SEC. 5. The County Treasurer shall keep a register of said bonds issued by him and deliver the said bonds to the Wagon Roads Commissioners hereinafter named, and said Commissioners shall sell and dispose of said bonds at as high a rate as possible, and convert the same into cash; provided, that none of the bonds shall be sold at less than ninety (90) cents on the dollar.

SEC. 6. The Board of Wagon Roads Commissioners shall consist of three persons, to be appointed by the Governor of the Territory, two of whom shall constitute a quorum for business, and shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Should any vacancy occur, the Board of Supervisors of said County of Yavapai shall appoint one or more, as may be required to constitute a full Board.

SEC. 7. Each of said Commissioners before entering upon the duties of the office shall give bonds in the sum of three thousand dollars, with two or more sufficient sureties, to the County of Yavapai, conditional for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, which bonds shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors and filed in the office of the County Treasurer, and the said Commissioners shall receive the sum of three dollars per day each for the time actually engaged in the transaction of business of said roads under this Act; providing, that the amount paid such Commissioners shall not exceed six hundred dollars.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the said Wagon Roads Commissioners to keep a correct account of all expenses [incurred] in the repair of said roads, and make a full report of the same and of the money received from the sale of said bonds, how expended and to whom paid, to the Board of Supervisors of said County as soon as the roads are completed.

SEC. 9. Said roads shall be designated the "Tonto Basin Wagon Roads," and said Board shall be designated “Board of Tonto Basin Wagon Roads Commissioners."

SEC. 10. Said Board of Tonto Basin Wagon Roads Commissioners are hereby directed, within thirty days after the sale of said bonds, to commence the repair of the Old Stoneman Road, running from Fort Verde to where the branch road leaves the same for Tonto Basin, thence, by way of Pine Creek and Green Valley, to the Gila County line at Wild Rye.

SEC. 11. The said Board of Tonto Basin Wagon Roads Commissioners may, in the repair of said roads, employ laborers by the day or month, or may let the work by contract to the lowest bidder or bidders, as they may deem best. The grade of said roads shall be made in the most substantial manner, and it shall be wide enough to allow freight or other teams to pass each other at proper intervals.

SEC. 12. On the completion of the repair on said roads, all moneys remaining in the hands of the said Board of Tonto Basin Wagon Roads Commissioners, shall be by them paid over to the County Treasurer of Yavapai County, and by him placed to the credit of the General Fund.

SEC. 13. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yavapai, at the time of levying the annual taxes, to estimate what sum will be required to meet the interest for the fiscal year on the then outstanding bonds issued by the authority of this Act, and after making proper allowances for delinquencies in taxpayers, to levy a tax sufficient to pay such interest, and in the year 1891, and annually 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, the sum of one thousand dollars, which sum shall be a payment on the principal of said bonds; provided, however, that all the levies required by this Section shall cease when said bonds shall have been paid; and provided, further, that all surplus moneys arising from said levies shall be paid by the Treasurer yearly into the General Fund of said county, to be disbursed as other moneys in said fund, and in case of a deficiency in said levies, the deficiency shall be paid by said Treasurer out of the moneys in the General Fund.

SEC. 14. The County Treasurer of Yavapai County shall pay the interest on said bonds when due, and the coupons marked by him canceled shall be his vouchers for such payments, and whenever he shall make any payments on the bonds he shall indorse such payments on the bond, and take a receipt from the person so paid, showing the number and denomination of bond, the amount of principal so paid, to whom, and when, which receipt shall be his voucher, until the bond is wholly paid, when he shall require the surrender of the bond, and shall cancel the same by writing "Canceled" on its face.

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

Approved March 12, 1885.

Authorizing a loan on the faith and credit of the Territory and to provide for the building of bridges and repair of certain wagon roads in the County of Apache.

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

SECTION 1. That a loan of twelve 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 Wagon Road Commissioners, hereinafter provided, to issue bonds of the Territory in sums of two hundred and fifty, five hundred and one thousand dollars each, payable in fifteen years from date thereof and not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of twelve thousand dollars, in the following form, to wit:

Bond No......

day of..

.A. D. 1885.

....

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 Territory.

Treasurer.

SEC. 3. All such bonds shall be signed by the Secretary of the Territory with his own proper name, affixing his official character, and shall be authenticated with the great seal of the Territory, and shall be indorsed by the Governor of the Territory with his proper name, affixing his official character, and shall then be delivered to the Treasurer of the Territory, and said Secretary shall keep a register of said bonds, showing the number and amount of said bonds, and shall charge the Treasurer with the full amount of said bonds.

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 signing shall bind the Territory, and in the same manner shall sign the coupons thereto 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 injuring or mutilating the bonds, and shall be severally numbered from one to fifteen, inclusive, 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 Wagon Road Commissioners hereinafter named, and the said Commissioners shall sell and dispose of said bonds at as high a rate as possible and convert the said bonds into cash; provided, that no bonds 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 Wagon Road Commissioners shall consist of three persons, two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, as follows: Morris Barth, of Holbrook; Ebin Stanley, of Springerville, and E. S. Stover, of St. John, 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 more, as may be required to constitute a full Board. The Governor shall issue commissions to the persons herein appointed Wagon Road 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 Wagon Road Commissioners, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, to commence the repair of the road between the town of Holbrook and Fort Apache, also the road from the New Mexico line to Fort Apache, via the town of Springerville, also the road from Springerville to Navajoe Springs, and also they shall build bridges over the Rios Pecos and the Colorado Chiquito, wherever it is necessary in the repairing of said roads. Said roads are all located in the County of Apache, Arizona

Territory. And it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to prosecute the repair of said roads to completion as speedily as possible.

SEC. 7. The said Board of Wagon Road Commissioners are hereby authorized in the repair of said roads to employ laborers by the day or month to perform the same, or to let the same by contracts as they may deem best.

SEC. 8. Each of said Wagon Road Commissioners shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, give bonds in the sum of eight thousand dollars, with two or more sufficient sureties, to the Territory, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, which shall be approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of the Territory. Said Commissioners shall receive a compensation for their services of six dollars per day when actually employed on such Commission, and this shall be full compensation for said services.

SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of said Board of Wagon Road Commissioners to keep a correct account of all expenses incurred in the repair of said wagon roads, and make a full report of the same to the Governor, on or before the first day of January in each year; and the Governor shall transmit a copy of said report to the next Legislative Assembly.

SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 12, 1885.

Exempting firemen from certain taxes, jury duties, etc. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of

Arizona:

SECTION 1. That the active officers and members of unpaid fire companies, regularly organized in any incorporated city in this Territory, and exempt firemen as hereinafter defined, shall be entitled to the following privileges and exemptions, viz: exemptions from the payment of poll tax and road tax, exemption from jury duty, and exemption from military duty, except in case of war, invasion, or insurrection; provided, that