The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-02-03
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ANACT
To proUide Jorthe Tarsng Of Foreign Miners.
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AN ACT
Be 1T enacted By the Legislative Assembly of
the Ikrritoru of Idaho. as foLLotUs

Be 1t enacted By the Legislative assembly of
the Territory Of Idaho, as tOLLotOS
SECTION. l. No Chinaman, Malayan, or other
person of the Mongolian race, shall be allowed to
take gold from the mines OF this Territory, or hold
or work mining claim therein, unless he shall
have a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Board of
County Commissioners to procure for the use of
the Auditor, sufficient number Of blank licenses.
for the use of the County Auditor, which licenses
shall be- numbered consecutiVey and record
therenf kept in the Auditors office Provided that
the expenses of printing said licenses shall be
paid out ct any moneys collected under this act
to be audited and allowed by said Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners.
SEC. 8. Every subsequent license after the first,
shall be dated from the expiration of the former
license issued by the Collector to any Foreign
Miner, who shall have been engaged in mining
from the expiration of the former license.
Sec 4. TheCUnnty Auditor shall issue to the
Tax Collector, from time to time when required
by the Tax Collector, a sufficient numter of licen-
ses for the use of said county, and take receipt
therefor, and charge the Tax Collector with the
same but before delivering such licenses to the
Tax Collector, the Auditor shall sign the same,
and the Treasurer of the County shall countersign
such licenses, and make an entry thereof ina book
kept for that purpose. The amount to be paid
for such licenses shall be at the rate of five dollars
per month, aud licenses shall in no case be trans
ferrcd.
SIC. 8. The County Auditor shall, on the first
Monday of each month. ill the blanks for the res-
pective county, and deliver to the Tax Collector
of his county sufficient numbec of the licenses
provided for in this Act, for the Use Of his county
for one month, and take his receipt therefor and
charge him with the same. ta
SEC. 6. The Tax Collector shall collect the IL
cense tax provided for in this Act, from all per-
sons liable to pay the same, and may seize the
property of any such person refusing to pay such
fav nd oil f.en aak1l lirsa fhpao
hours notice by proclamation, and shall deliver
the property SO sold to the purchaser, together
with proper deed attached to a license, which
shall transfer the title thereof to the person paying
the highest price therefor, and after deducting the
tax and necessary expenses incurred by reason of
such refusal and sale of property. the Collector
shall return the surplus of the proceeds Of the SALE
if any, to the person or persons whose property
was sold Provided, That should any person lia-
bic to pay such tax in any county Of this Territory
escape into any other county with the intent to
evade the payment of such tax, thenin that event,
it shall be lawful for the Collector to pursue such
person, and enforce the payment of such tax, in
the same manner as If no such escape had been
made All Mongolians, whe ther male or female,
and of whatever occupation, residing in this Ter
ritory, shall be considered foreign miners under
the provisions OF this Act, and shall pay license
OF five dollars for each and every month they re-
side in this Territory
SEC. Z. The Collector shall receive twenty per
cent. of all sums collected from foreign miners
licenses, and thirty per cent OF the net proceeds
of all moneys collected under this Act shall be
paid into tie County Treasury for the use of the
Territory the remaining per centagc of all mon
eys thus collected shall be paid into the Treasury
for the use Of the County. Any person charged
with the collection of the tax provided to be COL
lected by this Act. or receive money for such Ii
cense, without giving the necessary receipt, or
who shall give amy receipts other than the receipts
prescribed in this Act, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be tined in any sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars, and be imprisoned in the County Jail not
exceeding six months. eB
SEC. 8. Any Tax Collector who shall sell, or
cause to be sold, any foreign miners license with
the date OF the sale left blank or which shall not
be dated and signed and blanks filled with ink by
the Auditor and Treasurer, and any person who
shall make any alteration. or cause the same to
be made in any license, shall be deemed guilty.
Of felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fned in a sum not exceeding two thousand dol
lars, and Imprisonment in the Territorial prison
not exceeding two years, and the license SO sold
with Ulank date, or which shall not be s;gned and
dated and the blank filled with ink, as aforesaid,
or which shall have been altered, shall be received
in evidence in any court of competent jurisdiction
SEC 8. Any company hiring such foreign min
ers, or interested with them as partners, or rent
ing, or on shares, or in any manner connected with
any euch foreigner or foreigners in working or in
pOSSesHOu VI any lulnS GROUNDS IN tnlS IerflLOry,
shall be held liable for the amount of license of each
and every foreigner W tn whom such person or
company IL SO connected or interested. All mining
grounds worked or possessed, all Improvements
Ill tools and machinery used in working said
ground by said person or companv, shall be subject
to sale for the payment of said license tax in the
manner provided in section six of this Act. The
Collector shall have power to require any person
or company believed to be indebted to, or to have
money, gold dust, or property of any kind belong
ing to any such foreigner. or in which any such
foreigner is interested, in his or their possession
or under his or theircontrol to answer under oath
as 20 such Indebtedness or the possession of such
money gold dust or other property. In case party
s indebted or has possession control of any mon
ey, gold dust, or other property as aforesaid, of
such foreigner or foreigners he, may collect from
such party the amount of such license, and may
require the delivery OF such money, gold dust or
other property as aforesaid. and in all cases The
receipt OF the Collector to said party shall be
. complete bar to any demand made sgalnss such !:
party or his legal representative, for the amounts
ST money, gold dust. or property embraced there
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