The Advocate and news., 1899-02-08


the purpose of building Court House in
said county, and authorizing the said
Board of County Commissioners to trans
fer certain funds and to use the same.
WHEREAS The Court House in Lincoln
Center, Lincoln county, Kansas, has re-
Gently burned down, and whereas, there Is
no suitable building now belonging to the
county in which to hold the county Off
ces and transact public business, and
whereas there are certain funds belonging
to said county that are not now in use,
that can be used as temporary fund to
assist in the immediate erection Of a new
Court House in said county, and whereas
public necessity requires suitable build
ing for said county purposes, therefore
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature OF the
State Of Kansas:
Section /. That the Board Of County Com
nussioners Of Lincoln county are hereby au-
thoriZed from year to year, to levy and
cause to be collected, at the same time and
lected, a tax which, in the aggregate
will not exceed two mills on the dollar
upon all the taxable property In said
county, in any one year, fol-. the purpose OF
erecting and establishing fund to be used
in building a Court House at the county
seat in said county, on the site of the for
mer Court House; and for the purpose OF
reimbursing any fund that may be tenn
porarily used for Court House purposes;
which said tax, when collected, shall be
kept separate and apart from the other
funds Of said county, and shall be applied
only to the use and purposes above speci-
fed; provided, that the entire fund collected
in said county, under the prvisions Of this
act, shall not exceed the sum OF twenty
thousand dollars.
Section @ That said Board Of County
Commissioners in building said Court
House, shall be governed by the provisions
of the General Statutes of Kansas, relative
to letting the contracts for the same, and
said board shall, from time to time, appro-
pirate said funds in the performance of all
contracts made under the provisions Of this
act.
Section 3. That said Board of County
Commissioners are hereby authorized to
cause the County Treasurer Of said county
to transfer all or any part of the fund
from the sale of lands sold for delinquent
taxes, except such part of said fund as be-
longs to the several school districts in said
county to the general fund of said county,
and said board Is hereby authorized to use
said fund so transferred, or any other fund
Of said county, not required to be used un-
der any existing law until the same can be
replaced by levy OF the tax as provided in
section one Of this act, as q temporary fund,
with which to begin the building Of a Court
House as provided in this act
Section 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the official state paper.
| hereby certify that the above bill orig
mated in the Senate, and passed that body
January 18th, 1899.
H. E. RICHTER,
President Of the Senate
J. w. MORPHY,
Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the House January, 1899
s. j. OSBORN,
Speaker of the House.
CHAS. Il. LOBDELL,
Chief Clerk of the House.
Approved January 26th, 1899.
w. r. STANLEY,
Governor.
STATE OF KANSAS,
Office Of Secretary of State
/, Geo. A. Clark, Secretary Of State Of the
State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a correct copy OF the
original enrolled bill now on hle in my
Office.
In testimony whereof, / have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my official
seal, this 3rd day Of February, 1899.
Seal GEO. A. CLARK,
Secretary of State.
BY HILL P. WILSON,
Assistant Secretary of State.