M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-08

twenty-fonr hundred in the county and In
counting such inhabitants above twenty-four hun
dred, If there be any fraction Of two hundred
greater than one hundred, such fraction shall be
Teekoned as two hundred; provided that no sher-
III or treasurer shall receive In any year, in any
county, more than three thousand five hundred
dollars, and that no clerk, auditor or probate judge
shall receive in any year more than three thou
sand dollars, and no recorder shall receive in any
year, in any county, more than two thousand dol
lars; and the compensation to be allowed, accord
ing to the provisions of this act, 10 the officers
named herein, after the takingof any future emu
meration Of white male inhabitants under the
authority Of this State, shall be as herein estab-
lshed in overy county, according to the amount OF
It's population as herein classified as ascertained
from time TO time by such enumeration.
SECTION 9. That each Of said officers, after de-
ducting the proper proportion Of the amounts al
lowed by thisaet TO be retained by him for his own
use, SHALL at the end Of each quarter pay into the
county treasury and account for to the county COM
mlssioners fore the use of .he county, all the re-
mainder Of the fees, COSTS per centAges, penalties
and perquisites ofevery sort collected by him dur
ing the said quarter; but if in any quarter there
shall not have been collected sufficient amount of
fees, costs, per centages or penalties, by any oi
Ger, to pay to him the proportion due him for his
own use, herein limited, he shall be entitled to
receive the amount Of any such deficiency out Of
Llc GOllHcllOuh lilNut pI lllll III any
quarter or quarters, during his official term, after
deducting therefrom the amounts allowed for the
compensation Of his deputies, clerks and assist
ants and otherne necessary expenses as hereinbefore
provided.
SECTION Z. Nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued as to make the county commissioners Of
any county liable to any Of the officers named
herein OF their deputies, clerks and other assist
ants for the payment of any salary or compensa-
ton except ont of the fees costs per centages and
penalties, collected by such officers respectively.
SECTION 8. The county commissioners Of every
county are hereby authorized and required, when
in their opinion it shall be necessary, to employ
collector or collectors for the purpose Of collecting
the unpaid fees or costs reported to them, and 20
allow to such collector or collectors such compen-
sation payable out of the same as they shall deem
reasonable and the commissioners are also au-
thorized 10 cause executions or other proper legal
process to be issued for the purpose of collecting
such unpaid costs and fees, but any officer failing
to use duo diligence in collecting any fees OF costs
receivable by him, shall be personally liable for
the payment thereof to the county, and the same
shall be charged to him by the county commits
siOners.
SECTION 0. In case any officer named in this act
shall fail to pay over into the county treasury any
money found to be due from him, upon his settle
ment with the county commissioners, under this
act, for the period Of thirty days after the same
shall have been ascertained and found by them,
and notice thereof given to him, or If any Of said
officers SHALL with intent to violate this act fail
to furnish the statements and reports herein re-
quired, at the time, and in the manner herein
specified; or if any Of such officers shall wilfully
make any such report or statement false in any
material matter, knowing the same to be so, he
shall, upon conviction upon Indictment or infor-
nation in the court Of common pleas Of the proper
county, be adiudged guilty of misconduct in office,
and be Immediately removed from office, and in
addition forfeit oil compensation to which he
would be otherwise entitled, and be condemned TO
pay fine for the use of the county, Of not less
than three hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars, for the payment Of which forfeiture and
fine, as well as any amount otherwise due from
him in his official capacity, his sureties shall also
be liable upon their bond, to be recovered in q
civil action in the name Of the State of Ohio, for
the use Of the county in which he was an officer.
SEcTIoN 10. The official bonds required by law
and hereafter taken from any officer named in this
act, shall be doomed and held to make the parties
to the same liable for any violation on the part Of
the officer for whom they are suroties, Of any Of
the provisions hereof and for the faithful perform
ance Of all the duties hereby required.
SECTION IL. That this act shall take effect and
be in force from and after the first day of April,
1856: Provided, however, that nothing in this act
shall bo so construed as to effect the salary or
compensation Of any officer during the term of
Office for which, prior to the taking effect Of this
act he shall have been elected and the fees ofeach
of the officers herein named remaining unpaid at
the end of his official term, shall in no wise belong
to or be the property Of any such officer, but shall
be collectabe by his successor in office, and shall
be held to be public monies and property of the
county, and shall constitute part of the fund
out Of which the expenses and compensation Of
such successor in office shall be paid.
N. II. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate
April s, 1850.