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

property and business Of the county in all
cases where no other provision shall be made.
Ito manage and control the School
Fund Of their respective counties, as shall be
provided by law. s
13.-To appoint commissioners to act with
similar commissioners duly appointed in any
other county or counties, and to authorize
them to lay out, alter or discontinue any road
extending through their own and one or more
other counties, subject to the ratification Of
the Board.
14.-To fix the compensation Of all servi.
ces Of county and township officers, not 9th.
erwise provided for by law, and to provide
for the payment of the same.
15.-To authorize the taking of vote Of
the people for the relocation Of the County
Scat, as provided by law. "'
10.-To alter, vacate or discontinue any
State or Territorial road within their respcc-
tive counties.
Ito lay out, establish, alter or discon-
tinue any county road heretofore or now laid
out or hereafter to be laid through or within
their respective counties, as may be provided
by law.
lS.--To provide for the erection df all
bridges which may be necessary and which
the public convenience may require within
their respective counties and to keep the same
in repair.
1910 fill by appointments all vacancies
that may occur in any of the county offices
by death resignation or removal, and such
appointee shall hold his office until the next
succeeding general election and until his sue.
cessor shall be elected and qualified.
O0-To v,,rchoco for <ho ,,cc e ~ T.,
any real estate necessary Cor tho erection al
buildings for the support Of the poor Of such
county and for farm to be used in connec-
ton herewith.
21.-To have and to exercise all the powers
in relation to the poor now possessed by the
County Judge or County Court, and to make
such rules and regulations (not inconsistent
with law( rs they may deem necessary for the
government Of their body, tho transaction Of
business and the preservation Of order.
22.-The Board of Supervisors shall con-
stitute the Board of County Convassers.
23.-That it shall not be competent for
said Board Of Supervisors to order the cree
ton Of Court House, Jail, Poor House or
other building or bridge, nor the purchase of
real estate for county purposes where the
probable cost will exceed two thousand dol
lars, until proposition therefor shall have
been first submitted to the legal voters Of the
county, and voted for by q majority of all
voting for and against such proposition, at q
general election; notice of the same being
given for thirty days previously in newspa-
per, if one is published in the county, and If
none be published therein, then by written
notice, posted in a public place in each town.
ship in the county.
Sec. 12-They shall cause to be made out
and published Immediately after each regular
or special meeting of the Board, in at least
one newspaper, if there be one in the county,
if not by posting on the Court House door, a
schedule Of the receipts and expenditures of
the county, which shall state the names of all
claimants, the amount claimed, the amount
allowed, for what purpose, allowed, and q full
statement Of the amounts Of the Treasurer's g
accounts at the last settlement as on his bal
ance sheet, or account currents in making the
settlement; no tax shall be levied, no con-
tract for the erection of any public buildings
entered into, on settlement with the county
officers made, no real estate purchased or sold,
no new site designated for any county build
ings, no change made in the boundaries Of
townships, and no money appropriated to aid
in the construction of roads and bridges with
out q majority of the whole Board Of Super
visors voting therefore and consenting thereto.
Sec. 13.-Ths authority heretofore excr.
cised by the County Judge in ordering the
publication of advertisements in each county,
shall be hereafter exercised by the Clerk of
the District Court, Sheriff, and Treasurer and
Recorder respectively, each one acting for his
own department, and the Board of Supervi-
sors shall designate the Journals in which all
other county notices shall be published.
SEC. 14.-It shall be the duty of the Board
at their June meeting, to equalize the assess
ment rolls and levy all uniform taxes to be
levied on all taxable property in the county.
SEC. 15.-All jury fees may be audited and
paid as now provided by law, the Clerk keep
ing true record Of the same, which shall be
laid before the Board of Supervisors and be
made up in their account
Sec. l6.-Each member of the Board of
Supervisors shall be allowed compensation
Of two dollars per day for his servicee in at
tending the meetings of the Board, and six
cents per mile in going to and returning from
the place of meeting, to be audited BY the
Board and paid by the county, provided no
Supervisor shall receive pay for more than
fifteen days in one year.
SEC. 1.-THE Board is authorized and re.
quired to keep the following books:
IA book to DO known as the minute
book I" in which shall be recorded all orders
and decisions made by them, except those re-
lating to roads and in which orders for the
allowance Of money from county Treasury,
shall state on what account and to whom the |
allowance is made, dating the same and num-
bering them consecutively through each year.
PA book to be known as the Road
Record in which shall be recorded oil pro-
scedings and adjudications relating to the es-
change, or discontinuance Of
roads.
"A book to be known as the " Warrant
Book, !" in which shall be entered in the order
If their issue the number, date, amount,
names Of the drawer Of each warrant drawn
IN the Treasury and the number Of the war
.ants as directed in relation to the minute
book.
SEC. 18..-The Clerk Of the District Cour.. !
II in his absence his deputy, shall be the
Clerk Of the Board Of Supervisors, and it shall
oe his duty
Ito record al the proceedings Of the
Board in proper books provided for that pur-
,0se.
ITO make fun entries Of all their rcso-
utions and decisions on all questions con-