Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-01-30
TIE COUNTY OF LOGAN.
Text Of the Bill Introduced to Create II.

Following is the text of the bill to
create the county Of Logan, intro.
duced in the Legislature by Council
man MCPHERSON:
SECTION l. All that part of Idaho
Territory, as follows, viz: Beginning
at point II miles south of the base
line, United States survey, on the
line between range II and ID; thence
due east along said line of the west
ern boundary line of Bingham coun-
ty; thence southerly along the line
OF Bingham county to a point where
it intersects Snake river; thence down
the channel of said river to a point
where range line between u and ID
intersects said Snake river; thence
due north on said line to the place of
beginning, is hereby created county
named and to be known as the coun-
ty of Logan and to be organized as
herein provided.
SECTION 2. All that portion OF
ldaho Territory not embraced in the
above limits, and within the present
limits of Alturas county, is hereby.
established as the county Of Alturas.
SECTION 3. The Indebtedness of
Alturas county on the date this act
goes into effect, shall be apportioned
between the counties of Alturas and
Logan in the same proportion that
the taxable property of the two coun-
ties bear to each other as shown by
the assessment roll of the year 1888,
in Alturas county; and at their regular
meeting in April, 1889, the Board Of
Commissioners of said two counties
shall respectively appoint each a
competent accountant, who shall
meet at the town of Haley on the
second Monday Of May, 1889, and
proceed to audit and ascertain the
amount Of Indebtedness to be paid by
each Of the aforesaid counties, and
they shall apportion all money in the
treasury in the same ratio that they
apportion the debt; bu, in apportion,
ing the debt and funds, they shall
make no apportionment of the bonds
issued for the erection of the court.
house or other public buildings in
Alturas county, nor of any cash on
hand to pay said bonds and interest,
and they shall make out a certificate
in duplicate, one to be delivered to
the Board of Commissioners of each
county showing the total Indebtedness
of Alturas county, its character,
whether bonded or otherwise, and
also the proportion to be paid by each
county, and such accountants s!a.. be
allowed reasonable sum, to be paid
by the county appointing each, re-
spectively; to be audited and allowed
by the Board of County Commission
ers of the respective counties.
SECTION 4. Immediately after the
filing of the certificates as provided
in the preceding Section, it shall be
the duty of the board of County
Commissioners of the County Of Lo
gan, to issue bonds OF said county
for the amount of said Indebtedness
appor,oned to said county. Said bonds
shall be issued in denominations of
$500 each; but one bond can be Of
smaller denomination, bearing interest
at the rate of seven per cent. per
annum, payable annually.on the second
Monday OF January each year, at the
treasurer's Office in said county.
Said bonds shall be attested under the
hands of the chairman and clerk Of
said board of County Commissioners,
and of the seal of said county. They
must be registered by the treasurer
of the county where issued, and when
so registered must ba delivered to the
; treasurer of Alturas county. Said
, bond to become due as follows: Not
less than $4,000 on the first day Of
January, 1890, and $4,000 annually
thereafter, and they must be paid as
follows: The Board of County Com
missioners of Logan county ruust set
, apart of the revenue of the county
sufficient sum of money to pay the
interest on said bonds each year, and
to redeem at least 1O<o such bonds
Of SAID county OF the second Monday
of January of each year after their
issue, and when such bonds are so
redee med, they shall be destroyed by
the county treasurer in the presence
of the County Commissioners of the
county redeeming the same, and the
money so paid to Alturas county must
be applied only on the payment of the
present Indebtedness of said county,
or to the payment of the securities
into which it has been funded.
SECTION 5. 1t is made the duty of
the Governor of the Territory of
Idaho, within Is days after the ap.
proval of this Act, to appoint and
commission in Logan county: Three
County Commissioners; one Sheriff;
one District Attorney; one Auditor
and Recorder; one Assessor and tax
collector; one Probate Judge; one