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 ARTICLE 11.-County Auditor.

Section.

646. How appointed.

647. When elected.

648. Bond.

649. Duties.

650. Shall keep current account with treasurer.

651. Must deliver moneys, books and records to successor.

652. To attest all claims against county.

Section.

653. May appoint deputies.

654. Vacancy, how filled.

655. Who may bring action against auditor.

656. Liable to county commissioners.

657. Who ineligible.

658. County clerk becomes auditor, when.

659. Salary.

660. Clerk-hire.

How appointed. s. 1, c. 10, 1887.

§ 646. Whenever the county commissioners of any county within the territory of Dakota in which the office of county auditor does not now exist, shall declare by resolution at any regular meeting that a county auditor is necessary for the proper and expeditious dispatch of public business in their respective county, said commissioners, together with the probate judge and treasurer of their county, may appoint a legally qualified person county auditor, who shall hold and discharge the duties of such office until the first Monday of January after the first general election next succeeding the time of his appointment, and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, that if a majority of the electors of any county, as evidenced by the vote cast at the last preceding election, shall present a petition remonstrating against the creation of the office of county auditor, to the board of commissioners of such county, the office shall not be created for one year thereafter; and provided, further, that no such appointments shall be made on the first day of the meeting of the board.

When elected. s. 2, c. 10, 1887.

§ 647. At the next general election after the appointment of a county auditor as provided by section 646, there shall be elected in such county a county auditor, who shall hold his office for two years from the first Monday in January succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

Bond. s. 3, c. 10, 1887.

§ 648. Each county auditor previous to entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office shall qualify by giving a bond to the territory of Dakota, with two or more sureties to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in such penal sum, not less than two thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars, as the said commissioners require, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and shall take and subscribe the oath required by law to be endorsed upon said bond, which bond so endorsed shall be filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county.

Duties of auditor. s. 4, c, 10, 1887.

§ 649. The county auditor shall by virtue of his office be clerk of the board of county commissioners of his county and keep an accurate record of their official proceedings, and carefully preserve all of the documents, books, records, maps and other papers required to be deposited or kept in his office, and prepare a financial statement of the county annually unless otherwise ordered by the board of county commissioners, and carefully do and perform all other acts and duties which may now or hereafter be required to be done or performed by the county clerks of the counties of the territory of Dakota.

Shall keep current account with treasurer. s. 5, c. 10, 1887.

§ 650. He shall keep an accurate account current with the treasurer of his county, and when any person shall deposit with the auditor any receipt given by the treasurer for money paid into the treasury, the auditor shall file such réceipt in his office and charge the treasurer with the amount thereof.