place of beginning; and the following officers are hereby appointed for said county, to act until the next ensuing general election, and until their successors are duly elected and qual-· ified, to-wit: county commissioners, A. B. Donnelly, E. V. Upton officers. and Robert Foot; sheriff, George Doyle; justice of the peace, Robert Foot, of Fort Halleck precinct, and

Hinton, of

Carbon precinct; probate judge and ex-officio justice of the peace, William R. Hunter, of Rawlins Springs; county clerk and register of deeds, Thomas J. Williams; superintendent of public instruetion, H. C. Hall.

SEC. 2. The county commissioners may appoint officers to fill Who fill vathe various county offices existing under the general laws which cancies, are nor otherwise provided by law, and fill all vacancies; and the persons so appointed shall hold their respective offices until the next ensuing general election, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

SEC. 3. The county seat of said county is hereby located at County seat. Rawlins Springs until removed therefrom according to law.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of January, A. D., eighteen hundred and seventy.

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