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each collector shall make return to the county treasurer before the first of March then next ensuing ;

17. To make regulations for destruction of wild beasts and noxious weeds, and for the protection of game, fish and shell fish, and for the prevention of the injury of sheep by dogs, and to tax dogs, and direct the application of the tax;

18. To require from any county officer, or officer whose salary is paid by the county, a report under oath on any matter connected with their duties. A neglect to comply with such a requirement is a misdemeanor ;

19. To adopt a seal for their board; a description and impression whereof shall be filed by their clerk in the offices of the county clerk and the secretary of state;

20. To perform such other acts as they are authorized to do by the provisions of this Code or by special statutes.

1 R. S., 677, &c.; Laws of 1855, ch. 249.

§ 883. For the exercise of the powers mentioned in subdivisions 3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 16 and 18 of the preceding section, a vote of the majority of all the members elected is necessary; for those mentioned in subdivisions 4, 12, 15 and 17 a vote of twothirds of all the members elected is necessary. All other questions are determined by a vote of a majority of the members present.

Votes.

Notice of

certain ap

§ 884. All persons intending to apply to any plications. board of supervisors for the imposing of any tax,

Removal of

County

pursuant to subdivisions 7, 8, 10, 11 of section

882, shall first publish a notice of such application once in each week for four successive weeks immediately preceding the meeting of the board, in a newspaper printed in the county; or, if no newspaper is printed in the county, then in one printed nearest thereto.

§ 885. The site of any county building already buildings. located shall not be changed, unless notice of the

Record of change.

Application to alter towns.

proposed change, specifying the new site, and signed by at least twelve freeholders, has been published, for six successive weeks immediately preceding the meeting of the board, in a newspaper printed in the county. The site shall not be changed to a distance exceeding one mile, unless such notice is given immediately before, and the resolution passed at, two successive annual meetings.

§ 886. The resolution authorizing a change of any such site shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the board, and recorded in the book of miscellaneous records of the county.

§ 887. In any county, except that of New York, any twelve freeholders of each town to be affected may, after giving the notice required by the next section, apply to the board of supervisors, at any annual meeting, to erect a new town,

or divide an existing town, or alter the boundaries thereof. But no alteration shall be made that

would place parts of the same town in more than one assembly district.

notice.

§ 888. Notice of the application, signed by not Mode of less than twelve freeholders of the towns to be affected, shall be posted for four weeks previous in each of such towns, and published in all the newspapers published in the county, not exceeding three, for at least six weeks successively immediately preceding the meeting of the board.

furnished.

§ 889. A map and survey of all the towns Map to be affected, showing the proposed alterations, shall be furnished to the board, a copy of which, if the application is granted, shall be filed, with a certified statement of the action of the board, in the office of the secretary of state.

visions for new towns.

§ 890. Whenever the board erect a new town, Certain prothey shall designate its name, the time and place of holding the first annual town meeting, and three electors of the town to preside thereat, to appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as justices of the peace when presiding at town meetings.

secretary of

§ 891. The secretary of state shall cause the Duty of statement mentioned in section 889 to be printed

state.

Power to require attendance of witnesses.

Service of subpœna.

Neglect to comply.

in the next volume of statutes, and to be published in the same manner as statutes are to be published.

§ 892. The board have power, by their chairman or by the chairman of any committee authorized to send for persons and papers, to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of any person, and the production of any books or papers relating to the affairs of the county, for the purpose of examination upon any matter within their jurisdiction.

Laws of 1858, ch. 190, §§ 1, 3; Laws of 1856, ch. 108.

§ 893. The subpoena shall be served by the sheriff, or any deputy sheriff or constable to whom it is delivered, by reading it to the person named and delivering to him a copy. The officer's return thereon of the time and place of service is presumptive evidence thereof.

Ib., § 2.

§ 894. Whoever neglects to comply with the subpoena, or refuses to answer any question that a majority of the board or committee deem proper, is guilty of contempt. It is the duty of the chairman of the board or committee, or any county judge or judge of the supreme court, or any judge of the superior court or court of common pleas of any city within the state, thereupon to issue to the sheriff of the county where the witness was required to attend, an attachment against him, return

able before the judge granting it; upon the return of which the same proceedings may be had in all respects as in the case of witnesses in civil actions. The action of the judge, if out of court, shall be in writing, signed by him and filed in the office of the clerk of the county where the proceedings are had; and orders entered thereupon by the clerk shall have the same force as if made by the court. Laws of 1858, ch. 190, §§ 4, 5, 8,

ment; bond

to appear.

§ 895. The board or committee at whose in- Adjourn stance the attachment is issued shall, if it be not returned at the time of their adjournment, adjourn to a specified time and place, of which their chairman shall give notice to the judge. If the offender is arrested he shall not be discharged until he has given a bond to the board, in the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars, with two sufficient sureties, approved by the judge, conditioned for his appearing and submitting to examination before the board or committee at the time and place to which they are adjourned.

Ib., § 6.

ings on the

§ 896. The bond shall be filed in the county Proceed. clerk's office, and if broken it is the duty of the bond. district attorney to prosecute it for the benefit of

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§ 897. A witness is bound to answer all question of wittions which he would be bound to answer in the

nesses.

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