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SEC. 5. When a fence has been erected by any person on the line of his land and the person owning the land adjoining thereto shall make an inclosure on the opposite side of such fence, so that such fence shall serve to inclose his land also, he shall pay the owner of the fence erected one half the value of so much of said fence as serves as a partition fence. When two or more persons own land adjoining which is inclosed by one fence, and either desires that a partition fence shall be made between their lands, such persons shall notify in writing the party or parties in interest, and each shall build his proportion of such partition fence, and on failure so to do within three months after such notice, such person giving such notice may build such partition fence, and collect from such other party, or parties in default, by law, a just proportion of the cost of such partition fence, together with costs of suit. Partition fences dividing lands inclosed on both sides, shall be kept in repair by all the parties in interest. If either party fails, or neglects, to repair fences after five days' notice from the other party, the party giving the notice may repair the same and collect by law a due proportion of the expense of such repairs, together with costs of suit. Any party, having built or paid for a portion of a partition fence, shall have the right to remove, or sell the same, when such fence shall cease to be a partition fence by a removal of the outside inclosure.

SEC. 6. In all cases of claims for the value of partition fences, or for repairs thereon, a lien shall attach on the land, and notice of such lien shall be filed in the County Recorder's Office as provided by law for mechanics' liens; and such claim shall draw interest from the time of such filing at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum.

SEC. 7. Hogs shall not be deemed and considered free commoners, and the owner or owners of any hog or swine that shall trespass upon the lands, or premises of any person, shall be liable to such person for any damages sustained by such trespass; and if such trespass be repeated by the neglect of the owner or owners of such hogs, or swine, he or they shall for the second offense be subject to double the damages sustained by the owner of said premises, together with costs of suit.

SEC. 8. This act shall apply to, and be of effect in the counties of Mohave and Yuma only, and shall take effect, and be in force on and after the first day of January A. D., 1876.

SEC. 9. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED February 4th, 1875.

AN ACT

Granting Leave of Absence to John H. Marion, Treasurer of Yavapai County.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:

SECTION 1. That John H. Marion, Treasurer of Yavapai County, be and is hereby granted leave of absence from the Territory of Arizona, for a period of ninety days, at any time during the year A. D. 1875. Provided, that said John H. Marion shall appoint a Deputy Treasurer, who shall perform the duties of his office during his absence.

SEC. 2. The absence hereby authorized shall not work a forfeiture or vacancy in office under any of the Laws of Arizona, now in force.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 4th, 1875.

AN ACT

To authorize the Territory of Arizona to become an exhibitor at Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:

SECTION 1. The Territory of Arizona is hereby authorized for and on behalf of its citizens, to become an exhibitor at the Centennial Exhibition, to be held at the city of Philadelphia, Pa., in the year A. D. 1876.

SEC. 2. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Territorial Treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred in executing the provisions of this act.

SEO. 3. There shall be elected by this Legislative Assembly an agent, whose duties are hereinafter prescribed, to represent Arizona at said exhibition, who shall be elected by a majority vote of the two houses, assembled in joint convention, and said agent shall be duly commissioned as such by the Governor.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of such agent to execute a good and sufficient bond to the Territory of Arizona, and to file the same with the Territorial Treasurer on or before the first day of May, A. D. 1875, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, Territorial Auditor and Territorial Treasurer, conditioned that he will faithfully and fully perform all the duties that shall devolve upon him by the conditions of this act, or forfeit the amount thereof to the Teritory of Arizona; and upon the filing and approval of such bond, it shall be the duty of the Governor to commission him as such agent.

