The board of county commissioners of any county which was making an annual levy for the purpose of creating a special fund to be used for acquiring a site for, and building, equipping and furnishing a courthouse and jail or any one or more of such purposes, under the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 19-1563 or 19-1569 at the time of the repeal of such statutes, is hereby authorized to continue to make such annual tax levies upon all taxable tangible property in such county for such 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 in an amount not to exceed one mill for a period of years which, together with the number of years in which a levy was actually made under the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 19-1563 or 19-1569, shall not exceed the total number of years stated in the resolution providing for the making of such annual tax levies under the provisions of such statutes and the total amount collected shall not exceed that set forth in the original resolution authorizing such tax levies.