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PART I
TITLE VI
CHAPTER 34
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PART I
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
(Chapters 1 through 182)
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TITLE VI
COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS
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COUNTIES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Section 1
Boundaries in tide water; powers
Section 2
Alteration of maps
Section 3
Public buildings
Section 3A
Repealed, 1978, 349, Sec. 3
Section 4
Election; tenure
Section 5
Salaries
Section 5A
Salaries; acceptance of provision of this section
Section 6
Repealed, 1930, 400, Sec. 2
Section 7
Commissioners acting by appointment; compensation; travel expenses
Section 8
Statement of expenses; certification; payment; audit
Section 9
Meetings; frequency; location; special meetings
Section 9A
Records
Section 9B
Docket defined
Section 9C
Files defined
Section 9D
Record of payments; form and contents
Section 9E
Extended record; form and contents
Section 9F, 9G
Repealed, 2009, 28, Sec. 19
Section 10
Record of proceedings; copy to director of accounts
Section 11
Clerical employees; temporary clerk; duties
Section 12
Absence or disqualification of commissioners; appointment of substitute; tenure
Section 13
Powers; administration of oaths; punishment for contempt
Section 14
Additional powers
Section 14A
Associate commissioner for affairs concerning the elderly
Section 14B
Associate commissioner for affairs concerning handicapped persons
Section 15
Qualification of officers; return to state secretary
Section 16
Office hours; holidays; certain acts performable on next business day
Section 17
Repealed, 1989, 687, Sec. 4
Section 18
Recognizances and damages
Section 19
Proceedings at other times than regular meetings and returns thereof
Section 20
Applicability of laws relating to county commissioners and clerks to certain other officers
Section 21
Official letters
Section 22
Breach or neglect of duty; penalty
Section 23
Gifts; use and disposition
Section 24
Federal grants; acceptance, custody and disposition
Section 25
Acquisition of real property
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