Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-01-15


which will be sent 10 Representative
Fred Cross TO ou,leavor To get passed by
the legislature:
4 BILL
1R An ACT Authorizing THE COUNTY OF
{. STEP, H. r.. Tn ISSUE BOMBS roR TUE
PURPOSE or BUILDING NNuCET llurSE AID
JAN, OPENING CurNrt ROAD. AND n. NDiNG
! OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.
Be il rnactcd bp he Lr4;>iotirc AS$cnLly
ofHe Trrtory of UokOtu.
SIC. | That the county commissions
er> of the County Of custer in the Terri
tory of Dakota hc empowered and are
hereby authorized to issue bonds of one
Thousand do lar each, to the amount of
twenty thousand dollars, payable in not
exceeding ten years, for The purpose of
building Il conrt house and jill. opening
new road from Custer to Battle River
d. T. and funding outstanding indebted
/ ness of six thousand dollars $4,000 60;
winch bonds shah draw interest from
the date thereof payable annual. at Il
rate not exceeding twelve per cent. per
annuln. The bonds shall specify on
their face, the date, amount, for what
rurposr issued. the time and place Of
payment and rate of interest: snail be
printed on good paper; with coupons
attached for each yc"ro interest, and the
amount of each ycar interest, shall be
placed in CORE tonding coupons. until
such bond shall bcrour duc; in man
ncr 50 ~ to have the last couDon fall
due the same time rs the bond. Said
shall be scv,rully signed by the Chair
man ofthc Board oft touniy Commission
erS. and attcs'ed hy tie Clerk of said
county Said bond. and interest TO be |
made payable ii, such place or places, as
said county commissioners may dcsig- |
nate in sail bonds
SEC. H. Said bonds may hc iSsur, in |
satisfaction of the building of said court |
house and Jail. opening new road and |
funding the present outstanding indebt |
edneso--or may hc sold at not less than |
ninety cents "n the dollar and the
availS of such sales, SHAH be used in pay
mcnt of the Indebtedness incurred
SE, III. The county commissioners !
of said county are hereby granted all /
the needful authority to levy taxes from |
time to time, not to exceed ten mills ON
the taxable property i'm said county, IN |
addition TO the tax already allowed 10y !
law. Said tax 10 be for the purpose OF |
paying the interest on said bonds |
promptly when due, anil for creating Il
sinking fund for paving the principal of
said bond, when due.
SEC ~. 1t shall be the duty of the
Treasurer of said County of Custer to
collect the tax herein provided for in
the same manner. and to SCI property
when the tax thereon i, d"liqucnt, rs in
other ca,c+-aS provided by law
SEC. Y. Nothing herein contained |
shall be construed, to authorize the is
suing Of such bonds, unless Il majority |
of all the legal voters present and voting |
shall vote in favor thereof, at a special |
election, of the legal voters of said coun-
~ a. herein before provided.
SEC. VI. The county commissioners |
Of said county are hereby authorized |
and have all the nccdful power to call
special election Of the legal voters OF
said Custer county, to be held in the |
town Of Custer, at any time after the
taking effect of this law. but shall first |
give notice OF such election i'm the same |
manner, as uoW required by law for
general eiccuons-lor the purpose of
voting upon the question of issuing |
bonds--the voting at such election shall
words For issuing court house and i'll. |
county road and funding bonds" Yes
or, For issiiing court house and jail, |
county road and funding bonds" No
Said election sh.' governed in the same
manner, So far as applicable, as provided
by law for coI'iucting general elections,
in this territory and the vote Of said
election shall be ctnvaS>ol in the same
manner az provided by l,w for canvas
sing votes for county officers, and if Il
majority Of ali the votes be found to be
for,osuing the bonds, such bonds may
issue as herein provided.
SEC. VII This act shah take effect
and be in force from ana after rs pas
sage Il "a .,pr"ra,
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