maps. etc., to be de the librarian. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of all officers and persons Books, who now have or may hereafter receive any books, maps, posited with charts or other documents designed for the use of the Territory of Wyoming, to deposit the same immediately on receipt thereof with the Territorial librarian, to be by him placed in the Territorial library. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and In force. after its passage. Approved December 9, 1873. CHAPTER XXXIV. An Act entitled an Act to Provide for the Territorial Library. Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. That the act entitled an act to provide for the Territorial library be and the same is hereby amended as follows: After the word "library" in the last line of section three of said act, the words "for which purpose the sum of fifty (50) dollars annually is hereby appropriated out of the Territorial treasury." That the word "two" be stricken out of the ninth line of section thirteen of said act, and the word "four" inserted in lieu thereof; and that after the word "annum" in the last line of said section, the words "and there is hereby appropriated out of the Territorial treasury the sum of four hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to provide shelves for books, and cases for the cabinet, and furniture for the library, and fifty dollars per annum for contingent expenses of the fice of librarian." That section fifteen of said act be amended by striking out the word "three" in the second line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four." Amended. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from In force. and after its passage. Approved December 3, 1873. 188 DISTRIBUTION OF LAWS. CHAPTER XXXV. Amended. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to Regulate the Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives SECTION 1. That an act entitled "an act to regulate the distribution of the laws of Wyoming Territory" be and the same is hereby amended as follows: After the word "same" in the last line of section six of said act, insert the words "the Secretary of the Territory is Secretary of the hereby also authorized and required annually and from time distribute the to time, immediately after their publication in volumes, to Territory shall laws, etc. In force. deposit fifty copies of the laws of the Territory in the Territorial library for the use of the Legislature. He shall also deposit with the Territorial librarian, forty copies of the laws heretofore published, and a like number of volumes hereafter published, immediately upon their receipt by him, to be exchanged by said librarian with the States and Territories of the United States, and distribute to the following public officers, persons, corporations and societies one copy each, that is to say: The Governor, Members of the Legislature, Secretary of the Council, Clerk of the House, the Delegate in Congress, the Secretary of the Territory, each Judge of the Territory, Attorney General, Territorial Auditor and Treasurer, Attorney General of the United States, the Library of Congress, and the President of the United States." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect after its passage and approval. Approved December 11, 1873.. CHAPTER XXXVI. An Act to Authorize the Secretary of the Territory to Dis tribute to the Members of the present Session of the General Assembly the Laws of Wyoming Territory for the year 1869. . Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives, SECTION 1. That the Secretary of the Territory be and is hereby authorized to distribute to each member of the present session of the General Assembly, one copy of the laws of Wyoming Territory, passed by the first session of the Legislature of Wyoming Territory in the year 1869. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved November 14, 1873. CHAPTER XXXVII An Act to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Provide Homesteads in the Territory of Wyoming, approved December 7th, 1869. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. That the first section of chapter twenty-one of Amended. the laws of 1869, entitled an act relating to homesteads in this Territory, approved December 7th, 1869, be and is hereby amended by repealing and striking out in said first section all after the word "incurred," in line five (5) in said section. S. H. WILKINSON, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. [This bill became a law without the Executive approval.] JASON B. BROWN, Secretary W. T. CHAPTER XXXVIII An Act to Re-locate the County Seat of Sweetwater County, Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. That the county seat of Sweetwater county be and the same is hereby located at Green River, in said county, At Green River, in force. to which place the county commissioners shall cause all records of the county to be removed as soon as practicable. after the passage of this act. SEC. 2. That Green River shall be and remain the county seat of said county unless it be removed by vote of the people of the county at the next general election. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 9, 1873. CHAPTER ΧΧΧΙΧ. An Act to remove the Cloud from certain titles. WHEREAS, before and since the publication and distribution of the laws of Wyoming, 1869, deeds, mortgages and other instruments have been executed and admitted to recor:1 which were attested by but one witness, and whereas, by the provision of an act entitled "an act concerning alienations by deed of the proof and recording of conveyances, and the cancelling of mortgages," passed by the first Legislative Assembly, approved the 10th December, 1869, it is required that deeds or mortgages of lan is, or any interests in lands, shall be exeented in the presence of two witnesses, therefore, Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory Wyoming: SECTION 1. That all deeds, mortgages or other instruments heretofore executed, in the presence of but one witness, shall Deeds executed be deemed as valid and binding as if the same had been exe in the presence shall be deem'd valid. 3'rovided. of one winess cuted in the presence of two witnesses, and shall be so construed by the courts of this Territory, and the record thereof shall have the same force and effect as if such deeds, mortgages and other instruments had been executed in the presence of two witnesses: Prociled that such record shall in nowise affect the right or title of any person acquired in good faith, and for a valuable consideration before the taking effect of this act; and provided further, That this act shall no be construed to affect any judgment or decree heretofore redered by any court of the Territory. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force on and In force. after its passage. Approved December 11, 1873. CHAPTER. XL. An Act entitled "An Act for the relief of Albany County. Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: mills shall be levied to pay bonds. SEC. 1. The board of county commissioners of Albany county, in this Territory are authorized and shall at the time of levying taxes each year levy a tax not to exceed five (5) Five mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of property in said county, and said tax so levied, when collected, shall be set apart and used solely in the payment of bonds and interest thereon, as provided in an act of the Second Legislative Assembly of said Territory, entitled an act to authorize the board of county commissioners of the county of Albany to issue bonds for the indebtedness incurred by said board in the erection of a court house.. in lawful SEC. 2. Said tax shall be paid in lawful moneys of the shall be paid United States and no county or other warrants shall be money. received in payment of the same; and said tax, when levied, shall be collected in the same manner as other county taxes, and disbursed in the manner provided in the act mentioned in section one (1) of this act. SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 3, 1873. CHAPTER XLI. An Act to amend the License Laws of this Territory. Bit Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: In force. |