Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-04-06
COUNTY suPHRv1son Bux.

COUNTY SUPERVISOR 111xA
An act creating County Board of Super.
visors, defining their duties and the duties ol
certain County officers: aa
SECTION BE 1t enacted 5y tAe General
Assenably Of tie State Of Loso0, That each or.
ganized body shall be q body polite and cor.
pOrate, with such powers and immunities a.
shall be established by law.
Sec. 2.-In each organized County there
shall be Board of Supervisors, consisting ol
one from each civil township, to be elected by
the legal voters of each civil township; but II
the population Of any such township exceeds
four thousand inhabitants, and is less than
eight thousand, there shall be elected one ad.
ditional Supervisor for each 1000 inhabitants
over and above 5000; the number Of inhabi.
tants to be determined by the last preceding
State or Federal census, each Of which Super
visors shall hold his Office for two years, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3.-The Supervisors at their first reg
ular meeting shall be classed and divided BY
lot, one part holding for one year and the
other for two years, a. hereinafter provided.
SEC. 4.-The Clerk shall prepare the requi-
site number of ballots marked year and
%" years alternately, which when drawn
shall entitle the holder 10 the term CORES
ponding with his ballot, and in the absence OF
any member the Clerk shall draw for him
but If the number of Supervisors be odd, then
there shall be bare majority of ballots mark
cd Il year. In the event of the organiza-
ton of new townships, the Supervisors there
from shall hold for one or two years, as may
be dstsrmined by the number Of the next
new additional ballot or ballots, to be marked
as aforesaid; providing further that in case
any township has more than one Supervisor
there shall be separate drawing Of the bal
lots by the Supervisors from such township,
but made in accordance with the above pro-
visions.
SEc.5.-Duplicate certificates of such draw
ing, and the result shall be filed, in the office
Of the county and township clerks, and shall
be recorded in the book in which the canvass
of votes is recorded.
SEC. 6.-The Supervisors of the several
townships in the State shall meet on the first
Monday of January, June, and the first Mon
day after the general election in each year, at
the Court House of their respective counties,
if there be one, and If none, at the Office of
the Clerk of the District Court
Sec. IA majority of the Supervisors of
any county shall constitute quorum for the
transaction of business, and all questions
which shall arise at meetings shall be deter
,v;sors - n.n4 ~ wy wv - s!oll'y oi tne super
erw;se nrov;ded % sSam su =. Eases ;.s rs IS otn
doors and al nor,ons n,a. .na. ... ss Mlsa open
mos The Roerl - S,,n:;."]. :s. ..1u .noe.
n,eet;nc - ooch .ao, .hp,, ~ Ilol, nls'
;no ono of ,ha;r nu,.ha. S. "sa1e 81: ~ c'ioos-
shan nresde a. al tha ,,,oat;,,o . -, ~ .s WIG
during the vear : '' eS - ''le A'o''fu
In case Of his absence the memhers nro.o,t
shall choose ono oS tho;r n,,,ohan ~ sln p.ese..'
rv chairman. Every cha;r-nor &c ~ t R"n..s
Of Supervisors shall have no,war - .d,.,;n;s.o.
an oath to anv nerson concern;rs - - smn te, natter
submitted To the Roard or cornsctsd ,,,;th
their powers.
SEC. 8,-Snec;al rnoet;roe of tho p.-a ~
Supervisors shall he held onlv vher I u ron,,ast -
ed by at least a ma;or;tv of tRe Ro.rj ;0 ,rh;oh
request shall be in wiring addressad ~ % tha
Clerk of the District ra,,.. ~ ths s,o.;' ~ .,e
Of such request The ClerL shall ;mmad;p pt.yn
give notice in WRITING ~ e.ch of tha S,,rar,,;;
sors by causing the same 70 be deI;vereJ e.
such Sunervisor bv leaving a conv - h;s -.s ~
idence Il least s;~ d.us 49, s,p.h .,aa.;ss
and .lso ;r,,,,s5;. toI,: a..,s s.:. .Iss
to be once ;nserteJ = the ro asreUl 'sS
lished in the county (if there t. s,che :.
least one week before s,,ch ,nest;r1 s"S ~. ;e
there be NO naner nnbl;shed n ths e,,,u.'. ~. :
notice Of such mcet;nc shan he rcs..J NJ 'y :. ~
front door of Tho C",,s. n U..,. ~ ros.ou ~ 'ne
Of meeting and I conso ona ouse - ~ usua. pace
some nmhi;c niaca sor ~ ~ iaost 10 pHs.eu IN
sa;d notice sbal, =; -; a.Sas Une "eek' wnlcn
for which snch sncc;.l s ,nsst;n~ - :; S occ.
sroh Snac;ai u,ost;no. ~ n.har h..,;r - @ y,
o. sp..' LA oh 49," ~ Sa,ss us'.esS sllaL
s ~ .csass s''"'' '''as us''e''"eu :" 'ne no
'oS Ca s ~
snerr;sor. - she,i s 4eLn era ~ salc Doalu o'
Hupelvisors sllail .ake ana subscribe the fol-
LOVING oa.n ol "a anematlon, 70 wit: l DO SOL
| tha. swsar ';v lor amin IN as .ne case may ne)
1rla:., ,,a. ! wn IN suppo,s .ne vonsutuuon o. the
S.a." ae oIa. i anu .L ,..S onstuuon ' o. tne
;,'s,ss..;.,i ~ I;.L ~ ..t wn l.'n.uy ana
~ u.sonasg .ne -. uu'.es .a Q, tne once
.h;I;tr y H''''o "'ou's !" u'e oest oi my
Src ,o-1f.nv s,,n.~v;.o. In .u,..
Or refuse to nerform anv of the % Jns;., .1S;h
are or shall he reon;red ~ him % .. nv is- ".'
member Of the Ro.rd of Snnerv;sc,s .,;.ho,,.
INST canse therefor he shall sor e.ch s nesDoa
Iorfeit one hnndred dolIars ~ o''''
Cpc - Th, po.,J -
awfnl meeting shall have The fa,,o-;ra :. .,,, 10y