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NE Code § 23-253 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-253 - Accounts; audit; meetings; notice.

23-253.  Accounts; audit; meetings; notice.The board shall meet at the town clerk's office or other convenient place for the purpose of examining and auditing the town accounts in each fiscal year at such times as the interest of the town may require. Notices of such meetings shall be published once at least ten days before such meeting in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 52, p. 145;   Laws 1913, c. 257, § 1, p. 791;   R.S.1913, § 1037;   C.S.1922, § 939;   Laws 1923, c. 139, § 3, p. 342;   C.S.1929, § 26-253;   R.S.1943, § 23-253;   Laws 1965, c. 97, § 2, p. 416;   Laws 1965, c. 98, § 1, p. 417;   Laws 1973, LB 75, § 12.
NE Code § 23-254 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-254 - Accounts; filing; production at town meeting.

23-254.  Accounts; filing; production at town meeting.The accounts so audited, and those rejected, if any, shall be delivered with the certificates of the auditors, or a majority of them, to the town clerk, to be by him kept on file for the inspection of all persons. They shall also be produced by the town clerk at the next annual town meeting, and shall be there publicly read by him.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 53, p. 145;   R.S.1913, § 1038;   C.S.1922, § 940;   C.S.1929, § 26-254;   R.S.1943, § 23-254.
NE Code § 23-255 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-255 - Town funds; disbursement; orders; warrants; limitations; registration of warrants.

23-255.  Town funds; disbursement; orders; warrants; limitations; registration of warrants.The town clerk shall draw and sign all orders upon the town treasurer for all money to be disbursed by the township, and all warrants upon the county treasurer for money raised for town purposes, or apportioned to the town by the county or state, and present the same to the chairman of the board, to be countersigned by him, and no warrant shall be paid until so countersigned. No warrant shall be countersigned by the chairman of the board until the amount for which the warrant is drawn is written upon its face. The clerk and chairman of the board shall keep a record in separate books furnished by the county, of the amount, date, purpose for which drawn, and name of person to whom issued, of each warrant signed or countersigned by them. All claims and charges against the town, duly audited and allowed by the town board, shall be paid by order so drawn. No order shall be drawn on the town treasurer in excess of seventy-five percent of the amount of taxes levied for the current year on the property of said town, subject to be expended by said town, unless the money is in the treasury of said town to pay the order so drawn on presentation. When any order drawn as aforesaid is presented to the town treasurer for payment, and is not paid for want of funds, the town treasurer shall endorse on said order presented and not paid for want of funds, and shall note in a book of registration, to be kept for that purpose, the fact of the presentation and nonpayment of said order; and said order shall draw interest at six percent per annum from the date of presentation until there are sufficient funds in the hands of said treasurer to pay the same, after paying all orders drawn against such tax levy presented prior thereto, and said orders shall be paid in the order of their presentation and registration. The money received by the town treasurer as the tax levied in any year shall be applied first in payment of the orders drawn against said levy; and such levy shall be deemed specifically appropriated, so far as the same may be lawfully expended by said town, to the payment of orders drawn against said levy.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 54, p. 146;   Laws 1913, c. 54, § 2, p. 161;   R.S.1913, § 1039;   C.S.1922, § 941;   C.S.1929, § 26-255;   R.S.1943, § 23-255;   Laws 1969, c. 153, § 4, p. 721.
NE Code § 23-257 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-257 - Claims; certified statement; delivered to town clerk.

23-257.  Claims; certified statement; delivered to town clerk.The board shall make a certificate to be signed by a majority of its members specifying the value of the claim and to whom the amount is allowed, and shall cause such certificate to be delivered to the town clerk of said town, to be by him kept on file for the inspection of all persons.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 56, p. 147;   R.S.1913, § 1041;   C.S.1922, § 943;   C.S.1929, § 26-257;   R.S.1943, § 23-257;   Laws 1973, LB 75, § 13.
NE Code § 23-258 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-258 - Town funds; general expenditures authorized.

