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or expenditures of money, from the city treasury, made by the city council for the purpose of this act, shall be lawful, although expended for work done outside of, or for materials to be used outside of, or beyond the corporate limits of the city.

condemnation

SEC. 7. Proceedings for the condemnation of the Proceedings for right of way for said artificial channel, canal or of right of way. ditch, as also proceedings for the condemnation and appropriation of the strip of land described in section four (4) of this act, and the assessment of the damages therefor, shall be had in the manner and under the conditions now provided by law for the condemnation of realty by railroad and ditch companies, for the purpose of said companies.

SEC. 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.

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

Vetoed by the Governor, and subsequently passed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of the legislature, February 9th, A. D. 1872.

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PRIVATE ACTS.

AN ACT

For the relief of Thomas T. Tobins.

WHEREAS, A reward was offered in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by John Evans, then Governor of Colorado Territory, for the apprehension of or destruction of the Espinoses, two desperadoes, who had committed murders in Park, Lake, Summit, Costilla, and Conejos counties, during the summer or fall of said years 1862 and 1863; and, whereas, Thomas T. Tobins, a ranchman of Costilla county, near Fort Garland, because of his well-known qualities of courage, caution, and intrepidity, was sent for by Colonel Tappan, commanding at Fort Garland, Colorado, in October, 1863, and induced to set out with one Lieutenant Shoup, in search of said desperadoes, with directions to bring in their heads for identification, with the assurance that the said Espinoses had been declared outlaws, and a reward of five hundred dollars had been offered for their capture or destruction by the Governor of Colorado Territory, which he, the said Tobins, should receive, in case he killed or captured the said desperadoes; and, whereas, the said Tobins, being influenced by these promises, and by a desire in common with all good citizens, to rid the country of the danger and terror caused by the said Espinoses, did set out in search of the outlaws, and did trail them for four days in the Lungredi Christe Mountains, and did find them, and being unable to take them alive, did kill them, and brought their heads to Fort Garland, where they were identified as the murderous outlaws, the Espinoses, and delivered the

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