Columbia gazette., 1854-05-06

Clerk OF said County has qualified and
entered upon his duties, after which,
they shall be fled in his Office.
SEC. l3. The County Judge chosen
under this Act, shall hold his Office for
four years from the First day of Janu-
ary next, and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified. The other Officers
elected in pursuance Of this Act, shall
hold their respective Offices for the term
of Two years, from the First of Janu-
airy next, and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
SEC. a. The County Judge shall
receive for his services annually, Three
thousand dollars, to be paid in the man
ner provided by an Act to fix the COM
pensation of County Judges and Asso-
ciate Justices of the Court of Sessions,
approved May II, 1883.
SEC. Is. Hereafter one Of the five
members of Assembly allowed by the
Act entitled "An Act to apport;on the
Senatorial and Assembly Districts of
this State," passed May Is, 1853, to
the county of Tuolumne, shall be elect
ed from the County of Stanislaus, by
the qualified electors thereof, and four
of said five members shall be elected
from Tuolumne County. The County of
Stanislaus shall be and remain part of
the Seventh Senatorial District.
! SEC. 16' The County of Stanislaus,
for judicial purposes, shall be attached
to and form part of the Fifth Judicial
District. The District Judge of the
said District shall hold annually three
terms of Court, at the county scat of
Stanislaus County, on the third Monday
of March, August and December.
Sec. IT, The Court Of Sessions of
Stanislaus County shall have power to
levy a special tax, not to exceed fifty
cents on each one hundred dollars of
valuation, of the taxable property of
said county, to beassessed and collected
as other taxes, and the fund arising
from said special tax shall be applied
solely to the erection of a Jail and court
house for said county.
SEC. 10. The County Judge of
Stanislaus County shall appoint two
Commissioners, to meet a correspond
ing number Of Commissioners, appoint
ed in like manner, on the part Of the
County of Tuolumne, for the purpose of
ascertaining and settling the amount of
indebtedness said County of Stanislaus
shall assume of said county; and when
so ascertained and certified by said Com
missioners, or majority of them, to the
County Judge of each county, the Court
of Sessions Of Stanislaus County shall
issue warrant in favor of the County
Treasurer Of said county for the sum a.
warded to said county, payable out of
any funds that may come into the tres
ury of Stanislaus County. The said
Commissioners shall meet in the city of
Sonora, for the transaction of business,
within ten days after the qualification of
the County Judge of Stanislaus County
So much of the property as may be stu
ated within the limits of Stanislaus
County, as defined by this Act, shall be
stricken from the Assessment Rolls of
Tuolumne County, for the year 1854,
and the said Commissioners shall place
the same upon new Roll, entitled the
Assessment Roll of Stanislaus County:
which Roll shall be delivered to the
Court of Sessions of Stanislaus County.
The taxes due upon the property as
sessed in said last named Roll, for 1854,
shall be collected by the proper collect
ing officer of said county, and be paid
into the treasury thereof.
SEC. 10. All Township Officers cho-
sen at the last general election for Tu-
olumne County, whose districts by this
act may be included within the present
limits of Stanislaus County, shall con-
tinue to hold their respective Offices for
said County of Stanislaus during the
term for which they were elected, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
SEC. 20. The Clerk and Recorder
of Tuolumne County, upon application
by any person and payment of the fees,
shall! furnish certified copies of all
deeds or other papers recorded in their
offices wherein the subject matter of
such deed or other papers is situated in
Stanislaus County.
SEC. 81. All actions pending or pro-
ceedings in the nature of actions, wheth-
er original or an appeal, civil or Grimm
al, that were commenced by a party or
parties now residing within the limits of
Stanislaus County, shall be disposed of
by the tribunals and officers having iu-
risdiction of the same in Tuolumne
County upon the organization of said
Stanislaus County.
SEC. %. 1t shall be the duty of the
County Surveyor under the instructions
and direction Of the Court of Sessions,
to survey and mark the lines and boun-
darles OF Stanislaus County, in accor-
dance with the provisions of this act, pro-
vided, that he shall not receive great
er compensation than is now paid United |
States Surveyors of Public Lands for
similar services.
SEC. 80. Twenty per cent of all
monies received in the County Treasury
OF Stahislaus County, shall be set apart
as a sinking fund, to liquidate the debt
due from Stanislaus County to Tuolun-
ne county, and shall Re paid over by !