, 1899-03-13

Indebtedness of the State. counties or school districts: All
Acts or Statutes in relation to public institutions of the
State, and all Acts and parts of Acts of a private. local or
temporary nature, or specifically applicable to the particu-
lar cities, counties or school districts. now in force. shall
continue in force, or expire, according to their respective
provisions or limitations, and shall not be construed as re.
pealed by anything within this Act. or in the said Revised
Statutes contained.
All bonds heretofore legally made and issued by the
State, or by any county or school district therein, which are
now outstanding and unpaid are hereby declared to be in
full force and effect as the valid obligations of the Statc
or of the county or school district issuing the same, and
shall be in all respects binding upon the State or upon such
county or school district, and all the parties thereto; and
all such bonds shall have the same force and effect as when
issued, save in so far as they may be affected by lapse of
time or payments; and all such bonds and the interest there
on shall be paid according to the tenor thereof, and pursu-
ant to the laws under which they were issued. All authority
and power heretofore conferred by law for raising revenue
by taxation for the payment of said bonds or any of them.
and all legislative requirement for taxation for said pur-
poses OF payment, shall be continued in force so far as shall
be necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of
the original Act or Acts authorizing the issue of such bonds,
and it shall not be necessary to incorporate such special
bonding statutes in the revision.
Sec; I. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and
required to distribute and dispose of the said Revised Stat.
utes of Wyoming of the year 1899, as follows, to-wit: First
He shall deposit ten copies in the State Library, to be pre-
served therein. Second-He shall send TO the President of
the United States, to the Attorney General of the United
States, to the Librarian in Congress, to each Cabinet officer
and to each Department at Washington. one or more copies
of the said laws, according to the requirements and needs
of said Federal officers or departments.
Third-He shall send to the Governor or Librarian of
each State and Territory, free of expense to the same, one
copy, accompanied with a request for an exchange of the
laws of the respective States and Territories to which said
copy is sent. Fourth-He shall distribute to the State and
District officers, the Senators and Representatives in Con
gress from the State of Wyoming, one copy each, but no per.
son who shall hold more than one office shall be entitled to
more than one copy and the copy so received by said officer
shall be considered the property of the State, and shall be
by him delivered to his successor upon the expiration of
his term of Office.
Fifth-upon the converting of the State Legislature
in the year 1901 and in each succeeding Legislative year,
he shall deliver to each Senator and representative one
copy, which copy shall be by said Senator or Representative
returned to the Secretary of State upon the adjournment of
the Legislature.
Sec. S. Every officer receiving a copy of the laws shall
execute a receipt therefor and shall have stamped or writ
ten thereon the name of the office held by him, and when
he ceases to hold such Office deliver over to his successor, or
to the County Clerk in the case of a County officer, all laws
received by him as such officer, and upon failure to do so.
shall be liable on his official bond or in his individual ca
pacity.
Sec. .. Copies of laws remaining after the distribution
herein provided for shall be sold by the Secretary of State
at the price of seven dollars per volume, which price the
Secretary of State shall collect in advance and if shall he 70
the purchaser the price per volume to be paid by him for the
said laws delivered at any point which he may name in the
State, but for all laws to be delivered by the Secretary of
State to points not within this State, the Secretary of State
may charge the purchaser the additional cost of postage or
express as the case may be, provided, also, that all proceeds
received by the Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided,
less the cost of delivery to the purchaser, shall be by the
Secretary of State paid to the State Treasurer to the credit
of the General Fund.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of State shall, at the close of
each fiscal year, report, under oath, to the Auditor of State,
tne number OF copies OF the laws remaining IN his hands
after the distribution as aforesaid, and the number of copies
sold by him, and the amount paid into the State Treasury,
and the Auditor of State shall charge him with the number
of copies on hand and credit him with the proceeds of all
that are sold as shown by the receipts from the State Treas
urer.
Sec. II. When the Secretary of State goes out of Office,
any such copies remaining in his hands he shall deliver to
his successor, taking his duplicate receipt therefor, one of
which he shall transmit to the Auditor of State. who shall
thereupon give such Secretary of State, the proper credit,
and charge his successor with the copies received by him
Sec. ~. 1t is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of
State to deliver this original Act, including the accompany
ing revision and compilation, together with certified copies
of all Acts of the Fifth Legislature of the State of Wyo-
ming, to the Attorney General and Secretary of State. desig-
mated under Section Four of this Act, whenever they may
apply for the same, and take their receipt therefor, and it
is also made the duty of said Committee to return the same
to the Secretary when they have completed their labors as
herein required.
Sec. 10. On the completion of their work, the Attorney
General and Secretary of State, shall append their certif-
cate thereto certifying to the completeness and accuracy of
said work and that they have complied with the provisions
of this Act.
Sec. IA. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this Act, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds
in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum
of Seven Thousand Dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, with which to pay the costs and expenses of
printing and binding Two Thousand copies of the Revised
Statutes of Wyoming of the year 1899, which sum shall be
paid by the State Auditor to such persons as are legally en-
titled to any portion thereof, upon vouchers properly sworn
to by such persons and approved by the Secretary of State.
Sec. 10. This Act excepting Section One, shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved February 18th, A. d. 1899.