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shall find that a majority of the votes cast are in favor of said bonds then and in that case they shall so declare by resolution entered of record, and the issuance of the same shall be deemed to have been sanctioned by the electors of said county, and said bonds shall thereupon be issued; otherwise not; if a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the bonds, then and in that case the issuance of the same shall be deemed to have been sanctioned by the electors of said county, and said bonds shall thereupon be issued; otherwise not.

SEC. 11. That in case the issuance of said bonds to

certain act, etc. said Wyoming, Montana & Pacific railroad company, shall be authorized by a majority of the electors of said Laramie county, voting at the election provided for in section 10, of this act, and held pursuant thereto, then and in that case, but not otherwise, the act entitled, "An act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Laramie county to issue the bonds of said county to the said Colorado Central railroad company, and for other purposes," approved December 14, 1877, shall be repealed, but nothing in this act shall be so construed or interpreted, as to affect in any manner the rights or obligations either of the said Colorado Central railroad company, or the said county of Laramie, or the board of the county commissioners of said county of Laramie, under and by virtue of the said act approved December 14, 1877, in case the same is not by the terms of this act repealed.

In force.

SEC. 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved December 12, 1879.

CHAPTER 13.

Bond-Territorial, Governor to Execute.

AN ACT to Authorize the Governor of Wyoming to Sigu a Bond for Arms.

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

SECTION 1. That his excellency, the governor of Wyoming Territory, is hereby authorized to sign a bond

to

to the United States on behalf of the Territory of Wyo- Governor ming, in the sum of $15,000, conditioned for the return sign bond for of 300 stand of arms and 15,000 metallic ball cartridges munition. proposed to be issued by the United States to the Terri

tory of Wyoming.

SEC. 2. This act to be in force from and after its

arms and am

Section twenty of charter

Power to levy

lect taxes.

CHAPTER 14.

City of Cheyenne-Amendment to Charter.

AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City
enne," Approved December 14, 1877.

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

SECTION 1. That section twenty of said act be amended amended. so that the first division of said section (the same commencing on the last line of page forty of the session. taxes and col-laws of 1877,) shall read as follows: To levy and collect taxes for general revenue purposes not exceeding six mills on the dollar in any one year on all real, personal and mixed property within the limits of said city, taxable under the laws of the Territory. And the assessment, levy and collection of all taxes shall be made as may be provided by ordinance; and for the purpose of compelling payment of taxes the said city shall have power to enforce the same by distress and sale of personal property of the person assessed, except such as is exempt from taxation, and in such case the tax list shall be a sufficient warrant for such distress, and every tax levied by said city and due upon personal property, is hereby made a lien upon the real property of the owners thereof, and every tax levied and due upon real property is hereby made a lien upon the property assessed from and after the date of the levy of such tax, and the city collector of taxes is empowered to sell lands upon which there may be a lien for taxes, and convey the same to the purchaser in manner as may be provided by ordinance, and said city may by ordinance provide for attaching a penalty of ten per centum to all delinquent taxes.

City collector's duties.

SEC. 2. That section twenty be further amended by inserting in the second division thereof, between the word "real," at the end of the thirteenth line, on page forty

sessment of

one of the session laws of 1877, and the word “ estate, "Levy and asat the beginning of the fourteenth line on said page, the taxes. words, "and personal," and by adding after the word "year," in the sixteenth line on said page, the following: "And such assessment and the levy of such tax may be made at the time the regular annual tax is levied for other purposes.

Buildings and

SEC. 3. That said section twenty be further amended by adding to the nineteenth division thereof, after the fire escapes. word "ordinance," on the fourth line of page forty-four of the session laws of 1877, the following: "And to provide the thickness, strength and manner of constructing stone, brick and other buildings within the fire limits of said city and construction of fire escapes therein, and to provide for the proper enforcement of the same by the imposition of a penalty for the violation of any such provisions made by said city, and by abolishing any unauthorized work and declaring the same to be a nuisance, and providing for its abatement."

of dogs.

SEC. 4. That section twenty of said act shall be fur- Extermination ther amended by adding to the sixteenth division thereof, after the word "same," at the end of said division, on page forty-three of said session laws of 1877, the following: "And provide for the extermination of all such dogs for which the tax shall not be paid."

SEC. 5. That section eleven of said act shall be Conveyance of real estate, amended by adding thereto after the word "purpose," how attested. the following: "And all conveyances of real estate by said city shall be signed by the mayor and have attached "thereto the official seal of the city, and attested by the city clerk."

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from In force. after its passage.

Approved November 26, 1879.

Taxes not to become delinDec. 1, 1879.

CHAPTER 15.

Carbon County-Delinquent Taxes in.

AN ACT to Extend the time wherein the Taxes of Carbon County become Delinquent and to Authorize the Collector of said County to Collect and make Settlements with the County Treasurer Thirty Days Thereafter.

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

SECTION 1. That the taxes collectable within the until county of Carbon for the current year shall not become delinquent within said county until the first Monday in December of the year 1879, and it shall be lawful for the collector of said county to continue to collect said taxes in said county until said time without adding any interest Duties of col- thereto, and said collector shall not be required to make final settlement with the county treasurer of said county until the second Monday in December, 1879.

lector.

In force.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved November 12, 1879.