Year: 1862




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 so taxed for said purpose. and the tax so
levied shall be known and designated as the Rail
Road Tax.


Sec H. 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-
ton rs is allowed by law for the collection and
disbursement of other county taxes The tax
collector upon the collection of said tax shall
give to each tax tyer separate receipt winch
shall show upon its face the amount of rail road


tax so paid by him. These receipts shall he


printed and all similar in form; differing only in
name. date and amount.


SEC. 13. The County Treasurer shall separate


the amount collected on rail road tax from other


moneys in the Treasury and shall keep the same
in separate fund to lie called the Rail Road
Fund, of which fund he shall keep separate ac-
count


Sec IA. The Board OF Supervisors shall pro-
vide for the prompt payment of the interest on
said county bonds. us the same falls due and for


this purpose they SHALL rs nearly possible at


the time of making the annual levy, estimate the


per centage of tax necessary to be levied to meet
slid interest for the next succeeding year, and


shall fix the levy 1T said amount Should there
| for any reason be deficiency in the Rail Fund.
derived from said tax for the payment OF any in


tcres rs it falls due. it sh I'll 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 they shall in their next levy provide
II sufficient fund 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.


SEC. l5. In addition to the moneys arising
from he Rll 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
Board OF Supervisors for the payment of interest
on s,lid County Bonds in like manner as the mo-
ney raised by said Rail Road Tax. Whenever
the amount paid into said Fund by the said Rail


Road Company hall eql the amount of interest


to fail due upon the said County Bonds for the


ensuing year no Rail Road Tax shall be levied
! by said Board.


Sec. 10. AT the expiration of five years from the
time Of issuing said county bonds. the said board
of Supervisors shall provide 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
thcreform toge her with all the moneys received





payment of interest shall be applied toward the
redemption of said bonds in such manner said
Board may deem most expedent for the interests
of said county.


Sec. II. The interest accruing upon the Railroad
Bonds given by the Company to the County dur
ing the period OF three years from the date of
said bonds shall not until the expiration of said
three years he required to be paid in money to
the county, nor shall any proceedings for its fOlc
ed collection be taken within said period by the
county.


Sec. Is. At the time within the said period of
three years when the interest upon the bonds
given by the Rail Road Company to the County
shall fall 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
assignors. 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 the owner thereof. The
said tax receipts shall be transferable by indorse
ment and may be presented for exchange by any
indorsee, or if ndorsed in blank by the bearer
OF the same. The Treasurer shall exchange full
paid stock for said tax rece pts at the rate of
share of stock. for each hundred dollars of tax
receipts so long as said tax receipts shall be pre-
sentcd for exchange. If any holder shall present
to the Treasurer receipts amounting to more than
one hundred dollars but not amounting in the ag-
gre gate to even number of hundreds OF dollars,
the Treasurer shall issue shares of stock for 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 |
Treasnr 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 full paid stock which has been deposited with
him by the Rail I'D Company; and in the event
that there be such excess, he shall notify said |
Rail Road Company of the fact and of the
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 ex
chan ged 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 credit the Rail
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 70, 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 unexchang ged.-
If the interest upon said railroad bonds up to
said date shall not have been fully paid by the
exchange Of stock aforesaid, the balance shall