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petitioner, or his attorney therein, twenty-five cents; for calling and swearing every jury or venire, twenty-five cents; for calling and swearing every jury to try cause, twenty-five cents; for receiving and entering verdict of jury, fifty cents; for entering final judgment, for first folio, fifty cents; for each subsequent folio, ten cents; for making up and filing judgment roll, fifty cents; for each entry of judgment on judgment docket, twenty-five cents; for entering satisfaction or credit on judgment docket, twenty-five cents; for administering oath or affirmation, twenty-five cents; for certifying same, twenty-five cents; for copy of any proceeding, record, or paper, per folio, ten cents; for every certificate under seal, twenty-five cents; for issuing every commission to take testimony, fifty cents; for writing down testimony of witness during trial (to be paid by party requiring the same), for each folio, twenty cents; for issuing execution or other final process under seal, fifty cents; for copy of every decree or order of sale of mortgaged property, for each folio, ten cents; for receiving and filing every remittitur from supreme court, and accompanying papers, twenty-five cents; for taking and approving each undertaking or bond, twenty-five cents; for recording wills or other papers required by law to be recorded, for each folio, ten cents; provided, however, that in all cases where the value of the estate of a decedent does not exceed one thousand dollars, the total fees collected by such clerk from the estate, the administratrix, executor, or legal representative shall not exceed ten dollars; and when such appraised value is more than one thousand dollars, and not over five thousand dollars, the total fees collected from the estate, the administrator, executor, or legal representative shall not exceed twenty dollars. All fees and charges received or collected by such clerk shall belong to and be the property of the county, and be paid into the county treasury thereof by said clerk on the first Monday of each month. The county recorder shall charge and collect the following fees and charges for and on behalf of the county, to wit: For recording any instrument or notice, except maps or plats, ten cents for each folio of one hundred words; for indexing any instru ment, paper, or notice, fifteen cents for each name indexed;

for copies of any record or paper, ten cents per folio; for filing any instrument for record and making the necessary entries thereon, ten cents; for each certificate under seal, fifty cents; for each entry of discharge of mortgage, or other instrument, on margin of record, and entry thereof on index, fifty cents; for searching records or files in his office, fifty cents for each year; for abstract of title, fifty cents for each conveyance or encumbrance certified; for recording any plat or map of a rectangular subdivision into lots and blocks, five cents for each course or line, and twenty-five cents for each folio of figures, letters, and characters; for recording any other plat or map, ten cents for each course or line, and twenty-five cents for each folio; for taking acknowledgments, including seal, fifty cents for the first signature, and twenty-five cents for each additional signature; for recording marriage license and certificate, to be paid by the clerk, one dollar; for recording each mark or brand, and making the necessary search preliminary to such record, three dollars; for filing, indexing, and keeping each paper not by law required to be recorded, one dollar; for reporting assignment of certificate of purchase of state lands, fifty cents. All fees and charges received or collected by such recorder shall belong to and be the property of the county, and be paid into the county treasury thereof by said recorder on the first Monday of each month.

17. The board of supervisors shall allow the several officers mentioned in this section such deputy or deputies, assistant or assistants, as may be necessary to properly transact the business of their respective offices, in connection with the principal, at such salary as the board may deem reasonable, not to exceed, except as in this subdivision provided, for each assistant or deputy, the sum of one hundred dollars per month; provided, that the board of supervisors shall have the power to allow the county clerk one chief deputy, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed two hundred dollars per month; also, one deputy to act as clerk of the board of supervis ors, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per month; also, one register clerk, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to ex

ceed one hundred and fifty dollars per mouth; also, six clerks to act as clerks of the departments of the superior court, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the sheriff an under-sheriff, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed two hundred dollars per month; provided fur ther, that the board of supervisors may allow the recorder one chief deputy, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the auditor one chief deputy, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and twentyfive dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the assessor one chief deputy, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the treasurer one book-keeper, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the tax collector one chief deputy, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the superintendent of schools one assistant, at a salary, to be fixed by said board, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided further, that the board of supervisors may allow the district attorney an assistant, at a salary, to be fixed by the board, not to exceed two hundred dollars per month; also, one chief deputy, at a salary not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five dollars per month; also, one deputy, at a salary not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per month; also, three deputies, at a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars per month, and no other or further assistant or deputy attorneys shall be allowed by said board to said district attorney; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent said board from employing special counsel, when, in the judgment of said board, the interests of said county require it. All salaries provided for in this section, whether for principal, assistant, chief dep

uty, or deputy, shall in each case constitute a county charge. This section, and all parts thereof, shall, except as to the salaries of county officers, apply to present incumbents, in all the counties which, under the provisions of this act, are entitled to become second-class counties in eighteen hundred and ninety-two and ninety-three, as provided for in section ten hereof, including all deputies and assistants herein provided for, justices of the peace, and constables, and shall go into effect upon the passage of this act.

SEC. 165. Third class. In counties of the third class the county officers shall receive, as compensation for the services required of them by law or by virtue of their office, the following salaries, to wit:

1. The county clerk, thirteen thousand dollars per

annum.

2. The sheriff, fifteen thousand dollars per annum. 3. The recorder, fifteen thousand dollars per annum. 4. The auditor, four thousand dollars per annum.

5. The treasurer, five thousand five hundred dollars per annum, whose office hours shall be from nine o'clock, A. M., to four o'clock, P. M.

6. The tax collector, eight thousand dollars per annum. 7. The assessor, fourteen thousand dollars per annum. 8. The district attorney, six thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

9. The coroner, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

10. The public administrator, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

11. The superintendent of schools, forty-five hundred dollars per annum; provided, that the office of such official in the court-house be kept open the same as the other public offices of the county.

12. The surveyor, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.

13. Justices of the peace, a salary to be fixed by the board of supervisors, and paid monthly out of the salary fund, as the salaries of county officers are paid, such salary to be in full compensation for all services of every kind, nature, or description required of them by law in criminal

cases.

Each justice of the peace must keep a book, open to the inspection of the public during office hours, in which must be entered at once and in detail the amount of all fines collected by him in criminal cases; and on the first Monday of each and every month he must pay such fines so collected (less the amount now provided by law to be paid to some other officer or person) into the county treasury, for the benefit of the county; provided, that said justices of the peace shall also be allowed to charge and receive for their own use such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law for all services performed by them in civil cases.

14. Constables, a salary to be fixed by the board of supervisors, and paid monthly out of the salary fund, as the salaries of the county officers are paid, such salary to be in full compensation for all services of any kind, nature, or description required of them by law in criminal cases; and said constables shall be allowed to charge and receive for their own use such fees as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law for all services performed by them in civil

cases.

15. Supervisors, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and ten cents a mile in traveling to and from their residences to the county seat, or in the performance of duties required of them by law or by virtue of their office; provided, that in attending sessions of the board, only two mileages shall be allowed for each month. Claims for mileage shall be allowed and paid as other claims against the county.

SEC. 166. Fourth class. In counties of the fourth class the county officers shall receive, as compensation for the services required of them by law or by virtue of their office, the following salaries, to wit:

1. The county clerk, eight thousand dollars per annum. 2. The sheriff, nine thousand five hundred and twenty dollars per annum; provided, that he shall receive, as additional compensation, the mileage collected by him in criminal cases, where the same is not a charge against his county.

3. The recorder, sixty-five hundred dollars per annum. 4. The auditor, two thousand dollars per annum.

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