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County Officers. money to aid in the erection of public buildings, the rate shall be such as to pay the debt in ten years; when the object is to construct or aid in constructing any road or bridge, the annual rate shall not exceed one mill on a dollar of the valuation; and any special tax or taxes levied in pursuance of this chapter becoming delinquent shall draw the same rate of interest as ordinary taxes levied in pursuance of the revenue laws of this territory.

§ 600. The said commissioners being satisfied that the above requirements have been substantially complied with, and that a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the proposition submitted, shall cause the same to be entered at large upon the book containing the record of their proceedings, and they shall then have power to levy and collect the special tax in the same manner that the other county taxes are collected. Propositions thus acted upon cannot be rescinded by the board of county commissioners.

§ 601. Money raised by the county commissioners in pursuance of the last six sections is specially appropriated and constitutes a fund distinct from all others, in the hands of the county treasurer, until the obligations assumed are discharged.

§ 602. Whenever there remains in the treasury of any county an unexpended balance of any special fund, and all claims against such fund have been fully paid, and the purpose for which it was created has been fully subserved, and there remains no further use for such balance for the purpose for which it was created, it shall be lawful for the board of the county commissioners of such county to transfer such balance to any other fund of the county or subdivisions to which such balance belonged.

§ 603. All warrants upon the county treasury shall be issued upon the order of the board of county commissioners, signed by the chairman thereof and attested by the signature of the county clerk with the county seal attached, and shall designate the fund upon which they are drawn.

§ 604. They shall hold their sessions with open doors, and transact all business in the most public manner, and where the county has no court house, or the court house shall be unfit or inconvenient, they may hold their sessions for the transaction of business at any other suitable place at the county seat. All matters pertaining to the interest of the county shall be heard by the board of commissioners in session only, but they may continue any business from any regular session to an intermediate day.

§ 605. The books required to be kept by this article shall constitute the record of the board of county commissioners.

§ 606. In any county where there is no court house or jail erected by the county, or where those erected have not sufficient capacity, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to provide for court room, jail, and offices for the following named officers: sheriff, treasurer, register of deeds, district attorney, auditor, clerk of the district court, superintendent of public schools, and judge of probate; to be furnished by such county in a suitable building or buildings, for the lowest rent to be obtained at the county seat, or to secure and occupy suitable rooms at a free rent within the limits of the county seat or any of the additions thereto until such county builds a court house. They shall also provide the courts appointed to be held therein

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