Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-16

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Act TO Creafe q Board Of County
Commissioners i'm the Several
Counties of this State, and 20 De-
fine Their Duties and Powers
The People Of the State of Nerada, rep
resented in the Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follotos
SECTION 1. Section -four of said Act is
hereby amended so as to read as follows
j" Section 4. If at any time after the final
adjournment Of a regular meeting the bust
ness Of the County shall require a meeting
OF the Board, a special meeting of the same
may be ordered by any member Of the
Board. The order shall be entered on the
records Of the Board, and the Clerk shall
give notice of such special meeting and the
time thereof to any member OF the Board
not joining in the order"
SEC. 2. No County Commissioner in
this State shall have power or privilege to
make any advance 10 any INDECENT or in
firm or other person or persons, except the
sick as q charity, under any pretext what
ever, Of any money, credit, security, mer-
chandise or other ~yaluables, for any pur-
pose, until the same shall have been passed
upon and allowed at a meeting of the Board.
SEC. 3. No County Commissioner or
Board of County Commissioners in this
State shall have power to make any appro-
p~riation or payment of any money, mer-
chandise or other valuable to any INDECENT
poor. infirm, or other person or persons,
except the sick as a charity, unless the
same shall have been previously recon-
mended as necessary by two or more pro-
perty taxpayers of the county. The re-
commentator must be in writing, and
signed by two or more property taxpayers
of the county, and passed upon, and pay
ment authorized by the Board of County
Commissioners at a meeting of the Board,
SEC. A.. No County COMMISSIONS or
Board of County Commissioners in this
State shall have power to make any appro-
priation or payment Of any money, mer-
chandise or other valuable to any sick per-
son or persons, unless the same shall have
been previously recommended in writing
as necessary by a resident of the county.
SEC. 5. No claim Of any Commissioner
for payment, allowance or advance Of any
money, merchandise or other property, to
any INDECENT poor, infirm or sick person or
persons, shall be allowed or paid, unless
presented and authorized as provided in
Sections 8 and 4 of this Act.
SEC. G.. 1t shall be duty OF the Board Of
County Commissioners to keep on file in
the County Clerks Office all recommends
tons mentioned in Sections 3 and 4 of this
Act, and the same shall be open to inspec-
ton to any resident Of the county.
SEC. Z. If the Board of Commissioners
in any County in this State, or any member
of any Board, shall violate any provisions
of this Act, such member or members so
violating shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and or conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars or less than fifty dollars,
and shall be liable for any loss, damage or
expense sustained by the County in con-
sequence of such violation.
SEC. 8. This Act to take effect in any
County in this State having polled more
than fifteen hundred votes at the last Gen.
eral Election in 1880.
Approved February IA, 1881.