19-3-23 - Quorum; fine for nonattendance.
§ 19-3-23. Quorum; fine for nonattendance.
Three (3) members of the board of supervisors shall constitute a quorum; and in case that number should not attend on the first day of any regular, adjourned or special meeting, the sheriff may adjourn the meeting from day to day until a quorum is present. A member failing to attend any meeting, having notice thereof, shall be fined Five Dollars ($5.00) per day for each day he may be absent, for which the clerk shall enter judgment nisi; and unless a sufficient excuse be made at the next meeting of the board, execution shall issue for the fine, which shall be paid into the county treasury. No allowance shall be made and no warrants shall be issued to such member until the fine and all costs are paid.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 51, art 5 (1, 9); 1857, ch. 59, art 8; 1871, § 1355; 1880, § 2137; 1892, § 282; 1906, § 300; Hemingway's 1917, § 3673; 1930, § 205; 1942, § 2880; Laws, 1990, ch. 419, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 15, 1990).