CHAPTER 6,

Assessment of Railway and Telegraph Lines.

AN ACT in relation to the Assessment of Railways and Telegraph Lines.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives

of the Territory of Wyoming.

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SECTION. 1. The president, secretary, superintendent, Duties of off or other principal accounting officers of any railroad or cers in refertelegraph company having property in this Territory, at ments. the time of the assessment of every railroad and telegraph company, whether incorporated by any law of this Territory or not, when any portion of the property of said railroad or telegraph company is situated in more than one county, shall list for assessment and taxation, verified by the oath or affirmation of the person so listing, all the following described property belonging to such corporation within the Territory, viz: Roadbed, superstructure, right of way, and all structures situated thereon, rolling stock, side track, telegraph lines, furniture and fixtures and personal property, belonging to such corporation. Such list shall contain: FirstThe number of miles of such railroad or telegraph line in the Territory of Wyoming, and the number of miles of the same in each organized county therein. SecondAnd such return shall be made to the auditor of the Territory on or before the first day of July annually. If the return aforesaid be not received by said auditor by the third day of July, he shall thereupon proceed to obtain the facts and information aforesaid, in any manner assess. that may appear most likely to secure the same correctly, and for that purpose may address a written communication to the corporation, or to some officer of the corporation who has failed or refused to make the return aforesaid. As soon as practicable after the auditor has received said return, or procured the information required

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to be set forth in said return, a meeting of the Territorial board of equalization, consisting of the governor, Territorial treasurer and auditor, shall be held at the office of said auditor, and the said board shall then value and assess the property of said corporation, for each mile of said road or line, the value of each mile to be determined by dividing the sum of the whole valuation by the number of miles of said road or line. In making up such valuation or assessment the said board shall examine and consider the return herein required to be made or the information procured by the auditor in default of such return, together with such other reliable information relative thereto, as they may be able to procure; said board shall not assess the value of any machine shop or repair shop, or other buildings, not situated on said right of way or grounds or other real estate of any corporation or company within this Territory, but it shall be the duty of the assessor of the county, or district, in which said machine or repair shops, or other buildings, or grounds, or other real estate is situated, to assess the same and make return thereof, in the manner now provided for the assessment and return of real estate. On or before the first Monday of August, or so soon thereafter as the said board, or any two thereof, shall have made and determined said valuation and assessment, the Territorial auditor shall certify to the county clerks of the several counties in which property of the aforesaid corporation, or any part thereof, may be situated, the assessment per mile so made on the property of such corporation, specifying the number of miles and amount in each of such counties. The county commissioners shall thereupon divide and adjust the number of miles and the amounts falling within each precinct, township or school district, in their respective counties, and cause such amounts to be entered and placed on the lists of taxable property returned by the several assessors. The auditor shall certify whether a return was made to him by such corporation, or proper officer thereof, or whether the information required in and by such returns was procured by himself, and in case the return was not made as required by this act, or being made, was not sworn to, it shall be County the duty of the county commissioners to add any amount missioners' not exceeding ten per cent. to the valuation thus brought before them.

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SEC. 2. The Territorial board of equalization shall

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give at least five days' notice of the time and place of its Duties of board meeting, provided for in the preceding section of this act, to the officer of said railroad or telegraph company, making such return as aforesaid, and such company shall have the right to appear and be heard before said board, on all matters relating to the assessment of the property of said company.

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SEC. 3. The county commissioners of the respective county comcounties, in which any portion of said railroad or evy tax. telegraph line may be situated, shall levy the requisite taxes for the year, upon the valuation of the property of said railroad or telegraph company, return to them as aforesaid at the time provided by law for the levying of other taxes.

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SEC. 4. The taxes assessed and levied upon the Tax to be colproperty of any railroad, or telegraph company, under the provisions of this act, shall be collected at the time and in the manner provided by law, for the collection of

other taxes.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts providing for the Repealing. assessment of the property of railroad and telegraph companies, and the equalization of assessment, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed, so far as they provide for the assessment and equalization of the property of said railroad and telegraph companies.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from In force. and after the first day of January, A. D. 1880.

Approved December 13, 1879.

Qualifications

CHAPTER 7.

Attorneys Admission of.

AN ACT Relating to the Admission of Attorneys.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming :

SECTION 1. Any person having been admitted to pracRequired. tice law in any state or territory, may be admitted, on motion, to practice in the supreme or district courts of this Territory upon presentation of his certificate of admission to the bar, and upon taking the oath now provided by law to be taken by persons applying for admission as attorneys. Provided, That any such person shall show to the satisfaction of the court that he is still in good standing and possesses a good moral character. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from after its passage.

In force.

Approved December 4, 1879.

Fees

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cases to be

CHAPTER 8.

Attorneys-Fees of.

AN ACT Regulating and Providing for Fees and Allowances for Attoreys in

Certain Cases.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming:

SECTION 1. That every attorney duly appointed by in criminal the court for the defense of a prisoner indicted by the paid by the grand jury of any county within this Territory, shall be county. entitled to a fee of fifteen (15) dollars in each case of

misdemeanor, of twenty-five (25) dollars in each case of felony, and a fee of fifty (50) dollars in each capital case, to be paid out of the county treasury, upon a certificate of the presiding judge that such services were so rendered; and when more than one person is on trial at the same time upon the same indictment, but one fee shall be allowed; nor shall a plea of guilty where more than one person is indicted in one indictment, be considered as more than one trial, whether made by one or more persons so indicted; and to be allowed more than one charge there shall be more than one separate and actual trial.

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SEC. 2. No fee or allowance shall be given to any No fees allowattorney by any board of county commissioners for any ed, when serservices not required by law, and if any attorney shall quired by law. be employed by such board under the provisions of section six (6), article one (1), and section two (2), article eight (8), of "an act creating the several county offices and defining the duties thereof," approved 10th December, 1869, chapter 28, of the compiled laws of Wyoming of 1876, the nature and necessity of such employment shall appear in the record of the board.

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

Approved December 8, 1879.