AN ACT

MAKING THE SHERIFF OF MASON COUNTY ASSESSOR.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That from and after the passage of this act the sheriff of Mason county shall be ex-officio assessor of said county.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in any manner conflicting with any of the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Passed the House of Representatives November 29, 1871. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 29, 1871.

LOVELACE AND MAKE HIM HEIR-AT-LAW OF JOHN T. LOVELACE OF CLARKE CO., W. T.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That the minor son of Mrs. Mary Lovelace, now residing with his step-father John T. Lovelace, named Almanson Mory, be and the same is hereby changed to Almanson Lovelace.

SEC. 2. Said Almanson Lovelace shall be and hereby is made

an heir-at-law of the said J. T. Lovelace, and shall inherit the property of said Lovelace as one of his own children.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 1871. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 24, 1871.

H. A. SMITH,

President of the Council.

Approved November 29, 1871.

EDWARD S. SALOMON,

Governor of Washington Territory.

AN ACT

TO AUTHORIZE WILLIAM M. SIMMONS TO TAKE AND HOLD THE OFFICE OF ASSESSOR IN CLARKE COUNTY, W. T.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That W. M. Simmons, of Clarke county, be hereby authorized to qualify and take possession of the office of assessor in said county, and hold the same until his successor is elected and qualified.

Passed the House of Representatives November 28, 1871. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 29, 1871.

H. A. SMITH,

Approved November 29, 1871.

President of the Council.

EDWARD S. SALOMON,

Governor of Washington Territory.

AN ACT

MAKING THE SHERIFFS OF PIERCE AND THURSTON COUNTIES EX-OFFICIO ASSESSORS OF SAID COUNTIES.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That the sheriffs of Pierce and Thurston counties, Washington Territory, shall be ex-officio assessors of said counties and shall fulfill all the duties required by law to be fulfilled by the assessors of said counties, and they shall be governed by all the laws relating to the same.

SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after

its passage.

Passed the House of Representatives November 28, 1871.. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 29, 1871.

H. A. SMITH,

Approved November 29, 1871.

President of the Council.

EDWARD S. SALOMON,

Governor of Washington Territory.

AN ACT

IN RELATION TO FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That hereafter no female shall have the right of ballot or vote at any poll or election precinct in this Territory, until the Congress of the United States of America shall, by direct legislation upon the same, declare the same to be the supreme law of the land.

SEC. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after

its passage.

Passed the House of Representatives November 25, 1871. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 29, 1871.

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SHEEP IN ISLAND COUNTY.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That every person who shall keep or harbor a dog or bitch above the age of six months, shall be taxed yearly the sum of two dollars for each and every dog or bitch, which tax shall be assessed and collected by the assessors and collectors appointed for assessing and collecting the county tax, in the same manner as other annual taxes raised for the use of the county, and the same fees shall be allowed for assessing and collecting the same as are allowed for assessing and collecting the said county tax; and the assessors and collectors shall be subject to the same penalties for neglect of duty in assessing and collecting taxes for the use of said county.

SEC. 2. That every inhabitant who shall refuse or wilfully neglect to deliver into the said assessor, when by him required, a true account of the number of dogs or bitches made taxable by this act, he or she shall, for every such refusal and neglect, forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars, to be recovered with costs

by the collector of the county and for the benefit of the same. SEC. 3. That it shall be lawful for any person to kill any dog or bitch which may be found chasing, worrying or wounding any sheep or lamb.

SEC. 4. That the taxes collected by virtue of this act shall be appropriated to make good any losses which may be sustained by any person or persons, by the destruction or wounding of his or hers or their sheep within the county wherein said tax shall be collected, and shall be kept as a fund by the county treasurer, who shall pay all such damages so sustained within the year, in case the money so raised by said tax shall be sufficient to pay the same, and if not, then in such equitable proportions to the individuals injured, according to their respective losses, and in case there shall remain in the hands of the treasurer a surplus after paying all the damages sustained as aforesaid, it shall be in the power of the inhabitants of such county, by public vote at their regular election, to appropriate such surplus to any other purpose or to let the same remain in the hands of the treasurer to answer any damage as aforesaid, which may be sustained in the next ensuing year, and so on from year to year at the discretion of said inhabitants.

SEC. 5. That if any dog or bitch shall be found killing, worrying or wounding any sheep or lamb, and the owner or person harboring any such dog or bitch, being informed thereof, shall refuse or neglect to kill such dog or bitch for the space of twenty-four hours from the time of receiving such information, such owner or person shall forfeit and pay to any person who shall sue for the same, the sum of ten dollars to be recovered with costs by action of debt before any justice of the peace of the county, and moreover, shall pay triple damages for any injury done by said dog or bitch to sheep or lambs after receiving such information, to the owner or owners thereof.

SEC. 6. That when any person shall sustain damages or injury by reason of his or her sheep or lambs being killed or wounded by a dog or dogs, it shall be lawful for such person to take two respectable freeholders of the county wherein such damage was