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 612 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 80, 81. 1909. New Mexico. NEW MEXICO. mf°*';¤;§Q°mfgjQgj Sec. 37. That the county of Bernalillo, in the Territory of New twigs purposes. Mexico, is hereby authorized to issue bonds to such amount as in the discretion of its county commissioners may seem necessary, but not exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be known as bridge bonds of the count of Bernalillo, which bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per centum per annum, and shall nga? md *“$°‘"'° be sold for not less than par, the proceeds of such sale or sales to be ` used exclusively for the construction and repair of bridges across the P¤Y¤°¤* °‘ *>°“"· Rio Grande within the limits of said county. The said bonds shall be payable in whole or in part at the option of said county at any time after the ex iration of —ten years from their issue, and shall become T**¤°“¤i*· absolutely diie and payable upon the expiration of thirty years after their issue, and the proper county authorities shall levy each year "“°”· ‘ · after the issuance of said bonds at the time of levying other taxes, a tax sufficient in amount to pay the interest on said bonds for each year, the proceeds of such tax to be devoted exclusively to the pay- ment of such interest; and after the expiration of fifteen years from ` the date of the issue of said bonds the said county authorities shall sinkingmnu. provide a sinking fund by taxation for the payment of said bonds at their maturity, and shall annually levy a tax for that Ipurpose sufficient to giroduce at least one—fifteenth part of the principa of said bonds. ed1:_¢;L¤¤¤i¤s i¤·*¢b*· nc. 38. That at any time after the expiration o ten years from the ` issue of said bonds the proper county officers of said county are author- - ized, in their discretion, to refund the indebtedness evidenced by said xmdgz .$%pcid5]d, That ttiey can do so at a lower rate of interest than a xe or e origma issue. P¤¤¤¤¤ Sec. 39. Thatthe lelative assembly of the Territo of NewMexico nsidtgfniiczleiiil Md! is hereby authorized mils empowered to enact such legislldtion as is necessary to authorize the Territory of New Mexico, through its proper oliicer or officers, to sell and transfer school land section thirty-six, ` township one south, range thirty-four east, New Mexico principal _ meridian, to the town of Portales, Territory of New Mexico, for the §f,‘{,‘}‘{,‘§ 0,,,,;,,];,, use and benefit of the public schools of the town of Portales: Prmiihd, g£m%g§;¤§eg¤*¤ for That no obligation shall be created against or assumed by the United ` States on account of any bond or bonds issued in pursuance of authority N¤¤¤¢- granted by this Act, and notice of this proviso shall be printed on the face of each bond issued. Approved, February 6, 1909. I~`cbmary6. 1909. CHAP. 81.-:An act To authorize the Edgewater Connecting Railway Company ___ ____§f8?§·l_ __ _ to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Kansas River at or [Public, xo. 217.1 near Kansas City, Kansas, in the county of Wyandotte, State of Kansas. Be it enacted by t}w_Senate and House ofRey2resentat¢}ves of the United gg;?;}?:;;- com States of America m Umzgress assembled, That the Edgewater Connecting nsiminlycoxgi necting Railway Company, a corporation orprsized and existing under }§*,‘}{,,?,§‘5,_K,§,§j and by virtue of the laws of the State of nsas, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and a proaches thereto across the Kansas River near the confluence of said) river with the Missouri River at or near the cityéof Kansas City, Kansas, in the county of Wyandotte and State of ansas, in accordance with the provisions of. the Act v¢n.s».p.si. entitled "An Act to regplate the construction of bridges over naviguble waters," approved arch twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. xmeunmm. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 6, 1909.