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the treasurer are at all times subject to the inspection and examination of the board of supervisors and grand jury.

History: Former section repealed and present enacted March 18, 1907,
Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 390. In effect immediately.

§ 4121. SAME. [BY CHAIRMAN OF BOARD, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND AUDITOR.] The treasurer must permit the chairman of the board of supervisors, district attorney, and auditor to examine his books and count the money in the treasury, whenever they may wish to make an examination or counting.

History: Former section repealed and present enacted March 18, 1907,
Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 390. In effect immediately.

§ 4122. TREASURER TO RECEIVE AND PAY OUT MONEYS ARISING FROM GIFTS, ETC. The treasurer is hereby authorized to receive any money constituting a gift or bequest, or the money resulting or accruing from any gift, bequest or devise and pay the same out in accordance with the terms thereof, or when none are fixed, then according to law.

History: Former section repealed and present enacted March 18, 1907,
Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 390. In effect immediately.

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§ 4125. DUTIES OF. The assessor must perform such duties as are prescribed in title nine, part three, of this code, and such other duties as are required by law; provided, that where any salary is allowed to the assessor, by law, then where such officer is charged, or to be charged, with the making of maps or block books, he shall be allowed the actual cost of making the same, and must file with the county auditor a sworn statement, monthly, showing in detail the names of persons, and amounts paid to each for such expense, and the assessor must thereupon pay over and account to the county, or city and county, for the difference between any amount allowed for such purpose, and the amount actually expended by him therefor.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 391.
In effect immediately.

ARTICLE V.

THE TAX-COLLECTOR.

§ 4126. Duties of.

§ 4126. DUTIES OF. The tax-collector must perform such duties as are prescribed in title nine, part three, of this code, and as license-collector shall collect all county licenses, and shall perform such other duties as are required by law. He shall, at least once a month and oftener, in his discretion, pay the public money in his hands into the county treasury, taking the receipt of the treasurer therefor.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 391.

In effect immediately.

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ARTICLE VI.

THE LICENSE-COLLECTOR.

§ 4127. Duties of.

§ 4127. DUTIES OF. The tax-collector shall be ex officio license-collector, and as license-collector shall perform the duties prescribed by law, and by the ordinances of the board of supervisors.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 391.
In effect immediately.

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§ 4130. DUTIES OF. The recorder must procure such books for records as the business of his office requires, but orders for the same must first be obtained from the board of supervisors. The books used may contain printed forms of deeds, mortgages, or other instruments of general use. He has the custody of, and must keep all books, records, maps, and papers deposited in his office.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 391.
In effect immediately.

§ 4131. WHAT TO BE RECORDED. He must, upon the payment of his fees for the same, record, separately, in a fair hand, or typewriting, in large and well-bound separate books, either sewed books or an insertable leaf, which when placed in the book cannot be removed.

1. Deeds, grants, transfers, and mortgages of real estate, releases of mortgages, powers of attorney to convey real estate, and leases which have been acknowledged or proved.

2. Mortgages of personal property.

3. Certificates of marriage and marriage contracts.

4. Wills admitted to probate.

5. Official bonds.

6. Notices of mechanics' liens.

7. Transcripts of judgments, which by law are made liens upon real estate in this state.

8. Notices of attachments upon real estate.

9. Notices of the pendency of an action affecting real estate, the title thereto, or the possession thereof.

10. Instruments describing or relating to the separate property of married

women.

11. Notices of pre-emption claims.

12. Births and deaths; and,

13. Such other writings as are required or permitted by law to be recorded. Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 392.

History:

In effect immediately.

§ 4132. WHAT INDEXES TO BE KEPT. Every recorder must keep: 1. An index of deeds, grants, and transfers, labeled "Grantors," each page divided into four columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Grantors,' "Names of Grantees," "Date of Deeds, Grants, or Transfers," and "Where Recorded."

2. An index of deeds, labeled "Grantees," each page divided into four columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Grantees," "Names of Grantors," "Date of Deeds, Grants, or Transfers," and "Where Recorded."

3. Two indexes of mortgages, labeled, respectively: "Mortgagors of Real Property," "Mortgagors of Personal Property," with the pages thereof divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Mortgagors," "Names of Mortgagees," "Date of Mortgages," "Where Recorded," "When Discharged."

4. Two indexes of mortgages, labeled, respectively: "Mortgages of Real Property," "Mortgagees of Personal Property," with the pages thereof divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Mortgagees," "Names of Mortgagors," "Date of Mortgages," "Where Recorded," "When Discharged."

5. Two indexes of releases of mortgages, labeled, respectively: "Releases of Mortgages of Real Property-Mortgagors," "Releases of Mortgages of Personal Property-Mortgagors," with pages thereof divided into six columns, headed, respectively: "Parties Releasing," "To Whom Releases are Given," "Date of Releases," "Where Releases are Recorded," "Date of Mortgages Released," "Where Mortgages Released are Recorded."

6. Two indexes of releases of mortgages, labeled, respectively: "Releases of Mortgages of Real Property-Mortgagees," "Releases of Mortgages of Personal Property-Mortgagees," with pages thereof divided into four columns, headed, respectively: "Parties Whose Mortgages are Released," "Parties Releasing," "Date of Releases," "Where Recorded."

7. An index of powers of attorney, labeled: "Powers of Attorney," each page divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Parties Executing the Powers," "To Whom Powers are Executed," "Date of Powers,' "Date of Recording," "Where Powers are Recorded."

