, 1854-12-16

I'd. To lay out discontinue, or altel
county roads and highways, within thei
Irrespective counties, and to do all othel
necessary acts relating thereto;
Sd. To license and fix the rates Of fer
riage, to grant grocery and other license
authorized by law to be by them granted
4th, To fix the amount of taxes 10 T.,
assessed according to the provisions Of law
and cause the same TO be collected
9th. To allow all accounts chargeabl,
against such county not otherwise proyidCd
for, and to audit the accounts Of all officer,
having the care, management, collection OF
disbursement Of any money belonging tC
the county or appropriated TO its benefit
9th. To have the care of the county
property and the management Of the conn
~ funds and business except in cases
otherwise provided for, and shall have no
other powers, except such as are, or may
be given by law.
See. L. Real estate belonging TO any
county may he sold by an agent duly ap,
pointed by the order directing such sale,
who shall have the same powers as com
missioner appointed to sell real estate by
the district or probate court
Sec. l3. The board of county commits
sioners shall cause TO be recorded in book
to he kept for that purpose, all their pro
cecdingS and their determinations touching
all matters properly cognizable before ihcm
and all books, accounts, vouchers, papers
and accounts touching the business or pro
perty Of the county shall be carefully KEPT
by the clerk, and open to the inspection of
every person.
See. II. The commissioners aforesaid,
at their first session after the annual cleo.
ton in each and every year, shall elect one
of their nnmhcr TO preside at the meetings
Of the board, and he shall sign all docu-
ments requiring the signature of the board,
and the signature of such person as chair
man Of the board Of commissioners shall he
as legal and binding as if the whole board
had affixed their names. Provided, that
in case such chairman shall lie absent at
any meeting Of the board all documents re-
quiring the signature of the board, shall be
signed by both members present.
Sec. l5 1t shall be the duty of the
board Of county commissioners to provide
Offices for the sheriff, the county auditor.
and clerk Of the district court, and also to
provide oil books and stationary necessary
for the use Of the board Of county commits
sioners, the Office of the county auditor, the
clerk Of the district court, the probate
court, and county treasurer, and also, to
provide convenient desks for the preserva-
tion and security of the books aud other
documents in the several Offices.
Sec. l6. At the July session, the board
Of county commissioners shall examine and
compare the accounts and vouchers of the
county auditor and county treasurer, count
the funds in the county treasury, and shall
make full and accurate statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the proceeding
year, and shall cause the same TO be posted
up at the court house door, and at two 9TH
erpublic places in their county, and If there
shall be no court house then ut three pub
lie places in such county, aud shall publish
the same in some newspaper Of such county
if there be any.
Sec. II. The board of commissioners at
their session in July in each year, shall re-
ceive and inspect the assessment roll re-
turned by the assessors, and if it be found
correct, it shall be accepted by the board
in writing, signed by the chairman and at
tested by the clerk, and cause the same to
be filed in the Office of the county auditor,
where it shall remain as matter of record,
and shall be guide for future assessors so
far as the same shall remaip,torrect.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be- the duty of the
board Of county commissioners at their first
session, to divide their respective counties
into election precincts, in such manner as
shall be most convenient for the population
and appoint place for holding the cleo
tions therein ; and they shall create new
precincts from time to time as the popula-
ton may require, and on the petition of ten
voters resident more than ten miles from
any place of election, it shall be the duty
Of the board of county commissioners to es-
tablish precinct and appoint judges Of
elections therefor.
Sec. l9. The boards Of commissioners
of the several counties of this territory. are
vested with the entire superintendance of
the poor in their respective counties.
Nv SVs AhS NOuht1 commissioners OF
their respective counties, shall have power
to compound for a release in whole, or in
part, of any debt due to their county, and
for the use thereof, when in their opinion,
the interests Of the country will not he pre-
judiced thereby except in cases when they
or either Of them are personally interested
Sec. 81. No county commissioner shall,
directly or indirectly, as contractor, be con.
cerned in any contract for work to be done,
or materials to be furnished for the county
under the penalty of two hundred dollars,
TO be recovered by an action at law, for
the use Of the county; and such commits
sioner shall moreover forfeit any compensa
tion he was to receive On such contract.
Sec. %. The commissioners are au
thorized and empowered to administer all
oaths or affirmations, necessary in dis
charging the duties of their Office.
! See. %. Until prSAer buildings arc