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County Officers. of the county so to do; and in such case no bond shall be required or given, and upon serving the notice provided for in section 611, the county clerk shall proceed the same as if a bond had been filed, and ???s fees for making the transcript shall be paid as other claims by the county.

§ 611. Said appeal shall be taken within twenty days after the decision of said board, by serving a written notice on one of the board of county commissioners; and the county clerk shall, upon the filing of the bond and the payment of his fees allowed by this chapter, as hereinafter provided make out a complete transcript of the proceedings of said board relating to the matter of their decision thereon, and shall deliver the same to the clerk of the district court.

§ 612. Said appeal shall be filed by the first day of the district court next after such appeal, and said cause shall stand for trial at such term.

§ 613. All appeals thus taken to the district court shall be docketed as other causes pending therein, and the same shall be heard and determined de novo.

§ 614. The district court may make a final judgment and cause the same to be executed, or may send the same back to the board with an order how to proceed, and require said board of county commissioners to comply therewith by mandamus or attachment as for contempt.

§ 615. All treasurers, sheriffs, clerks, constables, and other officers chargeable with money belonging to any county, shall render their accounts to and settle with the county commissioners at the time required by law, and pay into the county treasury any balance which may be due the county, take duplicate receipts therefor, and deposit one of the same with the clerk of the county within five days thereafter.

§ 616. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners in the several counties of this territory, at each annual meeting of said board, to examine the county treasurer's "tax-sale book" and "stub receipts," and ascertain the amount of redemption money in the treasury and compel the said treasurer to account for the same.

§ 617. If any person thus chargeable shall neglect or refuse to render true accounts or settle as aforesaid, the county commissioners shall adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best information they can obtain, and ascertain the balance due the county, and order suit to be brought in the name of the county therefor; and such delinquent shall not be entitled to any commission, and shall forfeit and pay to the county a penalty of twenty per cent. on the amount of funds due the county.

§ 618. All county orders hereafter drawn by the proper authorities of any county shall after having been presented to the county treasurer of the respective counties and by him endorsed, "not paid for want of funds in the treasury," from said date draw interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum.

§ 619. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the several counties of this territory to cause to be published in three newspapers printed in their respective counties, or in case there shall not be three newspapers within the county eligible to make such publication, then in as many papers as there shall be so eligible, a full and complete report of all their official proceedings at each regular and special meeting,

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