The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1867-01-26
AN ACT
Es AN ACT
To Gwth0rize the County Commissioners Of Boise
County to Levy and Collect a Special 1Gr.

Be 1t Enacted 6y the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory 0f idaho, as fOitOtcS
SECTION |. 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
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 andpersona property
of said county, and said tax shall be collected OF
the same time and like manner IS other taxes are
collected in said County. 4a
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 Redemption Fund,
and to be used for the purpose of red eerning the
outstanding warrants of said County of Boise. s-
sued prior to the frst day of January, 1856 and
shall be held and dsbursed as hereinafter provided
SEC. :. Whenever there is ar amount exceeding
One Thousand 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
Gp to the last day Of the next ensuing session of
said Board OF County Commissioners.
Sec 4. Whenever any advertisement shall have
0een 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
tile lowest bids for the surrender of County war!
rants PROVIDED, That no bid for more than par
value of said warrants or any bid unless accom-
panied by the warrants proposed to be surrendered
shall be accepted. 'Q
SEC. 5. When any bids are accepted, the County
Auditor and Treasurer shall each take descrp-
| ton of the number and amount Of warrants to be
redeemed, specifying the amount to be paid fo!
each warrant, and make 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 cancelled
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
SEC. [6.l 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 settle
ment of his accounts. The bids being equal each
shall be accepted pro rata, or a. nearly possible
The County Treasurer shall return all unaccepted
bids, together with the warrants therein contained
to the owners on demand.
SEC. Z. The County Treasurer shall keep sep.
arate account under the head of Redemption Fund
of all moneys received from sources specified il
section one and two of this act, and the sale
money shall never be used or mixed up will
other funds.
SEC. s. This Act shall take effect and be in ferc
from and after its passage.
| Approved January 18th, A. D. 1866.