commissioners of such county to be organized as à town under the provisions of Chapter 112, of the General Laws of 1883, and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had and taken as are provided for in said chapter and the laws amendatory thereto.
§ 3. Repeal.] All acts or parts of acts special or general which would prevent any county from proceeding under the provisions of this act in the adoption of township government are hereby repealed.
§ 4 Effect-when.] This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage and approval.
Approved, February 28, 1249.
CHAPTER 128.
TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR'S BOND AND CLERK'S DUTY.
AN ACT Entitled an Act to Provide for filing of Bonds of Township Аssеssors and the Duties of Township Clerks.
Beit Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
§ 1. Bond.] That all township assessors shall give bond in the penal sum of $500, with two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of supervisors of the township for which said assessor is elected; and said assessor and all other township and precinct officers required by law to give bond, shall immediately, after the approval thereof, hand the same to the clerk of the township for which they were elected, whose duty it shall be to forthwith file said bonds with the clerk of the district court ак provided in section five, of chapter 5, of the Political Code, and no further filing or record shall be necessary.
§ 2. Duty of clerk.] It shall also be the duty of the Clerk of the township to require all legally elected officers, who accept the office to which they are elected, to duly qualify within the time prescribed by law, and in accordance with all other provisions thereof. If any Clerk refuses or neglects to procure and file the bonds of township officers, as provided for by this act, [he] shall be liable to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50.
§ 3. Fee for Filing.] Ап apppropriation of fifty cents for each bond required to be filed shall be made by the township and paid to the Clerk of Court for the proper filing and entering of such bond.
§ 4. Repeal.] All acts or parts of acts in conflict here- with are hereby repealed.
§ 5. Effect-when.] This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved, March 5, 1888.
