Sec. 5. When any bids are accepted, the County Auditor and
Treasurer shall each *take a description of the warrants to He
redeemed; specifying the amount to be paid for each warrant;
the date, number and amount thereof, and make a record thereof
in their respective offices. And thereupon, the Board of County
Commissioners ghall, by order, direct the County Treasurer to
purchase the warrants designated in the accepted bid or bids,
and pay for the same out of the redemption fund aforesaid;
and all warrants so redeemed shall be canceled by the County
Treasurer, by.writing across the face thereof, in red ink, (t pur-
chased and redeemed;" adding thereto the time when and the
amount paid therefor, and signing the same officially. The order
of the Board of County Commissioners, aforesaid, together with
the record made by the County Auditor, as herein required, shall
be sufficient vouchers for the County Treasurer in the settlement
of his accounts. The bids specified in this Act being equal,
preference shall be given to the smallest amount. That shall be
deemed the lowest bid which offers the largest amount of war-
rants for the least sum of money. The bids and amounts of
warrants being equal, taking into consideration both principal
and interest, each shall be accepted pro rata as nearly as possible.
The County Treasurer shall return all unaccepted bids, together
with the warrants therein contained, to the owners on demand.
