for the year in which they are issued, are hereby declared unlawful, unless the county commissioners shall be first authorized by a majority of the legal voters of said county at any election when the proposition shall be submitted to them.
Sect. 2. All warrants shall bear upon their face the amount of said tax levied, and the amount that warrants have been drawn for, and all warrants drawn for a larger amount than is authorized by law, the county commissioners shall be personally liable for the same.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
- Approved May 14, 1862.
COURTS AND JUDGES.
CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE HOLDING SPECIAL TERMS OF THE DISTRICT COURT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES [CASES].
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That if the judge of any district court in this territory shall, for any reason whatever, fail to hold court in any county in his district, at the time prescribed by law, such judge may order and hold a special term of the district court in such county, whenever the business of the county or the court shall, in the opinion of the judge, require it.
Sect. 2. When a special term of the said court shall be held in any county, the presiding judge of the district shall direct notice of the time of the court to be given at least twenty days prior to the sitting of the same, in a newspaper of the county, if there be one; if not, then in some paper in the nearest or adjoining county.
