State, such appointments are hereby declared to be valid and legal and to vest in such Commissioner of Child and Animal Protection all of the rights, powers and duties conferred by this Act, including the present incumbent in said office, and in all cases where any child or children heretofore have been adopted under order of any court of this State upon the consent of the then Commissioner of Child and Animal Protection, such adoptions are hereby confirmed and hereby declared to be in all respects legal, valid and subsisting adoptions.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 26, 1925.

CHAPTER 132.

Original Senate File No. 90.

NOTICE OF CLAIMS AND ACTIONS ON BONDS ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS. AN ACT to amend and re-enact Section 332, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, with reference to Notice of Claims and Actions upon Bonds Given in Connection with Public Contracts.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. That Section 332, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

Section 332. No action shall be maintained on any such bond unless within sixty days after the publication and posting of the notice provided for in Chapter 151, Session Laws, 1921, the claimant shall serve upon the principal and his sureties a written notice specifying the nature and the amount of his claim and the date thereof, and no action shall be maintained on any such claim unless it is begun within one year after the service of such written notice on such principal and surety.

Section 2. This Act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage.

Approved February 26, 1925.

CHAPTER 133.

Original House Bill No. 154.

NOTICES OF LIEN OR CLAIM IN FAVOR OF UNITED STATES. AN ACT relating to the filing of notices of lien, or claim, in favor of the United States, and of the release or discharge thereof, in the office of the county clerks of the several counties of the State of Wyoming.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. The County Clerk of each county is authorized to, and shall either file, or file and record, as is or may be provided by the laws of the Government of the United States, every notice, abstract, or statement of any lien or claim, or release or discharge thereof, in favor of the United States, or of any department or bureau thereof, when any such notice, abstract or statement, prepared in

conformity to the laws of the United States, is presented to him for filing, or filing and recording.

Section 2. The County Clerk shall number such notices, abstracts or statements, in the order in which they are filed, and if they are required to be recorded, he shall record them in a well bound book to be styled "Federal Lien Record," and in either case he shall index them alphabetically under the names of the persons named therein, or affected thereby, such index to be kept in a well bound book styled "Index to Federal Liens," and for the performance of these services no fee shall be charged, provided, however, that his failure to file, record or index properly such notice, abstract or statement, as herein required, shall not affect the validity or legality of any such lien or claim or release or discharge thereof.

Section 3. That Chapter 18, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1923, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 26, 1925.

CHAPTER 134.

Original House Bill No. 189.

REPEAL OF STATUTE EXEMPTING BEET SUGAR FACTORIES

FROM TAXATION.

AN ACT repealing Chapter 75, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1923, relating to the. exemption of beet sugar factories from taxation.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. That Chapter 75, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1923, is hereby repealed.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1926.

Approved February 26, 1925.

CHAPTER 135.

Original House Bill No. 3.

EXEMPTION OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS FROM TAXATION.

AN ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5408, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, relating to the exemption from taxation of charitable trusts.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. That Section 5408, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

"Section 5408. All property devised, bequeathed or given for non-sectarian, public educational purposes in this State, or for the purpose of non-sectarian, public education of the youths of this State shall be considered as charitable trusts, and the said property, so long

as the same is not diverted from the purposes herein expressed, shall be exempt from taxation including inheritance taxation. Provided, however, that where by the provisions of such devise, bequest or gift, the income therefrom, after deducting proper expenses in administering the same, is directed to be expended for the purposes aforesaid, to commence only, however, from a certain period after such devise, bequest or gift is made, then the property so devised, bequeathed or given for the purpose aforesaid shall from and after and including the year A. D. 1926 be subject to annual taxation as other property until such period so specified arrives, and if the said period is extended under the provisions of such devise, bequest or gift, then until such extension period expires. Provided, further, that in other cases where instead of the income the corpus of the property is to be put to actual use for the purposes aforesaid only from a certain period specified in such devise, bequest or gift, then the same shall, in like manner, hereafter be subject to taxation as other property until such period, including any such extension period, arrives."

Section 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 26, 1925.

CHAPTER 136.

Original House Bill No. 205.

TAX LEVY FOR STATE EXPERIMENTAL FARMS.

AN ACT to provide for a special levy, for the purpose of raising revenue, for the operation and maintenance, and purchase of land and equipment for Wyoming State Experimental Farms.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Levy of One-Tenth of Mill.

Section 1. The State Board of Equalization at the time of making the annual tax levy for State purposes for the year 1925, and annually thereafter, shall direct the various boards of County Commissioners of the several counties of the State to levy upon all taxable property in their respective counties a tax of one-tenth of one mill on each and every dollar of assessed valuation of such property, which tax shall be collected and paid to the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law for the levying, collecting and payment of other State taxes. Such taxes when so collected and paid into the State Treasurer shall be kept in a separate fund for the Wyoming State Experimental Farms, to be known as the State Farm Fund, and shall be paid out only by order of the Board of Trustees of the University of Wyoming, as hereafter provided.

