(1) of this act, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient for the purpose contemplated by this act; said bonds shall be issued in sums of not less than twenty-five (25) dollars each, and shall be redeemed by said county within a period not exceeding five (5) years, and not less than one (1) year from date of issue, and shall bear interest at the rate of twelve (12) per centum per annum on each dollar of their face. Said bonds shall be regularly numbered from one upwards, and, before being issued, shall be registered in the county treasurer's office of said county and countersigned by the treasurer. register the SEC. 4. The county treasurer of said county shall keep a Treasurersba'l book in which shall be registered all of said bonds, showing bonds. the number of the bond, the date of issue, to whom issued, amount, numbers of coupons, date of redemption, date of registry and payment of interest, which book shall, during business hours, be open to inspection. SEC. 5. All bonds issued by virtue of this act shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of said county, and attested by the county clerk, with the seal thereof attached, and no bond shall be sold for a less sum than ninety (90) cents on the dollar, and shall not be sold until thirty Cays notice shall have been given in some newspaper of general circulation in said county. Boade SEC. 6. Said bonds shall have coupons attached, representing the interest to be paid each year, and the coupon representing the interest shall be detached from the bondl before presentation for payment of the interest for the year camper. corresponding, and shall be forthwith cancelled by the treasurer by writing the word "cancelled" across the face thereof; and the interest on all bonds shall be payable, at the county treasurer's office of said county, on the first and ten (10; succeeding days of December in each year (Sundays excepted): Provided, That said county treasurer may anticipate said interest, and pay the same at any time during the month of November of each year, if he should have funds in his hands for such purpose, and if, after the payment of interest cu said bonds, any surplus remains in the "court house and jail bond fund” hereinafter mentioned, it shall be applied to the Annual tax. Five hundred dollars surplus in redeeming redemption of the bonds in the order of their number, commencing with the lowest number. SEC. 7. There shall annually be levied by the board of county commissioners of said county, on all taxable property therein, a tax not to exceed five (5) mills on the dollar of valuation, which tax shall be known as the "court house and jail bond fund;" and said tax shall be payable only in gold or silver coin, or in United States treasury notes, or National bank notes, and shall be used to pay interest and principal of said bonds, and for no other purpose; and said tax shall be collected in the same manner as other county taxes, and paid into the county treasury by the collector of taxes. SEC. 8. Whenever there is five hundred (500) dollars in shall be used the hands of the county treasurer belonging to the "court bonds. house and jail fund" over and above the amount necessary to pay the interest on said bonds for the current year, said treasurer shall notify the holders of the lowest numbered bonds outstanding, by advertisement in some newspaper published in said county for ten (10) consecutive days (Sundays excepted), or by personal notice at his option, that the bonds (numbering them, giving the amount and to whom issued) will be paid on presentation to said treasurer, and that if said bonds are not presented within thirty days from such personal notice, or the completion of the advertisement, they will fail to draw interest thereafter. Should any bond or bonds mentioned in such notice or advertisement not be presented as above specified, such bonds shall fail to draw interest thereafter, and the surplus fund intended for the payment of said bonds shall be used in the payment of the next lowest numbered bonds not included in said notice or advertisement, and the bonds not presented need not be paid until the following year. Board shall retire bonds. SEC. 9. The board of county commissioners shall, each year after the first, retire as many of said bonds as can be redeemed with the amount of "court house and jail fund" at the time in the hands of the county treasurer. In all cases, said bonds shall be redeemed by the payment of number one, and proceeding consecutively upwards with those outstanding. All bonds, when redeemed, shall immediately be cancelled by the county treasurer in such a manner as said board of county commissioners may direct; and whenever there is a surplus of five hundred dollars and over in the "general county fund," said commissioners may direct and transfer the same to the "court house and jail fund," and apply the amount to the redemption of bonds in the manner hereinbefore specified, or may purchase bonds in the open market with the same; Provided, That no money belonging to the "general county fund" shall be so diverted or transferred, whilst any county warrants of said county are outstanding. SEC. 10. All the taxable property of said Uinta county property is hereby pledged to the payment of the principal and interest pledged. of said bonds in the manner herein prescribed, and it shall not be lawful to use or divert any portion of said "court house and jail fund" for any purpose whatever, except the payment of said principal and interest. The treasurer tody of the funds. SEC. 11. The county treasurer shall have the custody of all the funds realized from the sale of said bonds, and shall shall have cus pay the same out on the written order of said board of county commissioners, or a majority thereof, taking the receipt in every case of the person in whose favor said order is drawn, which receipt and order shall be his voucher for money so paid out; and said board of county commissioners shall exact of said county treasurer a separate bond, in such sum as they may deem proper, on behalf of said Uinta county, with two or more sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of him by this act, and the faithful accounting for the money deposited with him and realized from the sale of bonds as herein provided for. SEC. 12. The county clerk and county treasurer shall be allowed such compensation for all services rendered by them, under the requirements of this act, as said board of county commissioners may deem to be just and equitable; Provided, That said officers' services, in the collection and disbursement of money for the redemption of bonds and the payment of interest thereon, is not to be included by said commissioners in their estimate for the above compensation, but said officers shall be allowed the same fees, compensation or percentage in the collection and disbursement of the money above men Compensation. In force. tioned, as may be allowed them respectively in the collection and disbursement of other funds under any law of this Territory. SEC. 13. All expenses incurred by said board of county commissioners in carrying out the provisions and intention of this act, shall be paid out of the "general county fund" on the order of said commissioners. SEC. 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER LII. License. Election. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives SECTION 1. That subdivision eight of section fifteen, of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of Cheyenne.” approved December 10, 1869, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "To fix and collect a license tax on, and regulate all theatres, eireuses, shows, billiard tables, bowling alleys, and all exhibitions and amusements, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the fixing and collection of a license tax on literary and scientific lectures, readings, recitations or exhibitions of a purely literary character, nor on any entertainment or exhibition given for the benefit of any church, library or literary society in the Territory of Wyoming, or for a charitable purpose. SEC. 2. That section three of said act is hereby amended by striking out all of the same after the word "eity," in the third line of said section, and in lieu thereof insert the following words: "And at the election to be held under this act, on the last Monday of December, 1873, three of said trustees shall be elected for two years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified under this act, and two of said trustees shall be elected for a term of one year, and that thereafter, at each succeeding annual election, two or three members of said board shall be elected, as the case may be, to fill the place made vacant by those whose terms of office expire, and the trustees shall make provision and all necessary arrangements, at the next annual election, for carrying this act into effect; Provided, There shall be but one voting place or precinct in said city, which shall be selected by the board of trustees. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from In force. and after its passage. Approved December 13, 1873. CHAPTER LIII. An Act fixing the amount of Poll Tax and Providing for the better Collection of the Same. Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: dollars. I W SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of each Poll tax. county shall each year hereafter levy a poll tax of two dollars against each person over the age of twenty-one years, which shall be levied and collected as are other taxes, and in case any person allows his poll tax to become delinquent it shall be the duty of the sheriff or collector to seize upon such delin- Delinquents. quent's property, and sell the same; and said sheriff or collector shall, after deducting said tax and one dollar for his fee, return the overplus, if any, to said delinquent, Provided, That Proviso. in all cases where any person or corporation is owing such delinquent a sum of money sufficient to cover the amount of said tax and the fee, said sheriff or collector may serve a written garnishee or notice on such person, or any agent of such corporation, to withold the amount of tax and fee from the amount due such delinquent. SEC. 2. Every person or corporation, when notified by the sheriff or collector as specified in the preceding section, shall |