trance to exdeclared a mis lar fees for any services rendered or duty performed. Any person Improper enwho wilfully and without leave, enters any fair ground during an hibition exhibition, or by fraudulently receiving and using the tickets or demeanor. badge of another without the proper payment and compliance with the rules of said grounds, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dol- Penalty. lars, and in case of non-payment, to imprisonment in the county jail not less than one nor more than ten days. Any such offender may be tried before any justice of the peace, or police justice, most convenient in the county. tled to appro SEC. 4. That all properly organized county agricultural societies Society entias aforesaid, shall be entitled to an annual appropriation of one priation." hundred dollars each from the Territorial treasury: Provided, They have complied with the following conditions: First, That they have held an annual fair or exhibition during the year in question; Second, That an amount of not less than one hundred dollars has been received by said society by admission of members, or sale of tickets, and, bona fidely, paid into their treasury in cash; Proviso. receipts and Third, That they have made up and published in some news- Publication of paper in the county, a full statement of their entire receipts and expenditures. disbursements of the society for the year, verified by the oath of the Secretary of the society, and a copy thereof deposited with the Auditor of the Territory, on or before the first day of November in each year. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the auditor, within ten days Appropriat'n, after the first day of November in each year, to issue an order how paid. upon the treasurer, directing the payment of the said sum of one hundred dollars to the treasurer of each society that has complied with the requirements of this act, and the aforesaid sums are permanently appropriated to the societies aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the territorial treasurer to pay the same on demand, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 6. There is hereby appropriated annually out of any money Appropriat'n. in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hun dred dollars to each county agricultural and stock association, that is, or may be entitled thereto, under the provisions of this act. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and In force. after its passage. Approved, December 11, 1875. CHAPTER 30. Deeds execu ted in prese'ce ed valid. AN ACT to Remove the Cloud from certain Titles. WHEREAS, Before and since the publication and distribution of the laws of Wyoming, 1869, deeds, mortgages, and other instruments have been executed and admitted to record which were attested by but one witness, and whereas, by the provisions of an act entitled "An act concerning alienations by deed, of the proof and recording of conveyances, and the canceling of mortgages," passed by the First Legislative Assembly, approved the 10th December, 1869, it is required that deeds or mortgages of lands, or any interests in lands, shall be executed in the presence of two witnesses; therefore, Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Ter ritory of Wyoming : SECTION 1. That all deeds, mortgages or other instruments of one witness heretofore executed, in the presence of but one witness, shall be shall be deem- deemed as valid and binding as if the same had been executed in the presence of two witnesses, and shall be so construed by the courts of this Territory, and the record thereof shall have the same force and effect as if such deeds, mortgages and other instruments had been executed in the presence of two witnesses; Provided, That such record shall in nowise affect the right or title of any person acquired in good faith, and for a valuable consideration, before the taking effect of this act; And provided further, That this act shall not be construed to affect any judgment or decree heretofore rendered by any court of the Territory. Provided. In force. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. Approved, December 11, 1873. CHAPTER 31. AN ACT to Remove the Cloud from certain Titles. WHEREAS, Before and since the publication of the laws of Wy- Preamble. oming, of 1869, deeds, mortgages and other instruments, executed in other States, Territories or districts of the United States and acknowledged before other officers than commissioners appointed by the governor of this Territory for that purpose, have been admitted to record without any certificates of the clerk or other proper certifying officers of the courts of record of the respective counties or districts within which such acknowledgments were taken being attached thereto, and, whereas, by the provisions of an act entitled "an act concerning alienation by deed, of the proof and recording of conveyances and the canceling of mortgages," passed by the first legislative assembly, approved Dec. 10th, 1869, it is required that in the case of any deeds or mortgages executed in any other State, Territory or district of the United States, of lands or any interest in lands, unless the acknowledgment be taken before a commissioner appointed by the governor of this Territory for that purpose, such deed or mortgage shall have attached thereto a certificate of the clerk or other proper certifying officer of the court of record of the county or district within which such acknowledgment was taken, attesting such acknowledgment and the official character of the offier before whom it was taken, therefore, Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming : gages, etc. out certificate tifying officer to be held and ing. SECTION 1. That all deeds, mortgages or other instruments Deeds, mortheretofore executed in other States, Territories or districts of the heretofore ex, United States of lands or any interest in lands in this Territory ecuted with acknowledged before any proper officers other than commissioners of proper cerappointed by the governor of this Territory for that purpose, and attached, which have not attached thereto certificates of the clerks or other construed as proper certifying officers of the courts of record of the respective valida'd bindcounties or districts within which such acknowledgments were taken, shall be deemed as valid and binding as if such certificates were thereto attached, and shall be so construed by the courts of this Territory, and the record thereof shall have the same force and effect as if such deeds, mortgages and other instrument had such certificates attached; Provided, That such record shall in no Proviso. wise affect the right or title of any person acquired in good faith and for a valuable consideration, before the taking effect of this Further pro- act; And provided further, That this act shall not be construed to affect any judgment or decree heretofore rendered by any court in this Territory. viso. In force. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, December 11th, 1875. CHAPTER 32. COMPILATION OF LAWS. AN ACT to Compile and Publish the Laws of Wyoming in One Volume. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the mittee of both joint committée. SECTION 1. That the judiciary committee of the Council and Judici'y comthe judiciary committee of the House of Representatives are houses to conhereby made and constituted a joint committee, and empowered stitute to make all the necessary arrangements and contracts for the compilation and publication of the laws of the Territory in one volume, including all laws and amendments of the present session of the Legislative assembly. Said committee is hereby authorized and directed to employ such clerks and assistants as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. The clerks and Employmat of assistants so employed shall receive as compensation for their sistants, and services the same pay as is now received by the enrolling clerks of compensation. the legislature. The bill for such services must be certified to by the chairman of each of said judiciary committees, who shall also state in their certificate the amount due, whereupon the auditor of the Territory shall draw his warrant for the sun so certified, and the treasurer of the Territory shall pay the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. e'mpile all the of compiler his duties. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said joint committee to cause Duties of joint each law of the Territory that may be in force at the close of the committee to present session to be published as it shall exist at that time, and laws, to compile all the laws so published and have them bound in one volume, to be labeled, "The Compiled Laws of Wyoming." SEC. 3. The said joint committee shall select some competent Compensation person to direct the compilation and superintend the printing of and supt, and the laws, whose compensation shall not exceed six dollars per day for the time necessarily and actually employed in the work. The said superintendent shall attend personally to the printing of said statutes, shall read the proof, compare the new work with the original laws, to see that it is correctly copied and punctuated, append marginal notes on each page, indicating the subject and scope of the sections, arrange the chapters and index the laws, which index shall be carefully prepared and placed at the end of the volume. He shall have power to stop the work at any time it may appear to be proceeding erroneously, and correct all mistakes. At the conclusion of the work the secretary of the Territory shall certify the amount due him under this section, and there is |
