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1. That all counties, to entitle them to an organization, shall contain at least twenty legal voters.

. 2. That all organized counties shall have the following described officers, to wit: three county commissioners, a register of deeds, sheriff, judge of probate, and coroner, justices of the peace, constables, county surveyor, and district attorney.

. 3. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners to superintend the location of county roads; to appoint the commissioners to locate the same; to establish election precincts, and appoint the judges of elections; to equalize the assessment roll, and to divide their counties into school districts as will best subserve the interest of the inhabitants of their respective counties.

. 4. The county commissioners shall hold their meetings at the county seat, and shall elect one of their own number chairman, to preside at their meetings. They shall permit no tax be levied in any one year that will exceed fifteen mills on the dollarterritorial, school, and county tax inclusivewithout the consent of the majority of the voters.

. 5. The county commissioners shall receive, as a compensation for their services, one dollar and fifty cents per day, and five cents a mile for travelling to and from place of meeting.

. 6. The annual meeting of the board of county commissioners shall be held on the first Monday in June, and as often thereafter as they may deem expedient, not to exceed