authority conferred on said Board by the provisions of an Form of Act of the Legislature of California entitled "An Act to estab- bond. lish a uniform system of county governments," approved (insert date of the approval of this Act).

In testimony whereof, the said county, by its Board of Supervisors, has caused this bond to be signed by the Chairman of the Board, and attested by the Auditor, with the county seal attached, this day of, eighteen hundred and

Attest:

Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
Auditor.

And the interest coupon shall be in the following form:

The Treasurer of holder hereof, on the at his office, in County Bond No.

County, California, will pay to the
day of
hundred and
dollars, gold coin, for interest on

County Auditor.

Deliver @bonds to

Treasurer.

direction of

Board.

kept.

(b.) Whenever bonds issued under this chapter shall be County duly executed, numbered consecutively, and sealed, they shall be delivered to the County Treasurer, and his receipt taken therefor, and he shall stand charged on his official bond with all bonds delivered to him and the proceeds thereof, and he shall sell the same or exchange them under the Sell under direction of the Board of Supervisors, on the best available terms, for any legal indebtedness of the county outstanding on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty, but in neither case for a less sum than the face value of the bonds and all interest accrued on them at the date of such sale or exchange; and if any portion of such bonds are sold for money, the proceeds thereof shall be applied exclusively for the payment of liabilities existing against the county at and before the date above named. When they are exchanged Record, how for bonds or warrants, or other legal evidences of county indebtedness, the Treasurer shall at once proceed to cancel the old bonds and such other evidences of indebtedness by indorsing on the face thereof the amount for which they were received, the word "canceled," and the date of cancellation. He shall also keep a record of bonds sold or exchanged by him by number, date of sale, amount, date of maturity, the name and Post Office address of purchasers, and, if exchanged, what evidence of indebtedness were received therefor; which record shall be open at all times for inspection by the public. Whenever the holder of any bond shall sell or transfer it, the purchaser shall notify the Treasurer of such sale or transfer, giving at the same time the number of the bond transferred and his Post Office address, and every transfer shall be noted on the record. The Treasurer shall also report under oath to the Board at each regular session, a statement of all bonds sold or exchanged by him since the preceding report, and the date of such sale or exchange, and, when exchanged, a list or description of the county indebtedness exchanged therefor, and the amount of accrued interest received by him on such sale or exchange, which latter sum shall be charged to him as money received by him on Bond Fund, and so entered by him

Highest bidder.

on his books; but such bonds shall not be sold or exchanged for any indebtedness of the county, except by the approval of the Board of Supervisors of said county. No sale shall be made of any such bond except to the highest bidder after Publication. advertising bids for the purchase of the same for not less than three weeks in at least one newspaper published in the county, the right being reserved in such advertisement to reject any or all such bids.

Levy tax to

(c.) The Board of Supervisors shall cause to be assessed and pay interest. levied each year, upon the taxable property of the county, in addition to the levy authorized for other purposes, a sufficient sum to pay the interest on outstanding bonds issued in conformity with the provisions of this Act, accruing before the next annual levy, and such proportions of the principal that at the end of five years the sum raised from such levies shall equal at least twenty per cent of the amount of bonds issued; at the end of nine years at least forty per cent of the amount, and at and before the date of maturity of the bonds shall be equal to the whole amount of the principal and interest; and Bond Fund. the money arising from such levies shall be known as the Bond Fund, and shall be used for the payment of bonds and interest coupons, and for no other purpose whatever; and the Treasurer shall open and keep in his books a separate and special account thereof, which shall, at all times, show the exact condition of said Bond Fund.

Redemption of bonds,

(d.) Whenever the amount in the hands of the Treasurer, how made. belonging to the Bond Fund, after setting aside the sum required to pay the interest maturing before the next levy, is sufficient to redeem one or more bonds, he shall notify, by mail, the owner of such bond or bonds, that he is prepared to pay the same, with all interest accrued thereon, and that if not presented for payment or redemption within forty days after the date of such notice, the interest on such bond shall cease and the amount due thereon shall be set aside for its payment whenever presented. The notice shall be directed to his Post Office address as shown by the record kept in the Treasurer's office. If said bonds are not so presented, interest shall cease and the amount due be set aside as specified in said advertisement. All redemptions shall be made in the exact order of their issuance, beginning at the lowest or first number, and the notice herein required shall be directed to the Post Office address of the owner, as shown by the record kept in the Treasurer's office.