23-258.  Town funds; general expenditures authorized.The following shall be deemed town charges: The compensation of town officers for services rendered their respective towns, contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the town, the money authorized by the vote of the town meeting for any town purposes, and every sum directed by law to be raised for town purposes.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 57, p. 147;   R.S.1913, § 1042;   C.S.1922, § 944;   C.S.1929, § 26-258;   R.S.1943, § 23-258. Annotations In counties under township organization, duty to keep ordinary township highways and culverts in repair is imposed on township. Goes v. Gage County, 67 Neb. 616, 93 N.W. 923 (1903).
NE Code § 23-259 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-259 - Tax; amount authorized; when paid.

23-259.  Tax; amount authorized; when paid.The money necessary to defray the town charges of each town shall be levied on the taxable property in such town in the manner prescribed by the Nebraska Budget Act. The rate of taxes for town purposes shall not exceed twenty-eight cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of the taxable property in such township for all purposes subject to approval of the county board. The proceeds of such tax shall be paid by the county treasurer to the town treasurer on or before the fifteenth day of each month or more frequently as provided in section 77-1759.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 58, p. 147;   Laws 1905, c. 53, § 1, p. 298;   R.S.1913, § 1043;   C.S.1922, § 945;   Laws 1927, c. 170, § 1, p. 504;   C.S.1929, § 26-259;   R.S.1943, § 23-259;   Laws 1947, c. 65, § 1, p. 214;   Laws 1953, c. 52, § 3, p. 181;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 40, p. 954;   Laws 1957, c. 63, § 1, p. 282;   Laws 1973, LB 75, § 14;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 95;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 17;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 17;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 40;  Laws 2021, LB41, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Cross References  Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.Annotations This section provides for certification by the township and levy of taxes for township purposes by the county board. McDonald v. County of Lincoln, 141 Neb. 741, 4 N.W.2d 903 (1942).
NE Code § 23-260 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-260 - Town board; compensation of officers; fixed by town board.

23-260.  Town board; compensation of officers; fixed by town board.The members of the town board shall be entitled to a per diem as fixed by the town board at its annual meeting.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, §§ 59, 60, p. 148;   Laws 1913, c. 54, § 2, p. 162;   R.S.1913, § 1044;   C.S.1922, § 946;   C.S.1929, § 26-260;   R.S.1943, § 23-260;   Laws 1953, c. 52, § 4, p. 181;   Laws 1973, LB 75, § 15.
NE Code § 23-261 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-261 - Town officers; official oaths; no fees for administering.

23-261.  Town officers; official oaths; no fees for administering.No town officer shall be entitled to any fee or compensation from any individual elected or chosen to a town office for administering to him the oath of office.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 61, p. 148;   R.S.1913, § 1045;   C.S.1922, § 947;   C.S.1929, § 26-261;   R.S.1943, § 23-261;   Laws 1969, c. 153, § 5, p. 722.
NE Code § 23-262 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-262 - Towns; actions by or against; how brought.

23-262.  Towns; actions by or against; how brought.When any controversy or cause of action shall exist between any towns of this state, or between any town and individual or corporation, proceedings may be had or suits brought, either at law or in equity, for the purpose of trying and finally settling such controversies. In all such suits and proceedings the town shall sue and be sued by its corporate name, except when town officers shall be authorized by law to sue in their names of office for the benefit of the town.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 62, p. 148;   R.S.1913, § 1046;   C.S.1922, § 948;   C.S.1929, § 26-262;   R.S.1943, § 23-262. Annotations Township can maintain an action for a breach of official duty by a road overseer. Town of Denver v. Myers, 63 Neb. 107, 88 N.W. 191 (1901).
NE Code § 23-263 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-263 - Towns; actions against; service of process; defense.

