Chap. 10.—JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Time for the Col-
lection of Taxes and County and Township Levies for the year 1873.

Approved January 28, 1874.

1. Resolved by the house of delegates (the senate concur-
ring), That the several collectors of taxes and county and
township levies of the cities, towns, and townships of this
state, with the consent of the sureties in their official bonds,
or upon the execution of a new bond, be allowed until the
firat day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, instead
of the first day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
as now provided by law, to proceed with and close up their
several collections; and that the several treasurers of the coun-
ties and corporations of this state, with the like consent of their
sureties, or upon the execution of a new bond, be allowed until
the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
to make their final settlement with the collectors in their re-
spective counties and corporations; and that the said treasu-
rers, with the like consent of their sureties, or upon the exe-
cution of a new bond, be allowed until the twentieth day of
May, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, to make their final
settlement with the auditor of public accounts: provided,
the extension of time hereby granted shall not apply to
taxes and county and township levies already collected and
in the hands of the said officers, and that all collections
which may be made by them prior to the first day of March,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, shall be paid into the
treasury of the state as now prescribed by law: provided
further, that the consent of the sureties of said collectors
and treasurers may be given, in person, before the count
judge in term time or vacation, by a writing signed by suc
sureties—said writing to be duly recorded by the clerk of
the county court and certified to the auditor of public ac-
counts.

2. This resolution shall take effect from its passage.