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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 money in the treasury for that purpose, and the coupons for the interest then due shall be taken up by celled. said Treasurer, cancelled, and filed in his office.

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SEC. 6. The secretary of said board of Commissioners is Duty of secretary 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.

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SEC. 7. That all money realized by the said county of Mor- Proceeds how ris from the sale of said bonds shall be applied exclusively to the construction of the jail as aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the said board to register, in a book provided for that purpose, the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, which said registry shall show the date, number, amount and to whom payable, each of said bonds.

SEC. 8. Before issuing any bonds under the provisions of this act, the question of building a jail in said county shall be submitted to a vote of the people thereof, at the general elec- Submission. tion on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, 1864, and at a general election thereafter: Provided, a petition shall be presented to the county board of Commissioners, signed by not less than fifty voters, asking a vote on said question. Upon such petition being presented, the Commissioners aforesaid shall immediately give notice, by publication in any newspaper having general circulation in said county, and said election shall be conducted under the general election laws of this State, and those voting in favor of building a jail shall have written or printed 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 elections shall be in favor of building the jail, then said Commissioners may issue the bonds, as provided in this act.

SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 26, 1864.

THOMAS CARNEY,

Governor.

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CHAPTER XVII.

BONDING INDEBTEDNESS OF DONIPHAN COUNTY.

AN ACT to provide for bonding the indebtedness of Doniphan county. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That twenty thousand dollars of the bonds of Doniphan county, with coupons attached, may be issued upon the order of the board of County Commissioners of said county, payable on the first day of January, A. D. 1879, and bearing interest at eight per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually at the office of the County Treasurer, which bond shall be signed by the chairman of the board of County Commissioners, and countersigned by the County Clerk, and have the seal of the county attached, and which bond shall specify to whom payable, the rate of interest, and time when the principal and interest shall be paid, and such bonds shall be issued in denominations of one hundred, five hundred or one thou sand dollars.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the County Clerk to obtain suitable blanks for the bonds provided for in this act.

SEC. 3. Any person holding or owning any orders or warrants of said county, dated prior to January 1st, 1864, may immediately after the passage of this act, present the same to the board of County Commissioners of said county, at any meeting of the same, who are hereby authorized to cause bonds to be issued to said person as provided in the first section of this act, for the amount of principal and interest of said warrants, and said orders or warrants shall be taken up and cancelled, and said board may cause to be issued like bonds for the amount of any judgment against said county, satisfaction thereof to be entered of record, and none of the bonds mentioned in section one of this act shall be issued in any manner, or for any purpose except as specified in this section. SEC. 4. That the board of County Commissioners of said county shall cause to be levied and collected each year with the other taxes of the county, a sufficient amount to pay the interest, as the same accrues, on all bonds issued under the

provisions of this act, and also to levy and collect a tax suffici- Tax.
ent to create a sinking fund for the final redemption of such
bonds, which tax, when paid into the county treasury, shall be
and remain a specific fund for such purpose only, and shall not
be appropriated or used in any other way, except as herein-
after provided.

SEC. 5. That the tax mentioned in the fourth section of this act, levied and collected to create a sinking fund for the final redemption of the bonds issued under this act, shall be invested Tax investment. annually, if the same can be done advantageously to the county, by the board of County Commissioners, in bonds of the State of Kansas, or of the county, at their market value, but in no case shall the same be purchased at a higher rate than their par value. Bonds of the State so purchased shall be held and retained by the Treasurer until the principal of the bonds issued under this act shall become due, and shall then be disposed of at the highest market rate, and the proceeds of the sale of such bonds purchased as aforesaid, shall be appropriated to the redemption of the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, but all bonds of the county, purchased as aforesaid, shall have "Cancelled" written across the face of the bonds and the remaining coupons, and the date of the cancellation shall be written on the face of the bonds so cancelled, and the cancelled bonds shall be deposited with the County Clerk.

SEC. 6. That whenever the interest on any bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall become due, the same shall be paid by the Treasurer of the county, upon presentation of the proper coupons therefor, and matured coupons of such bonds shall be received in payment of all taxes levied by virtue of this act, and all coupons so paid or received for taxes, shall be cancelled and filed with the County Clerk.

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SEO. 7. The said county shall be responsible for the payment Faith of county of the interest and principal of all bonds issued by virtue of this act, as the same may become due, and it shall be the duty of the County Clerk of said county to register such bonds in a book provided for that purpose, which registry shall show the date, number, amount, and to whom is made payable each of said bonds.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, immediately upon the approval of this act by the Governor, to have a certified copy published once in the Topeka Tribune, which shall constitute such publication.

Approved, February 29, 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 March 4, 1864.

W. W. H. LAWRENCE,

Secretary of State.

CHAPTER XVIII.

STATE AUDITOR TO RETURN CERTAIN COUNTY BONDS.

AN ACT directing the State Auditor to return certain county bonds.

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

SECTION 1. That the State Auditor be and he is hereby directed to return to the County Clerks of the counties of Bourbon, Davis and Nemaha all the bonds of said counties, which were issued by said counties in pursuance of an act entitled "An act to require certain counties to levy, collect and pay over delinquent Territorial taxes," approved February twentyfourth, 1863, and which are now in the State Auditor's office. SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 29, 1864.

THOMAS CARNEY,

Governor.

CHAPTER XIX.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ISSUE BONDS.

AN ACT to authorize school districts to issue bonds.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
SECTION 1..The district board of any school district in the
State of Kansas, for the purpose of building school houses in
said districts, are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said Bonds.
school districts, not exceeding in amount two thousand dollars,
or so much thereof as the district board in any of the aforesaid
school districts may deem necessary, in sums not less than ten
dollars, which bonds 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 district director, attested by the
clerk, and countersigned by the treasurer of said school dis-
trict, and shall specify thereon to whom the same shall be
made payable: Provided, that no bonds shall be issued in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this act, by any school district,
unless first approved by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified
electors of said school district, at any regular school meeting,
or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

SEC. 2. The bonds issued under the first section of this act may be made payable at any time within ten years from their When payable. date, and may be negotiated by the said district board at not

less than ninety cents on the dollar.

ing fund.

SEC. 3. Said district boards shall levy annually such a per Interest & inkcent. on the taxable property in said district as shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all bonds issued under the provisions of this act, as the same accrues; also, to levy and collect, as other school tax shall be collected, a tax sufficient to create a sinking fund for the final redemption of such bonds, which taxes, when paid into the treasury, shall be and remain a specific fund for said purposes only.

SEC. 4. As fast as money shall accumulate in the treasury, Interest. for the redemption of the aforesaid bonds, 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

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