Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-03-31

Fuaj o. their respective counties as shall
IS. To appoint commissioners !, acs
! with similar commissioned duly appoiAted
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md oneer nd1re 6Aer countiSS, saAjectt to
NE rati |eatiss Of Ne be4rd
4 -. 10 6x the ccnp6Asatisa Of Al ser-'
vices Of county and township ofiicersgn
otherwise provided for by law, and to pro-
vide for the payment of the same.
Is. To authorize the taking of vote Of
the people for the relocation of the county
seat as provided by law.
lG. To alter, vacate or discontinue any
State or Territorial road within their res
pectivs eou6ties. Y sEEFg
II. To lay ont, establish, alter or DIS
tecontiaues any county road heretofore or
now laid out or hereafter to be laid through
or within their respective counties, IS may
be provided by law. ..sm. .,
Is. To provide for the erection Of all
bridges which may be necessary and which
I the public convenience may require within
their respective counties and to keep the
same in repair. 4 ..rse,gsse@. ag .es.b ~Gsfs
10. To FIJI by appointments all vacancies
that may occur in any Of the county Offices
by death, resignation or removal and such
appointee shall hold bis Office until the
next succeeding general election and until
his successor shall be elected and qualified
TO- TO purchase for the use of the conn
ty any real estlte necessary for the cree
ton of buildings for the support Of the
poor Of such county and for farm to be
used IN connection Herewith.
| u. To have and exercise all the powers
| in relation 10 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, the transaction OF business and the
| preservation Of order. ga ~ s...
%. The Board of Supervisors shall con.
stitute the Beard Of Courty Canvassers.
y. That j, shall not be competent for
said Board Of Supervisors to order the
erection Of Court House, Jail, Poor
House or other building or bridge, nor the
purchase of real estate for county purpo-
ses where the probable cost will exceed
two thousand dollars, until o proposition
therefor shall have been first submitted 10
the legal voters OF the county. and voted
for by a majority of all voting for and
against such proposition, at a general cleo
ton notice OF the same being givin. for
thirty days previously in newspaper, il one
is Published 10 the county, aad if none be
published therein then by written notice,
posted in a public place in each township
in the county.
See IL. They shall cause TO be made
| out and published Immediately after each
regular or special meeting Of the Board,
in Al least one newspaper, if there be one
in the county, ii not by posting on the
Court House door, a schedule Of the re-
ceiris aud expenditures of the county.
which shall state the names of all claim
ants, the amount claimed, for what pur-
pose allowed, and 4 full statement OF the
amounts of the Treasurer $ accounts al
the last settlement a. on his balance sheet.
or account current in making settlement
no tax shall he levied. no contract for the
erection OF any pubic building entered
into, no settlement with the county officers
made. no real estate purchased or sold. no
new site designated for any county BALD
iugs. no change made IN boundaries OF
townships and. no money appropriated TO
aid in the construction of roads and bfidg
IS without ma jority Of the whole Board
# Supervisors voting therefor and con-
sentlng thereto.
Sec IL. The authority heretofore exer.
cised by the County Judge in ordering the
publication OF advertisements in each coun-
ty, shall be hereafter exercised by the
Clerk of District Court. Sheriff aud Treas
urer and Recorder respectfully, each one
acting for his own department. and the
Board of Supervisors shall designate the
journals in which all other county notices
shall be Published.
Sec. a. 1t shall be the duty of the
Board at their June meeting. to equale
the assessment rolls and levy all uniform
taxes to be levied Oh the taxable property
in the county.
Sec. l5 AL! jury fees NAV e audited
aud paid AS now provided by law, the Clerk
keeping II true record OF the same v hieh
shall be laid before the Board Of Superb
sogs and be made up in their account.
Sec. To- Each member of the Board Of
Supervisors shall be allowed u eompensa-
ton Of two dollars per day ier his services
in attending the meetings of lhe Dosri
and six cents per mile in going 10 aud re
turning from the place OF meeting, 10 be
audited by the Board and paid by the
county. provided no Supervisor shall re-
ceive pay for more than fifteen days in one
wear
Sec. L. The Board is authorized and
required to keep the following books:
l. 4 book to be known as the minute
book in which shall be recorded ali
orders aad decisions made by them, except
those relating 10 roads aud in which, orders
for the allowance Of money from the coun
ty Treasury, shall state ON what account
and to whom the allowance is male, dat
ing the same and numbering them conse
cutively through each year.
2. A book to be known as the Road
Record T" in which shall be recorded all
proceedings and adjudications relating to
the establishment, change, or discontinu
ance of roads.
B. A book to be known as the "Warrant
Book in which shall be entered in the
order Of their issuance the mum bar, date,
amount, names OF the drawee of each
warrant drawn on the Treasury and the
number of the warrants as directed in re
lation TO the minute book.
Sec. Is. The Clerk Of The District Court
or il his absence bis deputy. shall be the
Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors, aud it
shall be his duty
lst To record al the proceedings of
the Board in proper books provided for
that purpose.
3D. To make full entries of all their res
olu,ions and decisions IN all questions con