The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW.
Inc Measure Passed by the Recent Legis.
lature,

SECTION 1. That chapter seventeen
% OF the first volume of the Code en-.
Titled Counties, County Commission
eIs ana County Government" be and
Cne same and all amendments thereto
are amended as follows: By striking
out the words justices of the peace, "
with the concurrence of a majority of
the Justices of the peace sitting with
tnem, " and by majority of the jus
Glces OF the peace" wherever the same
may occur.
Sec. 2. Bystriking out in subsection
lO OF section 7O7 all of the same after
the word provided.
SEC. 3. Subsection twenty-eight C28
OF section 7O7 is hereby repealed and
the following inserted in lieu thereof,
viz: To qualify and induct into off1ce
at the meeting of the board on the first
Monday in the month next succeeding
their election or appointment the fol-
lowing named county officers, to wit:
Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of
the Inferior Court, sheriff, coroner,
treasurer, register of deeds, surveyor
and constable; and to take and approve
the official bonds of said officers, which
the board shall cause to be registered
in the Office of the register of deeds
The original bonds shall be deposited
with the Clerk of the Superior Court
except the bond of the said clerk, which
shall be deposited with the register of
deeds for safe keeping. Provided,
however, that if the said board shall
declare the official bonds of any of
said county officers to be insufficient
or shall decline to receive the same the
said officer may appeal to the Superior
Court Judge riding the district in
which said county is, or to the resident
judge of said district, as he may elect,
who shall hear said appeal in chambers
at any place in said district which be
shall designate within ten days after
notice by him of the same; and if upon
the hearing Of said appeal the judge
shall be of the opinion that the said
bond il sufficient, he shall issue an or
der to the said board Of commissioners
to iDduct the said officer into Office, or
that he shall be retained in Office as
the case may be; but, if upon the hear
ing of said appeal the judge shall be of
the opinion that the bond is insufficient,
he shall give the appellant ten days in
which to file before him an additional
bond, and if the appellant shall within
the said ten days file before the said
judge good aud sufficient bond in the
opinion of said judge he shall so declare
and issue his order to said board, direct
ing and requiring them to induct the
appellant into Office or retain him, as
the case may be; but if in the opinion
of the said judge both the original and
the additional bonds are insufficient, he
shall declare the said Office vacant and
notify the said commissioners, who
shall notify the Clerk of the Superior
Court, who shall appoint to fill the
vacancy, except in the case of the
Clerk of the Superior Court, which
vacancy shall be filed by the resident
judge The judgment of the Superior
Court Judge shall be final.
The appeal and the finding and judg
ment of the Superior Court Judge shall
be recorded on the minutes of the board
of commissioners.
SEC. 4. That section seven hundred
and sixteen C716) is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof,
VIZ: There shall be elected in each
county of the State, at the general elec
tion to be held in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.six Q896O
and every two years thereafter, by the
duly qualified electors thereof, three
persons to be chosen from the body of
the county, who shall be styled the
board of commissioners Of the county
of -, and shall hold their Office for
two years from the date Of their quail
fication and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified; and they shall
be qualified by taking the oath of Office
before the Clerk of the Superior Court
or some judge or justice of the peace,
and the register of deeds shall be ex
officio clerk of the board of commission |
ers.
SEC. 5. That whenever as many as
five electors of the county make aft
davit before the Clerk of the Superior
Court at any time after the election of |
the county commissioners, that they
verilv believe that the business of the /
county, if left entirely in the hands of
the three commissioners elected by the
people, will be improperly managed
that then, upon petition of two hundred