Year: 1862

paid out of said sinking fund, and all account
for expenses shall, before being paid, be sui
mitted to and audited by the secretary G
state, in the same manner and under the sam
regulations as are now, or may, from time to
time be prescribed by law, for the auditing
of accounts against the state


i s %. Each officer of the state named in thi
act, and his successors in Office, shall dis
charge any and all duties imposed upon hin
by any Of the provisions of this act.


! s "a. All holders of railroad bonds, and O
notes Or bonds and mortgages collatera
thereto, of the kind and description men
toned in section four of this act, who at the
time of the passage of this act are residing be
yond the limits Of the United States of Amer
lea, may avail themselves of tho benefits O.
this act, by complying with the provision!
thereof within one year after the publicatio
OF the acceptance of this act by the railroad
company to which such mortgage was origin
ally given, and shall then be entitled to = Ger
| tlfcate of the first series; and all persons
holders of such bond, and mort cages, residing
| IN the states or territories OF the United
States, west of the Rocky mountains, shall be
entitled to the same privilege as to time.


s rs Every person who originally made
executed and delivered any note or bond and
mortg of the kind mentioned in section four
OF this act, and who shall have paid Of com
peundcd for the same, such person or his le
gal representatives shall be entitled to all tho
benefits of this act and in case judgment
shall have been or shall hereafter be render
| ed against any person upon any such instru-
rent described in section four of this act, the
judgment debtor or his legal representatives
shall have the same right 20 the benefit of this
act as the holder of said mortgage would have
bo9 ho1 ;,,l--
anu such Judgment creditor Or his legal rep
| resentatives or assigns, shall not have the
right to the benefit of this act. Such judg-
ment debtor or his legal representatives, to
be entitled to the benefits of this act, shall
tile certified. copy of such judgment with the
commissioners, aud thereupon he shall re-
celVe the same certificate as though he was
the owner Of the note or bond and mortgage
upon which such judgment was rendered.. In
| case any person holding a note and mortgage
emitting himto lien upon said fund, shall
refuse to tile the same with said commission
ers, within the time prescribed by this act, he
shall not thereafter have the right to file the
said instrument with said commissioners, so as
to become lien upon such sinking fund but
sha original niortgagor or his legal represent
atiTes, upon proof to said commissioners Of
the amount Of said note and mortgage, its



mlssioners Of the holder of note and mort
gage, before the same became lien upon said
fund, shall be entitled to the same benefits of
such sinking fund, and receive the same GER
tlhcate, and have and receive the same share
OF such fund as such holder of said instru-
ments would have had, had the same been fl
ed as required by this act


S 26. II any statement, report, schedule,
application or oath, to which an affidavit is
4rn9 h,yo i


visions OF this act, shall contain willful
falsehood, the person making the same shall
De deemed guilty Of perjury, and upon convic-
tlon thereof shall be punished as for wiIlful
and corrupt perjury.


s II. The said board Of commissioners shall
Keep an Office in the city of Madison in this
state, suitable for the transaction of their bu-
slness, which Office shall be kept open each
day OF the week, Sundays excepted, from nine
o'clock in the forenoon until four o'clock in
the afternoon, from the first day of April un-
til the first day of October, 1862; and after
the last mentioned day, said Office shall be
Kept open as the said board may deem neces
sary, to properly and without delay transact
all the business appertaining to the duties of
the board. majority of said board may
transact all the business and perform all the
duties herein enjoined upon or required of
said board. They shall keep full and cor
rect record of all acts and things done by them
as such board of commissioners; they shall
also IN each and every year during the con.
tlauance OF said board, and within ten days
next preceding the regular annual session of
the legislature OF the state, make to the gov
ernor of the state full and complete report
of the condition and management during the
last preceding year. of the railroad bond and
mortgage sinking fund.- and all things apper-
tanning thereto; and it is hcrby made the du-
ty of the governor Of the state to communi
cate the report so made to him, to the legsla-
ture, st their first m letting.


S 2S. This act, Immediately after it's pass
age, shall be printed by the contractor of pub
lie printing, and when so printed shall take
effect and be in force, and shall be taken and
construed as a public act.


Approved April s, 1882