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 plead and be impleaded in any court in this territory; and in all cases where lands have been granted to any county for public purposes and any part thereof has been sold, and the purchase money or any part thereof shall be due and unpaid, all proceedings necessary to be had to recover possession of such lands or to enforce the payment of the purchase money shall be instituted in the name of the proper county.

Judgments against counties, how paid. s. 1, c. 54, 1881.

§ 573. When any judgment is obtained against a county, the board of county commissioners shall have power at any time after the expiration of six months from the rendition thereof to assess and collect a sufficient amount of revenue to pay off and discharge said judgment, in addition to the ordinary expenses of the county. But the property of the county and of persons own- ing property situated or liable to taxation therein, shall in no case be subject to judgment lien or liens, nor to seizure or sale upon execution or other process of any court.

ARTICLE 6.-Officers of Counties.

Section.

574. Officers of counties.

Officers of organized counties-Election. s. 15, c. 21, Pol. C. s. 3, c. 33, 1883.

§ 574. Each organized county shall have the following officers, to wit: Three commissioners who shall constitute the board of county commissioners, one register of deeds, one county clerk, one clerk of the district court, one sheriff, one assessor, one judge of the probate court, one county treasurer, one county surveyor, one coroner, one superintendent of public schools, four justices of the peace, and four constables, who shall possess the qualifications of electors, and shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective counties at the general election in the year 1878, and every two years thereafter, except commissioners (who shall be chosen by the electors of their respective districts, and of which districts such commissioners shall be qualified electors and residents), county clerk and clerk of the district court.

[For number of county commissioners, see also section 576; for county clerk, see section 642; for county auditor, see section 646; for district attorneys, see section 427; for elerks of the district court, see section 439; for justices of the peace, constaubles and assessors in counties having township organization, see section 715]

[For requirements regarding place of keeping offices, see section 1401.]

ARTICLE 7.-County Commissioners.

Section.

575. In counties having three districts-Term of office, etc.

576. Commissioners to divide county into five districts.

577. Manner of division.

578. County seal.

579. Sessions of the board-Time and place.

580. Chairman of the board.

581. Duties of chairman.

582. Tie vote defers decision.

583. Proceedings, copies of are evidence.

584. Board has power to preserve order.

585. Account kept with treasurer.

586. Board shall keep record.

587. Bridge and road record.

588. Warrant register.

589. Warrants to be canceled, when.

590. Description to be entered in minutes.

591. Board may prosecute civil actions.

592. Specific powers of the board.

593. Board shall superintend county affairs.

594. Board may procure original field notes.

595. Board may submit extraordinary outlay to vote.

596. Deprecated warrants.

597. Mode of submitting propositions.

598. Proposition to tax to accompany.

599. Tax not to exceed three mills annually.

600. Record of vote-Board cannot rescind.

Section.

601. Money specifically applied.

602. Unexpended balances may be transferred, when.

603. Warrants, how signed and attested.

604. Sessions public at county seat.

605. Record, what constitutes.

606. Board to provide offices, jail, court room, etc.

607. Board has power to erect buildings.

608. Duty to use building fund.

609. Contracts let only on competitive bids.

610. Appeals from decisions of the board.

611. Appeals in twenty days on notice.

612. Filing of appeal.

613. Trial de novo on appeal.

614. Power of district court.

615. Official settlements.

616. Board to ascertaiu amount of redemption money.

617. Neglect to deliver money-Penalty.

618. Interest on county warrants.

619. Record of proceedings to be printed or posted.

620. County clerk to report proceedings.

621. Proceedings printed in next issue of papers.

622. Board may purchase Melville's justice's court practice.