Section 4-49-15 – [Contracts authorized.]
The said county commissioners of any county are hereby fully authorized and empowered to enter into any and all contracts necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 10; C.L. 1897, § 358; Code 1915, § 1165; C.S. 1929, § 33-3910; 1941 Comp., § 15-4611; 1953 Comp., […]
Section 4-49-16 – [Registration of bonds.]
The county commissioners of any county issuing such bonds shall make a registration thereof in a book to be kept for that purpose, showing the date, amount, number [and] maturity of such bonds, and if issued for the building of a courthouse or a jail or a bridge, what bridge or other work of internal […]
Section 4-49-17 – [Tax levy for payment of bonds.]
It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to ascertain from the assessment books of the county the amount of assessed taxable property in each county having issued bonds, and what percentage thereof is required to be levied to pay said amount, and when so ascertained, shall levy such percentage upon the […]
Section 4-49-18 – [Taxes to be paid in cash; use for specified purpose.]
All taxes for interest on and for the redemption of such bonds shall be paid only in cash, and shall be kept by the county treasurer as a special fund, to be used for the payment of interest on and for the redemption of such bonds only. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 13; C.L. […]
Section 4-49-19 – [Redemption; notice; cancellation.]
It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to keep the interest and sinking fund account of the county separate and distinct, and when there are sufficient funds in his hands to the credit of the redemption fund to pay in full the principal and interest of any such bonds issued under this article […]
Section 4-49-20 – [Use of funds for specific purpose; misapplication; penalty.]
No bonds issued under this article, nor the proceeds thereof, shall be used for any other purpose than that for which they were issued. Any officer who shall apply the same to any other purpose shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than double the amount of […]
Section 4-49-21 – [Failure to levy tax; mandamus.]
If for any cause the board of county commissioners or county clerk, or other authority of any county who is by law charged with the levying of taxes or placing the same upon the tax books, shall fail or neglect to make such levy or place the same in the tax books at the time […]
Section 4-49-6 – Legislative declaration; necessary public buildings and public projects.
The legislature declares that courthouses, jails, bridges, hospitals, public libraries, facilities for the holding of county fairs, cultural facilities, juvenile detention homes, athletic facilities, parking structures, administrative facilities, facilities for housing equipment, repairing equipment and servicing equipment and sewerage facilities are necessary public buildings, and the purchase of books or other library resources, construction or […]
Section 4-49-7 – General obligation bonds; authority to issue.
The boards of county commissioners may issue the general obligation bonds of the county in any sum necessary, not greater than four percent, inclusive of all other bonded indebtedness, of the assessed value of the taxable property of the county, for the purpose of building courthouses, jails, bridges, hospitals, public libraries, facilities for the holding […]
Section 4-49-8 – Election on bond question; petition; notice; election without petition.
A. Whenever a petition signed by not less than two hundred qualified electors of any county in this state is presented to the board of county commissioners asking that a vote be taken on the question or proposition of building, remodeling or making additions to necessary public buildings or necessary public projects, setting forth in […]