Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-10
.inued until the next meeting before it

,tinucd until the next meeting DcIoteil
shall be finally determined. When
any vacancy shall happen in the office
| of commissioner, the clerk. being no.
tilted of the same, shall Immediately
direct the sheriff Of the country, whose
duty il shall be to order an election for
1.-THE purpose of filing such vacancy,
thirty days previous notice of such
lelection being first given, either ny
publishing the same in the county
newspaper and putting up notices N
three different public places in SAID
county.
SEC. Q. 1t shall be the duty Of the
board of commissioners, at their April
session in each year, TO receive and
inspect, the assessors books, and levy a
county tax according to law; and cause
their clerk to make out a duplicate for
collection accordingly.
SEC. 10. The commissioners OF each
county respectively shall have and use
a common seal, for the purpose OF seal
ing their proceedings; and copies OF
the same when sined and sealed BY said
commissioners, and attested by their
clerk shall be good evidence OF such
proceedings on the trial Of any cause
lin any court in this Territory. The
commissioners aforesaid attheir session
| in January-or when the district term
| pre- rents their meeting in January:
then at their first meeting thereafter,
in every year, shall make fair and
accurate statement of the receipts and
expenditure Of the preceding year, and
have the same set up at the court house
door and at two o,ter puDiic places
in their county respectively, and pub
lished in some newspaper IN their
county il there be any. And if the
said commissioners or either of them,
after accepting their appointment shall
neglect or refuse, TO do his or their du-
ty in Office, he or they SO offending
shall on conviction by indictment be-
fore the District court Of the proper
county be fined many sum not exceed
ing two hundred dollars.
SEC. IL. That all the duties hereto
fore required of the board doing coun-
ty business in the several counties in
this Territory and not included, or o.
lherwise directed in this act, be and the
same is hereby made the duty OF said
commissioners TO do and perform In
The same manner as though it was ma
med in this act.
SIC. IL. The Commissioners 50 c.
l,ected and qualified shall each receive
three dollars per day for each and cv-
cry day thst they may necessarily be
employed in lransac,ing The county bu-
siness; and said board Of commission
ers when organized, shall possess the
powers and authority heretofore given
to lie county board Of supervisors.
SEC. 10. All suits, pleas, complaints,
prosecutions and proceedings which
may be pending in any court, TO be tri-
Ell for or agains. any board OF supervi-
sors previous 10 taking effect Of this
act shall be prosecuted 10 final judi &
ment and execution in The same man.
ner as the same might have been done
; had this law not been passed; and all
contracts written or verbal made by
such board Of supervisors previous to
: the taking effect Of this act, shall re-
main valid in law and equity, and suit
may be thereupon brought in the same
way and manner as the same might
. have been, had this act not been pass
edwin the difference that the corpo-
rate name of the commissioners shall
be used instead of the board Of snper-
visors.
J. SEC. II. It shall be the duty Of the
clerks Of the several EoarJs OF com
t sioners, TO keep fair books wherein
shall be kept the accounts of the coun.
, lty-to attest all orders issued by the
, board for the payment Of money
and enter the same in numerical or.
, der in book%o be kept for that pur.
pose; and shall copy into their sale
books the reports of the treasurer o
/ the receipts and disbursements Of theil
respective counties; and whenever thu
duplicate shall be put into the hands o.
collector il shall be the duty Of TN
said clerks t. send statement Of th'
, sum whercwith such collector stand
charged, TO the county treasurer.
: SEC. Is. When the holder Of an at
J tested county order in his own nam
of a larger amount than his county tax
! is DESTROYS Of appropriating a part .
= such order to the payment OF such tax
' he is hereby authorized to apply 10 tn
y clerk Of the boa,d of commissioner
9 whose putty It shall be to give to tn
holder Of such order, and in cxchang