The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-02-10
AN ACT
To authorize the County Commissioners of Boise
County to levy and collect Special Tax.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory OF Idaho. as follows:

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of thu
Territory OF Idaho, as follows:
SEcTIoN l. In addition to other taxes provided for by
law in said County, the Board of County Commissioner
OF said County of Boise shall have power and is hereby
made their dutv to levy special tax annually upon the
taxable property in said County, of less than twenty
five nor more than fifty cents, upon each hundred
dollars OF the assessed value of the real and personal
property of said County, and said shall be collected
at the same time and like other taxes are
collected in said County.
Sec g The special tax provided for in section one Of
this Act, shall be set aside and Kept special fund to
be called Redemption Fund and to be used for the pur-
of redeenng the outstanding osaid coun-
ty OF prior to the first day of January 1866
and shall be held and dbursed hereinafter provided
Sec. 3. Whenever there is an amount exceeding One
Thousand dollars in said Redemption Fund then it shall
be the dny Of the County Treasurer of Boise County
advertise for four weeks in any newspaper published in
said County of Boise that sealed proposals. directed
him for the surrender Of such County variants will be
received by him the last day of the next ensuing
session of said Board of County Commissioners.
Sec. whenever any advertisement shall have been
made under and according to the terms of the last pre-
ceedng section before any regular meeting said Board
OF County Commissioners they ogetherwith 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 than par value of said
rants or any bid unless accompanied by the warrants
proposed to be surrendered shall be accepted
Sec O. When any bids are accepted the County Aud
ltor and Treasurer shall each take description ofthe
NUMBER and amount OF warrants to be redeemed spec
Tying the amount to be paid for each warrant and make
several record hereofin their respective offices; and
thereupon the Board Of County Commissioners shall
make an order directing the County Treasurer to pu
chase the warrants designated in the accepted bids and
pay for the out of the Redemption Fund and the
warrants SO redeemed shall be cancelled as other re-
deemed County warrants except that the County Urea
surer shall write on the face ofsad warrants purchased
ana the amount paid for the and shall sign his
name thereto.
Sec [6.l The order of the Board of County Com
m!ssoners directing the County Treasurer purchase
'lo Warrants together with the record made by the
c1talII
~ treasurer in the settlement ofhs The bids
bong equal each shall be rccepted pro rata or as nearly
as possible The County Treasurer shall return all un
accepted bids together with the warrants therein CON
tanned, to the owners on demand.
Sec l. The County Treasurer shall keep separate &C
count under the head ofRedempon Fund of all moneys
received from sources specified in section and two of
THIS act and the said money shall used or mixed
up with other funds
Sec s. This Act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved January 18th, A. D. 1866.