CHAPTER CXC.

SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY FUNDS—INVESTMENT

OF.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act concerning the investment of the state school and University funds," being chapter ninety-five of the General Statutes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

sioners.

SECTION 1. That section one of said act be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The board of com- Duty of commismissioners for the management of the state permanent school and University funds, shall have the power, and it is hereby made their duty from time to time, to invest any moneys belonging to such funds, in the bonds of the State of Kansas, or of the United States, or of any school district in this state, and they shall give preference to the Preference. bonds of the State of Kansas, or the school district bonds of this state, whichsoever can be procured most advantageously to the said funds, and shall not pay for any state or United States bonds higher rates than the cash rates current at the date of purchase in the New York stock markets, or for school district bonds higher rates than the cash current rates within this state at the date of purchase.

SEC. 2. That section one of the act to which this is amendatory, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Kansas Weekly Commonwealth.

Approved February 24, 1872.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Kansas Weekly Commonwealth February 29, 1872.

W. H. SMALLWOOD,
Secretary of State.

Transcribe.

CHAPTER CXCI.

SHAWNEE COUNTY-RECORDS OF PROBATE
COURT.

AN ACT to provide for transcribing the records of the probate court of Shawnee county.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That the board of commissioners of Shawnee county be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the probate judge of said county for transcribing in suitable books, to be furnished by said board, such portions of the records of the probate court of said county as in their judgment may be deemed necessary; said records when so transcribed, to be of the same legal force and effect as if originally made and entered by the judge of the probate court of said county.

SEC. 2. The board of commissioners shall allow such compensation for the services aforesaid as they may deem just.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas Daily Commonwealth.

Approved March 1, 1872.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Kansas Daily Commonwealth March 27, 1872.

W. H. SMALLWOOD,

Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXCII.

SHAWNEE COUNTY-DISCHARGE INDEBTEDNESS.

AN ACT to authorize the board of county commissioners of Shawnee county, Kansas, to make an appropriation to discharge an indebtedness for the building of a bridge across Soldier creek.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas :

SECTION 1. That the board of county commissioners of Shawnee county, Kansas, be and they are hereby empowered to make an appropriation out of the county treasury, of any amount necessary, not exceeding eight hundred dollars, to discharge an indebtedness for the building of a bridge across Soldier creek in said county, at a point where Kansas avenue, in the city of Topeka, Kansas, when extended north, crosses said creek.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and its publication once in the Kansas Weekly Commonwealth.

Approved February 20, 1872.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Kansas Weekly Commonwealth February 29, 1872.

W. H. SMALLWOOD,
Secretary of State.

commissioners.

CHAPTER CXCIII.

STOCK-HERD LAW.

AN ACT to provide for the regulation of the running at large of animals.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. The boards of county commissioners of the Power of county different counties of this state shall have power at any session after the taking effect of this act, to direct by an order what animals shall not be allowed to run at large within the bounds of their county.

Order to be published.

Proviso.

damages.

SEC. 2. Said order shall be entered upon the records of the said board of commissioners, and shall be published for four successive weeks next after said entry is made in some newspaper published in the county, or, if no newspaper be published in the county, then by printed notices posted in four of the most conspicuous places in every township of the county (which shall be made subject to said order): Provided, That the board of county commissioners shall specify a certain time at which said order shall take effect, and that said order shall not go into effect until the completion of the publication aforesaid, or for four weeks after the posting up of the said notices, which publication and posting shall be verified by the affidavit of the person doing the same, and the said affidavit entered upon the records of the said commissioners.

SEC. 3. Any person injured in property by the runLien on stock for ning at large of any of the animals specified in the said order of the board of commissioners, shall have a lien, without regard to fences, upon the animals so running at large for the full amount of all damages committed by them upon the property of said person, from the time of the commission of said injury, and may take the same into custody until all such damages are paid: Provided,

Proviso.

That the person so taking said animals into custody, shall not have the right to retain the same for more than five days without commencing action against the owner thereof for such damages.

custody.

SEC. 4. Any person may take into custody any of the animals specified in the said order of the board of com- Take animals into missioners that may be about to commit a trespass upon the premises owned, occupied or in charge of such person, and retain the same until all reasonable charges for keeping said animals are paid: Provided, That it shall Proviso. be the duty of the person so taking said animals into custody to notify the owner or person in charge of the Notify owner. same, within forty-eight hours thereafter, and if the owner or person in charge of them shall not be known. to the person so taking said animals into custody, and cannot be found after diligent search and inquiry, he may proceed in manner as is provided for the taking up and disposal of strays: Provided further, That it shall Strays. only be necessary to state in the affidavit required of such person, acting under the law concerning strays, that said animals were about to commit a trespass upon his premises.

SEC. 5. The provisions of section one of this act shall not be construed to confer upon county commissioners any jurisdiction over animals otherwise prohibited from running at large under existing laws.

SEC. 6. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas Weekly Commonwealth.

Approved February 24, 1872.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Kansas Weekly Commonwealth February 29, 1872.

W. H. SMALLWOOD,
Secretary of State.

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