Butte record., 1856-04-12
an Act


Eatitled An Act to change and fix the
County Seat Of Butte County
The People Of the State of California, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
Follows:
Section / The qualified Electors Of Butte
County are hereby authorized, within forty
days after the passage Of this act, to deter
mine by vote to be taken thereon the ques
ton Of the removal and location OF the coun-
ty seat Of said county whether the same ap-
ply to the choice Of the County Seat its
present location, or to the choice of any other
place in said county for the county seat Of
said county; and the Clerk of said county.
shall fix certain day, on or within the peri
Cd of the said forty days, on which special
election for the purpose aforesaid shall be
held, and said Clerk shall cause to be pub
lished in each newspaper printed in said
county. consendng to publish the same due
notice Of the day Of election 50 hxe1 upon by
him, and the purpose for which said election
IS TO be held at least twenty days before the
day Of said election the said Clerk shall also
cause 10 be published as aforesaid. correct
list Of the election precincts IN said county.
with the names of tie Inspectors aud judges
of each as established and appointed by the
Board Of Supervisors, who shall Immediately
upon the passage of this act establish and ap-
point the same.
Section = This election shall be conducted
in strict cor formlty with the act entitled An
Act to regulate elections" except as is herein
specified.
Section g. The ballot to be used at said
election shall he written or printed, and shall
read thus-"For County Seat,-" naming
in the blank the place voted for.
Section 4. The Board Of Canvassers Of the
election shall declare the result Of the same,
and shall cause TO be published in the tabular
form the name Of each place voted for, and the
number OF votes cast for each place voted for,
and the same shall be entered by the proper
officer On the records Of the county; and the
place receiving a majority Of all the votes cast
shall be the county seat Of Butte county, and
shall be declared by the said Board to have
been chosen for the county seat Of said coun-
ty; it being nevertheless provided by this act
that no place thus receiving a majority Of all
the votes cast for the county seat of said coun
ty, except the present location of the county
seat OF said county, shall finally be or become
the county seat Of said county, until lot OF
land in the form Of a square, not less than one
fourth Of an acre, with courthouse, a jlIl
and Offices, Of as good and substantial build
and material, and in every respect as ample
and commodious as the present county build
ings shall have been erected thereon, by two
or more inhabitants Of the place thus chosen
and the said land aud buildings shall have
been conveyed and delivered by deed well
executed, free and unincumbered by any lien
OF claim whatever, free of any charge to the
said county Of Butte, and the said deed filed
in the Office of the Clerk of said county for re-
eord nor shall any place receiving majori-
ty OF all the votes cast as aforesaid, except the
present location OF the county seat as afore-
said, finally be or become the county seat Of
so,l Ia i I, I,5I 4
ings shall be decided ana completed in manner
and form aforesaid, to the acceptance and
satisfaction Of the Board of Supervisors of said
county, and delivered by deed as aforesaid
within the space of two hundred and forty
days after the passage of this act II shall be
specified in the said deed that the land and
buildings therein mentioned, are decided for
the sole use and benefit of the said county,
for the use of the county. and the transaction
Of county business; and it shall be conditional
in said deed that if at any time within the
space of FIVE years the county seat shall be by
law removed from such place thus chosen and
becoming the county seat as aforesaid, then
and in that case all the right title and inter
est OF seld county in said land and buildings
decided as aforesaid, and vested in it by said
deed, shall revert TO the grantor or graptors
of said deed, wholly and absolutely to their
sole use and benefit
section D Nnen the PROVISIONS and cOndl-
tions Of the preceding section have been full
filled and complied with to the satisfaction OF
the Board of Supervisors of said county, the
said Board shall, oy an order entered on the
records required by law to be kept by them,
declare such place chosen as aforesaid to be
the county seat; and said place Shall thereaf-
ter be and remain the county seat until
changed by law, and the official business oi
the county shall be there transacted. and the
books, papers and oflice-furniture belonging
TO the county shall be removed to said place
Section 8. In case the present location o
the county seat Of Butte county be chosen by
ma jority of all the votes cast for the county
seat, then and in that case said place shall b,
and remain the county seat in the same man
ner as though this act had never been passed
Section I. 1t shall be the duty of the Clerb
of said county to cause to be published fol
three consecutive weeks prior to the day O
election in each newspaper printed in sal,
county consentng to publish the same, thi,
act, as the same shall be passed by the Legis
lature.
Section s. No pay shall be allowed for ser
vices rendered TO any person serving rs In
speetor, Judge or Clerk Of this election, mol
tor the bringing in Of the returns to the Cleri
Of the county.
J. 7. FARLEY,
Speaker Of the Assembly.
L. NJ. ANDERSON,
President of the Senate
Approved March Tenth. 1856.
j NEELY JOHNSON.