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Payable in ten years.

Douglas, Wyandott, Johnson, Atchison and Lykins counties are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said counties, and sell the same, and apply the proceeds of such sales for the purposes hereinafter specified.

SEC. 2. That such bonds shall be made payable at a time therein named, not to exceed ten years from their date, and shall bear a rate of interest not exceeding ten per centum per Sales at 25 per ct. annum; but this section shall not be so construed as to authorize a sale of such bonds at a discount of more than twenty-five per

discount.

Taxes levied to pay interest and

cent.

SEO. 3. That it shall be the duty of said board of county suprovide sinking pervisors of the counties aforesaid, under the provisions of this act, to cause to be levied and collected, each year, with the other taxes of their counties, a sufficient amount to pay the interest on the bonds by them issued, and, also, provide a sinking fund for redeeming such bonds, which, when said bonds mature, shall be sufficient for that purpose.

Amount of bonds.

For what purpose applied.

Who to be signed by.

Registry.

SEC. 4. That no bond shall be issued, under the provisions of this act, for a less sum than one hundred dollars, nor shall the proceeds thereof be applied to any other purpose than that specified in section seven of this act.

SEC. 5. That bonds, issued under the provisions of this act, shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county supervisors, as such chairman, and be attested by seal of the county and the signature of the county clerk, and be by said clerk registered in a book to be kept for that purpose; and when any bond, so issued, shall have been sold, the proceeds of such sale shall be Proceeds of sale paid over to the treasurer of the county, and be disbursed in the same manner that other county funds are disbursed.

paid to county

treasurer.

Extension of time

for collection of taxes.

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SEC. 6. That the time allowed for the collection of taxes for the year 1858, (except taxes levied by cities and school districts,) shall be and hereby is extended to the first day of June, A. D. 1859; and the time fixed by law for doing all other things connected with the collection of the taxes aforesaid is extended to as many days as there are between the time fixed by law for the payment of taxes and said first day of June, A. D. 1859, and Offcial securities nothing in this act shall be so construed as to release the securities of any officer concerned in the collection of taxes.

not to be released.

Taxes remitted and bonds issued.

SEC. 7. That the said board of supervisors of said counties may remit any portion not exceeding one-half of the county taxes, levied in the year 1858, for any purpose, and may issue their bonds for such amount as shall be necessary to supply the

be refunded.

deficiency thereby created; and any person who may have al- overplus paid to ready paid more than the amount he would have been required to pay, should the amount remitted have been remitted before any was by him paid, he shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of the sales of bonds to the amount so remitted.

warrants received for taxes.

SEC. 8. That Territorial scrip or warrants on the Territorial Kind of scrip and treasury, issued after the first day of December, A. D. 1857, shall be received in payment of Territorial taxes, by the officer collecting the same, and shall be taken as money, by the county and Territorial treasurers, for Territorial taxes; and only 80 much Territorial taxes as shall have been actually collected, shall be paid by town treasurers to county treasurers, and by them to the Territorial treasurer.

rers and sheriffs to account under

oath.

Treasurers to 159.

continue in office until 1st of June,

SEC. 9. That the several township treasurers and sheriffs shall, Township treasuon the first Monday of each and every month prior to the first day of June, A. D. 1859, account for, under oath, and pay over all taxes collected by them to the county treasurer, except such taxes as the county treasurer is not authorized by law to receive. SEC. 10. The several township treasurers of said counties are hereby continued in office until the first day of June, A. D. 1859, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Provided, That the sureties of such township treasurers shall be liable in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if the required term of office of such township extended until the said first day of June, A. D. 1859.

officers.

SEO. 11. That, after the taking effect of this act, no probate Salaries of county judge shall be paid by the county more than at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars a year; no county treasurer more than one thousand dollars a year, and the county clerk not more than one thousand dollars a year, and no other county officer more than seven hundred dollars a year.

sections apply to all counties.

SEC. 12. That the provisions of the sixth and eighth sections Sixth and eighth of this act shall apply to all the counties of the Territory.

SEC. 13. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and all provisions of law contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

A. LARZALERE,

Speaker of House of Representatives.

Approved February 7, 1859.

S. MEDARY,

Governor.

C. W. BABCOCK,

President of the Council.

CHAPTER XVII.

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Special provision for Leavenworth eunty.

