The Code of the City of Buffalo, Wyoming

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WHEREAS, The City of Buffalo, in the County of Johnson, State of Wyoming, a municipal corporation, was heretofore organized and is now existing by virtue of a special charter heretofore granted to said City of Buffalo by the Legislature of the State (then Territory) of Wyoming; and

WHEREAS, the said City of Buffalo desires to abandon such special charter and reorganize under the general laws of the State of Wyoming, as provided by Article 13, Section 1 of the Constitution of said State, and by an Act of the Twelfth State Legislature of the State of Wyoming, approved February 20, 1913, entitled “An Act authorizing certain cities and towns organized under a separate charter from the Legislature to surrender their charter and organize under the provisions of the General Laws relative to the incorporation of towns, and prescribing the method for so doing,” and

WHEREAS, it has been shown by the last general United States census, taken instyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  the year 1910, that the said City of Buffalo has a resident population of not less than one thousand nor more than thirty-five hundred, to-wit, a population of one thousand three hundred sixty-eight (1,368) as more fully appears by the certificate of E. Dana Durand, Director of the Census, which said certificate is in words and figures following:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON
February 19, 1913,

I hereby certify, that according to the official count of the returns of the Thirteenth Census of the United States, on file in the Bureau of the Census, the population of Buffalo Town, Johnson County, Wyoming, is one thousand three hundred sixty-eight (1,368).
E. DANA DURAND,
Director of the Census.

WHEREAS, said City of Buffalo is entitled to be organized and to exist under the general laws of the State of Wyoming, relating to the incorporation of towns, now therefore, For the purpose of effecting the abandonment of the special charter of said City of Buffalo, and for the purpose of effecting the reorganization thereof as above and heretofore stated and recited,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the City of Buffalo, that the special charter granted to the City of Buffalo, Wyoming, by the Legislature of the Territory, now State of Wyoming, be and the same is abandoned, and that said City of Buffalo be and the same hereby is organized under the general laws of the State of Wyoming relative to the incorporation of towns, with all of the powers, privileges and rights granted to such towns under the laws of the State of Wyoming, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that no right of property accrued to the municipality or to any person shall be affected by such abandonment and reorganization, and all ordinances of the City of Buffalo now in force, and not repugnant to the provisions of the general laws of the State of Wyoming shall remain and continue in force until amended or repealed by the Mayor and council. (Resolution app. February 24, 1913.)

Proclamation of Governor.
WHEREAS, The City of Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, a municipal corporation heretofore organized and existing under and by virtue of a special charter granted to said City of Buffalo by the Legislature of the State, then Territory, of Wyoming, and

WHEREAS, as shown by the last general United State census, said City of Buffalo has a resident population of not less than one thousand nor more than thirty-five hundred, to-wit:   A population of one thousand three hundred sixty-eight, and

WHEREAS, said City of Buffalo did by resolution passed by the Board of Trustees and approved by the Acting Mayor on February 24, 1913, abandon said charter and organize under the general laws of the State of Wyoming, relative to the incorporation of towns as provided by an Act of the Twelfth State Legislature approved February 20, 1913, entitled, “An Act authorizing certain cities and towns organized under a separate charter from the Legislature to surrender their charter and organize under the provisions of the general laws relative to the incorporation of towns, and prescribing the method for so doing,” and

WHEREAS, said resolutions and the approval thereof have been duly certified to the undersigned governor of the State of Wyoming, under the seal of said City of Buffalo,

Now, Therefore, I, Joseph M. Carey, Governor of the State of Wyoming, do hereby proclaim and declare that the said City of Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, a municipal corporation, is duly organized under the provisions of the general laws of the State of Wyoming relative to the incorporation of towns, with all the powers and obligations pertaining thereto.

Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at the Capitol, in Cheyenne, this 4th day of March A.D. 1913.

(Seal) JOSEPH M. CAREY
Governor
By the Governor:

FRANK L. HOUX
Secretary of State
By T.H. WESCOTT, Deputy
(RECORDED office of County Clerk, Johnson Co., Wyo.,
Book K. Misc. Rec. Pg. 366)