, 1884-03-20
CHAPTER 40.

AN ACT to authorize the building of account house and jail in johnson county
BE it enacted by The Council and House @ Representatives of the
SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of john
son county are hereby authorized to locate and purchase a
suitable site, or receive the same by donation or other
wise, within the limits of the city of Buffalo, in the name
of the county of Johnson, for a court house and Jail.
SEC. 2. Plans and specifications of said court house
and Jail shall be prepared by and under the direction
of the board of county commissioners before the first
day of May, 1884, which shall be subject to the inspection
of all persons during business hours at the Office of the
county clerk < of said county.
SEC. 3. The county commissioners of said county
shall advertise for proposals for the building of said court
house and Jail according to the plans and specifications
adopted by the board of county commissioners, and for
furnishing material for the construction of the same, for
at least thirty (30) days in some newspaper published in
said county, and also by posting up three or more writ
ten notices of said advertisement in not less than three
(3) public places in said county.
SEC. 4. Thirty days after the insertion of the adver-
tisement calling for bids, the board of county commits
sioners of said county shall open the proposals received,
in public, and shall award the contract for the building
of said court house and jail and for furnishing material
for the construction of the same i'll accordance with the
plans and specifications adopted, to the lowest responsible
bidder: Pro~ded, That the said board of county com
missioners may reject any and all bids, as they may deem
advisable ProUded, further, That should the commits
sioners deem it advisable to reject all bids, they are
hereby authorized to advertise again for n period of not
less than ten Q0) days, specifying in said advertisement
the time and manner of receiving and opening said bids,
and may continue to advertiser same manner until they
may obtain q bid in their judgment satisfactory.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the board of county
commissioners to exact from the person or persons to
whom the contract Tor building SAID court house ana 1ah
shall be awarded, a bond in double the amount of the
proposal of the person or persons to whom the contract
is awarded, with two or more sufficient suretes having
the qualifications of sureties as required by law, condi-
toned for the faithful performance of his or their con-
tract within the time specified and fixed by said board of
county commissioners.
SEC. 6. For the purpose of providing means for the
purchase of a site and for the construction of said court
house and Jail, the board of county commissioners of said
county are hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the
said county of johnson, Territory of Wyoming, in any
amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. Said bonds shall be issued in sums of one
hundred (S100) dollars each, and shall be made payable
in fften years from date of issue, or sooner, as herein
after provided, and shall bear interest at a rate not
exceeding eight (8) per cent. per annum, and shall be
regularly numbered from one to three hundred inclusive,
and before being used shall be issued by order of the
board of county commissioners, registered in the county
treasurer's office and countersigned by the county treas
urer of said. county. -
SEC. 8. The county treasurer of said county shall
keep a book in which shall be registered all of said
bonds, showing the number of the bond, date of issue,
to whom issued, amount, date of redemption and pay