Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-03-29
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
The New Law as it Applies to Los
Angeles The New List OF Sala-
ries- Reduction OF Supervisors.

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The following are the principal fea-
lures of the New County Government
Law. passed by the Legislature at its re-
cent session and approved by the Gov
ernor March l4th, 1888;
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM sys-
TEN OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP COW
ERNMENrs.
This Act divides the counties of the
State in forty eight CLASSES. according to
the United States Census Of 1880. By
this division and classification San Fran
cisco is placed in the First class, Alameda
in the Second class, Santa Clara in the
Third class, Sacramento in the Fourth
class, and Los Angeles in the Fifth
class.
No county can in any manner give or
loan its credit to or in aid Of any person
or corporation. No county can incur
any indebtedness exceeding in any year
the revenue provided for it for such
year. All officers are to be notified of
the condition Of the county treasury
and the amount of the claims against it.
Each county shall have a Board of
Supervisors consisting Of five members,
and each supervisor must be resident
Of the district in which he is elected and
for one year preceding his election, and
be elected from said district, and not
at large. The Board OF Supervisors of
each county must divide the county into
FIVE Supervisor Districts. as nearly equal
in population as may be, on or before
the first Monday in September, 1884.
At the general election to be held in
1884 full Board Of Supervisors shall be
chosen in each county and so classify
themselves by lot that three Of them
shall hold Office for four years and two
Of them for two years. The Supervisors
elected in 1886 and every two years
thereafter, will hold Office four years.
Vacancies in the Board are filled by the
Governor for the unexpired term. The
Board has power to fill by appointment
any vacancy in county or township
offices, except Superior Judge.
Any woman who is 81 years old. cit
izen Of the State and resident Of the
county or district. may be elected Coun-
ty Superintendent of Public Schools or
School Trustee Of district
The officers Of a county are: A Sheriff,
a County Clerk, an Auditor, Recorder,
a Tax Collector, District Attorney, an
Assessor, Treasurer. Superintendent
Of Schools, a Public Administrator, a
Coroner, Surveyor, five Supervisors,
and such other officers as may be pro-
vided by law; provided, that in counties
where the Board of Supervisors may
SO elect the duties of the following
officers may be consolidated: Sheriff and
Tax Collector, Auditor and Recorder,
Clerk, Auditor and Recorder, Clerk
and Auditor, Treasurer and Tax Collec-
tor, Public Administrator and Coroner
All county officers must have their
offices at the county seat, and the Clerk,
Auditor, Recorder, Sheriff, District At
torney and Treasurer must reside at the
county seat. All county officers and
their deputies, and all Justices of the
Peace may administer and certify oaths.
The salaries of officers in counties of
the fifth class shall be as follows /:
County Clerk, SO, 900 per annum; Sheriff,
sl2, 500; Recorder, $1,000; Auditor,
sl,sOO; Treasurer, $500; Assessor,
50, 900; Coroner, legal fees; Public Ad-
ministrator, legal fees; District Attorney,
$1,000; Superintendent of Schools,
81, 900; County Surveyor, legal fees; Tax
Collector, 81,
The salaries and fees provided for in
this Act are in full compensation for all
services of every kind rendered by the
officers named, their deputies and as
sistants; and all deputies employed must
be paid by their principals out of the
salaries above specified. Provided, how.
ever, that the Assessor shall be entitled
to have six per cent. on personal prop
erty tax collected by him, and fifteen
per cent. of all amounts collected by
him for poll taxes. And provided fur
ther. that the Board of Supervisors
shall allow to the Sheriff his necessary
expenses for pursuing criminals, or tran
sacting any criminal business outside of
his county; and for boarding prisoners
in the county Jail, provided that the
Board of Supervisors shall fix the price
at which such such prisoners shall be
boarded. The court shall allow the
Sheriff his necessary expenses in keep.
ing and preserving property siexed on
attachment, etc., and in conveying pris-
oners and insane persons.
rhe Board of Supervisors have no
power to contract for hospital or poor
house care of indigents; but must pro-
vide for the same by appointment of
some suitable person, and they must
select some suitable graduate in medi.
cine to attend such INDECENT sick.
The Board of Supervisors must an
nually fix the price at which the county
shall be supplied with job printing,
stationery and blank books, and also
the price of all county advertising; and
each county officer shall procure such
supplies and advertising at price no
greater than is fixed, and certify the
bills therefor to the Board of Supervis-
ors; provided that said supplies and ad-
vertise nents shall be procured within
the county where practicable, and pro-
vided that square of advertising shall
be 240 ems nonpariel.
The fees and compensation collected
each month for the county shall be paid
to the County Treasurer on the first
Monday of the following month, and
must be accompanied by sworn state
ment of the aggregate amount thereof as
shown by the fee book, and the Treas
urer shall file and preserve such state.
ments and afiidavits. These fees shall
be placed as separate fund, known as
the Salary Fund, to be applied to the
payment Of the salaried officers of the