Year: 1862

An Act IN Relatlcn TO the Board OF Su-


pervisors in and for Butte County, and


Concerning their Powers.


The People Of the State of California, represe1a-


ted IN Senate and assembly, do enad as


folloars


SEC. l. The Board of Supervisors, IN ana
for Butte county, shall hereafter be composed
of four members, not less than three OF whom
shall be quorum for the discharge oil any du
ty by law imposed upon said Board. No order
or resolution shall be made carried or adopted
by said Board, without the concurrence OF
three members thereof, entered of record by
name. Said Board shall have no right or
power to depute or appoint any one or more
of its own members, to do any business where
by any compensation shall be allowed, or ex-
pense incurred, payable by said county.


SEC 2. Said county shall be divided into
four Supervisor Districts, and numbered ac-
cordngly, and District No. Three is hereby
divided so as to constitute out OF Chico and
Hamilton townships District No. Four; Dis
lIICl ITte ~ Uc tlt vi tHdt pOi tiOu
of said county lying on the north westerly side
of Feather River and the North Fork thereof,
and Districts Nos One and Two to remain as
at present constituted.


SEC g. A Supervisor of said county for
District No. Four, shall be elected within thir-
ty days after the passage of this act, and, to
this end, the County Clerk of said county is
hereby empowered and ordered to call special
election for one Supervisor in said district,
within thirty days after the passage OF this
act, and to give public notice thereof, by post
ing printed notices at least ten days prior to
the day of election, in each precinct in said
district at which polls were allowed to be
opened at the last general election said clerk
shall also designate, in said notices, the names
OF the precincts, the day of election and the
judges and inspectors of said election so far as
practical In all other respects than as herein
provided, said election shall be governed by
the general laws of this State, including the
returns to be made, the manner of the canvass
and declaring of the result.


SEC A. The Supervisor elected in District
No. 4, as above provided, shall enter upon the
discharge of his official duties as soon as elec-
ted, and shall remain in office until the first
Monday in January, A. D. 1863. At the gen.
eral election in A. d. 1862, one Supervisor
shall be elected in District No. Four, in said
county, and one Supervisor shall be elected
therein at the general election, every third year
thereafter, and each Supervisor elected in said
county, at any general election, shall hold bis
Office three years from and after the first Mon
day in January succeeding his election, and
until his successor is elected and qualified.


SEC. 5. The compensation to be paid to
each member of said Board shall be eight dol
lars per day for each day of actual services in
session, and fifty cents per mile for going only
from his place of residence to the county seat
of said county, once only for each regular and
called session; provided the compensation in
per diem, of each member shall not exceed FIVE
hundred dollars per annum, and the payment
OF oil per diem and mileage provided for in this
Act shall be paid. out of the Salary Fund of
said county other salaries are paid, but DO
warrant shall be issued in favor of any member
of said Board except upon certificate of the
of the County Clerk, as to the number Of days
service rendered and the number of miles trav-
eied for which payment is due.


SEC. g. This Act shall take effect immedi-
ately and all Acts, and parts of Acts heretofore
passed so far only as they conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.