§ 34-12-112 — Procedure after failure to make plat; acknowledgment; recording; costs

Whenever the original owner or proprietor of any subdivision of
any land, as contemplated in W.S. 34-12-102, has sold or
conveyed any part thereof, or invested the public with any
rights therein, and has failed and neglected to execute and file
for record a plat, as provided in section one of this act, the
county clerk shall notify some, or all, of such owners and
proprietors by mail or otherwise, and demand the execution of
said plat as provided; and if such owners or proprietors,
whether so notified or not, fail and neglect to execute and file
for record said plat for thirty (30) days after the issuance of
such notice, the county clerk shall cause to be made the plat of
such subdivision, and any surveying necessary therefor. Said
plat shall be signed and acknowledged by the county clerk, who
shall certify that he executed it by reason of the failure of
the owners or proprietors named to do so, and filed for record;
and when so filed for record, shall have the same effect for all
purposes as if executed, acknowledged and recorded by the owners
or proprietors themselves. A correct statement of the costs and
expenses of such plat, surveying and recording, verified by
oath, shall be by the county clerk laid before the first session
of the county commissioners, who shall allow the same and order
the same to be paid out of the county treasury, and who shall,
at the same time, assess the same amount pro rata, upon all the
several subdivisions of said tract, parcel or lot so subdivided;
and said assessment shall be collected with, and in like manner
as the general taxes and shall go to the general county fund; or
said county commissioners may direct suit to be brought in the
name of the county before any court having jurisdiction, to
recover of the said original owners or proprietors, or either of
them, the said cost and expense of procuring and recording said
plat.