23-263.  Towns; actions against; service of process; defense.In all legal proceedings against the town by name, the first process and all other writs or proceedings required to be served shall be served in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action, and whenever any suit or proceedings shall be commenced against the town, it shall be the duty of the town clerk to attend to the defense thereof, and lay before the electors of the town, at the first town meeting, a full statement of such suit or proceedings for their consideration and direction.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 63, p. 149;   R.S.1913, § 1047;   C.S.1922, § 949;   C.S.1929, § 26-263;   R.S.1943, § 23-263;   Laws 1983, LB 447, § 12.  Cross References  For service of summons in a civil action, see section 25-505.01.
NE Code § 23-264 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-264 - Towns; judgments against; payment.

23-264.  Towns; judgments against; payment.All judgments recovered against a town or against town officers, in actions prosecuted by or against them in their names of office, shall not be collected by execution, but shall be a town charge and when levied and collected shall be paid to the person or persons to whom the same shall have been adjudged.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 64, p. 149;   R.S.1913, § 1048;   C.S.1922, § 950;   C.S.1929, § 26-264;   R.S.1943, § 23-264.
NE Code § 23-265 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-265 - County supervisors; meetings; supervision of expenditures; road money, how expended.

23-265.  County supervisors; meetings; supervision of expenditures; road money, how expended.The county board shall meet at such times and in such manner as provided by law. Each supervisor shall have special charge of the expenditure of money appropriated out of the county treasury by the board for roads, bridges, and culverts within his district, except in city districts when the board shall direct as to which one of the supervisors shall supervise the expenditure of the money appropriated as aforesaid. Said money so appropriated shall not include any money paid as automobile or motor vehicle registration or license fees and shall not be distributed by said board to the individual members thereof to be by them personally paid out upon their own private account nor in any manner whatever; but shall remain in the county treasury until a claim or claims for labor performed shall be properly verified, approved by said supervisor, filed with the county clerk, allowed by the county board, and a warrant drawn therefor.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 65, p. 149;   R.S.1913, § 1049;   C.S.1922, § 951;   Laws 1923, c. 44, § 1, p. 159;   C.S.1929, § 26-265;   R.S.1943, § 23-265;   Laws 1963, c. 113, § 1, p. 442.  Annotations  Payment to member of county board for directing road work must be out of district road fund, excluding motor vehicle registration or license fees. State ex rel. Maltman v. Adams County, 119 Neb. 826, 231 N.W. 29 (1930). Townships must keep highways, culverts, etc., in repair. Goes v. Gage County, 67 Neb. 616, 93 N.W. 923 (1903).
NE Code § 23-266 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-266 - Towns; meetings; provisions inapplicable to cities.

23-266.  Towns; meetings; provisions inapplicable to cities.None of the provisions of sections 23-201 to 23-299, with respect to the meetings of electors of their respective towns and their powers, shall apply to towns whose limits are coextensive with cities of the primary, first and second class, but such cities, and the inhabitants thereof, shall continue to be governed by the laws specially applicable thereto, except that the inhabitants thereof shall have such power as is conferred by law or election in the choosing of supervisors, assessors, judges and clerks of election, and other county officers.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 66, p. 150;   R.S.1913, § 1050;   C.S.1922, § 952;   C.S.1929, § 26-266;   R.S.1943, § 23-266.
NE Code § 23-267 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-267 - Supervisor districts; population as basis for division; how calculated.

23-267.  Supervisor districts; population as basis for division; how calculated.For the purpose of ascertaining the number of inhabitants in the several districts provided by section 23-204, the supervisors or commissioners, as the case may be, shall ascertain the whole number of votes cast at the last preceding general election held within the county, and shall multiply the number of votes so cast by five. This result shall be taken as the whole number of inhabitants of the county or any part thereof as the case may be, and the supervisor districts shall be divided upon the foregoing basis and in accordance with the results thus obtained.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 71, p. 153;   R.S.1913, § 1051;   C.S.1922, § 953;   C.S.1929, § 26-267;   R.S.1943, § 23-267. Annotations Legislature did not confine inhabitants or population to legal residents or voters. Ludwig v. Board of County Commissioners of Sarpy County, 170 Neb. 600, 103 N.W.2d 838 (1960).
NE Code § 23-268 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-268 - County supervisors; election; ballots; residency.

