The board of county commissioners of any county, to which the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-129 apply, having a population of more than fourteen thousand (14,000) and not more than seventeen thousand (17,000) and having an assessed valuation of more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) may make an annual tax levy upon all of the assessed taxable tangible valuation of such county for fair purposes and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county but such tax shall not exceed a rate of one-half (½) mill.

This act is supplemental to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-129.