, 1884-03-29

or ulstrlct 10 institute and prosecute SAID proceeding IN
the name of the United States the amount collected
from the party offending to be paid into the treasury of
the United States.
SEC. 9. That the justices of the peace and constables
of said precinct shall, before entering upon their respec-I
tive offices, take and subscribe an oath to support the
constitution and laws of the United States, the organic
act and laws of this Territory, and to faithfully perform
the duties of their offices to the best of their ability,
which oath may be taken before any person authorized
to administer oaths under the laws of this Territory, but
If no such person authorized to administer an oath be
accessible, then such justices of the peace shall admins
ter the oath to each other with like effect in all proceed
ings, both civil and criminal, as though the oath had been
administered by a person authorized to administer oaths,
and the said constables may take such oaths before either
OF SAID Justices of the peace when qualified. Each of
the said officers shall make, execute and file q bond in
the amount, within the time and in the same manner
as is provided by the laws of this Territory relating to
the qualification of justices of the peace and constables.
SEC. 10. That such officers, when qualified, shall hold
their offices within said precinct, and one of the said
Justices of the peace shall keep his Office at or near the
Lower Fire Hole Basin, and the other at or near the
Mammoth Hot Springs in the said Yellowstone National
Park. Each constable appointed or elected within said
precinct shall properly equip himself with a horse, and
all other necessary equipment for the apprehension, pur-
suit and capture of offenders, or persons accused of any
crime or offense against the laws of this Territory.
SEC. II. Each justice of the peace within said precinct
shall receive an annual salary of three hundred $4,000
dollars, payable monthly, and each constable within said
precinct shall receive an annual salary of four hundred
$4,000 dollars, payable monthly, and one hundred ($100)
dollars for a horse and equipments and said officers shall
IN addition to such salary, receive such fees in civil and
criminal cases as are now or may hereafter be paid to like
officers under the laws of this Territory.
Il. AL ices COleCLeu by Une JUSTICES OF N peace
in criminal or civil cases shall be retained by said justices
of the peace, and paid to them or to the constables and
persons entitled to the same, but certified statements
thereof shall be transmitted monthly by the said justices
to the Territorial treasurer and Territorial auditor; and
all fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be
paid over to the justices of the peace, and such justices
shall monthly transmit the same by some safe mode of
conveyance to the Territorial treasurer, who shall place
the same to the credit of the Yellowstone National Park
fund, and the said justices shall at the time of transmit
ting such fines so collected, forward to the Territorial
auditor II certified statement of the same, stating in what
causes the same were assessed and collected.
SEC. -. That all persons accused of crimes and often
ses held for trial, and bound over by the said justices of
the peace within said precinct, shall he sent to the county
seat of Uinta county for trial before the district court of
said county.
SEC. II. That the expenses of all criminal prosecutions,
trials, and examination of otfenses committed within the
limits Of said precinct, either before a justice of the peace
in said precinct or the district court of Uinta county, and
the salaries and fees allowed to the said justices of the
peace and constables, shall be borne and paid by the Ter
ritory. of Wyoming, and not by the county of Uinta.
And the sum of eight thousand (SSUUO) dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, not otherwise appropriated,
is hereby appropriated out of the Territorial treasury for
the payment of salaries and fees in criminal cases for the
said justices of the peace and constables within said pre-
clnct, and for all expenses attending the arrest, apprehen-
sion, examination and trial of all persons accused of
violating any of the laws of this Territory within said
precinct or before the district court of Uinta county; for
the erection, maintenance and repair of a guard house or
Jail therein; for the maintenance, care and transportation
of prisoners and all persons accused of crime or offences
committed in said precinct, and for all other purposes
contemplated by this act. 1t shall be the duty of the
Judge of the district court in and for the county of Uinta
to approve all Just claims, fees, and compensation of
jurors, witnesses, and all other expenses connected with
the trial of persons accused of crimes or ~offenses COM
mitted within the said precinct, and shall transmit the
same to the Territorial auditor for auditing and allowance,
and the auditor shall draw a warrant upon the Territorial
treasurer in favor of the said claimants, and the Terri
torial treasurer shall pay the same out of the funds in his
hands appropriated and received for that purpose. The
Justices of the peace of said precinct shall transmit their
claim for said salary and uncollected fees in criminal cases,
properly certified, to the Territorial auditor, who shall
audit and allow the same, and draw a warrant upon the
treasury for the amount thereof, and said warrant shall
be paid by the Territorial treasurer on presentation. The
constables of said precinct shall transmit their claims,
verified by their oaths that the same is just and correct,
and that they have been vigilant in the performance of
their duties, and have patroled that portion of said pre-
cinct containing natural curiosities and ojects of interest
at least twenty days in each month then passed, from the
fifteenth day of May until the fifteenth day of November,
and n warrant shall be drawn therefor by the auditor and
paid by the treasurer rs in other cases; and this appro-
pration is made in the faith and belief that the United
States will reimburse the amounts hereof, and relieve this
Territory from the payment of the same.
SEC. 10. The constables and justices of the peace, or
a majority of them, shall cause n suitable guard house or
Jail to be erected at or near the Lower Fire Hole Basin,
in the said precinct, under their supervision at q cost not
exceeding one thousand dollars, for the confinement and
Incarceration of persons awaiting examination or trial
f before the justices of the peace of said precinct or the
district court in and for the county of Uinta and one of
said constables, whose office shall be at said place, shall
have charge of said guard house or jail, and shall be paid
in addition to his salary and fees as provided in this act,
the sum of one dollar per day for keeping and maintain
ing each of said prisoners or persons accused of crime
confined therein, provided that all persons held for trial
by the said justices of the peace before the district court
of Uinta county shall be by the sheriff of Uinta county
conveyed with all due and convenient speed to the COM
mon Jail in Uinta county, to be therein confined for trial,
and such sheriff shall be entitled to the same fees as are
now provided by law for keeping and maintaining such
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