levy a tax sufficient to pay the principal of said bonds, in addition to the interest aforesaid; provided, That all surplus moneys arising from said levies shall be paid by the Treasurer of the county having such surplus, into the General Fund of that county, to be disbursed as other moneys in said fund.

SEC. 13. The bonds shall have interest coupons attached to each of them, and whenever either any interest coupon or any bond that shall have become due is presented for payment to the Treasurer of the county issuing said bonds, he shall pay the same without further order or voucher, and shall write the word "Canceled" on the face thereof, which said canceled coupons or bonds shall be the Treasurer's vouchers for the payment of the same.

SEC. 14. If the Commissioners fail to dispose of the bonds of either county within one year as provided in this Act, then this Act shall be null and void and of no effect.

SEC, 15. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

To provide for the construction of a certain wagon road in Maricopa County.

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

SECTION 1. That a loan of twenty-five hundred dollars is hereby authorized to be negotiated on the faith and credit of the County of Maricopa, in the Territory of Arizona, to be paid as hereinafter provided, and to bear interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum.

SEC. 2. The County Treasurer of the County of Maricopa is hereby authorized and directed, when called upon by the Board of Supervisors of said Maricopa County, to issue bonds of the County of Maricopa, of the denomination of five hundred dollars each, payable in ten years from the date thereof, and not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. Said bonds shall bear the date of their issuance, and shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards, and shall be signed by the Treasurer of said County of Maricopa, in his official character, which signing shall bind the County of Maricopa. Said bonds shall be drawn payable to the order of the Chairman of said Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, and shall be indorsed by him in his official character, and shall bear the seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed thereto. Coupons for the payment of the interest on said bonds shall be attached to each of said bonds, so that the same may be removed therefrom without mutilating the bonds, and each of said coupons shall bear the number of the bond to which it is attached, and shall be numbered from one to ten consecutively.

SEC. 4. The interest on said bonds shall be paid annually, on the second day of January of each year, at the office of the County Treasurer of Maricopa County.

SEC. 5. The County Treasurer shall keep a register of said bonds, and shall deliver the same to the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, and the Board of Supervisors shall sell and dispose of said bonds as hereinafter directed.

SEC. 6. Within forty days after the passage of this Act, the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in said county, for at least twenty days, that sealed proposals will be received by them for the purchase of said bonds, at the place and on the day and hour named in said notice, and at the time and place appointed in said notice the said Board of Supervisors shall open all proposals received by them, and shall award the purchase to the highest responsible bidder; provided, that said Board of Supervisors may reject any and all bids; and provided, further, that no bonds shall be sold for less than ninety-five cents on the dollar of their par value.

SEC. 7. It is hereby made the duty of said Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, at the time of levying the annual taxes, in the year 1885, and for ten years thereafter, to estimate what sum will be required to meet the interest for the fiscal year on the then outstanding bonds authorized by this Act to be issued, and to levy a tax sufficient to pay such interest. And in the year 1894, and annnually thereafter, the said Board of Supervisors, at the time of levying the said annual taxes, shall levy a tax sufficient to pay, in

addition to the interest aforesaid, fifty per cent of the amount of said bonds, to the end and intent that the whole of said bonds shall be paid on or before the year 1895, and all taxes levied under the provisions of this Act shall be levied and collected as other taxes are levied and collected, and when any of said money so authorized to be levied and collected shall be paid to the County Treasurer, he shall place the same in a fund to be known as the Wagon Road Fund of 1885.

SEC. 8. The County Treasurer shall pay the interest on said bonds when due, taking the coupons as his voucher therefor, and shall write the word "canceled" on the face thereof, and whenever the said County Treasurer shall have in said fund a sufficient amount of money to pay one or more of said bonds, he shall give notice for ten days in some newspaper published in said county that he is ready to pay one or more of said bonds, giving the lowest number thereof, commencing with the lowest number then outstanding, and such bonds shall not draw or bear any interest after ten days from the first publication of said notice, and any money being in said fund, more than sufficient to pay the full amount of one or more bonds, shall be paid and indorsed upon the next succeeeding bond, and the Treasurer shall take from the person owning or holding the bond upon which such partial payment is made, a receipt, showing the number of the bond, and the amount paid, which receipt shall be his voucher for such payment. Any money remaining in said fund after paying the whole of the principal and interest of said bonds, shall be transferred to the General Fund of the county.

SEC. 9. It is made the duty of the Board of Supervisors, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, to cause to be located and laid out, and immediately thereafter to commence the building of a wagon road, commencing at the point of the mountain on the Black Canyon road, about twelve miles north of the city of Phoenix, in Maricopa County, and running thence northerly to the Winafred Mining District; thence east of north to the Golden Fleece quartz-mill on Cave Creek; from thence continuing in a northerly direction to Wood's stock ranch; from thence to the Phoenix Mine on Cave Creek, and from thence to Crane Mountain.

SEC. 10. The said Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized, in the construction of said wagon road, to employ laborers by the day or month, under a competent superintendent, to perform the same, or to let the same by contract, as they may

deem best; provided, that no more money shall be used in the construction of said wagon road by said Board of Supervisors than shall be realized from the sale of the bonds herein provided for.

SEC. 11. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

To fill vacancies in the office of Probate Judge.

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

SECTION 1. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of Probate Judge in any of the counties of this Territory, said vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer, and the District Attorney of the county in which such vacancy occurs.

SEC. 2. Upon the appointment of any person to fill a vacancy in the office of Probate Judge the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in the county in which the vacancy may occur and said appointment be made, shall at once notify the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said appointment, and said Clerk shall immediately make out and deliver to the person appointed a certificate of his appointment.

SEC. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 12, 1885.

To provide for the repairing of Wagon Roads, from Tonto Basin to Fort Verde in Yavapai County, Arizona.

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

SECTION 1. That a loan of six thousand dollars ($6,000) is hereby authorized to be negotiated on the faith and credit of the County of Yavapai, in the Territory of Arizona, to be paid as hereinafter provided for, and to bear interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum.

SEC. 2. The County Treasurer of the County of Yavapai is hereby authorized and directed, when called upon by the Wagon Roads Commissioners hereinafter provided, to issue bonds of the County of Yavapai, in sums of one thousand dollars each, payable as hereinafter stated, and not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of six thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. Said bonds shall bear the date of their issuance and be numbered consecutively from one upward, and shall be signed by the said County Treasurer in his official character, which signing shall bind the County of Yavapai. Said bonds shall be drawn to the order of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of said County of Yavapai, and be indorsed by him in his official character and shall have the seal of said Board affixed thereto, coupons for the payment of the interest on said bonds shall be attached to each of said bonds so that the same may be removed therefrom without mutilating the bonds, and each of said coupons shall be numbered properly and shall be signed by the said County Treasurer and countersigned by the said Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.

SEC. 4. The interest on said bonds shall be paid annually, on the second day of January of each year at the office of the County Treasurer, and said bonds shall run and be payable in twelve years from the issuance thereof; provided, that from and after the year 1891, one thousand dollars shall be paid annually on the principal sum of said bonds until the principal sum of said bonds shall be paid, which payment shall be paid pro rata on said bonds.