Butte record., 1856-03-22
An Act


County Seat of Butte County.
The People Of the State of California, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
Section l. 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 APP
ply to the choice of the County Seat at its
/ present location, or to the choice Of any other
! place Ia said county for the county seat Of
said county; and the Clerk of said county.
shall fix a certain day, on within the peri
/ od Of the said forty days, ON which special
election for the purpose aforesaid shall be
| held, and said Clerk shall cause to be pub-
lshed in each newspaper printed in said
county. consenting to publish the same due
notice of the day of election so fixed 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 to be published rs aforesaid. correct
list Of the election precincts in said county,
with the names Of the Inspectors and judges
of each as established and appointed br the
Board Of Supervisors who shall Immediately
upon the passage Of this act establish and ap-
point the same.
Section 2 This election shall be conducted
in strict cor formity with the act entitled An
Act to regulate eloctons,' except as is herein
spec fed
Section 3 The ballot to be used at said
election shall e written or printed, and shall
read thus-"For County Seat ,-'' naming 2
in the blank the place voted for.
Section 4 The Board Of Canvassers Of the
election shall declare the result If 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
ofiicer on the records Of the county; aud the
place receiving 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 sqii 1un-
II; it being nevertheless provided by this act
that no place thus receiving q majority of all
the votes cast for the county seat Of said coun-
", 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 square, not less than one
fourth Of acre, with "a court h0u Sc, a jsil,
and offices, of as good and substantial build
and material, and in every respect as ample
and commodious as the present 1unty build
ings shall have been erected thereon, by two
or more inhabitants of the place thus chosen :
been conveyed and delivered by deed well
executed, free and unircumbered by any lien
or claim whatever, free of any charge to the
said county Of Butte. and the said deed fled
in the Office Of the Clerk of said county for re
cord; nor shall any place receiving q 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
said county unless the said lands and build
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anu form as aforesaid. to the acceptance AMI
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. 1t shall be
specified in the said deed that the land aud
buildings therein mentioned, are decided for
the sole use and benefit Of the said coun'y,
for the use Of the county, and the transac ion
Of county Isiness; 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 aud
/ becoming the county seat as aforesaid, then
and in that case all the right title and inter
est of ssid county in said land and buildings
decided rs aforesaid, and vested in it by said
deed, shall revert to the grantor or eraDtors
Of said deed, wholly and absolutely to their
sole use and benefit
Section 3. When the provisions and condi-
tons of the preceding section have been fll-
filled and compl ell with to the satisfaction OF
the Board Of Supervisors Of said county, the
said Board shall, by an order entered on the
records required by law to lie Kept by them.
declare such place chosen as af,rls id to be
the county seat; and said place shall thereof
ter be and remain the county seat uu il
changed by law, and the official business OF
the county shall be there transacted. and the
books, papers and eldce- furniture belonging
to the county shall be removed to said place
Section s. In ease the present location of
the county seat Of Butte county be chosen by
a maJority Of all the votes cast for the county
seat, then and in that ease said place shall De
and remain the county seat in the same man
ner as though this act bad never been passed
Section T. 1t shall be the duty OF the Clerk
of said county to cause to be published for
three consecutive weeks prior TO the day OF
election in each newspaper printed in said
county conserving to ublish the same, this
act, as the same shall be passed ly the Legis-
lature.
Section 8. No pay shall be allowel for SER
vices rendered to any person serving as In
spector, Judge or Clerk Of this election, nor
tor the bringing in Of the returns to the Clerk
Of the county.
J. T. FARLEY,
Speaker Of the Assembly.
r. NJ. ANDERSON.
President Of the Senate.
Approved March Tenth, 1856
j. NEELY JOHNSON.