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Executive. this act, the commissioner shall be allowed the sum of five hundred dollars for each year of his term of office.

§ 113. It shall be the duty of the county or township assessor of each organized county of the territory to obtain at each annual assessment of real and personal property in his county, the following statistics, to wit: The assessed value of all real and other personal property in the county; the number of acres of land under cultivation, the number of acres and estimated yield in each kind of grain, and the total number of acres assessed in the county; the number of horses, cattle, hogs and other live stock; the number of townships and parts of townships, and the total areas of land and water in the county, and the male and female population of the county. The county and township assessor shall be required within thirty days after the date of the return of the said annual assessment, to transmit the statistics obtained as provided for in this section, to the commissioner of immigration and ex-officio territorial statistician, who shall compile and preserve the same as required by law.

§ 114. It shall be the duty of township, village, city or county clerks, and county auditors, to prepare certified statements on the first day of January and on the first day of June of each year, showing the amount of township, village, city and county indebtedness of all kinds; giving the amount and character of all bonds issued, the term of years such bonds are to run, the interest payable on same, the date of issue, and the price paid for such bonds, and showing the amount and character of all floating and outstanding indebtedness. The said statements shall be transmitted on or before the fifteenth day of January and the fifteenth day of June of each year, to the commissioner of immigration and ex-officio territorial statistician, for compilation and preservation as required by law.

§ 115. It shall be the duty of the coroner of each organized county of the territory to obtain the following statistics, to wit: The number of deaths, the ages and nativity of deceased, and the cause of their decease; the number of births, male and female, and the number of marriages, and nativity and ages of the parties contracting in marriage in the county for the six months each preceding the first day of January and the first day of June (July) of each year, and to transmit the same within fifteen days thereafter to the commissioner of immigration and ex-officio territorial statistician, for compilation and preservation as required by law.

§ 116. The commissioner of immigration and ex-officio territorial statistician shall be required to furnish to the several officers herein named the necessary blanks, stationery, and postage, and the expenses incurred in procuring and furnishing the same shall be paid by the territorial treasurer on the warrant of the territorial auditor, which shall be issued on presentation of the sworn expense account of the commissioner of immigration and ex-officio territorial statistician, when approved by the governor.