SEC. 2. Such agent shall be allowed such compensa- Compensation. tion for his services as may be agreed upon between the Governor, and Attorney General of the State and himself, not to exceed ten per centum upon the amount secured to the State; and such compensation shall be paid only after the claims hereinbefore mentioned shall be paid over to the State Treasurer, in whole or in part, and the amount so adjudged to be due said agent shall be paid by the Treasurer, on the warrant of the Auditor of the State; but no part of such compensation shall be paid out of any other funds than the funds received from the claim or claims so collected; nor shall this State be otherwise liable for the payment of such compensation, or any other expenses whatever attending or growing out of the prosecution of such claims.

secured.

SEC. 3. In case any lands are secured to the State for When lands are school purposes or otherwise by such agent, then he shall be paid for his services in that behalf in money, not to exceed one-tenth of the value of the lands so secured, upon a basis of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.

SEC. 4. There being an emergency, in the opinion of Emergency. this General Assembly, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 31, 1885.

(H. B. 226.)

AN ACT

TO FIX AND REGULATE THE TERM OF OFFICE OF ALL STATE

OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, EXCEPT THOSE
WHOSE TERMS OF OFFICE ARE OTHERWISE FIXED BY LAW.

Term of appointed officers.

Vacancy.

Emergency.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

SECTION I. That the term of office of all State officers hereafter appointed by the Governor, except those whose terms of office are otherwise fixed by law, shall commence on the first Wednesday of April next after their appointment, and shall continue for the term of two years, subject to the right of the Governor, at any time, to remove such incumbents for incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

SEC. 2. In the event of any vacancy occurring, by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, in any such office, then the term of office of any appointee of the Governor to fill such vacancy shall commence on the date of such appointment and shall continue for the unexpired part of the term.

SEC. 3. Whereas, in the opinion of this General Assembly, an emergency exists; therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 23, 1885.

(H. B. 179.)

AN ACT

AUTHORIZING AND REQUIRING THE STATE TREASURER TO INVEST
IN STATE WARRANTS CERTAIN FUNDS BELONGING TO THE
COUNTY OF BOULDER, AND DEPOSITED WITH HIM AS A SINKING
FUND.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of

Colorado:

may invest

SECTION I. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized State treasurer and required, when directed by the board of county com- Boulder county missioners of Boulder county to invest the funds deposited funds. with him, from time to time, as a sinking fund for the redemption of bonds issued in aid of railroads by Boulder county, in interest-bearing warrants of the State of Colorado.

SEC. 2. The interest arising from the investment of Interest. such funds shall be by him re-invested, in like securities, for the benefit of Boulder county.

to report to Boulder county

SEC. 3. The State Treasurer shall not pay more than State treasurer par for said State warrants, and, when requested by the county commissioners of Boulder county, shall furnish them commissioners. a statement in detail as to the number and amount of each warrant purchased, and the number and amount of each warrant paid, the amount of interest received, and the amount invested and the amount uninvested; and it shall be the duty of the chairman of said board of commissioners, or county treasurer of Boulder county, to examine said account once each year, or oftener if deemed necessary by the board of commissioners of Boulder county, and see if the same is properly invested.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to cease investing said fund in said manner, when notified to do so by resolution of the commissioners of Boulder county.

SEC. 5. Whereas, there is a large amount of money Emergency. already deposited with the State Treasurer, as a sinking fund, by Boulder county, and large amounts are being deposited in like manner each month, as a sinking fund, by said county, it is the opinion of this General Assembly that an emergency exists, and this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 16, 1885.

(S. B. 71.)

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF RECORDING BRANDS IN THIS STATE.

State brand book.

How brands are to be filed prior

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Colorado:

SECTION 1. Immediately upon the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to procure a suitable book, to be known as the State brand book, in which shall be recorded the brands used for the branding of horses and cattle in this State.

SEC. 2. On or before the first day of August, after the to August first. passage of this act, every person, association or corporation, using any brand or brands in this State for the purpose of branding horses or cattle, shall forward to the Secretary of State a copy of such brand or brands, duly certified to by the clerk and recorder of the county in which any such brand or brands is or are recorded. Such person shall pay to the clerk and recorder, for such certificate, a fee of twenty-five cents, and shall forward, with the brand or brands so certified, a fee of fifty cents to [the] Secretary of State, to pay for the recording of the same.

Fees.

Manner of having brands recorded after August first.

Certified copy to

be recorded in

the county.

SEC. 3. Upon the receipt by the Secretary of State of such certified copy or copies and fee, he shall record the same in the State brand book.

SEC. 4. From and after the first day of August, after the passage of this act, any person, association or corporation, desiring to adopt any brand to be used for the branding of horses or cattle in this State, shall, before using the same, forward to the Secretary of State a fac simile of such brand, together with a fee of fifty cents to pay for recording the same. Upon the receipt of such fac simile and fee, the Secretary of State shall immediately record the same in the State brand book, unless such brand has already been recorded in said book on behalf of some other person, association or corporation, in which latter case the Secretary of State shall return such fac simile and fee to the party by whom the same was forwarded to him.

SEC. 5. Upon the recording of any such brand, or brands, as provided in sections two and four of this act, the

owner thereof shall procure, from the Secretary of State, a certified copy of the record of such brand, or brands, paying therefor the sum of fifty cents, and shall immediately thereafter cause the same to be recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of the county, or counties, in which such party proposes to range the stock upon which such brand is used, or to be used.

record brands

first.

SEC. 6. From and after the first day of August after Clerks shall not the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any clerk and after August recorder of any county in this State to record any brand unless the same is accompanied with a certificate from the Secretary of State, to the effect that the same has been recorded in the State brand book.

SEC. 7.

personal

Any brand recorded in accordance with the Recorded brand requirements of this act, shall be considered as the property property. of the person causing such record to be made, and shall be subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise and descent, the same as other personal property.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, Brand book to be within ninety days after the first day of August after the published. passage of this act, to publish a brand book, in which shall be given a fac simile, or copy, of all brands recorded in his office on the said first day of August, together with the owner's name and the county wherein he resides; such names and brands shall be arranged in the most convenient form for reference, and the following may be the form of said brand book:

Such book shall be bound in a good and substantial binding, and in such manner that additional leaves may be added thereafter; one copy of such book shall be forwarded to the county clerk of each county, in whose office it shall be kept open for the inspection of all persons interested. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, quarterly, after the publication of such brand book, to furnish each Brand books to county clerk with a list of the brands recorded in his office clerks. during the preceding three months, which list shall be printed in uniform style with the pages of such brand book,

be sent to county