and determine the bounty, and such bounties shall be paid ont of the Current Expense Fund of said counties, to be paid for the destruction of each cayote, wild cat, fox, lynx, bear, panther, cougar and lion, and to prescribe rules for making proof of such destruetion and obtaining such bounty.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 21, 1885.

APPORTIONMENT.

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE FOR READJUSTING AND APPORTIONING THE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FROM THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE TERRITORY OF IDAHO.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. At the general election to be held in the year 1886 and thereafter until otherwise provided by law, the County of Ada shall elect to the council one member, the Counties of Ada and Boise one member, the Counties of Bear Lake, Oneida and Cassia one member, the Counties of Owyhee and Washington one member, the Counties of Lemhi and Custer one member, the Counties of Shoshone and Kootenai one member, the County of Bingham one member, the Counties of Bingham and Oneida one member, the County of Nez Perce one member, the County of Idaho one member, the County of Alturas two members, and that there shall be elected to the House of Representatives from the County of Ada three members, from the County of Alturas four members, from the County of Nez Perce three members, from the County of Bingham two members, from the Counties of Bingham and Oneida, one member jointly, from the County of Oneida one member, from the County of Shoshone and Kootenai one member jointly, from the County of Shoshone one member, from the Counties Boise, Cassia, Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, Owyhee and Washington, one member each, and the Counties of Bear Lake and Custer, one member jointly.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 27, 1885.

AN ACT

AMENDATORY TO AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RE-DISTRIBUTION AND APPORTIONING THE REPRESENTATION TO THE HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY."

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. That Section 1 of said act be amended by striking out the word "Oneida" in the twenty-third line (enrolled copy), of Section 1, and inserting the word "Custer" in lieu thereof, also inserting the words "Bear Lake" after the word "Owyhee" in the 29th line, enrolled copy, of said section, and striking out all that portion of said section after the word "each" in the 30th line, enrolled copy. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, so far as they relate to said counties, are hereby repealed. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its

SEC. 3.

passage.

Approved February 5, 1885.

ALTURAS COUNTY-RELIEF OF D. H. GRAY.

AN ACT

FOR THE RELIEF OF D. H. GRAY, LATE SHERIFF OF ALTURAS COUNTY IN THIS TERRITORY.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Alturas County, in this Territory, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to appropriate out of any moneys in the County Treasury of said Alturas County, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand dollars, for the relief of D. H. Gray, late Sheriff of said Alturas County, for services rendered and performed, and money necessarily laid out and expended by said D. H. Gray as Sheriff of said Alturas County in the years 1881 and 1882.

SEC. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of said Alturas County are authorized, empowered and directed, at their next regular meeting after the passage of this act, to audit and allow to said

D. H. Gray the said sum of three thousand dollars, and shall cause the county warrants of said Alturas County to be drawn in favor of said D. H. Gray for said sum of three thousand dollars, on the County General Fund of said county, which warrants shall be paid by the County Treasurer of said county in the order of their reg istry.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved January 22, 1885.

ALTURAS COUNTY-RIGHT OF WAY.

AN ACT

GRANTING THE RIGHT TO GEO. L. WEDIKIND, RICHARD HAMBLY, LEVY YOUNG, JAMES CUMMINGS AND EDWARD J. CURTIS, TO CONSTRUCT, BUILD AND MAINTAIN A STREET RAILWAY FROM THE CITY OF BELLEVUE TO THE TOWN OF BRODFORD AND THROUGH THE STREETS OF SAID CITY AND TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF ALTURAS AND TERRITORY OF IDAHO.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. The right is hereby granted Geo. L. Wedikind, Richard Hambly, Levy Young, James Cummings and Edward J. Curtis, of Bellevue, Alturas County, Idaho Territory, to construct, build and maintain a street railway between the City of Bellevue and the Town of Brodford, in the County of Alturas, and Territory of Idaho, for the transportation of passengers and freight between the said points.

