SEC. 3. That the loan authorized herein shall be made upon the bonds specified and provided for in section two of this act. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the proper officers of State to cause to be levied and collected, each and every year, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on said debt; and the principal thereof, when the same shall become due, and the proceeds of said taxes are hereby specifically appropriated to the payment of said principal and interest. SEC. 5. The faith and credit of the State of Kansas are hereby pledged for the repayment of said principal and interest, when the same shall become due and payable. SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication; and, immediately after this act shall receive the signature of the Governor, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to publish it in some newspaper published at Topeka, Kansas, at least one time, which shall be deemed a sufficient publication. Approved May 7, 1861. I hereby certify that the above bill became a law, by publication in the "Topeka State Record," May 8, 1861. J. W. ROBINSON, Secretary of State. Name of Eldora changed to Mapleton. When to take effoot. CHAPTER LIV. AN ACT to change the name of the town of Eldora, in the county of Bourbon, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved June 3, 1861. CHAPTER LV. AN ACT to change the name of Charles James Cocks. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: changed to Coles. SECTION 1. That the name of Charles James Cocks be, and Name of Cooks is hereby changed, to Charles James Coles. SEC. 2. That the said Charles James Coles is hereby empowered to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and do all other legal acts that he was entitled to do, under and by the name of Charles James Cocks. Shall have all the powers and privchange. leges as before SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after When to take effect. CHAPTER LVI. AN ACT to change the name of Clara Elizabeth Dolph and George Osman after passage. Approved June 4, 1861. Changing the names of Clara and George Orman Dolph, to Stiles. when. CHAPTER LVII. AN ACT to change the name of John William Hobbs. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the name of John William Hobbs be and is John William hereby changed to John William Harmon. Hobbs changed to Shall be entitled to all the privileges as before SEC. 2. That the said John William Harmon is hereby emChange of name. powered to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and to do all other legal acts that he was or might be entitled to do, under and by the name of John William Hobbs. Take effect-when SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved June 4, 1861. Governor shall notify the House of approval. CHAPTER LVIII. AN ACT defining the powers and duties of certain State Officers. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: GOVERNOR. SECTION 1. The Governor, immediately upon his approval of any act or joint resolution of the Legislature, shall notify the House in which the act or joint resolution originated, of such approval; he shall cause all acts and joint resolutions, which Laws deposited in have become laws or taken effect by his approval or otherwise, to Off Secretary be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, without delay. of State. Governor shall notify the Attormey General. SEC. 2. Whenever the Governor shall receive notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding by which the rights, interests or property of the State shall be liable to be affected, he shall inform the Attorney General thereof, and require him to act in conjunction with the counsel of the proper party, to protect the interests of the State; and, in any such case, or in any action prosecuted or defended in behalf of this State, he may, if the public interests require it, employ such counsel as he shall deem proper, to assist in any such action or proceeding; and, in counsel when At- case of the absence or sickness of the Attorney General, or if he shall be in any way interested adversely to the State in any action or proceeding, the Governor may employ counsel to act in his stead. May employ assistant counsel. May employ torney General is absent. May offer rewards not to exceed five hundred dollars. SEC. 3. Whenever any criminal, charged with a capital offense or with any felony, shall escape, or whenever any heinous crime has been committed in this State, the Governor may offer a reward for the apprehension and delivery, or conviction of such criminal, or the perpetrator of such crime; Provided, That in no case shall the reward thus offered exceed the sum of five hnndred dollars. out of State treas SEC. 4. All expenses incurred under the two last preceding Expenses paid sections shall be paid out of the State treasury. ury. ceive the per con SEC. 5. The Governor of this State is hereby authorized and Governor may reempowered to receive from the treasury department of the United tum. States, from time to time, as he shall see fit to draw for the same, the five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of the public lands to which this State is or shall be entitled, pursuant to the act of Congress approved January 29, A. D. 1861, and to execute the proper vouchers therefor, and shall immediately pay the same into the State treasury, to the credit of the school fund, and shall take a receipt from the Treasurer for the same, and make report thereof in his next annual message to the Legislature. Shall pay inte treasury of the State. thorized to dis SEC. 6. The Governor of this State is hereby authorized to Governor is audistribute the quota of arms and military equipments which the tribute the quota State of Kansas may receive from the Government of the United States, under the provisions of the several acts of Congress providing for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States. He shall require the officers to whom such arms or equipments are distributed and delivered, to execute, to the State of Kansas, a bond, with two sufficient sureties, to be Shall require approved by him, in the penal sum, as near as may be, of double the value of said arms or equipments, conditioned for the safe keeping and delivery of the same, on the order of the Governor. SEC. 7. The Governor shall have power to appoint a private Power to appoint secretary, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the y Governor. SEC. 8. When the conditions of any bond given by either of the State officers shall be broken, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order the same to be prosecuted. Suit may be instituted and prosecuted to final judgment against such officer or his respective sureties, or one or more of them, jointly or severally, without first establishing the liability of such officer, by obtaining judgment against him. bond for arms. Private Secreta. If bond is broken order suit com the Governor may menced. report to each SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the Governor to communicate Governor shall to the Legislature, at the commencement of each annual session Legislature. thereof, the annual reports of all the State officers required by law to report to him, and to do all other acts prescribed by law. SECRETARY OF STATE. SEC. 10. The Secretary of State shall, before entering upon shall take and Secretary of State the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the oath prescribsubscribe an oath. ed by law, and give a good and sufficient bond, for the sum of ten Shall give bond thousand dollars, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Governor and Auditor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which oath and bond shall be filed in the office of the Auditor. ten thousand dol lars. Shall have access to the seal of State. Duties of Secretary of State. all official acts of Governor. Shall have custody of all books and other effects. SEO. 11. The Secretary of State shall, at all times, have access to the great seal of the State, and may use the same in verification of his official acts, in all cases when such use may not be in conflict with the Constitution of the State or prohibited by law. SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State: First, To keep a record of the official [acts] of the executive department of the State, and he shall, when required, lay the same, and all matters relative hereto, before either branch of the Legislature. SecShall countersign ond, He shall countersign all official acts done by the Governor, (his approbation of the laws excepted,) and shall make a register of all commissions issued by the Governor, specifying the person to whom given or granted, the office conferred, with the date and tenor of the commission, in a book, to be provided for that purpose. Third, He shall have the custody of all books, records, deeds, bonds, parchments, maps, papers and other articles and effects belonging to the State, deposited or kept in his office, and shall, from time to time, make such provisions for the arrangement and preservation thereof as shall be necessary; and the same, together with all accounts and transactions of his office, shall be All accounts and open, at all times, to the inspection and examination of the Governor, or any committee of either or both Houses of the Legislature. Fourth, He shall report annually, at least ten days before each regular session of the Legislature, to the Governor, any matters pertaining to his office; he shall, also, when required, furFurnish informa- nish the Governor or either branch of the Legislature, in writing, transactions shall be open to inspection. tion in writing. Shall copy laws and resolutions. with any information relative to the duties of his office. Fifth, He shall, when required by any person or persons so to do, make out a copy of any law, resolution, deed, bond, record, document or paper, deposited or kept in his office, and shall attach thereto his certificate, under the great seal of the State, and such copy, thus Sertified, shall be certified, shall, in all cases, be evidence, equally and in like manner as the original; and he shall receive therefor, per folio, ten cents, and, for certificate and seal, fifty cents. Sixth, He Charged with the shall be charged with the safe keeping of all enrolled laws and resolutions, and he shall not permit the same, or any of them, to Such copies evidence. Fees. safe keeping of enrolled bills. |