pated deliquencies. It shall not be lawful for the Board, or any committee, officer or Board having power to authorize or contract liabilities against the County, to authorize, allow, contract for, pay or render liable, in the present or future, in any one quarter of the year, any demand or demands against the County or any of the funds thereof, which shall in the aggregate exceed one-fourth part of the amount allowed by law existing at the time of such contract, authorization, allowance, payment or liability, to be expended within the fiscal year of which said quarter is a part.

If at the beginning of any quarter any money remains unexpended in any of the funds set apart for maintaining the government of the County, which might lawfully have been expended the preceding quarter, such unexpended money may be carried forward by order of the Board of Supervisors in any succeeding quarter.

Any allowance contrary to the provisions hereof shall be void, and the Auditor shall not draw his warrant therefor, nor the Treasurer pay the same. When several allowances are made on the same day, they shall be deemed to have been made in the order in which they are entered in the "Allowance Book," and shall be certified in that order by the Auditor.

SECTION 31. Whenever the Board shall adopt plans and specifications for the erection, alteration, construction or repair of any public building, bridge, or other public structure, such plans and specifications shall not be altered or changed in any manner whereby the cost of such building, bridge or structure shall be increased, except by a four-fifths or sixsevenths vote, as the case may be, of their whole number.

SECTION 32. Whenever the Board shall enter into a contract for the erection, construction, alteration or repair of any public building, bridge or structure, such contract shall not be altered or changed in any manner, unless it shall, by a fourfifths or six-sevenths vote, as the case may be, of its whole number, and with the consent of the contractor, first so order.

And whenever any such change or alteration is so ordered, the particular change or alteration shall be specified, in writ ing, and the costs thereof agreed upon between the Board and the contractor. In no case shall the Board pay or become liable to pay for any extra work done on, or extra material furnished for such building or structure.

SECTION 33. No County officer shall, except for his own service, present any claim, account, or demand for allowance against the County, or in any way except in the discharge of his official duty, advocate the claim or demand made by any other. Any person may appear before the Board and oppose the allowance of any claim or demand against the County.

CHAPTER 9.

CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTY.

SECTION 34. The Board of Supervisors shall not hear or consider any claim in favor of any public officer, person, corporation, company, or association, against the County, nor credit or allow any claim or bill against the County or district fund, unless the same be itemized, giving names, dates and particular services rendered, character of process served, upon whom, distance travelled, where and when, character of work done, number of days engaged, supplies or materials furnished, to whom, and quantity and price paid therefor, duly verified to be correct, and that the amount claimed is justly due, and is presented and filed with the Clerk of the Board within a year after the last item of the account or claim accrued. If the Board do not hear or consider any claim because it is not itemized, they shall cause notice to be given to the claimant or his attorney of that fact, and give time to have the claim itemized and re-verified.

SECTION 35. No account shall be passed upon by the Board unless made out as herein prescribed, and filed with the Clerk three days prior to the time of the meeting of the Board at which it is asked to be allowed.

Such demand shall be made out in form substantially as follows:

The undersigned being duly sworn says: That the above claim and the items as therein set out are true and correct; that no part thereof has been heretofore paid, and that the amount therein is justly due this claimant, and that the same is presented within one year after the last item thereon has

Such demand shall be approved before filing by the officer who directed the expenditure. If such demand be allowed by the. Board, the Clerk of the Board shall detach and file the memorandum, and endorse on such demand "Allowed by the Board of Supervisors," together with the date of such allowance, its amount, and from what fund; shall attest the same with his signature, and when countersigned by the Chairman, shall transmit the same to the Auditor, who shall, in case he allows the demand, endorse upon it "Allowed," together with the amount for which it is allowed, from what fund, date and number of the warrant, and shall in attestation thereof, affix his signature and deliver the same to the claimant; and the demand, when so allowed and signed by the Auditor, shall constitute the warrant on the Treasury, within the meaning of this Act.

SECTION 36. When the Board find that any claim presented is not payable by the County, or is not a proper County charge, it must be rejected; and the rejection shall be plainly endorsed on the claim, if they find it to be a proper County charge, but greater in amount than is justly due, the Board may allow the claim in part, and draw a warrant for the portion allowed, on the claimant filing a receipt in full for his account.

If the claimant is unwilling to receive such amount in full payment, the claim may again be considered at the next regular session of the Board, but not afterward.

SECTION 37. If the Board refuse or neglect to allow or reject a claim or demand for ninety days, after the same is filed with the Clerk, such refusal or neglect may, at the option of the claimant, be deemed equivalent to final action and rejection on the ninetieth day, and a claimant dissatisfied with the rejection of his claim or demand, or with the amount allowed him on his account, may sue the County therefor at any time within six months after the final action of the Board, but not afterward; and if in such action judgment is recovered for more than the Board allowed, on presentation of a certified copy of the judgment, the Board shall allow and pay the same, together with the costs adjudged; but if no more is recovered than the Board allowed, the Board shall pay the claimant no more than was originally allowed.

SECTION 38. Warrants drawn by order of the Supervisors on the County Treasury for current expenses during each year, shall specify the liability for which they are drawn, and when they accrued, and shall be paid in order of presentation to the Treasurer. If the fund is sufficient to pay any warrant, it shall be registered, and thereafter paid in the order of regis tration.

CHAPTER 10.

MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND LIMITATIONS.

SECTION 39. No member of the Board shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any property purchased for use of the County, nor in any purchase, lease or sale of property belonging to the County, or in any contract made by the Board or other person on behalf of the County, for the erection of public buildings, the opening or improvement of roads, or the building of bridges, or for any purpose.

SECTION 40. All public notices of proceedings of or before the Board, not otherwise specially provided for, shall be posted at the Court House door, and two other public places in the County.

SECTION 41. The Board shall require the Assessor to report to the Territorial Board of Equalization, annually, a statement of the agricultural and industrial pursuits and products of the County, with such other statistical information as it may direct.

SECTION 42. All claims against the County, presented by members of the Board of Supervisors, for per diem or mileage, or other service rendered by them when such per diem, mileage or other service rendered by them are authorized by law to be charged, shall be itemized and verified as other claims, and state that the service was actually rendered and, before allowance, such claims shall be presented to the District Attorney, who must endorse thereon his opinion as to the legality thereof. If the District Attorney declare the claim, or