7-1-2103. County powers. A county has power to:
     (1) sue and be sued;
     (2) purchase and hold lands within its limits;
     (3) make such contracts and purchase and hold such personal property as may be necessary to the exercise of its powers;
     (4) make such orders for the disposition or use of its property as the interests of its inhabitants require;
     (5) levy and collect such taxes for the purposes under its exclusive jurisdiction as are authorized by this code or by special statutes.

     History: En. Sec. 1, p. 498, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 1, p. 433, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 335, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 744, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 4193, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2873, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4444, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4003; re-en. Sec. 4444, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-804.