Notice.

Interest ceases.

Failure of Board to levy tax.

(e.) If the Board of Supervisors of the county which has issued bonds under the provisions of this Act shall fail to make the levy necessary to pay such bonds or interest coupons, at maturity, and the same shall have been presented to the County Treasurer and the payment thereof refused, the owner may file the bond, together with all unpaid coupons, with the State Controller, taking his receipt therefor, and the same shall be registered in the State Controller's office; and Board of the State Board of Equalization shall, at their next session Equalization and at each annual equalization thereafter, add to the State to levy tax. tax to be levied in said county a sufficient rate to realize the

File with
Controller.

amount of principal or interest past due and to become due

prior to next levy, and the same shall be levied and collected as a part of the State tax, and paid into the State Treasury, and passed to the special credit of such county as bond tax, and shall be paid by warrants, as the payments mature to the holder of such registered obligations, as shown by the register in the office of the State Controller, until the same shall be fully satisfied and discharged, any balance then remaining being passed to the general account and credit of said county.

pounds.

15. To maintain, regulate, and govern public pounds; fix Regulate the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and public appoint Poundkeepers, who shall be paid out of the fines imposed and collected from the owners of impounded animals, and from no other source.

16. To equalize assessments.

Equalize assessments.

17. To dírect and control the prosecution and defense of all Direct prosesuits to which the county is a party, and to employ counsel cution of to assist the District Attorney in conducting the same.

suits.

18. To insure the county buildings in the name of and for Insure counthe benefit of the county.

ty buildings.

licenses.

19. To grant licenses and franchises for constructing, keep- Grant ing, and taking tolls on roads, bridges, ferries, wharves, chutes, booms, and piers.

20. To establish a salary fund, and also such other county Establish funds as they may deem necessary for the proper transaction salary fund. of the business of the county, and to transfer moneys from one fund to another, as the public interest may require.

21. To fill by appointment all vacancies that may occur in Fill vacanany office filled by the appointment of the Board of Supervis- cies. ors and elective county or township officers, except in those of Judge of the Superior Court and Supervisor. The appointee to hold office for the unexpired term.

health.

22. To adopt such provisions for the preservation of the Protect health of their respective counties, or any district therein, or portion thereof, as they may deem necessary, and to provide for paying the expenses thereof, and when the expense is incurred in a district or portion of a county, for the particular benefit thereof, the Board may fix the boundaries of such district or portion, and levy a tax on the property therein, to Levy tax. pay the same; the tax to be levied and collected in the same Rate of manner as other taxes are levied and collected. The rate of taxation. taxation shall be ascertained by deducting fifteen per cent for anticipated delinquencies from the aggregate assessed value How ascerof the property in the district, as it appears on the assess- tained. ment roll of the county, and then dividing the sum voted by the remainder of such aggregate assessed value. Whenever Board of a sanitary district has been formed, as is herein provided, it shall then be the duty of the Board of Supervisors, by ordinance, to appoint a "Board of Health," which shall consist of not less than three persons, and the members of the Board shall hold their offices for the term of two years, and shall serve without compensation. The Board of Health So Duties and appointed shall have a general supervision of all the matters powers of appertaining to the sanitary condition of the district, and may make such rules and regulations in relation thereto as are not inconsistent with law. They shall have power, sub

Health.

Board.

Expenses incurred. How paid.

Printing,

etc.

ject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors, to construct and maintain sewers, and, in times of epidemics, to locate and establish pesthouses, and to do and perform such other acts as the health of the people of the district may require. All expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section must be provided for by the Board of Supervisors, who may make appropriation therefor out of the Sanitary District Fund, derived from taxes levied in said district, and to be known as the Sanitary District Fund.