23-268.  County supervisors; election; ballots; residency.County supervisors shall be elected as provided in section 32-529. Elections shall be conducted as provided in the Election Act. In city districts, the ballots shall state which one of the supervisors is elected for the odd-numbered district and which one for the even-numbered district.A supervisor elected after November 1986 need not be a resident of the district when he or she files for election as a supervisor from a given district, but a supervisor shall reside in the district in which he or she holds office.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 69, p. 152;   R.S.1913, § 1052;   C.S.1922, § 954;   C.S.1929, § 26-268;   R.S.1943, § 23-268;   Laws 1947, c. 64, § 7, p. 212;   Laws 1986, LB 812, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 539.  Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.Annotations County supervisors are elected for four years, but have staggered terms of office. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956).
NE Code § 23-269 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-269 - County supervisor districts; boundaries; change.

23-269.  County supervisor districts; boundaries; change.The supervisor districts may be changed after each state and federal census if it appears from an examination that the population has become unequal among the several districts. In the event of any change or amendment of sections 23-201 to 23-299 which may necessitate a change in the boundaries of such supervisor districts or any one of them, the county board shall make such change in boundary at its next regular meeting after such change or amendment takes effect. Those counties under township organization may change their procedures for electing members to their governing board from district to at large or from at large to district following the provisions of section 32-554.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 72, p. 153;   R.S.1913, § 1053;   Laws 1917, c. 17, § 3, p. 82;   C.S.1922, § 955;   C.S.1929, § 26-269;   R.S.1943, § 23-269;   Laws 1973, LB 552, § 4;   Laws 1991, LB 789, § 9;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 540.  Annotations  Where census indicated supervisory districts unequal as to population, mandatory duty was imposed upon board of supervisors to redistrict county. State ex rel. Rowe v. Emanuel, 142 Neb. 583, 7 N.W.2d 156 (1942). After election adopting township organization, the county judge, county clerk, and county treasurer must divide the county into supervisor districts under rules in this section, but redistricting when required must be done under same rules by the county board. Obermiller v. Siegel, 340 F.Supp. 208 (D. Neb. 1972).
NE Code § 23-270 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-270 - County board; duties; how determined.

23-270.  County board; duties; how determined.In the absence of any special provision governing the board of supervisors, such board shall be governed by and perform all the duties and have all the powers applicable to county boards as provided by the general laws of this state.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 73, p. 153;   R.S.1913, § 1054;   C.S.1922, § 956;   C.S.1929, § 26-270;   R.S.1943, § 23-270. Annotations  The powers and duties of a county board are not altered by the adoption of township organization. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013). In a county under township organization, the board of supervisors may create new towns. State ex rel. Town of Ewing v. Town of Golden, 99 Neb. 782, 157 N.W. 971 (1916).
NE Code § 23-271 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-271 - Township organization; adoption; pending business; disposition.

23-271.  Township organization; adoption; pending business; disposition.Any incompleted matter or business pending before any board of county commissioners of any county, upon the adoption of township organization by such county, shall be completed and disposed of by the new board the same as if commenced before it.Source   Laws 1895, c. 28, § 74, p. 153;   R.S.1913, § 1055;   C.S.1922, § 957;   C.S.1929, § 26-271;   R.S.1943, § 23-271.
NE Code § 23-272 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-272 - County supervisors; meetings.

23-272.  County supervisors; meetings.The regular meetings of the county board shall be held in January.Source   Laws 1879, § 64, p. 372;   Laws 1889, c. 6, § 1, p. 76;   R.S.1913, § 1064;   C.S.1922, § 966;   C.S.1929, § 26-280;   R.S.1943, § 23-272;   Laws 1997, LB 40, § 2;  Laws 2004, LB 323, § 1. Annotations It would not be presumed that county supervisor-elect qualified until first regular meeting. Kerr v. Adams County, 96 Neb. 178, 147 N.W. 683 (1914).
NE Code § 23-273 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-273 - County supervisors; special meetings; notice.

