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County Officers. § 587. They shall keep a book for the entry of all proceedings and adjudications relating to bridges, and the establishment, change or discontinuance of roads.

§ 588. They shall deep a book for the entry of warrants on the county treasurer, showing number, date, amount and name of the drawee of each warrant drawn on the treasury, which may be known as the warrant book, and the warrants shall be numbered in relation to the order and decision allowing the amount for which the same is drawn.

§ 589. The board of commissioners of the several counties of this territory are hereby authorized and required at each regular meeting to cancel and destroy all warrants drawn on any fund of the county which may have remained uncalled for and on file for a period of six years and upwards next preceding the regular meeting on which the cancellation takes place.

§ 590. Said commissioners before cancelling and destroying any such warrants shall cause to be entered in the minutes of their proceedings a brief description thereof, containing the name of the payee, the number, date and amount of each warrant to be destroyed.

§ 591. They shall have power to institute and prosecute civil actions in the name of the county, for and on behalf of the county.

§ 592. They shall have power to make all orders respecting property of the county, to sell the public grounds of the county, and to purchase other grounds in lieu thereof; and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section it shall be sufficient to convey all the interest of the county in such grounds when an order is made for the sale and a deed is executed in the name of the county by the chairman of the board of commissioners, reciting the order, and signed and acknowledged by him for and on behalf of the county; provided, however, that the question of the sale of such public grounds or lands shall be first submitted to a vote of the people of the county as hereinafter provided, and sanctioned by a majority vote thereof.

2. They shall have power to levy a tax not exceeding the amount now authorized by law, and to liquidate indebtedness.

3. To audit the accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the county or appropriated for its benefit.

4. To construct and repair bridges, and to open, lay out, vacate and change highways; to establish election precincts in their county and appoint the judges of election; and to equalize the assessment roll of their county, in the manner provided by law.

5. To furnish the necessary blank books, blanks and stationery for clerks of the district court, county clerk, register of deeds, county treasurer and probate judge of their respective counties, to be paid out of the county treasury; also a fire-proof safe when in their judgment the same shall be deemed advisable, in which to keep all the books, records, vouchers, and papers pertaining to the business of the board.

6. To do and perform such other duties and acts that boards of county commissioners are now or may hereafter be required by law to do and perform.

§ 593. They shall superintend the fiscal concerns of the county and secure their management in the best manner; they shall keep an account of the receipts and expenditures of the

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