Part 63 (1/2)

1. What county officers are to be elected? Section 1.

By act of 1876-'77, chapter 141, section 5, the Justices of the Peace elect three, four or five County Commissioners. The Justices may abolish the office of County Treasurer, and then the Sheriff takes his place.

2. How often and when does the election take place? Section 1.

3. What are the duties of the County Commissioners by the Const.i.tution? Section 2.

4. How is this changed by act of 1876-'77: chapter 141?

Answer--By this act, section 5, the Commissioners cannot levy taxes, purchase land, remove or designate new sites for county buildings, contract or repair bridges, if the cost may be over $500, or borrow money, or alter, or make additional towns.h.i.+ps, without the concurrence of a majority of the Justices of the Peace sitting with them. Moreover, by the same act the Board of County Commissioners have the powers of the Towns.h.i.+p Trustees.

Section 6.

5. Who is Clerk of the Board of Commissioners? Section 2.

6. What duty, did the Commissioners of 1868 have? Section 3.

7. What is the name of the districts so formed? Section 4.

8. What powers did they have, and for what purpose? Section 4.

By act of 1876-'77, chapter 141, section 3, these powers are to be under supervision of the Board of County Commissioners; and the said Board can alter boundaries of said towns.h.i.+ps and create additional ones.

9. Who const.i.tuted the Board of Trustees of the Towns.h.i.+p by the Const.i.tution, and by whom and when were they to be chosen?

Section 5.

10. How is this by act of 1876-'77, chapter 141?

Answer--By act of 1876-'77, chapter 141, the General a.s.sembly appoints three Justices for each towns.h.i.+p, who are divided in three cla.s.ses and hold their offices for two, four and six years, but the successors of each cla.s.s, as its term expires, hold office for six years. For each towns.h.i.+p in which any city or incorporated town was situated, one Justice of the Peace is appointed by the General a.s.sembly, and one for each one thousand inhabitants of the city or town. When new towns.h.i.+ps are created, the General a.s.sembly, not being in session, the Governor appoints until the next meeting of the a.s.sembly.

11. What other officers were to be elected in the towns.h.i.+ps? Section 5.

12. How has section 6 been changed?

Answer--The Board of Commissioners appoint one Justice of the Peace, or other suitable person, in each towns.h.i.+p, to list lands and personal property therein. Laws of 1881, chapter 117, section 1. The tax list is revised by the Board of County Commissioners. Same; section 18.

13. What is necessary to enable a county or other munic.i.p.al corporation to contract debts, pledge its faith, or loan its credit? Section 7.

14. What is necessary in order to levy and collect taxes more than for necessary expenses? Section 7.

15. Will a majority of those actually voting be always sufficient? Section 7.

16. What is necessary to enable money to be drawn from county or towns.h.i.+p treasuries? Section 8.

17. What is the rule of taxation in county and other munic.i.p.al corporations? Section 9; and Article V, section 6.

18. What exemptions are required? Section 9, and Article V, section 5.

19. What exemptions are allowed, and to what extent? Section 9; and Article V, section 5.

20. Is section 10 obsolete?