of. of. Election of. Qualification SEC. 2. There shall be elected in and for each county having the necessary assessable valuation as hereinbefore stated, at the general election to be held in November, 1892, and quadriennially thereafter some male person to serve as County Auditor of the county for which he shall be elected for the term of four years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, the term to begin on the first Monday in January succeeding his election. No person shall be eligible to the office of County Auditor of any county within the State who shall not have arrived at the age of twenty-one years and who shall not have been, for at least two years next preceding his election, a bona fide resident of the county for which he shall be elected or appointed. SEC. 3. Any person who shall be elected or appointed to the office of County Auditor, shall, before entering upon the duties of said office, take Oath and Bond and subscribe such an oath as is by law required of other county officers, and shall execute a bond to the county in which he shall have been elected or appointed in the penal sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, with at least two good and sufficient sureties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, said bond shall be approved by the Board of County Commissioners of the county, which said bond, together with the oath of office, shall be filed with the County Clerk and Recorder of said county. Approval Bond. o f SEC. 4. The County Auditor shall reside and keep his principal office at the county seat of the county for which he shall have been elected or appointed and he shall receive a yearly salary of fifResidence and teen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) payable quarterly by warrants drawn on the treasury of the County Treasurer and shall receive no other compensation Salary. or emolument whatsoever for any service or services rendered or performed by him, except actual expenses for living and traveling whenever the duties of his office require his presence at any place in the county other than the county seat and then only after the same has been ordered and advised by the Board of County Commissioners. SEC. 5. The County Auditors are hereby authorized to administer any oath or affirmation rendered necessary to the performance of the duties of their respective offices and shall have power to issue process and compel the attendance of witnesses before them, and examine into any matter they may deem necessary, and any witness attending before such Auditor shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses attending before Justices of the Peace in trials or examinations in criminal cases. Powers. Must Preserve SEC. 6. The County Auditor shall carefully preserve all documents, books, records and other papers required to be kept in his office, and each County Auditor on going out of office shall deliver Records. over to his successor in office ali documents, books, records and property in his hands belonging to the county. То Audit Claims. Report Claims to County Com SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of persons holding claims against any county having a County Auditor to present the same to the County Auditor, whose duty it shall be to audit the same. The County Auditor shall also investigate and examine into all claims presented to him and report the same with his findings to the Board of County Commissioners missioners. at their regular session after such investigation shall have been completed with his approval or disapproval endorsed thereon, and he shall keep a complete record of all such claims and of his in- Purchased for vestigations and examinations of the same in a book To Audit Bills for Materials County. All Claims must be Audited. kept for that purpose. In all counties having a County Auditor, all bills, claims, accounts or charges for materials of any kind or nature that may be purchased by and on behalf of the county Against County by any of the county officers, or contracted for by the County Commissioners, shall be investigated, examined and inspected by the County Auditor, who shall endorse his approval or disapproval therebefore any warrant for the payment of the same can be drawn. In all counties having a County Auditor, no claim against the county shall be paid Claim may be Or- or warrant drawn therefor, unless the same shall have the approval of the County Auditor; Provided, however, that the Judge of the District Court of the county where any claim has been disapproved by the County Auditor may order the payment of Disapproved dered Paid by District Judge. on, the same. SEC. 8. The County Clerk and Recorder shall return to the County Auditor within ten days after the adjournment of each session of the Board of County Clerk County Commissioners a list of the claims allowed or rejected either in whole or in part by them, which list shall be recorded by the Auditor in a book kept for that purpose and carefully preserved in his office. to Report Claims to. SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the County Auditor to make an examination of the books and accounts of the County Treasurer, the County Clerk and Recorder, the Sheriff and Clerk of the District Court, and all other county and township Must Examine officers within fifteen days next preceding each regular session of the Board of County Commissioners at their next session immediately following such examination unless a longer time be granted him by the said Board in which to report the same, and said report shall contain a full and complete statement of the moneys received and disbursed by Books of County Access to each of the said officers since the last examination SEC. 10. The County Auditor hereby created is also made County Superintendent of the Poor, whose duty it shall be, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the County Commissioners to care for and examine all claims that may be made upon the county for charity; also to have under the direction of the County Commissioners, general supervision of the county poor house or farm. Su Ex-Officio perintendent of County Poor. SEC. II. The County Auditor shall also perform such other duties, clerical or otherwise, as he may be directed to perform by the County Commissioners; Provided, a reasonable amount of time Prescribed must be allowed the County Auditor for the performance of the duties definitely set forth in this bill. Duties, when by County Commissioners. Repealing SEC. 12. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are for the purpose of this act, hereby clause. repealed. SEC. 13. This act shall take effect immediately after its passage and approval. When take Effect. Act to APPROVED March 7, 1891. Quarterly Re REPORTS OF COUNTY OFFICERS. An Act Requiring Certain County and District Officers to Report the Fees and Emoluments Received by Them to the County Commissioners, and Requiring the County Clerks to Report the Substance Thereof to the State Auditor, and for the Publication of the Same. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: I. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of all Clerks of the District Courts, County Clerks and Recorders, Sheriffs, County Attorneys, and all special attorneys in the employ of Counties, County Superintendents of Common Schools, County Treasurers, County Assessors, and Public Administrators, and the incumbents of all other County or District offices now created or that may hereafter be created by law, ports of Public Save Judicial officers and Notaries Public, to make quarterly reports to the Board of County Commissioners of their respective Counties, showing in full and detail all fees, emoluments or compensation received, and moneys disbursed by them, in their official capacity, from any and all sources pertaining to their respective offices during the quarter year immediately preceding the date of making such reports. Officers. When and How Made. SEC. 2. The reports referred to in section I shall be in writing on oath, and shall be made on the first Monday of March, June, September and December in each year. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of the several Counties to carefully examine the reports provided for in sec |