SEC. 5. To aid in systematizing and concentrating articles for exhibition at a convenient point for shipment, the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties, at their regular meeting in April, next after the passage of this act, shall each appoint a sub-agent for their respective counties, whose duties shall be as follows: To receive and take charge of articles furnished for exhibition, and to supervise the boxing and shipping of said articles to the care of the agent aforesaid at Yuma, Arizona, which said articles shall all be shipped in time to reach Yuma on or before the first day of December, A. D. 1875; provided, that exhibitors shall pay all expenses incurred in packing said articles, and the shipment of them to Yuma; and provided further that said sub-agents may reject all articles, furnished for exhibition, which in their judgment are not of sufficient excellence to be advantageous to the Territory, or reject all of any one kind in excess, above the number, and amount necessary for a creditable exhibition, and in the exercise of this power they shall be governed, as nearly as possible, by such rules as may be prescribed by the Centennial advisory board for Arizona.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of each person who may furnish any article or articles for exhibition, to accompany the same with a succint history of the production thereof, and all important facts bearing upon the same, and also such other information, if any, as the sub-agent may require, and, if demanded by the sub-agent, verify the same by oath, and the said sub-agent shall at the time of shipment to the agent

at Yuma, furnish him with a brief, but complete, statement of such information as he may have received relative to the production, extent, quality, and pertinent incident of said articles for exhibition, and also to see that all said articles accepted by him be in Yuma, on or before the first day of December, A. D. 1875.

SEO. 7. It shall be the duty of the agent to provide some suitable place at Yuma, on or before the first day of August, A. D. 1875, for the reception and safe keeping, of articles as they shall arrive from the several sub-agencies, and as soon after the expiration of time fixed by section six, for the reception of articles at Yuma, as transportation can be obtained, he shall ship said articles by water to San Francisco, California, and thence by rail to Philadelphia; and the said agent shall also personally attend to the trans-shipment of the articles at San Francisco, and personally receive the same on their arrival in Philadelphia, and he shall also cause to be fitted up with necessary stands, shelving, cases, etc., the space allotted to Arizona in the exhibition buildings, and properly arrange therein all articles for exhibition. It shall also be the duty of the agent to cause all articles to be numbered, and a corresponding number to be set down in the left hand margin of a book, opposite which several numbers, shall be given the facts as he shall have received them from the sub-agents relative to the several articles, as numbered. It shall also be the duty of the agent to be present during the entire period of the centennial exhibition, have a supervisory care over all articles. from Arizona, on exhibition, and impart information regarding the same, to all seeking it.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the agent at the close of said Centennial exhibition, to sell for cash, at public auction, after public notice of not less than ten days, all articles under his charge, on exhibition, and render a full and complete account thereof to the Ninth Legislative Assembly of Arizona, and he shall pay all moneys received from such sale to the Treasurer of this Territory, to be placed to the credit of the general fund; and he shall also keep a true and correct account of all expenditures of money in the execution of his duties, under this act, and submit vouchers and receipts therefor, showing in detail the objects of his outlays, to the Ninth Legislative Assembly of Arizona, and if the said Legislative Assembly shall find the same correct and just, the said agent's bond shall be void and canceled, otherwise to remain in full force, and the full sum thereof be collected of the agent, or his bondsmen, for the use and benefit of the Territory of

Arizona. The said agent shall receive in full payment for his services the sum of two thousand dollars out of the five thousand dollars appropriated by section two of this act.

SEC. 9. To enable the agent to readily and effectually discharge the duties imposed on him by this act, it shall be the duty of the Territorial Auditor, on or before the first day of December, A. D. 1875, to draw his warrant on the Territorial Treasurer, in favor of said agent, for the full sum of five thousand dollars, and the Territorial Treasurer shall pay the same on presentation, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law.

SEC. 10. In case of a vacancy in the office of agent, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint and commission a suitable person as such agent, and such appointee shall be subject to all the duties, requirements, and conditions imposed upon the agent by this act, and it shall not be lawful for the agent to appoint a substitute for the performance of his duties, except in case of absolute physical inability to personally discharge the same, and the services of such substitute shall at no time extend beyond the period of such absolute physical disability, and for the official acts of such substitute the agent shall be held responsible.

SEC. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 5th, 1875.

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