AN ACT amendatory of "An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Leavenworth, Douglas, Wyandott, Johnson, Atchison and Lykins counties to issue bonds, and for other purposes."

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That the eleventh section of the act of which this is amendatory shall not be construed to include the county attor ney of Leavenworth county: Provided, That the salary of the county attorney, fixed by the county board of supervisors of said county, shall not exceed one thousand dollars a year.

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

A. LARZALERE,

Speaker of House of Representatives,

C. W. BABCOCK,

President of the Council.

Approved February 11, 1859.

S. MEDARY,

Governor.

Special provision for Atchison county.

CHAPTER XVIII.

AN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to authorize ce tain
Counties to issue Bonds, and for other purposes."

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of
the Territory of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That Atchison county be and is hereby authorized to correct and equalize the assessments heretofore made for the year 1858.

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

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CHAPTER XIX.

AN ACT to authorize the County and City of Leavenworth to issue bonds to or take stock in a Railroad Company.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of

the Territory of Kansas:

sne bonds for rail

SECTION 1. That the county and city of Leavenworth are Authorized to ishereby authorized to issue bonds of said county and of said road purposes. city, to the company which shall construct a railroad from a point opposite said city, in the State of Missouri, to a connection with the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, in said state; or said county and city may take stock in such company: Provided, That the or may take amount of bonds issued or stock taken for the county, shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars, nor shall the amount of bonds issued for, or stock taken by the city, exceed three hundred thousand dollars.

stock.

Amount limited.

to be taken.

SEC. 2. Before any bonds shall be issued to any railroad com- Conditions. Vote pany, or stock be taken therein, by said county or city, the question of issuing bonds or taking stock, shall be submitted to the legal voters thereof, at an election to be held for that purpose.

plication of tifty

Thirty days no

ice to be given;

SEC. 3. The county board of supervisors of Leavenworth coun- Election upon apty, upon, an application of fifty legal voters of said county, shall voters. appoint a day upon which an election shall be held, for the purpose of ascertaining whether said county should issue its bonds. to, or take stock in a railroad company, as provided in the first section of this act. Thirty days notice of such election shall be given, by publication in all the newspapers printed in said county, which notice shall specify the amount of bonds to be issued, or stock taken, and if a majority of the votes given at such election, shall be in favor of issuing bonds or taking stock, the board of county supervisors shall issue bonds to, or take stock in such railroad company, to the amount named in the notice.

what notice shall

specify.

ducted.

SEC. 4. The election referred to in the preceding section, shall Election how conbe conducted, in all respects, according to the laws regulating general elections. Upon the ballots shall be written or printed the words "for subscription," or "against subscription."

bonds when au

of

So. 5. Upon the petition of fifty legal voters of the city of City may issue Leavenworth, the mayor and city council of the city of Leaven-thorized by voto worth, shall order an election, shall give a like notice, and shall in all other respects, be governed by the provisions of the preced

If authorized, how stock to be subscribed.

Rate of interest.

Tax to be levied to pay the interest, by board of supervisors.

Sinking fund.

Agent to represent stock in rail road company.

ing section, so far as they are applicable, and the election shall be conducted in all respects like that indicated in the preceding sections.

SEC. 6. Should the voters of said county or city authorize the taking of stock in the railroad company in this act described, said stock shall be subscribed by the chairman of the board of county supervisors, or the mayor of said city, and paid for in the bonds of the county or city, as the case may be, which bonds may be negotiated for that purpose, at any rate not less than eighty cents upon the dollar.

SEC. 7. Bonds which may be issued in pursuance of this act, shall not bear a rate of interest greater than ten per centum per annum, and shall be payable in not more than twenty years from the date of their issue.

SEC. 8. The board of county supervisors of said county, and the city council of said city, shall, with the other taxes of the county and city aforesaid, cause to be levied and collected an amount sufficient to pay the interest upon the bonds that may be issued in pursuance of this act, as the same become due; and, also, to create a sinking fund which shall be sufficient to pay and discharge such bonds at maturity.

SEC. 9. The board of supervisors of said county, if stock be by said county taken, shall appoint an agent who shall represent such stock, in all meetings of such railroad company, and if said city shall take stock in such company, the mayor and city council shall appoint an agent for a like purpose.

SEC. 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

A. LARZALERE,

Speaker of House of Representatives.

C. W. BABCOCK,

President of the Council.

Approved February 11, 1859.

S. MEDARY,

Governor.

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