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AN ACT

Relating to Abstracts from County Records.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representwhen. atives of Colorado Territory, That it shall be the duty of the several County Clerks and Recorders in this Territory to make and furnish upon application therefor, abstracts of deeds, powers of attorney, mortgages, releases, and all other instruments and muniments of title to real property recorded in their respective counties, which abstract shall set forth a description of the property, the character of the instrument and date of the execution and acknowledgment, the names of the parties to the instrument, the date of record and the page and volume of the record book wherein such instrument is recorded, and such abstract shall be made and furnished by said Clerks and Recorders to any person who shall make application therefor and shall pay or tender the fees provided by law, and such abstracts shall be certified by said Clerks and Recorders under seal of their offices as correct from what appears of record in their office.

SEC. 2. The fees for making abstracts shall be as follows, to-wit: for the first five conveyances or entries or less, each fifty cents; for each additional conveyance or entry, twenty-five cents; for each certificate under seal, seventy-five cents.

SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of March, A. D. 1874. Approved February 13, 1874.

AN ACT

Concerning acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments in writing relating to Real Estate.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Represent atives of Colorado Territory, as follows: That all deeds and other instruments in writing relating

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS-AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

to real estate in this Territory, which shall have been executed heretofore, or shall be hereafter executed, purporting to have been acknowledged or proved out of this Territory, before a Notary Public of any State or Territory of the United States, shall be deemed prima facie to have been acknowledged or proved before a proper officer, and such deeds and other instruments in writing, and in case of the loss of the originals, a copy of the record thereof with the certificate of acknowledgment or proof appertaining to the same, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the execution and acknowledgment thereof, anything in the Statutes of this Territory to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, That before any such deed or other instrument in writing or the record thereof shall be read in evidence, a copy of the commission of such Notary, certified by the Secretary of the State or Territory, under the seal of such State or Territory, where such Notary was commissioned shall be recorded in the office of the Recorder of the County where the real estate affected by such deed or other instrument in writing is situated.

Approved February 13th, 1874.

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AN ACT

Concerning the Agricultural College of Colorado.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Represent- Appropriations. ntives of Colorado Territory, That the sum of one thouand ($1,000) dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to aid in erecting buildings and making such other improvements on the grounds now belonging to said institution at Fort Collins, in the county of Larimer in said Territory, as the trustees thereof Lay deem necessary.

SEC. 2. When the board of trustees of said College Under what

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shall have raised by subscription, donation, or other-propriation may be wn.

Evidence that the provisions of Sec. 2 have been complied with.

Tuder what circumstances

bring suit.

wise, the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars in money, and shall have expended the same on buildings and grounds, then the Auditor of the Territory shall draw a warrant on the Territorial Treasurer in favor of the Treasurer of said Board of Trustees for the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, to be paid out of any money in the Territorial Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. The affidavit of the President of said Board of Trustees that such subscription has been made as provided in section two (2) of this act, shall be suffi cient evidence of such fact, and before said warrant shall be drawn such affidavit shall be produced to the Auditor, accompanied by a bond signed and scaled by the Treasurer of said Board of Trustees, with good and sufficient securities in the penal sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars to the people of the Territory of Colorado, conditioned that the money. hereby appropriated shall be applied as provided by section one (1) of this act.

SEC. 4. Such affidavit shall be preserved by said Governor may Auditor, and in case of a breach of any of the conditions of said bond it shall be the duty of the Governor of this Territory to have suit instituted for such breach against the obligators in said bond, in the name of the people of the Territory of Colorado, and be prosecuted to a final termination, and any and all the money collected by reason of such suit shall be paid into the Territorial Treasury, and for any breach of such bond the full penalty thereof may be recovered in such suit.

Each county may send one pupil free.

SEC. 5. Each county in this Territory shall be entitled to send to said College, tuition free, one pupil; said pupil to be selected by competitive examination before the county school superintendent and awarded to the highest scholarship.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from January 1st, 1875.

Approved February 13th, 1874.

AN ACT

To Provide for the Several Expenses of the Territory for the years 1874 and 1875.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of Colorado Territory, That for the purpose of paying the current expenses of the Territory for the fiscal years ending December 31st, 1875, the following sums are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Territorial Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the salaries of the salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court, the sum of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

judges.

officers.

Territorial officers, as follows: Assayers, Audi- Territorial tor, Treasurer, Adjutant General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Librarian, and Governor's Private Secretary, the sum of twenty-two thousand ($22,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary in addition to the amount now remaining to the credit of the Officers' Salary Fund.

attorneys.

For the purpose of paying the salaries of the Dis- District trict Attorneys, the sum of four thousand and eight hundred ($4,800) dollars, in addition to the amount now remaining to the credit of the District Attorney's Salary Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the purpose of paying the general expenses of the Penitentiary at Cañon City, as per contract Penitentiary. dated June 1st, 1871, under an act of the Eighth Session of the Legislative Assembly, entitled "An act relating to the l'enitentiary, the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; Provided, That if the Territory Proviso, shall receive and take charge of said Penitentiary, in pursuance of an act of Congress entitled "An Act transferring of certain Territorial Penitentiaries to the several Territories in which the same are

Anditor's contingent.

Treasurer's contingent.

Adjutant General's contingent.

Librarian.

Superintendeut of Publio Instruction.

Lunatic Paupers

Incidental printing.

located, approved January 24, A. D. 1873," then the foregoing sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used and drawn against for the payment of all the expenses necessary and proper for the support of said Penitentiary.

For the contingent expenses of the Auditor's of fice, the sum of nine hundred ($900) dollars, in addition to the amount remaining to the credit of the Auditor's Contingent Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the contingent expenses of the Treasurer's office the sum of four hundred ($400) dollars, in addition to the amount remaining to the credit of the Treasurer's Contingent Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the contingent expenses of the Adjutant General's office, the sum of four hundred ($400) dollars, in addition to the amount now remaining to the credit of the Adjutant General's Contingent Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the contingent expenses of the Librarian's office, the sum of eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the contingent expenses of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the sum of seven hundred ($700) dollars, in addition to the amount now remaining to the credit of the School Superintendent's Contingent Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the support of Lunatic Paupers, the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, in addition to the amount now remaining to the credit of the Insane Pauper's Fund, or so much thereof as may be neces

sary.

For Incidental Printing, the sum of eight hundred ($800) dollars, in addition to the amount remaining to the credit of the Incidental Printing Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary.