Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-03-02

the same shall have been counted and certi-
ned' and the said County Commissioners
snail, Within ten days thereafter, forward a
correct abstract of the votes cast on said
proposition ut such election to the Secretary
OF tile Territory and upon the failure upon
the part of any officer or officers herein
named to perform the duties prescribed by
this act, he or they shall be deemed guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and pom conviction
tiiersof shall forfeit and pay a fine not ex-
ceeding $4,000, and be imprisoned in the
county Jail not less than six nor more than
ten months.
Sec. II. The votes that are cast upon the
proposition herein contained, after the same
shall have been distracted by the County
Commissioners of the several counties. and
such abstracts shall have been forwarded to
the Secretary as aforesaid, shall be canvassed
in the same manner that the vote tor dele
gate to Congress is canvassed under the ex-
listing laws.
Sec. Is. If a majority OF the votes cast
upon the question hereby submitted, shall
approve of this act, it shall be the duty of
the Secretary of the Territory to announce
such fact through one or more newspapers
published in the Territory, and thencefor-
ward this act shall be a contract of binding
force upon the Territory of Montana, and
also upon the corporation or association of
individuals that may accept the same as
herein provided, for the fulfillment Of which
contract, in every particular, on it's part, the
good faith and credit of the people of Mon
tana Territory is pledged.
Sec. IA. The County Commissioners of
the several counties shall, from time to time,
levy a special tax, as may be apportioned by
the auditor, in the same manner as other
taxes are now levied, sufficient in amount to
pay the annual interest that may from time
to time accrue upon the bonds so issued, and
also to provide for the final payment Of said
bonds.
Sec. Is. That the following persons and
their associates, to-wit: Royal Basset, J.
Richardson, Sidney Dillon, or some of them
and their associates, for the purposes herein
named, having first incorporated themselves
under the laws of Montana Territory, shall
have thirty days after the passage OF this act
shall have been announced by the Secretary
hpf the Territory, within. which to determine
their acceptance of the terms of this act
their acceptance of which shall be in writing
and shall be filed by the proper officer OF
said corporation in the office of the Secretary
Of the Territory before the expiration of the
said thirty days, and in case the said corpora
ton shall fail to file their written acceptance
Of this contract with the Secretary as afore-
said, within thirty days after the passage Of
this act, this act shall be void and OF no eff
feet.
Sec. 16. That in Ease this act shall be. rati-
fed and confirmed by the electors of this
Territory, in the manner hereinbefore pro-
vided, and the said corporation shall file its
acceptance of the terms of this act, as above
provided, the said corporation shall construct
and fully equip with all the necessary roll
ing-stock, at least one hundred miles of the
said road before the first day of january, A.
D. 1877, and in case Of failure so to do, all
rights of such corporation, under the proNi-
sions of this act, shall be deemed and held
forfeited, and it shall Flave no further claim
upon this Territory for any bonds herein
provided for.
Sec. II. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to inhibit the Territory
from causing advalorem taxes to be levied
upon the property of said railroad company
within said Territory, as taxes ago levied up
on other property il. this Territory. Butal