SEC. 7. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of Supervisors of said Apache County to provide a safe and suitable vault for the deposit of all county moneys, and the duty of the County Treasurer and ex officio Tax Collector to keep all of said moneys therein. If the County Treasurer and ex officio Tax Collector shall keep any moneys of the county in a private bank or other private place of deposit, or loan or use said moneys for his own gain or the gain of another, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction he shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial prison for a term not less than one nor more than ten years.

SEC. 8. The County Treasurer and ex officio Tax Collector of said Apache County shall receive to his own use as full compensation for all services rendered by him or his deputies, as Treasurer and ex officio Tax Collector, the following salary per annum, in lieu of all percentage heretofore allowed, to be paid in quarterly installments at the end of each quarter, to wit: the sum of two thousand dollars, and he shall not collect or receive any percentage whatsoever for the collection of taxes, except such percentage as is required by law to be paid upon delinquent taxes.

SEC. 9. The Sheriff of said Apache County shall receive to his own use as full compensation for all services rendered by him or his deputies, except as hereinafter provided in this Section, the following salary per annum, to be paid in quarterly installments at the end of each quarter, to wit: five thousand dollars; provided, however, he shall in addition to the salary above established receive for his own use all rewards paid to him for the apprehension, arrest or conviction of criminals, and in case he renders other services outside of his county or in the transportation of convicts to the penitentiary, the Board of Supervisors must allow him the amount of his actual expenses, and the same shall be paid from the General Fund of said county, and the Board of Supervisors of said County of Apache may, in case of riot or other emergency, allow and pay said Sheriff for such additional help as may be required to perform the work of his office, and said Sheriff shall further be allowed all necessary keeper's fees in civil cases, but in no case shall he be allowed more than four dollars per day for each keeper.

SEC. 10. The District Attorney of said Apache County shall receive to his own use as full compensation for all services rendered by him or his deputies, in lieu of fees, the fol

lowing salary per annum, to be paid in quarterly installments at the end of each quarter, to wit: the sum of three thousand dollars; provided, however, that whenever required by any Justice of the Peace distant from the county seat to appear and attend any preliminary examination before such Justice, he shall be allowed mileage at the rate of twenty cents per mile for each and every mile necessarily traveled, by the most practicable route, to be paid from the General Fund, as other claims against the county are paid.

SEC. 11. Nothing in this Act contained shall be so construed as to take away or effect the right of any officer herein mentioned from demanding, collecting and receiving the fees of his office, now or hereafter allowed by law, and paying the same into the County Treasury, as hereinafter required; provided, however, that no officer shall charge against said Apache County nor shall said Apache County allow or pay any fee, percentage or per diem other than the salaries provided for by this.Act.

SEC. 12. The Sheriff and Assessor of said Apache County shall each keep a fee book in which he shall enter an exact and full account in detail of all fees, mileage, commissions, compensations and percentages of whatever nature or kind by him or his deputies earned and collected with the date, the name of the payer and the nature of the service in each case. Immediately after the close of his official term he shall deposit said book in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said County of Apache. On the first Monday in January, April, July and September of each and every year, he shall file in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said county a sworn statement in writing of the amount of fees, commissions, compensation and percentage earned and collected by him or his deputies for official services during the three calendar months ending on the last day of the previous month. If any person occupying any of said offices shall hold more than one office he shall keep a separate fee book for each office, and shall make separate statements for each. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said county is hereby required to make an abstract of the amount of fees, percentage and compensation returned to him as having been earned and collected by the respective officers named in this Section, and shall forward a sworn statement of the same to the Secretary of the Territory in the month of January of each year to be by him filed, kept and preserved in his office for the inspection of the public, Territorial officers and the Legislative Assembly

as other public records and documents. Every officer mentioned in this Section who shall willfully fail or neglect to file such statement as required by this Section shall be removed from his office by the Board of Supervisors of said Apache County, and be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.

SEC. 13. The Sheriff and Assessor of said Apache County shall on the first Monday of each month in each year pay into the County Treasury of said County of Apache, except as in this Act otherwise provided, all money collected and received by them severally for fees, commissions, compensation or percentage of their several offices during the month next preceding, and take the receipts of the County Treasurer in duplicate therefor, and forthwith file such duplicate receipt with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; said duplicate receipts shall be kept and preserved by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors upon file in his office. Every officer who shall willfully fail or neglect to pay over any money collected or received by him as required by the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial Prison for a term not less than one no more than ten years.

SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of every officer mentioned in the last two preceding Sections of this Act to collect in advance all fees, commissions, compensation and percentage allowed and authorized by law.

SEC. 15. The Board of Supervisors of said County of Apache shall prescribe the number and compensation of all employees in and about the County Jail of said county, and shall allow and pay the said employees in the same manner as other charges against the county are allowed and paid.

SEC. 16. All fees paid to the County Treasurer of said Apache County by virtue of this Act shall be by him placed in a fund to be known as the "General Salary Fund," and all warrants drawn by the Board of Supervisors for salaries as provided in this Act shall be drawn on said Salary Fund, and if at any time the amount of money in said fund is insufficient to pay the warrants so drawn upon demand, the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized to transfer from the General Fund of the County to said Salary Fund such money as may be necessary to pay said warrants, and if at any time the amount of money in said Salary Fund is more than sufficient

to pay the warrants so drawn upon said fund the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized to transfer such amounts as they may deem proper from said Salary Fund into the General Fund of said county.

SEC. 17. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

SEC. 18. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Authorizing a loan on the faith and credit of the Territory, and to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Gila River, at or near the town of Florence.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:

SECTION 1. That a loan of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby authorized to be negotiated on the faith and credit of the Territory, to be paid at the expiration of fifteen years from the date thereof, and to bear interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum.

SEC. 2. The Treasurer of the Territory is hereby authorized and directed, when required by the Board of Bridge Commissioners hereinafter specified in this Act, to issue bonds in sums of fifty, one hundred, and two hundred and fifty dollars, payable in fifteen years from date, and not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, in the following form, to wit:

Bond No.......

.day of..

$. . . . .

A. D. 188..

Fifteen years after date the Territory of Arizona promises to pay to the order of the Governor of the Territory

dollars, with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date, payable annually at the Treasury of the Territory, for value received.

Secretary of the Treasury.

Treasurer.

SEC. 3. All such bonds shall be signed by the Secretary with his own proper name, affixing his official character, and shall be authenticated with the great seal of the Territory, and shall be endorsed by the Governor of the Territory with his proper name and affixing his official character, and shall then be delivered by the Secretary to the Treasurer of the Territory, and the Secretary shall keep a register of said bonds, showing the number and amount of each bond, and shall charge the Treasurer with the full amount of such bond. At the time of issuing said bonds under the provisions of this Act, the Territorial Treasurer shall sign a sufficient number of them with his own proper name, affixing his official character, which said signing shall bind the Territory, and shall in the same manner sign the coupons thereunto attached, as hereinafter provided. The coupons or certificates for the payment of interest shall be attached to said bonds in such manner that they may be taken off without injury or mutilating the bonds, and shall be severally numbered from one to fifteen inclusive, and each bearing the corresponding number of the bond to which they are attached. The Treasurer shall keep a register of all bonds issued by him, and shall deliver the same to the Bridge Commissioners hereinafter named, and the said Commissioners shall sell and dispose of the said bonds at as high a rate as possible and convert the said bonds into cash; provided, that no bond shall be sold or disposed of by them for less than ninety-five cents on the dollar.

SEC. 4. The Territorial Treasurer shall pay the interest on said bonds when due, taking the coupons as his vouchers therefor, and he may retain in his hands for that purpose a sufficient amount of money of the Territory.

SEC. 5. The Board of Bridge Commissioners shall consist of three persons, two of whom shall constitute a quorum, for the transaction of business, as follows: J. W. Anderson, John C. Harris and Jose M. Ochoa, and they shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are elected or appointed, as the case may be, and qualified. In case of a vacancy, the Governor shall appoint one or two, as may be required to constitute a full Board. The Governor shall issue commissions to the persons herein appointed Bridge Commissioners, and to those who may hereafter be appointed to fill any vacancy that may arise.

SEC. 6. It is hereby made the duty of said Bridge Commissioners, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, to commence the survey and location of a bridge across the Gila