23-273.  County supervisors; special meetings; notice.Special meetings of the county board shall be held only when requested by at least one-third of the members of the board, which request shall be in writing, addressed to the clerk of the board, and specifying the time and object of such meeting. Upon receipt of such request, the clerk shall immediately notify in writing each member of the board of the time and object of such meeting, and shall cause notice of such meeting to be published in some newspaper of the county, if any shall be published therein; Provided, no business shall be transacted at any special meeting except such as is specified in the call.Source   Laws 1879, § 63, p. 371;   R.S.1913, § 1065;   C.S.1922, § 967;   C.S.1929, § 26-281;   R.S.1943, § 23-273.
NE Code § 23-274 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-274 - County supervisors; chairman; duties.

23-274.  County supervisors; chairman; duties.The board at its regular meeting of each year shall organize by choosing one of its number as chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of the board during the year; and in case of his absence at any meeting, the members present shall choose one of their number as temporary chairman.Source   Laws 1879, § 65, p. 372;   R.S.1913, § 1066;   C.S.1922, § 968;   C.S.1929, § 26-282;   R.S.1943, § 23-274.
NE Code § 23-275 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-275 - County supervisors; certificates of election; where filed.

23-275.  County supervisors; certificates of election; where filed.The supervisors shall severally lay before the board, at the first regular meeting after election, their certificates of election, which shall be examined by the board, and if found regular, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.Source   Laws 1879, § 66, p. 372;   R.S.1913, § 1067;   C.S.1922, § 969;   C.S.1929, § 26-283;   R.S.1943, § 23-275. Annotations County commissioner-elect would not be presumed to have qualified before regular meeting in January. Kerr v. Adams County, 96 Neb. 178, 147 N.W. 683 (1914).
NE Code § 23-276 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-276 - County supervisors; additional powers.

23-276.  County supervisors; additional powers.In addition to the powers hereinbefore conferred upon all county boards, the board of supervisors shall have power (1) to change the boundaries of towns and to create new towns whenever the board determines that the existing towns are not workable towns and (2) to divide the county into convenient voting precincts and, as occasion may require, erect new ones, subdivide precincts already established, and alter voting precinct lines. When a voting precinct has less than seventy-five registered electors, the board of supervisors shall annex such voting precinct to another voting precinct except when the county is divided into more than two legislative districts. Any precinct having two hundred or more square miles and having more than twenty-five electors shall be excluded from being annexed to another voting precinct.Source   Laws 1879, § 67, p. 372;   R.S.1913, § 1068;   C.S.1922, § 970;   C.S.1929, § 26-284;   R.S.1943, § 23-276;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 41, p. 955;   Laws 1969, c. 150, § 2, p. 709;   Laws 1969, c. 152, § 2, p. 718;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 96;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 96;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 41.  Annotations In a county under township organization, board of supervisors may create new towns. State ex rel. Town of Ewing v. Town of Golden, 99 Neb. 782, 157 N.W. 971 (1916).
NE Code § 23-277 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-277 - County supervisors; quorum.

23-277.  County supervisors; quorum.A majority of all the supervisors elected in any county shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all questions which shall arise at meetings shall be determined by the votes of a majority of the supervisors present, except in cases otherwise provided for.Source   Laws 1879, § 68, p. 373;   R.S.1913, § 1069;   C.S.1922, § 971;   C.S.1929, § 26-285;   R.S.1943, § 23-277;  Laws 2014, LB937, § 1. Annotations  A majority of members present at meeting may change township boundaries. Township of Inavale v. Bailey, 35 Neb. 453, 53 N.W. 465 (1892). If two-thirds of board are present, impeachment proceedings may be heard. State ex rel. Castor v. Board of Supervisors of Saline County, 18 Neb. 422, 25 N.W. 587 (1885).