Seal. Duties of assayers defined Fees. Records of office dollars, to be approved by the Secretary of the Territory, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties; and in case any of said Territorial Assayers shall fail to perform his or their duties as hereinafter provided, he or they may be removed by the Governor of the Territory, and his or their successor or successors shall be appointed by the Governor of the Territory. SEC. 4. Each Territorial Assayer shall provide a seal bearing the name of the "Colorado Assay Office," and the name of the town in which such office is located, which seal shall be kept in the office and used by him expressly for the use of such office. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of each of said Territorial Assayers to make assays of all minerals from any portion of Colorado Territory presented to him for assay, provided such specimens of ore shall be accompanied by the proper certificates. Any person presenting ore for assay shall have said ore, when presented, accompanied by an affidavit taken before such Assayer, who is hereby authorized to take such affidavit, or before some other person authorized by law to take affidavits, stating the location of the lode and depth of shaft, which certificates or affidavits shall be kept and preserved by the Assayer and turned over by him to his successor. And said Territorial Assayer making such assay shall be entitled to receive the sum of three dollars for each and every assay for gold and silver, and three dollars each for every assay made for any other metal, giving a certificate of each assay so made, bearing the seal of his office, signed by himself, said fees to be paid by the person for whom such assay shall be made. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Territorial Assayers, and each of them, to keep a book with a proper index, alphabetically arranged, in which he shall record all assays made by him, giving the name of the person presenting, name of lode and where situated, from which the ore was taken, the kind of mineral, gold, silver, copper, etc., whether sulphuret, etc., and the amount such ore assays per ton; access to said book to be had by the public during business: hours; and any mutilation, or changing of the record on said book, shall be punishable by the penalty now regulating county records of Colorado Territory in that respect. of assayers. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the Territorial Further duties Assayers, and each of them, to furnish any owner of any mine within the Territory of Colorado, which has been developed so far as to show the existence of gold, silver, copper or lead bearing ores therein, under his hand and seal of his office any information touching the richness of the ore in such mine: Provided, Ore from said mine has been assayed by him, and for the same he shall be entitled to receive from the applicant the sum of one dollar for each abstract of assay so made. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of each Territorial Reports. Assayer to make a report annually, under his hand and seal of his office, of all assays and examinations made during the year, to the Governor of Colorado Territory, who shall report the same to the Legislature of the Territory. Apparatus of the offices-how SEC. 9. The furnaces, apparatus, permanent fixtures, books, papers, seal and records now in office of the Assayer in Central City, and which are the property of the Territory, shall be and remain as the property of the Territory, and shall be turned over by each Assayer occupying said office to his successor in office, and the books, papers, seal and records of each and all of said Assay offices shall be deemed the property of the Territory, and shall be turned over in like manner by each Assayer to his successor in office, and the appointee or successor so receiving such property shall give his predecessor a receipt for the same, and also report immediately to disposed of Repeal of prior acts. the Governor of the Territory, stating what he has so received. SEC. 10. An act entitled "An Act to establish a Territorial Assay Office in the Territory of Colorado, approved January 10th, 1868," and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 8th, 1872. Board of Commissioners. Conveyance of property. Deposit of funds AN ACT To Provide for the Erection of a Capitol Building. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of Colorado Territory: SECTION 1. That the Governor, Secretary, and Chief Justice of the Territory, are authorized and directed, whenever the sum of $10,000 shall have been subscribed, by individuals or otherwise, and paid into a National Bank of the City of Denver, to the credit of an account to be styled "The Capitol Fund," for the purpose of erecting Capitol buildings at the seat of Government, to sell, or cause to be sold, at public auction, all the lots heretofore con tributed and deeded to the Territory for the purpose of erecting Capitol buildings. SEC. 2. That after such sale, the Governor shall make, sign, acknowledge and deliver to the purchasers of said lots, a deed, or deeds, to which he shall cause the seal of the Territory to be affixed, and which deeds shall convey to the said purchasers all of the interest of the Territory of Colorado, in and to said property. SEC. 3. That the money received on the subscriptions aforesaid, and from the sale of said lots, shall be paid into some National Bank in the City of Denver, and shall only be drawn out for purposes CAPITOL BUILDING-CORPORATIONS. 67 -contracts and hereinafter designated, on an order signed by at least two of the persons named in section one of this act. SEC. 4. Immediately after the sale of said property, Sealed proposals the Secretary shall advertise at least sixty days for bonds." sealed proposals for the erection of a Capitol building, upon such a plan as shall have been agreed to by said Governor, Secretary, and Chief Justice, or any two of them, and they shall let the contract to the lowest and best bidder, who shall be required to give a satisfactory bond for the faithful performance of the work, and shall draw their order or orders in favor of said contractor for such sum or sums, as shall be agreed to be paid to him for said work, reserving not less than twenty per cent. until the building shall be completed according to contract. Capitol building SEC. 5. Said building shall be erected upon the Location of ground in the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section three (3), township four (4) south range sixty-eight (68) west, heretofore donated to the Territory for that purpose by Henry C. Brown. not to exceed SEC. 6. No contract for the erection of said Cap- Contract price itol building shall be let for a greater amount than funds on hand. shall have been received from the sale of lots, donations, and other sources for that purpose. Approved February 9th, 1872. AN ACT To make Section Forty-eight (48), of Chapter Eighteen. (18), Revised Statutes of Colorado, applicable to certain corporations or bodies politic. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of Colorado Territory: amplified. SECTION 1. The provisions of section forty-eight Provisions (48), of chapter eighteen (18), of the Revised Statutes of Colorado, entitled "Corporations," approved January 18th, 1868, are hereby made applicable to all corporations or bodies politic, heretofore formed or Towns and cities empowered to hereafter to be formed, for the purpose of supplying cities or towns with water, for the purpose of domestic use or the suppression of fires, or for milling or manufacturing purposes; and all such corporations or bodies politic are authorized and empowered to condemn real proceed and obtain the condemnation of such land, real estate, or claims, as may be required for the construction or maintenance of the works of said corporations or bodies politic, the same as if said corporations or bodies politic had been specifically mentioned in said section forty-eight of chapter eighteen of said Revised Statutes. estate. Right of way. Consent of legal authorities required as a condition SEC. 2. That any incorporated city or town shall have the power and authority to grant the right of way to such corporations or bodies politic over such portions of any street, alley, avenue or public property as may be necessary for the construction of a canal or ditch, or for laying water-pipes, by such corporations or bodies politic. SEC. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorize the taking and condemnacondemnation tion of any street, alley, or other public way, or of precedent to of lands. any park or public square, or of any part or portion thereof, situated in such town or city, without the consent of the legal authorities of such town or city. Nor shall any such street, alley, public way, park, or public square, or any part thereof, be so taken and condemned by any incorporated company without such consent. Approved January 22d, 1872. AN ACT To amend Section Twenty-eight (28), of Chapter Eighteen (18) of the Revised Statutes of Colorado. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of Colorado Territory: SECTION 1 That section twenty-eight (28), of chapter eighteen, of the Revised Statutes of Colorado, be |