Payable in ton years.

discount.

Taxes levied to pay interest and

.

Amount of bonds.

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 et. 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 cent.

Seo. 3. That it shall be the duty of said board of county sus provide 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.

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 pale paid over to the treasurer of the county, and be disbursed in the

same manner that other county funds are disbursed.

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 Oficial securities nothing in this act shall be so construed as to release the securi

ties of any officer concerned in the collection of taxes.

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

For what parpose applied.

Who to be signed by.

Registrs.

paid to county treasurer.

Extension of time for collection of taxes.

not to be released.

Taras remitted aad bonds issued.

be

for taxes.

Township treasu

oath

office

1859.

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.

Sec. 8. That Territorial scrip or warrants on the Territorial kind of serip 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 so 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.

Sec. 9. That the several township treasurers and sheriffs shall, Tom and here that on the first Monday of each and every month prior to the first to recount under 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 Treasurers to hereby continued in office until the first day of June, A. D. 1859, med Ist of June, 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.

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.

Sec. 12. That the provisions of the sixth and eighth sections Sixth and lights 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 pussage, and all provisions of law contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

A. LARZALERE,
Speaker of House of Representatives.

C. W. BABCOCK,

President of the Council.
Approved February 7, 1859.
S. MEDARY,

Governor.

officers.

sections apply to all counties.

CHAPTER XVII.

65

AN ACT amendatory of “An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of

Leavenworth, Douglas, Wyandott, Johnson, Atchison and Lyking contieg to issue bonds, and for other purposes."

Special provision for Leavenworth unty.

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 attorney of Leavenworth county: Provided, That the salary of the county attorney, fixed by the county board of supervisors ol' 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.

CHAPTER XVIII.

AN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain

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 authcı zed to correct and equalize the assessments heretofore made for the

Special provision for Atchison county.

year 1858.

Sec. 2. 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.

1857-36

CHAPTER XIX.

AN ACT to authorize the County and City of Leavenworth to issue bonds

to or take stock in a Railroad Company.

rail road purposes.

stock.

Amount limited.

.

plication of oft

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of

the Territory of Kansas :

Section 1. That the county and city of Leavenworth are Anthorized to be herely authorized to issue bonds of said county and of said 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 Lannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, in said state ; or said county aiul city may take stock in such company : Provided, That the deceas taka amount of bonds issued or stock taken for the county, shall not exceed five bundred thousand dollars, nor shall the amount of bonus issued for, or stock taken by the city, exceed three hundred thousand dollars.

SIJ. 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.

Sec. 3. The county board of supervisors of Leavenworth coun- Election upon arty, "pon an application of fifty legal voters of said county, shall Fotors, 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 Thirty days nogiven, by publication in all the newspapers printed in said coun- what notice shall ty, which notice shall specify the amount of bonds to be issued, or siock 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.

S80. 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.”

Sro. 5. Upon the petition of fifty legal voters of the city of South Leavenworth, the mayor and city council of the city of Leaven- en the people." worth, shall order an election, shall give a like notice, and shall in all other respects, be governed by the provisions of the preced

to be givea; specify.

ducted

If authorized, how stock to be subscribed.

rate of interest.

Tax to be loricd to pay the interest, by board of supervisors

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 bonde 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

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 Representatires.

C. W. BABCOCK,

President of the Council.
Approved February 11, 1859.
S. MEDARY,

Governor.

Sioking fund.

Agent to represent stock in rail road company.

by said