Expenditure of Receipts from Taxation.

Section 2. The proceeds of said tax shall be appropriated and expended by the Board of Trustees of the University of Wyoming for such permanent buildings and improvements, purchases of lands, for experimental purposes, for purchase of livestock for experimental tests and for operating expenses, salaries, and for such other purposes as the said Board of Trustees shall deem necessary. Said tax when paid to the State Treasurer shall not be expended or disbursed except upon sworn itemized claims, and said sworn and itemized claim shall have

been approved for payment by the said Board of Trustees and thereupon shall be paid by the State Treasurer, upon warrant of the State Auditor.

Distribution.

Section 3. The amount so collected shall be distributed as follows for the following State Farms: Archer Station, Laramie County, $2,500.00; Torrington Station, Goshen County, $2,500.00; Gillette Station, Campbell County, $2,500.00; Lyman Station, Uinta County, $2,500.00; Worland Industrial Institute for State Experimental Work, Washakie County, $2,500; Lander Station, Fremont County, $2,500.00; Sheridan Station, Sheridan County, $2,500; Grover Station, Lincoln County, $2,500.00; and Eden Station in Sweetwater County, $2,500.00. Any money remaining undistributed after making the above allotments shall be used as a general fund for division by the said Board of Trustees among the various farms in accordance with their several needs and for the purposes of administration.

Report by Directors of Farms.

Section 4. The operators or directors of each of aforesaid experimental farms, shall annually make a full and detailed report of all experimental work conducted on their respective farms for the previous year, giving results of all the experiments and tests so conducted. Also a statement of seeds, plants, trees or live stock on hand for distribution from said stations. Said reports to be compiled by the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of State Experimental Farms, and sufficient copies printed, as in their discretion, is necessary to supply the agriculture population of the State of Wyoming.

Section 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 26, 1925.

CHAPTER 137.

Original House Bill No. 173.

GAME AND FISH.

AN ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2, 3, 18, 20, 24, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 86, 87, 90, and 93 of Chapter 83, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1921, relating to the protection, propagation, preservation and distribution of the game animals, birds, and fish of this State; providing for a State Game and Fish Commission; Providing for a State Game and Fish Commissioner, assistants and deputies, their salaries, term of office, bonds and duties; providing lawful means for taking game animals, birds and fish of this State; providing for the seizure, confiscation and disposition of beaver hides, fish, birds, game and game specimens unlawfully taken, killed or possessed; and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. That Section 2, Chapter 83, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1921, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

Definitions.

"Section 2. For the purpose of this Act, wherein the words 'Game Animals,' are used, such words shall be construed as meaning

any elk, deer, mountain sheep, wild goats, antelope, or moose within the State and word 'Game Fish' shall be construed as meaning trout, greyling, pike, bass, croppies, catfish, and perch within the State, and the word 'Game Birds' shall be construed as meaning any of the birds specified in Sections 52, 53, 54, 55 of this Act.

Section 2. That Section 18, Chapter 83, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1921, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

Chief Assistant Game and Fish Commissioner.

"Section 18. The State Game and Fish Commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to appoint, with the approval of the State Game and Fish Commission, one Chief Assistant Game and Fish Commissioner who shall be a person skilled in fish culture and the habits and nature of food fishes, and who shall hold office for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified.

Before entering upon his duties, the Chief Assistant Game and Fish Commissioner shall execute a bond to the State of Wyoming in the amount of $500.00, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, which said bond shall be approved by the Attorney General.

The salary of the Chief Assistant Game and Fish Commissioner shall be in the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) per annum, which said salary shall be paid upon the proper vouchers approved by the State Game and Fish Commission and the State Game and Fish Commissioner.

It shall be the duty of the Chief Assistant Fish and Game Commissioner, acting under the direction of the State Game and Fish Commissioner, to supervise all fish cultural matters of a public nature, all fish hatcheries, their operation, construction and improvement, now owned or established in the future by the State, the stocking of the streams and lakes of this State and all public waters of the State, pertaining to the collection, propagation, culture, distribution and prɔtection of fish, fish eggs and fish spawn.

Section 3. That Section 20, Chapter 83, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1921, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

Assistant Game and Fish Commissioners.

Section 20. The State Game and Fish Commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to appoint, with the approval of the State Game and Fish Commission, ten assistant game and fish commissioners in different portions of the State. Said assistant game and fish commissioners shall each be appointed for a term of two years and shall each receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per annum. They shall devote all their time to the duties of their office under the direction of the State Game and Fish Commissioner and shall each be allowed the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum, or so much thereof as necessary for contingent expenses incident to the proper performance of their duties. Said salary and contingent expenses shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the State Game and Fish Commission and the State Game and Fish Ccmmissioner. Provided further that there shall be appointed by the State Game and Fish Commissioner, with the approval of the State Game and Fish Commission, an additional thirteen (13) assistant Game and Fish Commissioners who shall serve during the months of June, July, August, September, October and November of each year. Said assistant Game and Fish Commissioners shall each be appointed