19-601. County auditor; appointment in counties between 40,000 and 60,000; term; removal. That in all counties containing over forty thousand (40,000) and not more than sixty thousand (60,000) inhabitants, there may be appointed by the district court of the judicial district in which such county is located one person, who shall have the qualifications of an elector, and who shall be styled "county auditor," and who shall hold his office for a period of two (2) years, unless sooner removed by the appointing power for cause, according to existing laws, and if so removed the cause thereof shall be made part of the record of the board of county commissioners.
History: L. 1905, ch. 185, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-601; L. 1925, ch. 132, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 188, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 219, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 254, § 1; July 1.