SEC. 2. The said persons may form an incorporation for the purpose of carrying out and completing said undertaking, and may issue stock to enable them to complete and equip the road in a proper manner for the safe transportation of passengers and freight, over said road. Provided, that the amount and issue of said stock shall not exceed the actual value of the road, including the cost of construction, the right of way, side tracks, time tables, depots and machinery necessary for a full and complete equipment of said road.

SEC. 3. The said grantees named in Sec. 1 of this bill, and their successors in interest, shall have the right to do any grading in or through the streets of said City of Bellevue and on the line of

said road. Provided, theC ity Council of said city shall give and grant to said incorporation the privilege so to do, and the said corporation may, and the right is hereby given it, to run through the streets of said Town of Broadford, and erect depots for passengers and freight in said town.

SEC. 4. In case it becomes necessary to acquire private property for the construction and completion of said road, and the right and consent of the owners thereof can not be had or secured by the corporation or railway company, the same may be acquired by the appraisement of three disinterested parties, residents of the town where such property is situate, in the following manner: The owner or owners of said property shall select one person, and the corporation shall select one person, and the first two chosen shall select the third person. When so chosen, they shall be sworn before a magistrate or Justice of the Peace to faithfully perform the duties assigned them, and to fix the price and valuation of property without fear or favor, or the hope of any interest, direct, remote or contingent, in said corporation, or from the owner or owners of said property, and the report of said appraisers shall be the price and valuation of said property; and on the payment of said price by the said corporation, within thirty days after the said report and appraisement shall have been filed in the office of the County Recorder of said Alturas County, Idaho Territory, the railway corporation may take possession of the same and hold said property as a part and portion of the said road, and the owner or owners thereof shall peaceably surrender the same.

SEC. 5. The said corporation shall provide safe and commodious cars, for the comfort of passengers traveling between the said points as designated in Sec. 1, and shall not charge passengers a higher rate of fare than twenty-five cents for one way; and the said company shall run their cars from six (6) o'clock A. M. until eleven (11) o'clock P. M., in each day of the week.

SEC. 6. The right of way so granted shall continue for fifty years, from the date of the passage of this act.

SEC. 7. The whole route and property of said company shall be surveyed by the County Surveyors of said Alturas County, and a map thereof made and filed in the office of the County Recorder of the said county, and the said corporate property, from the date of the filing thereof, shall be exempt from all Territorial, county and municipal tax of every kind, for the personal of two years therefrom.

SEC. 8. The persons named herein and their successors in interest may form a Board of Directors in any number not excluding seven persons, who shall manage the affairs of the company or corporation, for the first six months after the approval of this act, and such Board of Directors shall have power to make all by-laws, rules and regulations in regard to the conduct and management of the business of the corporation.

SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its approval by the Governor.

Approved February 5, 1885.

ASSAY-FALSE.

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE A PUNISHMENT FOR MAKING FALSE ASSAY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. Any person, association or corporation, or the agent of any person, association or corporation, engaged in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, shipping or purchasing ores, who shall keep or use any false or fraudulent scales or weights for weighing ore, or who shall keep or use any false or fraudulent assay scales or weights for ascertaining the assay value of ore, knowing them to be false, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding one thousand (1000) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year, nor less than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 2. Any person, corporation or association, or the agent of any person, corporation or association, engaged in the milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, shipping or purchasing of ores in this Territory, who shall in any manner knowingly alter or change the true value of any ores delivered to him or them, so as to deprive the seller of the result of the correct value of the same, or wlio shall issue any bill of sale or certificate of purchase that does not exactly and truthfully state the actual weight, assay value, and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased, or who, by any secret understanding or agreement with another, shall issue a bill of sale or certificate of purchase that does not exactly and truthfully state the actual weight, assay value and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased, or who by any secret understanding or agreement with another shall issue a bill of sale or certificate of purchase that does not truthfully and correctly set forth the weight, assay value and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased by him or them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 1 of this act.