tion officers to take the place of such election officers so absent. If two-thirds of the electors of the county voting at such election shall vote in favor of issuing such bonds, the board must proceed to issue the amount of bonds specified; provided, that the total amount of bonded indebtedness shall at no time exceed five per cent of the taxable property of the county, as shown by the last equalized assessment book thereof. This limitation shall not apply to bonds which may be issued to refund an indebtedness existing January first, eighteen hundred and eighty. The board of supervisors, by an order entered upon its minutes, shall prescribe the form of said bonds, and of the interest coupons attached thereto, and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal of said bonds shall be payable, which shall not be more than forty years from the date thereof; and said board may also, at their option, by a provision in such bonds, make such principal payable on or before a specified date at the pleasure of the county. Said bonds may be issued in denominations not to exceed one thousand dollars and not less than one hundred dollars; principal and interest payable in gold coin of the United States, either at the treasury of said county, or at such place as such board may designate, or both at such treasury or such designated place, at the option of the bondholder. Interest on said bonds shall not exceed six per cent per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, as said board may designate. Said bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and attested by the auditor of said county, and have the seal of the board of supervisors attached, and said coupons shall be signed by said auditor by original or lithographed fac simile signature; and said bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed by said board of supervisors, but for not less than par. The board of supervisors, before or at the time of incurring the indebtedness of any bonds issued under the provisions of this act, and annually thereafter until all of said bonds are paid and canceled, must levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property of said county for the interest and redemption of said bonds, and such tax must not be less than sufficient to pay the interest on said

bonds for that year, and such portion of the principal, if any, as is to become due during such year, and in any event must be sufficient to raise annually for the first half of the term said bonds have to run, a sufficient sum to pay the interest thereon; and during the balance of the term sufficient to pay such annual interest, and to provide annually a proportion of the principal of said bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of said bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years said bonds then have to run. And the board of supervisors, before or at the time of issuing said bonds by ordinance shall provide for the levy of an annual tax sufficient to effect the objects of this provision, and to provide for the payment of the interest on said bonds as it becomes due, and also sufficient to constitute a sinking fund to pay the principal of such indebtedness at or before maturity. Such tax when collected, shall be paid into the treasury of the county, and used solely to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they respectively become due.

The revenue derived from the sale of said bonds shall be applied to the purpose specified in the order of the board, and no other. Should there be any surplus, it shall be applied toward the payment of said bonds. The board of supervisors of any county can contract a bonded indebtedness for county purposes only as herein provided.

In issuing bonds under this act, the board of supervisors may, at its option, use the following form of bond and coupon:

No.

United States of America,
County of

State of California.

The county of, State of California, hereby acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay the bearer hereof, on the first day of

one

thousand (herein insert, if the board of supervisors elect to make the bond payable on a certain date, or before that date, at the pleasure of the county, the words "or at any time before that date, at the pleasure of the county"), with interest thereon, in like gold coin, at the rate of per centum per annum payable at semi-annu

ally (or annually) on the first day of

(or on the first day of

and

if interest payable annually) on presentation and surrender of the interest coupon hereto attached.

day of

This bond is issued by the board of supervisors of the county of State of California, in strict compliance with an act of the legislature entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of county and township governments," approved the 189, and in pursuance of an order of said board duly made on the -day of —, 18, and with the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors of said county, voting at an election legally called and duly held for that purpose on the day of

18-.

And it is hereby certified and recited that the bonded indebtedness of said county, including this bond, does not exceed five per cent of the taxable property thereof, as shown by the last equalized assessment of said county, and that provision has been made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on this indebtedness as it falls due, and also sufficient to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said indebtedness at or before maturity.

In witness whereof the said county, by its board of supervisors, has caused this bond to be signed by the chairman of said board, and attested by the auditor thereof, and the seal of the board of supervisors hereto attached this day of

one thousand

Attest:

Chairman Board of Supervisors.

County Auditor.

And the interest coupon may be in the following form:

"The county of

State of California, here

by promises to pay the holder hereof, on the day of

one thousand

at

in

Únited States gold coin, for interest

on its county bond No.

"County Auditor."

If the board of supervisors of any county which has issued bonds under the provisions of this act shal fail to make the levy necessary to pay such

bonds or interest coupons at maturity, and the same shall have been presented to the county treasurer and the payment thereof refused, the owner may file the bond, together with all unpaid coupons with the state controller, taking his receipt therefor, and the same shall be registered in the state controller's office; and the state board of equalization shall, at their next session, and at each annual equalization thereafter, add to the state tax to be levied in said county, a sufficient rate to realize the amount of principal or interest past due and to become due prior to the next levy, and the same shall be levied and collected as a part of the state tax and paid into the state treasury and passed to the special credit of such county as bond tax, and shall be paid by warrants, as the payments mature, to the holder of such registered obligations, as shown by the register in the office of the state controller, until the same shall be fully satisfied and discharged, any balance then remaining being passed to the general account and credit of said county.

14. To maintain, regulate, and govern public pounds, fix the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and appoint poundkeepers, who shall be paid out of the fines imposed and collected from the owners of impounded animals, and from no other source.

15. To equalize assessments.

16. To direct and control the prosecution and defense of all suits to which the county is a party, and, by a two-thirds vote of all the members, may employ counsel to assist the district attorney in conducting the same.

17. To insure the county buildings and other property in the name of and for the benefit of the county.

18. To establish a salary fund, and such other county funds as they may deem necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the county, and to transfer moneys from one fund to another, as the public interest may require.

19. To fill, by appointment, all vacancies that may occur in any office filled by the appointment of the board of supervisors and elective county or township officers, except in those of judge of the superior court and supervisor, the appointee to

hold office for the unexpired term or until the next general election.

20. They may appoint in each county, a health officer, whose duty it shall be to enforce all orders and ordinances of the board of supervisors, pertaining to sanitary matters, and all orders, quarantine regulations, and rules prescribed by the state board of health, and all statutes relating to vital statistics. He shall give to the duties of his office such time and attention as may be necessary to secure general supervision of all matters pertaining to the health and sanitary condition of the county. He shall be a graduate of a medical college of good standing and repute, and shall hold office for a term of one year, and receive for his services a compensation not to exceed six hundred dollars per annum.

The board of supervisors shall adopt orders and ordinances necessary for the preservation of the public health of the county, not in conflict with general laws, and provide for the payment of all expense incurred in enforcing the same.

For any unincorporated town, when public necessity requires such action; the board of supervisors may appoint a special health officer, who shall, in such town, under the supervision of the county health officer, exercise all necessary diligence in executing the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the board of supervisors, or the state board of health, relating to health and sanitary matters. His term of office and compensation shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, and he shall receive as his compensation for services not to exceed one hundred dollars in any one year.

21. The board of supervisors of the several counties shall annually advertise, for at least ten days in a newspaper of general circulation in the county (if there be a newspaper published in the county, otherwise by posting notices in three public places), for sealed bids for furnishing the county with stationery, clothing, bedding, groceries, provisions, drugs, medicines, and all other supplies. All bids shall be on a schedule, showing all articles needed in the several offices and departments prepared by the clerk of the board, shall state separately the price of each article to be furnished, and any person may bid upon any article separately.