Year: 1876

SECTION |. The County Judge and
Auditor of the counties of Los Ange-
les, Sutter and Butte are hereby con-
suituted Board of Examiners Oi
county funds held in safe keeping by
the County Treasurer of their respec-
tive counties.


Sec. 2 1t shall be the duty of said
Boards as often as it may be deemed
proper, to examine the books, ac-
counts, and vouchers in the Office of
the County Treasurer, and to count
the moneys in the Treasury belonging
to the various funds; provided that
said examination and counting shall
take place at least one Il month, with
out said Board giving the Treasurer
any previous notice of the hour or day
of said counting.


Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to permit the said Board of
Examiners to examine the books and
papers in his office, and permit the
moneys in the Treasury to be counted
whenever the said Board may wish to
make such examination or counting,
Without delaying said examination or
counting on any pretense whatever.


Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of said
Board of Examiners to ascertain what
amount of money may be needed to
be paid out for the month next follow
shall be set aside. The balance not
thus needed shall be put in bags and
sealed up with an appropriate seal
and not opened again by the Treasu-
rer until the next meeting of the
Board.


Sec. 5. Any violations of the provi
sions of this Act by the Treasurer
shall be deemed a felony and upon
conviction thereof in Court of COM
petent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced
to Imprisonment in the State Prison
for term not exceeding three years
and q fine of not less than FIVE hun
dred nor more than twenty thousand
dollars.


Sec. g. The Board of Examiners
shall make statement under oath of
the amount of moneys in the County
Treasury as found by them after ac-
tually counting the same, and said
statement shall be published in one
newspaper published within the coun-
ty. Such statement shall also be post
ed in the office of the County Clerk
for public inspection.


Sec. Z. The Boards of Supervisors of
their respective counties are hereby
authorized to increase the bond of the
County Treasurer when in their judg
ment the safety of the public moneys
require it; but in no case shall the
bond be increased to more than the
greatest amount Of money the Treas.
urer may have on hand az any time
during the year.


Sec. s. The Board of Supervisors
may allow the said Board of Examin-
ers such compensation as in their
judgment shall be commensurate
with the duties imposed upon them
by the provisions of this Act.


Sec. 8. A failure OH the part of the
Board of Examiners to perform the
duties required of them by this Act,
shall be deemed misdemeanor


Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of the
District Attorney to ascertain and re-
port to the Grand Jury at every ses-
sion whether or not the Board of EX-
aminers have performed their duty as
provided by the provisions of this Act;
for any failure on his part so to do, he
shall forfeit five hundred dollars of his
salary.


Sec. II. All Acts or parts of Acts in
conflict with the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed.


Sec. II. This Act shall take effect
from and after its passage.


Approved March 20, 1876.


WILLIAM IRWIN,


Governor.