to commence the manufacture of bricks, and after paying the cost of such material, fifty per cent. of the net proceeds thereof shall be paid into the Territorial Prison Fund, and fifty per cent. retained by the Prison Keeper as full compensation for all expenses attending said prison labor, except cost of material. SEC. 2. An Act entitled "An Act to create a Territorial Prison Commissioner, and to provide for the care and safe keeping of Territorial convicts," approved December, 22d, A. D. 1864, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 10th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER XLVIII. AN ACT For the better protection of the right of transit on Snake River. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That the river known as Snake River, be, and it is hereby, declared free for navigation by steamboats, schooners, crafts and rafts of every description, and shall not be obstructed or molested by the building or erecting of bridges, booms, or other structures of any kind, between the points known as Olds' Ferry and Salmon Falls, on said river. SEC. 2. This Act to be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 11th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER XLIX. ΑΝ ACT For perfecting Titles to Quartz Claims in the county of Idaho. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That all transfers of quartz claims in the county of Idaho, made by bill of sale without acknowledgment by a proper officer, prior to the passage of this Act, shall be full and valid in law in all cases when the person purchasing has taken possession of the same, either in person or constructively. SEC. 2. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 10th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER L. AN ACT To incorporate the Idaho, Salt Lake and Columbia River Branch Pacific Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That Caleb Lyon and H. C. Riggs, of Boise City, E. Bohannon and John Wasson, of Ruby City, George Ainslee, John M. Cannady, and W. H. Parkinson, of Boise County, I. T., E. T. Beatty and F. O. Nelson, of Alturas County, W. W. Thayer, S. W. Wright and S. S. Fenn, of Florence, in the Territory of Idaho, H. D. Clapp, Ben Holliday, Erastus Corning, William M. Tweed and Marshal O. Roberts, of New York City, John C. Ainsworth, Charles H. Larrabee and William L. Ladd, of Portland, Oregon, and Amos Reed and William L. Halsey, of Salt Lake City, in Utah Territory, together with such other persons as may associate themselves with them, and their successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Idaho, Salt Lake and Columbia River Branch Pacific Railroad Company. SEC. 2. Caleb Lyon, H. C. Riggs, E. Bohannon, John M. Cannady, George Ainslee, E. T. Beatty and John C. Ainsworth, shall constitute the first Board of Directors of the said company, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall have power to open books, and receive subscriptions to the capital stock; to select one of their own number as President; to appoint a Secretary, and one as Treasurer; to call the first meeting of stockholders, at such time and place as they may deem best; to expend such sums of money as may be necessary to insure the complete organization of said company. The first meeting of said Board of Directors shall be on the fifth day of July, A. D. 1866, at Boise City, in Idaho Territory. SEC. 3. The said company shall have power to sue and be sued in all Courts of law or equity; shall have a corporate seal, and may alter the same at pleasure. SEC. 4. The officers of said company shall consist of seven Directors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of said company, by the votes of a majority, each share being entitled to one vote; said election to be held on the fifth day of July, in each and every year, at such place as may be designated by the Board of Directors, of which publication shall be made for three months, in one newspaper in each of the following_cities, viz.: New York City, Boise City, Portland, and Salt Lake City. SEC. 5. The first meeting of the Board of Directors, so elected, shall be held at Boise City, on the first Monday after their election, and they shall forthwith proceed to elect a President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. The President and Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of one year, next after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified; the Treasurer and Secretary shall be subject to removal, at any time, by a vote of the said Board of Directors. SEC. 6. The said corporation are hereby authorized to construct and operate a single or double track railroad, with all the necessary sidings and stations and turnings, from the north end of Great Salt Lake, on the nearest and most practicable route, to a point about ten miles below Olds' Ferry, on Snake River, and to connect and operate said road with any other railroad. SEC. 7. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 11th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER LI. BOISE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Power of County Commissioners; sec. 1. Special tax to be set aside as a special fund, to be called a Redemption Fund; sec. 2. Description of warrants redeemed to be taken; sec. 5. AN ACT To authorize the County Commissioners of Boise County to levy and collect a Special Tax. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. In addition to other taxes provided for by law in said county, the Board of County Commissioners of said county of Boise shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty, to levy a special tax annually upon the taxable property in said county, of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty cents upon each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of the real and personal property of said county, and said tax shall be collected at the same time and in like manner as other taxes are collected in said county. SEC. 2. The special tax provided for in section one of this Act shall be set aside and kept as a special fund to be called a Redemption Fund, and to be used for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding warrants of said county of Boise, issued prior to the first day of January, 1866, and shall be held and disbursed as hereinafter provided. SEC. 3. Whenever there is an amount exceeding one thou sand dollars in said Redemption Fund, then it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer of Boise County to advertise for four weeks in any newspaper published in said county of Boise, that sealed proposals directed to him for the surrender of such county warrants, will be received by him up to the last day of the next ensuing session of said Board of County Commissioners. SEC. 4. Whenever any advertisement shall have been made under and according to the terms of the last preceding section, before any regular meeting of said Board of County Commissioners, they, together with the County Auditor and Treasurer, shall attend at the office of the latter, and then and there open all proposals and accept the lowest bids for the surrender of county warrants: Provided, That no bid for more than par value of said warrants, or any bid unless accompanied by the warrants proposed to be surrendered, shall be accepted. SEC. 5. When any bids are accepted, the County Auditor and Treasurer shall each take a description of the number and amount of warrants to be redeemed, specifying the amount to be paid for each warrant, and make a several record thereof in their respective offices, and thereupon the Board of County Commissioners shall make an order directing the County Treasurer to purchase the warrants designated in the accepted bids and pay for the same out of the Redemption Fund, and the warrants so redeemed shall be canceled as other redeemed county warrants, except that the County Treasurer shall write on the face of said warrants, purchased, and the amount paid for the same, and shall sign his name thereto; the order of the Board of County Commissioners directing the County Treasurer to purchase said warrants, together with the record made by the County Auditor, shall be sufficient vouchers for the County Treasurer in the settlement of his accounts; the bids being equal each shall be accepted pro rata, or as nearly as possible. The County Treasurer shall return all unaccepted bids, together with the warrants therein contained, to the owners on demand. SEC. 7. The County Treasurer shall keep a separate account under the head of Redemption Fund of all moneys received from sources specified in section one and two of this Act, and the said money shall never be used or mixed up with other funds. SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, January. 12th, A. D. 1866. |