8. An index of leases, labeled: "Leases-Lessors," each page divided into four columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Lessors," "Names of Lessees," "Date of Leases," "When and Where Recorded."

9. An index of leases, labeled: "Leases-Lessees," each page divided into four columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Lessees," "Names of Lessors,' "Date of Leases," "When and Where Recorded."

10. An index of marriage certificates. labeled: "Marriage CertificatesMen," each page divided into six columns, headed, respectively: "Men Mar

ried," "To Whom Married," "When Married," "By Whom Married," "Where Married," "Where Certificates are Recorded."

11. An index of marriage certificates, labeled: "Marriage Certificates— Women," each page divided into six columns, headed, respectively: "Women Married" (and under this head placing the family names of the women), "To Whom Married," "When Married," "By Whom Married," "Where Married," "Where Certificates are Recorded."

12. An index of assignments of mortgages and leases, labeled: "Assignments of Mortgages and Leases-Assignors," each page divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Assignors," "Assignees," "Instruments Assigned," "Date of Assignment," "When and Where Recorded."

13. An index of assignments of mortgages and leases, labeled: "Assignments of Mortgages and Leases--Assignees," each page divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Assignees," "Assignors," "Instruments Assigned," "Date of Assignment," "When and Where Recorded."

14. An index of wills, labeled: "Wills," each page divided into four columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Testators," "Date of Wills," "Date of Probate," "When and Where Recorded."

15. An index of official bonds, labeled: "Official Bonds," each page divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Officers," "Names of Offices," "Date of Bonds," "Amount of Bonds," "When and Where Recorded."

16. An index of notices of mechanics' liens, labeled: "Mechanics' Liens," each page divided into three columns, headed, respectively: "Parties Against Whom Claimed," "Parties Claiming Liens," "Notices-When and Where Recorded."

17. An index to transcripts of judgments, labeled: "Transcripts of Judgments," each page divided into seven columns, headed, respectively: "Judgment Debtors," "Judgment Creditors," "Amount of Judgments," "Where Recovered," "When Recovered," "When Transcript Filed," "When Judgment Satisfied.

18. An index of attachments, labeled: "Attachments," each page divided into six columns, headed, respectively: "Parties Against Whom Attachments are Issued," "Parties Issuing Attachments," "Notices of Attachments," "When Recorded." "Where Recorded," "When Attachments Discharged."

19. An index of notices of the pendency of actions, labeled, "Notices of Actions," each page divided into three columns, headed, respectively: "Parties to the Action," "Notices-When Recorded," "Where Recorded."

20. An index of the separate property of married women, labeled: "Separate Property," each page divided into five columns, headed, respectively: "Names of Married Women," "Names of their Husbands," "Nature of Instruments Recorded," "When Recorded," "Where Recorded."

21. An index to the register of births and deaths.

22. An "Index to Certificates of Residence.”

23. An index of mining locations and of documents affecting same, labeled: "Mining Locations," divided into suitable columns showing the name of locator, date of location, date of recording and place where claim is located.

24. An index suitable for the provisions of "An act for the certification of

land titles and the simplification of the transfer of real estate," approved March 17, 1897.

25. Such other indexes and books of record as may be required in the performance of his official duties.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 392.
In effect immediately.

§ 4133. CERTIFICATES OF SALE. The recorder must keep in his office a book, to be called "Certificates of Sales," and record therein all certificates of sales of real estate sold under execution, or under order made in any judicial proceeding. He must also prepare an index thereto, in which, in separate columns, he must enter the names of the plaintiff in the execution, the defendant in the execution, the purchaser at the sale, and the date of the sale. History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 394.

In effect immediately.

§ 4134. FINAL JUDGMENTS. The recorder must file and record in the record of deeds, grants, and transfers, certified copies of final judgments or decrees partitioning or affecting the title or possession of real property, any part of which is situate in the county of which he is recorder.

History: Former section repealed and present enacted March 18, 1907,
Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 394. In effect immediately.

§ 4135. DECREES IN PARTITION. Every such certified copy of a judgment or decree mentioned in the preceding section, from the time of filing the same with the recorder for record, imparts notice to all persons of the contents thereof; and subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, and lienholders purchase and take with like notice and effect as if such copy of decree was a duly recorded deed, grant, or transfer.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 394.
In effect immediately.

TWO OR MORE INDEXES.

§ 4136. The recorder may keep in the same volume any two or more of the indexes mentioned in section forty-one hundred and thirty-two; but the several indexes must be kept distinct from each other, and the volume distinctly marked on the outside in such a way as to show all the indexes kept therein.

The names of the parties in the first column in the several indexes must be arranged in alphabetical order, and when a conveyance is executed by a sheriff, the name of the sheriff and the party charged in the execution must both be inserted in the index; and when an instrument is recorded to which an executor, administrator, or trustee is a party, the name of such executor, administrator, or trustee, together with the name of the testator, or intestate, or party for whom the trust is held, must be inserted in the index.

History: Enacted March 18, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 394.

In effect immediately.

§ 4137. INDORSE DOCUMENTS. When any instrument, paper, or notice, authorized by law to be recorded, is deposited in the recorder's office for record, the recorder must indorse upon the same the time when it was received, noting the year, month, day, hour, and minute of its reception,

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