Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-26
Comfy Omcers.

The County Government bill passed by
\ the last Legislature includes the following
; provisions relative to county officers winch
are to take effect hereafter, the portion reia-
tive to salaries not affecting the present IN
| cumbents of offices:
Each county must have Board OF SUI
peryisors, consisting of five members, which
will reduce the membership of the Board
of this county by two at the next election.
The present Boards are directed to district
theirrespectiye counties into five Supervisor
| Districts, as nearly equal iii population as
NAV be, before the first Monday in Septem-
Der, 1884.
Section 10 of the new law provides that
at the general election to be held in the
year 1884 full Board of Supervisors must
be chosen in each county. They shall so
classify themselves by lot that three ofthem
shall hold office for four years. and two of
them for two years. The Supervisors
elected at the general election in 1856. and
every two years thereafter, shall hold office
for four years. They shall take their office
on the first Monday after the first day of
January after their election. Three men,
berS Of the Board Will constitute quorum
for the transaction of business, but no act
of the Board shall be valid or binding I'M
less three members concur therein.
The Board of Supervisors are required to
prescribe the amount in which county Off
GERS must execute official bonds before en-
tering upon the discharge of the duties of
their respective offices, before the first
Monday of September. 1884 while the
Judge or Judges of the Superior Court
shall prescribe the amount of the bond of
each member of the Board of Supervisors.
Supervisors are authorized to consolidate
the offices of Sheriff and Tax Collector
Auditor and Recorder: County Clerk, Au-
ditor and Recorder; County Clerk
and Recarder; County Clerk and Au-
ditOr; Treasurer and Tax Collector;
and Public Administrator and Coroner,
when the public service requires it. In
that event the holder of the consolidated
office receives the salaries of both
offices, as fixed by the late Legislature.
For the purpose of regulating the COM
pensation of all officers provided for, the
several counties of the State are classified
according to their population as ascer-
tanned by the Federal census taken in the |
year 1880, into forty-eight classes. Sacra- |
mcnto belongs in the fourth class, con-
tanning a population of $4,000 and under |
81 900 The various officers of this county |
Will receive salaries per annum as follows |
County Clerk, $4,000; Sheriff Tex officio
Tax Collector, $4,000; Auditor tex of1icio
Recorder, 5000; Treasurer, $1,000; As
SCISSOR, $4,000 and fees; District Attorney.
s., 600 Coroner, fees; Public Administra-
.or, fees Superintendent of Schools. 81 500:
Surveyor, fees; Justice of the Peace. fees
JonStables, fees; Supervisors, $50 per
month and 10 cents per mile in travelling to
md from county seat, provided that mile
lge shall not be allowed oftener than once
n each month, This reduces the salary of
he Supervisors one-half. The Sheriff re-
elves - 600 per annum more than at pres
mt The Auditor and Recorder now re-
elves $500, and the county pays 81 800
or one deputy, which amounts to the same
Is under the new law. The Assessors
is 81 800 and fees, and the
county pays the deputies After the pres
mt term he must pay his deputies. The
of the Superintendent of
schools is increased 500 per annum.