The Empire County argus., 1856-05-10

An act entitled an Act to Submit the Question of
the Removal of the County Seat of Ell Dorado
County to the Qualified Voters thereof.


County to the Qualified Voters thereof.
The People of the State of California, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Sec l. Thirty days after the passage of this
Act an election shall be held in the County of Ell
Dorado to locate and establish the County Seat of
said County, and to determine by majority of all
the votes cast at said election. whether the said
County Seat shall be and remain at the town of
Coloma, or be removed to the city of placerville
The ballots used at said election shall be written or
printed, and shall read thus: For County Seat.
Coloma y or For County Seat, Placerville.' The
Board of Supervisors of said County OF majority
of them, shall cause notices of said election to be
posted in each of the election precincts at least six
days previous to the day of holding said election.
and the Inspectors and Judges shall conduct said
election count and make return of the votes cast.
in strict accordance with the provisions of an Act
entitled "An Act to provide for elections
Sec. 2. After the votes shall have been canvass
ed the Board of Supervisors Of said County shall
declare the place having ma jorty of all the votes
cast for County Seat and the same to be GER
tilted and forwarded to the Secretary of State
Sec 3. If it shall appear from the returns Of
said election that the city of Tlacervle has been
chosen the County Seat of said County, the Board
of Supervisors of said County shall Immediately
make the necessary provisions for the removal Of
all books papers, furniture and movable properly
OF said County. and to secure suitable buildings
and offices in which to transact the business of the
County, at Plncerville, until the Court House and
other County buildings shall be erected.
Sec. 4. In the event of removal Of the County
Seat from the town of Coloma, in pursuance Of this
Act the Board Of Supervisors shall have power
and it shall be their duty. to levy direct tax upon
the property of said County ratably it shall ap-
pear on the assessment roll in per cenagc upon
the one hundred dollars sufficiently large to ensure
net receipts into the Treasury of said County of a
sum in cash equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars, to be
appropriated and expended by and under the dircc
ton OF the Board Of Supervisors of said County
exclusively for the erection of public buildings nee
essary for the holding of Courts County Offices
and the confinement Of prisoners.
Sec. 5. When the Board of Supervisors Of said
County have declared the city of Ilacerville to be
the County Seat Of said County, the District Court
the County Court, the Court of Sessions and the
Probate Court for said County shall thereafter be
held at the County Seat. and all process which may
at the time Of said removal he made returnabe at
C0loma. shall be deemed returnabe at the city o
flacervie.
Sec. 6. No contract for the erection of perma
nent County buildings shall be made until after
proposals for such contract shall have been publish
ed by the Board of Supervisors nf said County fo
at least twenty days in each newspaper printed il
said County. consenting to publish the same, whcl
proposals shall state the time and manner of con
structon and the material to be used, and no mem
her Of the Board of Supervisors other Count
Officers shall be interested in any manner in til
! contracts made.
Sec Z. All Acts and parts of Acts conflicting
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repeu led
Approved April II, 1856.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, !
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
certify that the foregoing is true copy of ar
original Act file in this Office.
Witness my hand and the Seal of State
! 20 at Sacramento this the Eighteenth day o
'''' April, A. D. 1856.
~ DAVID F. DOUGLASS,
Secretary of State.
By WIN H. r. WooD Deputy