The Placer herald., 1858-03-27
An Act

To separate the offices of County Recorder Conn
ty Auditor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisor.
and Clerk of the Board of Equalization, from
the office of County Clerk, in the County or
Placer.
The People of the State of California represented
IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SEC ]. From and after the second day of June.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
nine, the olnces OF County Recorder County Al
ditor Clerk OF the Board of Supervisors, and Clerk
of the Board of Equalization, in the County Of
Placer, shall be separate from the Office of County
Clerk.
Sec. 2. AT the next general election. and at the
next general election of every succeeding two
years thereafter, there shall be elected in said
county County Recorder, who shall enter upon
the discharge of the duties of his Office on the se
cond day of June in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nne, and shall hold said office.
until the first Monday in December, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and until
his successor is elected and qualified.
Sec. 3. The terms of said Office, except the one
provided for in section two of this act shall be
two years, and commence on the first Monday in
December in the year one thousand eight hundred
end sixty, and on the first Monday Of December
every second year thereafter.
Sec 4. The County Recorder of said county
shall be ear oficio County Auditor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors, and Clerk of the Board of
Equalization of said county, and shall qualify for
his said office and er cdico Offices, enter into such
bonds as required and discharge all the duties
thereof during his said term as required by law.
Sec 5. The County Recorder of said county
shall receive from and after the second day Of
June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty nine, for his services as County Recorder and
his services in said ofciO offices, salary at the
rate of three thousand dollars per annum. and
which salary shall be in full for all services re-
quired of him by law
SEC g. The County Recorder of said county
shall collect and safely keep all fees and per cen
tage allowed him by law, except for such services
as the county is chargeable for services rendered
by him in his said several official capacities, and
upon the first Monday in each month ON and after
the said second day of June, eighteen hundred
and fifty-nne, shall pay the same into the County
Treasury of said county, less his salary for the
preceding month
SEC. 7. The said County Recorder shall keep
an accurate account in fee book to be provided
for that purpose, as all fees and percentages al
lowed him by law for services rendered in his said
several official capacities except for such services
as the county shall be chargeabe, and he shall
at the time provided for paying the same into the
County Treasury file with the County Treasurer
of said county, copy of the contents of said fee
book, under oath. embracing the contents of the
same for the next preceding month, to the day
of fling the same, and said fee book shall be kept
with the record books of said Recorders Office
and remain public property, and shall be subject
to examination at all reasonable hours by any
citizen, or tax payer of said county, or other per-
son interested and he shall give certified extracts
of the same upon like terms as other records of
his Office are given.
SEC. 8. For a neglect or refusal to perform my
of the duties of County Recorder or the said er-
OticiO offices when properly required to perform
the same, the said officer shall be subject to suit
upon his official bonds. at the instance of any citi
zen or tax payer of said county, or other person
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against him, he shall be subject to fine of one
hundred dollars well as such damages as the
Plaintiff in the action may prove: and for will
full neglect of any of the duties required by this
Act. he shall be subject to criminal prosecution
and e punished by removal from his said office
and er 0tico Offices and by Imprisonment in the
State Prison not less than one year. more than
three years and by fine not exceeding five thou
sand dollars or by any one or by all of snid penal
ties, in the discretion of the Court before which
the trial takes place; and the Board of Supervi-
shall have power to take charge of his said
Office and er-otfco offices, at any time after pro-
cecdngs commenced against him. and to pro-
vide suitable person who shall qualify and dis
charge the duties OF his said several Offices until he
shall he discharged from criminal liability accrc-
ing by reason of any and all prosecutions herein
referred to. or until his successor shall be elected
and qualified: Procided, that the penalties i'm
posed by this Act shall not be held to relieve said
officer from any and all bonds liabilities and pen
alties imposed on him in his several official capa-
cities hy any other laws of this State
SEC 9. The County Treasurer OF said county.
shall receive from said County Recorder all pay
ments made by virtue of the provisions of this
Act and shall receive and safely keep for the use
Of the proper authorities the said sworn state
mcnts from the fee book, and shall at the times
of payment receipt to the said Recorder for the
said moneys, charge himself with the amount,
and shall place all such sums to the credit of the
redemption Fund"
SEC 10. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict
with this Act, are hereby repealed, so far rs they
relate to the County Recorder and the said ex
oficio offices in the county of Placer; Provided,
that nothing in this section shall be held to effect
any law relating to the compensation or fees for
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