Chap. 37.—An ACT to prohibit the Sale, Exchange and Purchase of
Corporate Property by the Board of Supervisors of any County, ex-
cept with the Approval and Ratification of the County Court.

Approved February 4, 1876.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the seventh
section of an act approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-five, entitled an act prescribing the
duties, powers, liabilities and compensation. of district offi-
cers, and to repeal chapter forty-seven and section first of
chapter torty-eight of the Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§7. The said board of supervisors of each county of the
state shall have power at said meeting in December, or at
any other legal meeting—

First. To sell or exchange the corporate property of the
county; to purchase any such real estate as may be neces-
sary for the erection of all necessary county buildings, and
to provide a suitable farm as a place of general reception for
the poor of the county, and to make such orders concerning
such corporate property ag now exists, oras may hereafter
be acquired, as they may deem expedient: provided, that no
sale of such corporaté property shall be made except by
public auction, due notice of the time and place of which
shall be given by publication, for at least once a week for
four successive weeks in some newspaper published in the
county, if there be one so published, and by handbill posted
at the front door of the court-house. If there be no news-
paper published in the county, the notice of the time and
place of such sales shall be given by handbills posted at the
front door of the court-house, and at each voting precinct of
the county, for at least four weeks prior to such sale. And
all sales, exchanges and purchases of corporate property
made by the board of supervisors, shall be subject to the ap-
proval and ratification of the county court: and provided
further, that it shall not be lawful for the judge of the county
court, or for any supervisor of the county, to be personally
and pecuniarily interested, either directly or indirectly, in
any such sale, exchange or purchase of corporate property
made by the board of supervisors for such county. In the
event of any member of the board of supervisors, or judge,
being interested in the sale or purchase of the property, the
said member or judge shall not act. But this section shall
not be so construed as to deprive the county or circuit court
judges of the power to control the court-houses, which shall
be construed to mean the court-room, jury-rooms and clerk’s
office, of their respective counties, and to designate the man-
ner and purposes for which the same shall be used, or (when
not done by the board of supervisors), to make such repairs
thereto as they or either of them may deem necessary.
Second. To examine, settle and allow all accounts charge-
able against such county, and when so settled they may
issue county warrants therefor, as provided by law; but the
board of supervisors of any county shall not issue in any one
year a greater amount of county warrants than the amount
of county tax levied in such county for such year; and no
interest shall ever be paid by any county on any county
order. ,

Third. To build and keep in repair county buildings.

Fourth. To cause the county buildings to be insured in
the name of the board of supervisors of said county, and their
successors in office, for the benefit of the county, if they shall
deem it expedient; and in case there are no public buildings,
to provide suitable rooms for county purposes.

Fifth. To direct the raising of such sums of money as may
be necessary to defray the county charges and expenses, and
all necessary charges incident to or arising from the cxecu-
tion of their lawful authority, if the same has not been pro-
vided for at the December mecting; and is necessary under
the circumstances.

Sixth. To represent the county, and to have the care of
the county property, and the management of the business
and concerns of the county, in all cases where no other pro-
vision shall be made. )

Seventh. To perform all other acts and duties which may

be authorized and required by law, not embraced in this act.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.