The Trinity times., 1855-04-07

vor of the County Judge for the amount due
such Judge as salary for the month prece-
ding. Third: to examine and audit the ac-
counts of all officers having the care, man
agement, or disbursement of any money be-
longing to the county, or appropriated by
law or otherwise for its use and benefit
! Fourth to lay out, control and manage public
roads, turnpikes, ferries and bridges within
the county, in all cases where the law does
not prohibit such jurisdiction, and to make
such orders as may be necessary and requ-
site to carry its control and management in
to effect. Fifth: to take care of and provide
for the INDECENT sick of the county. Sixth:
to divide the county into townships, and to
change the divisions of the same, and TO ere.
ate new townships as the convenience Of the
county may require. Seventh: to establish
and change election precincts, and to APP
| point Inspectors and Judges of elections.--
Eighth: to control and manage the property,
real and personal belonging to the county and
to receive by donation any property for the
use and benefit of the county, Ninth: to
lease or TO purchase any real or personal
| property necessary for the use of the county;
pr0ulded, no purchase of real property shall
be made unless the value Of the same be pre-
viously estimated by three disinterested per-
sons, to be appointed for that purpose by the
County Judge. Tenth: to sell at public auc>
ton at the court house of the county, after at
least thirty days previous public notice, and
cause to be conveyed any property belong
ing to the county, appropriating the proceeds
of such sale to the use Of the same. Elev-
enth: to cause to be erected and furnished a
Court House, Jail, and such other public
buildings as may be necessary, and to keep the
same in repair; provided, that the contract
for building the Court House, Jail, or other
public buildings, be let out after at least thir-
ty days previous public notice in each case
of readiness to receive proposals therefor
to the lowest bidder who will give good and
sufficient security for the completion of any
contract which he may make respecting the
same; but no bid shall be accepted which the
Board may deem too high. Twelfth: to CON
| troll the prosecution and defense of all suits
to which the county is party. Thirteenth:
to do and perform all other such acts and
things as may be strictly necessary to the full
discharge of the powers and jurisdiction con
| ferred on the Board.
Sec. 10. The Board of Supervisors shall
also act as a Board of Canvassers, and declare
the election returns, and cause a certificate of
election to be given by the clerk to any per-
son who shall be elected to any county or
township office within the county prorided,
that when the election shall be held for Su-
pervisors, the County Judge shall canvass
and declare the election returns for these Of
ficers, for which purpose all election returns
shall be sealed up and delivered according to
law, to the County Clerk, and by him opened
in the presence of the County Judge, who
shall declare the result as 20 Supervisors, and
the Clerk shall give to each person elected as
Supervisor, certificate of his election, and
the Board Of Supervisors shall then canvass
the returns as to other officers.
Sec. IL. The Board of Supervisors NAV,
! by an order to that effect, entered upon the
records, require new bonds of any county or
township officer, with additional securities,
| whenever they deem the same necessary. and
may require of all county and Township Off
GERS entrusted with the collection, manage.
ment, safe keeping or disbursement Of public
funds, quarterly report Of all collections and
| disbursements made by them during the pre-
| ceding quarter, and may examine their books,
accounts and vouchers They shall see that
| all the county and township officers entrusted
with the collection, disbursement, safe keep
ing or management Of the public revenue
faithfully perform the duties imposed upon
them by law, and shall prosecute them for
any delinquencies.
SEC. II. The Board of Supervisors shall
act as a Board of Equalization in ther res
pective counties, and shall after the Assessor
shall have made and returned an assessment
of the taxable property within the county =.
convene, and hear and determine any obiec.
tons to assessments of property, and may re-
duce or equallze the valuation Of such proper
ty as the justice OF the case may require, and
they may increase the assessed value of anv
property in the county, whenever they be
lieve it to have been assessed at less than its
actual value.
SEC. l3. The Board of Supervisors for the
several counties, shall cause the State and
County taxes 10 be levied upon the valuation
made by the County Assessors: And it is
made the duty Of the respective County AS
SCISSORS Of each county, to furnish the Board
of Supervisors a certified copy Of the asscss-
ment made by them Of all taxable property
within the county, on or before the first Mons
day OF August, annually, for which they shall
receive such compensation as the Board may
deem just.
SEC. IA. Warrants drawn on the fund for
current expenses during the year, must dis
tnctly specify the liability for which they are
drawn, and when it accrued, and shall be
paid in the order Of presentation TO the Coun
ty Treasurer and if there be not sufficient
money in the fund for current expenses to pay
all such warrants, then the balance shall be
paid in the same manner as the present out
standing warrants.
SEC. Is. The Board Of Supervisors shall,
within sixty days after they enter upon the
discharge of their duties, ascertain the amount
Of the then existing debt Of the county, and
the amount and condition Of all property and
revenue belonging to the county, and cause
statement of the same to be made out and
published and semi annually thereafter, he
| Board shall publish a statement Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures Of the six months
next preceding, and the accounts allowed.
Such publications shall be made by making
one insertion Of the statement in a newspaper
published in the county, but if no newspaper
be published in the county, then a copy Of
such statement shall be posted at the Court
| House door and AT two other Duhlio niaoes ia