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*u0ol100ted, 8uOhJmrtOf ruahdel.h@mntre8a 

48 18 auffloiQnt to oompleta tlaa mu&am OQpaaetion r0r the pear in rhhh delipqusnt fee8 are 

'wed, aad alao retain one-fowth of the exoeoa 

fesr besrqlng to hsm, 4lxl the Pa4s.xl0P OS the dou.nquont roer r0r tbe fiacrrl year qpl be &d aa 

hexwIn provldad for Jlrcur oolleoted, 

Artiole 3892, nwnOll"8 Awkot4btOd aivll'sairtute8, (u 

emtladed by tam ?oFty-flr8t Le$laleture 1930, Ire wiled 

a488iaa, pQge yo, Qhapter~20, aelmtul 4, Pnda 48 foll0u8: 

! "Aay OfPloer matloaed in thf.8 Qh4 

doe6 a0t OOlleot~psiaPr uIouzI1) of lL 

tp& 

tar my fi8or'l ~O&P and vho zrsporta d815.aquent 

fOer ior th8t ~rear,.thll be entitled to mtrin, 

w&ma oolleeted, auah~#bwt of 8uoh de&%aquuat fee8 

olYiio0~ 4lWr oaa * from the d4te b, '0e4888 to 

hold the offloe to v@%ob my do-t fee $8 due, 

4nd in the evaat then oftLeer m4raQq ?&a fee8 tlaet 

42x4 dellaqueat bea *t 00lleoteB t&e aate wIthI 

tvlsvekonthr uifsrhr, ~8 toholdttw aiftie, 

the aiaount of fee8 oollaoted ahall be &mid lato 

the t$aunty tiPe4auPy.~ rrovlu, &0wver, that aothIng in thir Act preohd~r the paymat of 6x,x-oftloio 

fQS8 ia 4ooordula4 vlth Yltlo 61 at th4 lCbvl84d 

Oivil IlktiM of YOrr8, l;92!3 88 put Of tIm lwxlmm 0~autlon. 

% 

VidQd, Ib4t my 8bua&Q rdrr 

InthlrAPti4l6layt *hOt~lnot~yto 

fee8 her0tofow earned.' 

miole 3891, Vermm'a AnaotatOd Olril Rtetutee, nedr 

48 foll~vr, in part: 

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HanorrblO A.B. HlOkev8on, Page 3 

by tbi8 &it, 4&d far the&~ RWViMR Md ?QP thy UP- 

*iOeR Of thOi.3' dOpUti88 U&d ~88iRtUktR aad 8UthOl'kud 

expenaea, togeth@r wltb &ll del%nqueat fee8 oollootMI md not wed a8 protided $31 Atrttole 3892, OP u0ed 

t0 gSy tiU’i@# Of depubielr U&d U#%#tUt# VhWi Wl’- 

Pent fee8 me %n8u??lo%eat, 8h8l.l be p&d intO th8 

&lUdiy !tPWmrj in w OOlltltY VhUQ tit.80 QX0888~8 

11oorue. 

"All hea due 8nd not 0ollaoted, u 8h0m In 

the import mqulmdbyArt%olO 3897, &a&lb. oolhatOd by ths 8ffiOQ~ t0 VhOU 8ffiIItI #t3 f-8 4OOPUd 

ud l h31 k dimeed Of w uld 0ffiUP 

dUk00 tith the pFOYi#ianr Oi tht8 Aot.,.* 

in ~000~~ 

boome efieotive &nuary 1, Zpjl. 

by the lorty-Hrat ~aduPo, 

XII OUP gpinioa S6, 6.1448, we held thMj# 

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"%be Offhim VhORO km Of Q?f&Oe h48 tewt-, 

ed 18 not WlthOF~Sed t0 08&b6t dOwat f~8.4?#1- 

:dawat ..sot @Ft. Ma, ihr n5W?*Wp .-,,*? in ,_,.“;y 

t$'m& h$ ~OORROP, the SOt&P&?t% OffkMP, ppo*id- 

?ti# 4ra oolleeted utl;bin omrcl yew 

4fter the oifiaer &8 g0ae out of OffiOS #ad 

8u0h Fetlrtng OffiOOr.8h8Ll be eatttlti tO mtala, 

vhen oolleoted 8uOh $&Hi of RUOh dellaqueat fee8 IL8 

18 l uffla leiu, a t 0Oapleta the - 00mpuu&tiOa 

l uthorired.’ 

we have 0mOfull 0oa*1derml the nae of EOke 

VR. rbuonton, 46 8.W. 2nd 1 013, mentloaea in ymr fnqu% 

cult WI@ brOught br agpelloe, a f'omer tax oelhcter of 

cry Qountp &gain& I.D. Hake, ME auooO88or, who duly qurliflbd 

a8 RUO~ in 1924, *grin in 1926, and agrIn In 1928, and tb awetie8 Upbn eroh Of gOkO'8 OfffOiol bOlld8 ?OF hl8 86W#Pti tiWW 

of off5oe. 

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Yhe ImrpoSS Of the auit VB8 to mmaver fee8 of 
C 

Honorable A.E. HLekcwaon, 

o??los eamed by Einonton 

ed w Hcke b8 hia 8~ooe88or. 

vh&le hi VtbR In offioe, but ael2eot- 2.. 

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?Or thQ ~i488 O? t&&R O#.B%tXl VO aD#W oht yI3U 

hAVll l'O?OlWBOetOthO ?~#r~bJib?.~~,b9tnat60UOOOed by him cb.xrbq h.i.a thre8 tsrmu of off~es, prfor to $8nu4Py 

1, 1931. There ie nothlnij 3.n your latter or in the almve mentioned caw which bdiortO8 that &. Hake held aald offioe 

8inCC that tlIW. 

Artiole 3892, a8 enaeted ial 1907, 4Bd AI'tiOl~ 3900 

vere Ill rowbe u&d effoot dtar* the tlaa I&. &ke vu 33% off3.8Q 

, and he would be eatitkd ?PO mkin, Vh8B oalbMxnd a d&laQUeBt ?WJ# 84PiWd bJr hir, ;:&JhOU@ SUCh i-8 h4VO ~82l OOlhVOted or may be o&W&ad &%a~ bhe effeotive date af A~%lole 

3892, am amended, and theTmpe81 of Artlole 3900, &wsVer, if 

BP. Bake haa be e the effeotive d8te O? &tl&8 

r#t '~~~R~&uzwJ, Vith XWtfQrenb 

ooU8oted 8lnCe Usd Qate, 

Ardell tpiuiuu 

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