Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-09
THE CINCH BILL.
Full Text of the Law Regarding
County Commissioners.

ruiz leXG Oh u Law Regarding
County Commissioners.
The following law, the full text of which
is given, owing to the local interest mani
tested in it in Eureka, is the substitute re-
ported for Mr.. Foley's bill by the Judi
ciary Committee of the Senate:
An Act requiring County Commissioners
to give bonds and providing additional
security for the proper disbursement
OF public money, approved March 2,
1888.
Section /. Each person elected or ap.
pointed to the Office of County Commits
sioner in this State shall give bonds, as
other county officers, in the sum of S., 900
before entering upon the discharge of the
duties Of such Office. Said bonds shall be
filed with the Recorder of the proper coun-
ty, and by such Recorder presented or for
warded to the Judge of the District, whose
duty 1t shall be to approve the same and
return it to the Recorder. II such bond
be not approved by the District Judge, he
shall return it to the Recorder with his
refusal Endorsed thereon, and the Recorder
shall Immediately notify such Commits
sioner of the d~isapproval, and unless the
Commissioner file a new and sufficient
bond within fifteen days from the receipt
Of said notification, the office shall be
deemed aud held to be vacant, and upon
notification of the vacancy the Governor
shall fill the same by appointment.
Sec. 2. The County Commissioners.
their sureties and the recipients of any
money which may nave been illegally paid
out of the County Treasury in consequence
Of any order of the Board, shall be jointly
and severally liable for the amount, and
any citizen may institute proceedings to
recover the same; provided, that no Com
missioner, nor his sureties, shall be held
liable for any illegal payment when such
Commissioner voted against the same, or
was absent when the same was ordered.
Sec. 8. In case no citizen shall within
twenty days institute proceedings to re-
cover money illegally or improperly paid
out Of a County Treasury, it shall be the
duty of the District Attorney of said conn
ty to prosecute the proper action therefor;
and in all such actions instituted by the
District Attorney he shall be free to con-
duct the same without interference or in
struction from the Board Of Commission
ers.
Sec. 4. No Board OF County Commits
sioners shall employ any attorney or coun-
sci so as to make the same a charge against
the county, unless such employment and
the compensation therefor shall first be
approved by the Judge Of the Judicial
District.
Sec. 5. Whenever any action or pro-
ceeding, which shall have been instituted
by any citizen to recover money claimed
to have been illegally paid out Of a Coun-
ty Treasury, shall result in the recovery of
any money, all costs of the Court which
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shall be returned to him out of the money
and costs so recovered, together with such
reasonable counsel fees as may be directed
by the Court in which the action is tried.
Sec. 6. All money excepting the costs
and counsel fees mentioned in Section S of
this Act shall be returned to the fund from
which it was drawn.
Sec. Z. This Act shall apply to and af-
feet all counties in which more than l, 700
votes we're polled at Che general election
in 1882.