23. The Board of Supervisors shall annually fix the price stationery, at which the county shall be supplied with job printing, stationery, and blank books, and also the price of all county advertising, and each county officer shall procure such supplies and advertising at a price no greater than is so fixed, and certify the bills therefor to the Board of Supervisors; provided, that said supplies and advertisements shall be procured within the county when practicable; and provided, that a square of advertising shall be two hundred and forty ems. nonpareil.

Proviso.

Publish

semi-annual statement.

Rules of
Board.

Seal.

License.

Destruction

24. The Board shall cause to be published a semi-annual statement of the financial condition of the county, showing in detail the expenditures authorized during the preceding six months, and after each session of the Board, a fair statement of all their proceedings.

25. To make and enforce such rules and regulations for the government of their body, the preservation of order, and the transaction of business as may be necessary.

26. To adopt a seal for their Board, a description and impression whereof must be filed in the office of the County Clerk and of the Secretary of State.

27. To license, for purposes of regulation and revenue, all and every kind of business not prohibited by law, and transacted and carried on in such county, and all shows, exhibitions, and lawful games carried on therein, to fix the rates of license tax upon the same, and to provide for the collection of the same, by suit or otherwise.

28. To provide for the destruction of gophers, squirrels, of gophers, other wild animals, noxious weeds, and insects injurious to fruit or fruit trees, or vines, or vegetable or plant life.

etc.

Dog tax.

Working of prisoners.

Inspection of

merchandise.

Bury indigent dead.

Police and sanitary

regulations.

29. To provide for the prevention of injuries to sheep by dogs, and to tax dogs and direct the application of the tax. 30. To provide for the working of prisoners confined in the county jail, under judgment of conviction of misdemeanor, under the direction of some responsible person, upon the public grounds, roads, streets, alleys, highways, or public buildings, or in such other places as may be deemed advisable for the benefit of the county.

31. To provide for the inspection, measurement, or graduation of any merchandise, manufacture, or commodity, and to appoint the necessary officers therefor.

32. To provide for the burying of the indigent dead.

33. To make and enforce, within the limits of their county, all such local, police, sanitary, and other regulations, as are not in conflict with general laws.

34. To adopt such rules and regulations, within their re

spective counties, with regard to keeping and storing of every Storing description of gunpowder, hercules powder, giant powder, or explosives. other combustible material, as the safety and protection of the lives and property of individuals may require.

35. To do and perform all other acts and things required Legislative by law not in this Act enumerated, or which may be neces- authority. sary to the full discharge of the duties of the legislative authority of the county government.

District

36. To provide for the appointment of an Assistant District Assistant Attorney, if, in their judgment, it may be necessary for the Attorney. proper discharge of the duties of the office of District Attorney, and to allow such Assistant District Attorney compensation for his services as they may determine, not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum.

37. To appropriate from the General Fund of the county Approprianot to exceed the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars in any tool. Immione year, to aid in or carry on the work of inducing immigration thereto.

Section 66. The following officers must reside at the county Residence of. seat of their respective counties: The County Clerk, Auditor, Recorder, Sheriff, and District Attorney.

tion of offi

cers in coun

Section 164. In counties of the second class, the county Compensaofficers shall receive as compensation for the services required of them by law, or by virtue of their office, the following sala- ties of second ries, to wit:

1. The County Clerk, thirteen thousand dollars per annum. 2. The Sheriff, fifteen thousand dollars per annum.

3. The Recorder, fifteen thousand dollars per annum. 4. The Auditor, three thousand dollars per annum.

5. The Treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars per

annum.

6. The Tax Collector, eight thousand dollars per annum. 7. The Assessor, fourteen thousand dollars per annum. 8. The District Attorney, six thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

9. The Coroner, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

10. The Public Administrator, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

11. The Superintendent of Schools, twenty-four hundred dollars per annum.

12. The Surveyor, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

13. Justices of the Peace, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

14. Constables, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

15. Supervisors, one thousand dollars per annum, and ten cents a mile in traveling to and from their residences to the county seat, or in the performance of duties required of them by law or by virtue of their office; provided, that for attending sessions of the Board only two mileages shall be allowed for each month. Claims for mileage shall be allowed and paid as other claims against the county.

class.