Monday in the month [months] of March, June, September, and December. causes in action. SEC. 6. All suits, civil and criminal, now pending in Transfer of the District and County Courts of Gunnison county, wherein the cause of action accrued in the territory embraced in the new county of Pitkin, or wherein the defendent or defendants reside therein, shall be, as soon as the officers of said Pitkin county shall have been appointed and qualified, transferred by the clerks or judges of said Gunnison county to the courts of the same jurisdiction in said county of Pitkin. SEC. 7. All county records or other county property, County records. heretofore belonging in or to the county of Gunnison, shall be and remain the property of said county of Gunnison. records. SEC. 8. A transcript of the records of all property Transcript of situated in the county of Pitkin shall be furnished to the county clerk of said county by the county clerk of Gunnison county upon payment of a reasonable fee for copying the same, and such transcript may be entered upon the record books of Pitkin county, and shall be held and deemed to be a good and legal record. indebtedness. SEC. 9. The present indebtedness of the county of Apportionment Gunnison shall be apportioned between the counties of Gunnison and Pitkin in proportion to the taxable property in each, as shown by the assesment roll for the year of 1880. sioners to adjust portion indebted how. SEC. 10. The board of county commissioners of said County commiscounties of Gunnison and Pitkin shall have full power and revenue and apauthority to adjust and settle all matters of revenue, that ness, when and it may be necessary to adjust and settle on account of the formation of said new county of Pitkin, and also to apportion the indebtedness of said county of Gunnison as specified in section nine of this act, and for these purposes the said commissioners shall meet at the town of Gunnison City, upon ten days' notice in writing being given by the commissioners of either county to the commissioners of either Classification of county. county, to the commissioners of the other county, at any time after the officers of Pitkin county shall have been duly appointed and qualified, and a majority of the united boards of commissioners of the counties named shall be a legal quorum to adjust said revenue and apportion said indebtedness. In case there should not be a quorum present at said meeting, or in case the said commissioners fail to agree [on] the adjustment of the revenue and the apportionment of the revenue and the apportionment of indebtedness, then, upon request of either of the said boards of commissioners, the government [Governor] of this state is hereby authorized and required to appoint some disinterested person to adjust and settled [settle] said matters of revenue and indebtedness, and his decision shall be final. The expenses of said arbitration, if any shall be required, shall be paid in cqual proportion by said counties of Gunnison and Pitkin. SEC. 11. That for the purpose of establishing the fees of county, precincts [precinct] and other officers, said county shall be a county of the third class. II. Approved February 23, 1881. Establishment. Boundaries. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND CREATE THE COUNTY OF DOLORES, AND Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of SECTION I. That the county of Dolores is hereby created and established with the legal capacities and functions of other counties of this state, and with boundaries as follows: Commencing at the summit of the mountain known as the “Lizards Head," near the head waters of the Lake Fork of the San Miguel river, in the present county. of Ouray; thence westward from the summit of said mountain along the summit of the range dividing the waters of the San Miguel and Dolores rivers to the summit of Lone Cone mountain; thence west to the western line of the State of Colorado; thence south along said western line to the north line of La Plata county; thence east along said north line to the southwest corner of San Juan county; thence northeast along the summit of the range dividing the waters of the South Fork of Dolores river from the waters of Hermoso and Cascade creeks to the summit of the range at the head of the East Fork of the Dolores river; thence northwest along the summit of the range dividing the waters of said South Fork of Dolores river from the waters of the Lake Fork of the San Miguel river to the summit of said range south of the pass now crossed by the trail from the Fish Lakes to Rico; thence from the summit of said range on a direct line to the summit of said "Lizards Head" mountain, the place of beginning. SEC. 2. All county and precinct officers who live in Officers. that portion of Ouray county that is hereby made Dolores county, shall hold their respective offices for the terms for which they may have been elected, and are hereby declared to be legal officers of Dolores county, and the Governor shall appoint such other officers as may be necessary to carry on the county government of said Dolores county, to hold their respective offices until after the next general election in said county, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified according to law. SEC. 3. At the next general election to be held in County seat. said Dolores county, the county seat of said county shall be selected and established by a vote of the people of said county, as provided in section twenty-two, chapter twentyone, of the General Laws of the state. SEC. 4. Until such county seat is selected and estab-County seat. lished as provided in section three of this act, the town of Rico shall be the county seat of said county, and at said Terms of county court. Senatorial,repre sentative and town of Rico all terms of the district and county courts for said county of Dolores shall be held, and the county offices of said Dolores county shall be kept. SEC. 5. There shall be held annually, in said county, four terms of the county court, commencing on the first Monday in the months of March, June, September and December. SEC. 6. The county of Dolores is hereby attached and judicial district. made a part of the twentieth senatorial district and of the fourth judicial district, and is also hereby attached to the counties of Ouray and San Juan for representative purposes, and shall so remain until otherwise changed by law. Transfer of causes. Terms of district court. Records. Transcript of records. SEC. 7. All suits, civil and criminal, now pending in the district and county courts of Ouray county, wherein the cause of action accrued in the territory embraced in the new county of Dolores, or wherein the defendant or defendants reside therein, shall be, as soon as the officers of said Dolores county shall have been appointed and qualified, transferred by the proper clerks or judges of the said courts of said Ouray county, to the courts of the same jurisdiction in said county of Dolores; and all costs in said suits paid by the county of Ouray up to the time the same are so transferred, shall be refunded to the county by which said costs shall have been paid, and said costs shall not be included in the amount of county indebtedness to be apportioned as hereinafter provided. SEC. 8. There shall be held, annually, in said county of Dolores, two terms of the district court, commencing on the first Monday of the months of July and September. SEC. 9. All county records or other county property heretofore belonging in or to the county of Ouray shall be and remain the property of said county of Ouray. SEC. 10. A transcript of the records of all property situated in the county of Dolores shall be furnished to the county clerk of said county by the county clerk of Ouray county, upon payment of the fees allowed by law for copying the same, and such transcript, after being properly certified by the clerk of said county, may be entered upon the record books of Dolores county, and shall be held and deemed to be a good and legal record. of indebtedness. SEC. II. The present indebtedness of the county of Apportionment Ouray shall be apportioned between the county of Ouray and Dolores in proportion to the ratio which the taxable property in that portion of Dolores county which was formerly a part of Ouray county, shall be to the taxable property in the county of Ouray, as shown by the assessment roll of 1880. matters of reve tionment, how SEC. 12. The board of county commissioners of said Settlement of counties of Ouray and Dolores, shall have full power and nue and apporauthority to adjust and settle all matters of revenue that it made. may be necessary to adjust and settle on account of the formation of said new county of Dolores, and also to apportion the indebtedness of said county of Ouray as specified in section eleven of this act, and for these purposes the said commissioners of Ouray and Dolores counties shall meet at the town of Ouray, upon ten days' notice in writing being given by the commissioners of either county to the commissioners of the other county, at any time after the officers of the county of Dolores shall have been duly appointed and qualified, and a majority of the united boards of commissioners of the counties of Ouray and Dolores shall be a legal quorum to adjust said revenue and apportion said indebtedness of Ouray county. In case there shall not be a quorum present at any of said meetings, or in case the said commissioners fail to agree on the adjustment of the revenue and the apportionment of indebtedness of said county, then upon request of either of the said boards of commissioners the Governor of this state is hereby authorized and required to appoint a disinterested person to adjust and settle said matters of revenue and indebtedness, and his decision shall be final. The expenses of such arbitration, if any shall be required as to the present indebtedness of Ouray county, shall be paid in equal proportion by said counties of Ouray and Dolores. |