Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-19
[Passed March 20, 1851

Passed March 20, 1861
The People Of the State of California. represent
ed in Senate and assembly do enact as foIlo,cs:
SECTION l. There shall be in each of the
counties of this State Board of Super
visOrs, to consist oil three members. to be
elected and to possess such qualifications
and have such powers as hereinafter given;
prOuided, that in the counties of Los An
geles, Tuolumne, Placer, Alameda and
Yuba, said Board shall consist of five men,
bers; and further proUtded, that this Act
shall not apply to such counties of this State
as have, or hereafter may have, Boards of
supervisors provided by special enactment.
SEC 2 Said Supervisors shall be qualified
electors of their respective counties, and
shall be elected at the next general election,
and at the general election annually there
alter; they shall enter on their duties on the
first Monday of the month subsequent to
their election, and shall hold their Office one
year, or until their successors are elected
and qualitied but no county or township
officer shall be eligible to the Office of Super
visor; and, prorided, that in all those conn
ties where no Board of Supervisors now ex-
lists, the County Clerk, the County Asses
sor and County Surveyor shall constitute
special board who shall, previous to the
first election herein provided for, divide the
county into a number of districts CORES
pondlng with the number of Supervisors to
be elected: but in such divisions no town.
ship shall be divided unless said township
shall contain an incorporated city or town;
and the qualified electors of each district so
formed shall elect only one Supervisor, who
shall be resident of that district; and the
Board of Supervisors in these counties shall
have authority at their last session before
the general election in each year. to change
the boundaries of the districts in their said
respective counties.
SEC g. In each of the counties, except
the county of Contra Costa, where no Board
Of Supervisors now exists, there shall be an
election held for Supervisors on the second
Monday in April, A. D., one thousand eight
hundred and tiity-fve; and the Supervisors
elected under this act, shall qualify on or
before the first day of the first regular meet
ing of the Board, as provided in this Act,
and shall hold their Office until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified; prorided,
that in the counties Of Sacramento and
Yuba the first election of Supervisors to be
held under the provision of this section,
shall be held on the first Monday in April,
A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty
five; and proUided further, that in the cOun-
ty of K Klamath the election be held on the
iirst Monday in May next; and proutded
further, that in the county of San joaquin
The first election Of Supervisors to be held
under the provisions of this section shall be
held on the same day of the municipal cleo
ton of the city of Stockton, next following
the passage of this Act.
Sec. 4. The regular meetings of the
Board of Supervisors shall be held at the
county seat of their respective counties, on
tne first Monday Of May, August, Novem-
Der and February, and shall continue from
time to time, until all the business before
them is disposed of. The Board shall also
meet on the second Monday after each gen.
eral election, to canvass election returns.
Sec. 5. If at any time after the final ad-
journment of q regular meeting, the business
OF the county shall require meeting of the
Board, special meeting of the same may
be ordered by majority of the Board
The order shall be entered on the records of
the Board, and the Clerk shall give at least
five days notice of such special meeting to
any member of the Board not joining in the
order The order shall specify the business
to be performed, and no other shall be
transacted at such special meeting.
SEC. E. A majority of the Board shall
for,o n o,uoruY, tor tho tranCo ctinn of huvi
ness, and all sessions of the Board shall be
public. They shall elect one of their num-
Der as Chairman of the Board, and the
County Clerk shall be Clerk thereof The
Clerk shall keep full and complete record
of all the proceedings Of the Board, and all
their proceedings shall be entered on the
records, and the vote of each member on
every question where there is any division,
shall be entered on the record. The record
Of proceedings shall be signed by the Chair
man of the Board and the Clerk.
Sec. 7. The Clerk shall receive COM
pensation for his services, TO be fixed by the
Board, lin no case to exceed two hundred
and fifty dollars year. and no fee or other
compensation whatever shall be allowed the
Clerk for any service connected with the
proceedings or business of the Board OF
Supervisors; prOUided, that in the counties
of FL Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne
and Yuba, a greater allowance to the Clerk
may be made, but it shall in no case exceed
the sum of eight dollars per day for each day
of actual service, nor shall he receive in the
aggregate more than FIVE hundred dollars
npr annum. n1,oqJdod further that in the
counties of Butte, Plumas, Los Angeles,
San Bernardino, Napa, Solano and Yolo, the
compensation of Clerk shall be four dollars
per day for each day actually engaged in
service of the Board while sitting, and no
other fee or compensation for any services
as Clerk Of said Board; and, provtded fur
tier, that in the counties of Klamath, Sac
ramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra and
Trinity, the Clerk shall receive per-diem
cOmOenSa fion which cboI not oyappd thrnn