Year: 1862

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property within said county subject to taxation


for the purpose of meeting the whole amount of


interest to become due within said year upon said
County bonds In making said levy said board
shall designate the number OF cents on each one
hundred dollars of said taxable property which
shall be taxed for said purpose. and the tax so
levied shall be known and designated as the Rail
Road Tax


SEC T. The tax so levied shall be assessed
and collected at the same time, by the the same
officers, and in the same manner as other county
taxes are levied and collected, for which said Of
fcers and the County Treasurer, for disburse
ments. shall receive the same rate OF compensa-
tion as is allowed by law for the collection and
| disbursement of other county taxes. Ihe TAX
collector upon the collection of said tax shall
| give to each tax payer Il separate receipt which
| shall show upon its face the amount OF rail road
tax so paid by him. These receipts shall be
printed and all similar in form; differing only in
name. date and amount.


SEC l3. The County Treasurer shall separate
the amount collected on rail road tax from other
moneys in the Treasury and shall keep the same
| in a separate fund to be called the Rail Road
Fund of which fund be shall keep separate ac-
count.


SEC H. The Board of Supervisors shall pro-
vide for the prompt payment Of the interest on
said county bonds. rs the same falls due and for
this purpose they shall. as nearly us possible at
the time of making the annual levy, estimate the
per centage of tax necessary to be levied to meet





shall fix the levy at said amount. Should there
for any reason be deficiency in the Rail Fund.
derived from said tax for the payment OF any in


erest rs it falls due. it shall be the duty OF said
Board to provide for the payment of said inter
est out Of the General Fund Of said County. and
in such case they shall in their next levy provide
Il sufficient fnnd to pay the accruing annual in
terest. and also. to reimburse the General Fund
with the amount SO taken from the same to pay
said interest.


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from he Rail Road Tax aforesaid. the County
Treasurer shall also place in said Fund all moneys
paid into the Treasury of said county by said
Rail Road Company. for interest or principal
upon the bonds Of sud company held by said
county; and said money shall be used by the said
Bourd of Supervisors for the payment of interest
on said County Bonds in like manner as the mo-
ncy raised by said Rail Road Tax. Whenever


the amount paid into said Fund by the said Rail
Road Company shall eqal the amount OF interest
| to fail lue upon the said County Bonds for the
ensuing year. no Rail Road Tax shall be levied
by said Board.


SEC. l6 AT the expiration of five years from the
time Of issuing said county bonds, the said board
of Supervisors shall provide u Sinking Fund for
| the purpose of securing the payment OF the
! principal of said bonds at their maturity; and for
this purpose they shall impose such special tax as
they may deem necessary. and the moneys arising
tbereform oge her with all the moneys received
from said Rail Road Company not applied to



redemption of said bonds in such manner as said
Board may deem most expedient for the interests
| of s,lil county.


SEC II. The interest accruing upon the Railroad
| Bonds given by the Company to the County dur
| inr the period Of three years from the date OF
said bonds shall not until the expiration OF said
| three years be required to be paid in money to
the county, nor shall any proceedings for its foic-
ed collection be taken within said period by the
county.


: ~, ,,,it tIou Il ioH Of
three years when the interest upon the bonds
given by the Rail Road Company to the County
shall fail due the Rail Road Company shall issue
/. number of shares OF full paid stock of said
company equal in value at par to the amount OF
said interest and shall deposit said stock with
the Treasurer of said county for his disbursement
as hereinafter provided


SEC. 10. Upon the presentation and delivery to
said County Treasurer of one or any number OF
the Rail Road Tax Receipts mentioned in Section
eleven by any holder of the same. showing the
payment by the holder OF said receipts. or his
3ssicnors of one hundred dollars of the Rail
Road Tax herein provided for the said Treasurer
shall deliver to such person one share OF the full
paid stock deposited with him by said COMPANY
and said person shall be he owner thereof The
said tax receipts shall be transferable by indorse
ment and may be presented for exchange by any
indorsce or if indorsed in blank by the bearer
Of the same. The Treasurer shall exchange full
paid stock for said tax receipts at the rate of one
share OF stock. for each one hundred dollars of tax
rectipts so long as said tax receipts shall be pre-
sented for exchange. If any holder shall present
to the Treasurer receipts amounting to more than
one hundred dollars but not amounting in the ag-
gregate to an even number of hundreds OF dollars,
the Treasurer shall issue shares OF stock Tor the
even hundreds. and receipt signed by him for the
fractional sum. Such receipts shall be transfera
BILE and exchangeable for stock in the same manner
as the Rail Road Tax Receipts.


SEC. 20. So soon as the Tax Collector shall
have made his returns in each year. the County
Treasure er shall estimate whether the amount OF
Rail Road Tax collected for which Rail Road tax
receipts have been given exceeds the par value OF
the fun paid stock which has been deposited with
him by the Rail Road Company; and in the event
that there be such excess, he shall notify said |
Rail Road Company Of the fact and of the |
amount of said excess. and said Rail Road Com.
pany shall Immediately issue and deposit with
said Treasurer sufficient additional full paid stock
to meet said excess.


SEC. 2l. The County Treasurer shall receipt to
the Rail Road Company for all the stock received
by him from said Rail Road Company: and shall
preserve all receipts received by him in exchange
for stock. rs his vouchers for said exchange, and
shall at the same time of receiving such receipts
write Cancelled" on the face of each, and shall
in book kept for that purpose keep an account
Of the stock received and the tax receipts cx
changed for stock.


SEC. %. At the end of three years from the
time of issuing said bonds provided for in this
Act. the county treasurer Shall creulb tHr htll
Road Company upon the interest due, or to be-
come due, upon its said bonds, with the full
amount of stock which during said period has
been exchanged for said railroad tax receipts,
less an amount equal to the sums allowed and
paid to said Tax Collectors and Treasurer for the
collection and disbursements of said railroad
taxes and shall return to said Company the cou-
pons for the interest thus paid and any shares of
stock which may be in his hands unexchanged.- L.
If the interest upon said railroad bonds up to
said date shall not have been fully paid by the
exchange of stock as aforesaid, the balance shall
be Immediately due from said Company to the