ment or information for misdemeanor, two dollars and fifty cents; for trial in case of murder, twenty-five dollars; for trial in other cases, ten dollars; for action on forfeited recognizance, ten dollars; in cases where prosecution is dismissed, two dollars and fifty cents; for examination of persons charged with an offense before justice of the peace or police judge, five dollars; but in no event shall the county be liable for any of the fees herein provided. SEC. 2. This act shall not be construed as to interfere with the provisions of any special law relating to the fees and salaries of county attorneys enacted for any particular county or counties. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily Commonwealth. Approved March 11, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Daily Commonwealth, March 14, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CV. FEES AND SALARIES-COUNTY TREASURERS. AN ACT to amend section 5, chapter 93, of the session laws of 1875. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That section five of chapter nine-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five be amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. Said salaries shall be paid out of the county treasury in quarterly installments, upon the order of the county commissioners: Provided, That the amount collected by each county treasurer as fees herein provided for the preceding quarter shall be first deducted from said quarterly installments. SEC. 2. Original section five of chapter ninety-three of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-five is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Daily Commonwealth. Approved March 12, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Daily Commonwealth, March 18, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CVI. COUNTY TREASURERS AND CLERKS OF CERTAIN COUN- AN ACT regulating the salaries of county clerks and county treasurers of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the county clerk and county treasurer of Osborne county, and the county clerk and county treasurer of Phillips county, and the county clerk and county treasurer of Rooks county, and the county clerk and county treasurer of Smith county, until said counties shall have attained a population of fifteen thousand inhabitants, shall be paid, as full compensation for their services, such annual salaries as the board of county commissioners of each of said counties shall allow: Provided, That the maximum salary, so allowed each of those officers, shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum; and the minimum salary, so allowed each of those officers, shall not be less than one thousand dollars per annum: And provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as affecting the law in relation to mileage in settling with the state treasurer. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Osborne County Farmer and the Smith County Pioneer. Approved March 7, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Smith County Pioneer, March 14, 1879, and in the Osborne County Farmer, March 20, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CVII. NEOSHO COUNTY-STATUTE REPEALED. AN ACT to repeal chapter 115 of the laws of Kansas of 1877, entitled "An act regulating the salary of the county attorney of Neosho county, Kansas," approved February 28, 1877. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred and fifteen of the laws of Kansas of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act regulating the salary of the county attorney of Neosho county, Kansas," is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its publication in the Neosho County Journal. Approved February 28, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Neosho County Journal, March 5, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CVIII. APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING A JOINT BRIDGE. AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of Franklin county to appropriate money for the purpose of building and maintaining a joint bridge over the One Hundred and Ten creek, in Osage county. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the county commissioners of Franklin county are authorized to appropriate money to an amount sufficient to build and maintain one-half of a joint bridge over the One Hundred and Ten creek, on the south line of section thirty-four, township sixteen, range seventeen, about forty rods west of the west line of Franklin county. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book. Approved March 12, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. Amount that may be appropriated to aid construction of railroad. Question to be submitted. CHAPTER CIX. FRANKLIN COUNTY-MAKE DONATION FOR RAILROAD PURPOSES. AN ACT authorizing the board of county commissioners of Franklin county to make a donation for railroad purposes. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the board of county commissioners of Franklin county are hereby authorized and empowered, out of any surplus revenue in the county treasury of said county credited to the general fund of said county and not otherwise appropriated or necessary for current expenses, to appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and donate such appropriation so to be made to any railroad company which shall construct and have ready for operation a railroad to Ottawa, Kansas, in said county, and in an easterly direction, connecting with the Missouri Pacific railroad at Holden, Missouri: Provided, That before such donation or appropriation shall be made, the board of county commissioners of such county shall first cause the question of such donation or appropriation to be submitted to an election of the qualified voters of the said county of Franklin. SEC. 2. Whenever there shall be presented to the said board of county commissioners a petition, signed by at least two-fifths of the resident tax-payers of said county, asking that the question of the donation or appropriation recited in the preceding section shall be submitted to an election, it shall be the duty of said board to cause the proposition of such donation or appropriation to be voted on at a general election or special election called for that purpose: And provided, That no election for such purpose shall be had without first giving notice of at least ten days by publication in two newspapers of general circulation printed in said county. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Ottawa Republican and Journal, two newspapers published at Ottawa, Franklin county, Kansas. Approved February 27, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Ottawa Republican, March 6, 1879, and in the Ottawa Journal, March 6, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER CX. HARPER COUNTY-VALIDATE AN ELECTION IN. AN ACT to validate the election in Harper county, held on the 5th day of November, 1878, temporarily locating the county seat at the town of Anthony, in said county, and to provide for the permanent location of the county seat of said county of Harper. WHEREAS, The original location of the county seat of Harper county, Kansas, at Bluff City, in said county, was fraudulent, and the site of said Bluff City cannot now be certainly ascertained, there never having been but little, if any, improvements on said site, and no suitable buildings for county purposes being there at the present time; and WHEREAS, At the election held in said county on the fifth day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventyeight, a majority of the legal electors of said county voting at said election, voted to temporarily locate the county seat of said Harper county at the town of Anthony: therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the said election held on the fifth day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, in |