kept in a conspicuous place upon such bridge; and if any person operating such bridge shall demand and receive any greater rate of toll than the rate established by said county tribunal, such person shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars.

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SEC. 4. At the expiration of five years from and after the completion of such bridge, and within one year therefrom, the county of Wyandotte shall have the exclusive right and privi- Right to par lege to purchase from any person or persons owning such bridge, all their right, title, interest and privileges of whatsoever nature, in and to such bridge, with all the appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging, for the sole use and benefit of the said county of Wyandotte.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of said county of Wyandotte, to notify the people of Duty to notify. said county one year preceding the expiration of said five years mentioned in the preceding section, that at the next ensuing general election in said county, the following question shall be submitted to a vote of the people of said county, viz: Shall the county of Wyandotte purchase such bridge as mentioned in the preceding section? and if a majority of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of such purchase, it shall be the duty of said board of county commissioners, within ten days thereafter, to select one disinterested person, and said board shall also notify the owners of such bridge, or their agent, to select another such disinterested person within said ten days, and said two persons shall select a third disinterested person, and when thus selected, it shall be the duty of such appraisers to proceed immediately and appraise such bridge, and all the appurtenances and hereditaments as aforesaid, thereunto belonging, and shall fix and establish the price to be paid for the same by said county of Wyandotte to said owner thereof, and as soon as said appraisement shall have been made, said appraisers shall notify said commissioners and said owners of the same, in writing, stating the price fixed by said appraisers for the purchase and sale of such bridge, all of which shall be binding upon said commissioners and said owners thereof.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of said county commissioners, within ninety days from and after the making of said appraisement, to pay to said owners of said bridge the price fixed by

said appraisement, and immediately thereupon said owners of said bridge shall be bound in law to make and deliver to said Deed of convey County of Wyandotte, a good and valid deed of conveyance of all their right, title and interest in and to such bridge, with all the appurtenances, hereditaments thereunto belonging.

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SEC. 7. Provided a majority of votes cast at said general election shall be against the purchase of such bridge, or provided that said commissioners shall not comply with the provisions of this act within said ninety days, as prescribed in section six of this act, then, and in either of said events, said county of Wyandotte shall forever abandon all rights and privileges of purchase of such bridge given to said county by this act, and shall have no claim of purchase whatsoever to such bridge, but the same shall have ceased forever.

SEC. 8. Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, of an act entitled "An act to enable the trustees of colleges, academies, universities and other institutions, societies and companies to become bodies corporate," shall have no application whatsoever to any person or companies mentioned in this act, or authorized to build such bridge under the provisions of this act. SEC. 9. This act shall be in force from and after its publication in the Topeka Tribune.

Approved, February 25, 1864.

THOMAS CARNEY,

Governor.

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the enrolled law on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Tribune for February 27, 1864.

W. W. H. LAWRENCE,

Secretary of State.

CHAPTER XIII.

BONDS FOR JAIL FOR LYON COUNTY.

AN ACT to authorize Lyon County to issue Bonds to build a Jail. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

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SECTION 1. The county board of Commissioners of Lyon county, Kansas, for the purpose of erecting a suitable jail at the county seat in said county, on the ground set apart as a site for county buildings of the said county of Lyon, approved February 4th, 1862, be and they are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said county, not exceeding in amount seven thou- Bonds to issuesand dollars, or so much thereof as the Commissioners aforesaid may deem necessary, in sums not less than one hundred dollars, which bonds shall have coupons attached, and shall draw interest from their date at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, payable annually, and each bond shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the board of Commissioners aforesaid, and countersigned by the Treasurer of said county, and shall specify thereon to whom the same shall be made payable.

SEC. 2. The bonds issued under the first section of this act may be made payable at any time after ten years from their date, and may be negotiated by the said board of Commission- When payable. ers at not less than ninety-five [cents] on the dollar.

SEC. 3. That said board of County Commissioners shall

levy annually such a per cent. on the taxable property in said

county as shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all bonds Levy of tax. issued under the provisions of this act, as the same accrues; also, to levy and collect a tax sufficient to create a sinking fund · for the final redemption of the principal of said bonds, which taxes, when paid into the treasury, shall be and remain a specific fund for said purpose only.

SEC. 4. As fast as money shall accumulate in the treasury, for the redemption of the bonds aforesaid, it shall be applied to the taking up of such bonds, in the order in which they may be presented by the holders thereof, and, in case no bonds shall be presented, the said board of Commissioners may call in and take up the same, and no bond shall draw interest after

Interest duehow paid.

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the said board of Commissioners shall have advertised, by three insertions in some newspaper having a general circulation in said county, that they are ready to pay off the principal and interest of any bond designated in such advertisement.

SEC. 5. Whenever the interest on the above mentioned bonds shall become due, the same shall be paid by the Treasurer of said county, out of any moneys in the treasury for that purpose, and the coupons for the interest then due shall be taken up by said Treasurer, cancelled, and filed in his office.

SEC. 6. The clerk of said board of Commissioners is hereby authorized, and it is made his duty, to obtain blank bonds, with suitable devices to prevent counterfeiting, and of such suitable material as he may deem proper.

SEC. 7. That all money realized by the said county of Lyon from the sale of said bonds shall be applied exclusively to the construction of the jail as aforesaid.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the clerk of said board to register, in a book provided by him for that purpose, the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, which said registry shall show the date, number, amount, and to whom is made payable each of said bonds.

SEC. 9. Before issuing any bonds under the provisions of Vote to be taken. this act, the question of building a jail shall be submitted to a vote of the people of said county, at the general election on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, A. D. 1864. Said election shall be conducted under the general election laws of this State, and those voting in favor of building a jail shall have printed or written on their ballots, “For the jail," and those voting against the building of a jail shall have written or printed on their ballots, “Against the jail;' and if a majority voting at such election shall be in favor of building the jail, then said Commissioners may issue the bonds as provided in this act.

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

Approved, February 29, 1864.

THOMAS CARNEY,

Governor.

CHAPTER XIV.

BONDS FOR BUILDING BRIDGES.

AN ACT entitled "An act to authorize the counties of Dickinson and Saline to issue bonds for the purpose of building bridges."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That, upon the petition of twenty or more of the freeholders of either of the counties of Dickinson and Saline, addressed to the County Commissioners of the county wherein they reside, asking that a proposition for a loan of the county Bridge loan. credit, for the purpose of building bridges, being presented to either of said boards of County Commissioners, they shall cause said proposition to be submitted to the voters of their respective counties, at the first general election after said petition has been received.

sioners.

SEC. 2. Said County Commissioners shall cause printed or County Commis written notices of said proposition for loaning the county credit for building bridges to be posted in three of the most public places in every township in their respective counties, for twenty days next preceding the election when such proposition is to be submitted, which notices shall state, in a concise manner, the amount proposed to be raised, and also the name of every stream proposed to be bridged, the place where said stream is proposed to be bridged, and the amount proposed to be raised for each bridge: Provided, however, that no county shall submit a proposition for loaning the credit of said counties for a greater amount in the aggregate than fifteen thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. That the electors of either of said counties mentioned in the foregoing section, when a proposition has been advertised as provided for in section two of this act, shall vote for bridge loan dollars, yes, or for bridge loan

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SEC. 4. That, if a majority of the votes cast' at any election where any proposition for a bridge loan has been submitted shall be in favor of said proposition, then it shall be the duty

of the County Commissioners to prepare county bonds, in de- County bonde. nominations of fifty dollars each, bearing interest at the rate