The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-05-23

'cordor shall receive in any year, ~ any
county, more than two thousand dollars;
and the compensation 10 be allowed, &C
cording to tho provisions " this act, TO I
the officers named herein, after she taking .
of any future enumeration OF white male /
inhabitants under the authority Of this /
State, shall be as herein established, IN /
evcfy county according to the amount "i /
its population rs herein classified, as as' /
ccr.ancd from time TO time by such emu /
meIaiou.
Section @. That each Of said officers,
after deductng the proper proportion OF
I The amounts allowed by this act, TO be
retained bv him for his own use, shrll. At
,he end Of each quarter, pay into the
county treasury, and account for to the
douuty commissioners, Tor the use OF The
county, all the remainder OF the fees.
COSTS, per ceniages, penalties, and pcrqui-
silips, Of every Sort collected 10y MN
during the said quarter; but II IN any
quarter there shall not have been collect
ed a sufficient amount Of fees, costs, per
ccnlpges. or penalties, by any o,iicer to
pay to hm Tire proportion due him for his
own use, rs herein limited, he shall bo en-
titled to receive tho amount Of any such
deficiency out Of the collections made by
him In any succeeding quarter or quarters
during his official term. alter deduotnB
Ithcrolrom tie amounts allowed for tho
compensation Of his deputies, clerks and
other assistants, and other necessary cx-
pen,cs ms hereubcfuro provided.
Section z. Nothing in this act shall
be SO construed rs to make the county
commissioners OF any county liable To amy
.uf the officers named herein or their dep
uics. clerks and other assistants, for the
payment OF any salary OF compensation
except out of the fees, costs, per ccnmgcs
and penalties, collected By such officers
respectively.
Section &. The county commissioners
'of every county arc hereby authorized and
required, when, 10 their opinion, it sInll
bc necessary to employ u collector or coll
oclors for the purpose Of collecting the
unpaid fees ur cos,s reported 10 them, aud
, .to allow lo such collector or collectors,
such compensation, payable out Of the
,amc a.. they shall deem reasonable; aud
the commissioners are also authorized To
rause executions brother proper legal pro
coss to be issued for the purpose Of col
loc,ing such unpaid costs aud fees, but
any officer falling 10 uso due diligence
iu collecting ANY fees or costs receivable
by him, shall BE- personally liable for the
payment thereof to he county, aud the
same shall be charged to him by the
county commissioners.
Section .. In cayo any officer named
in lhisact shall fail To pay over into the
county treasury amy money found to be
due from him, upon his settlement with
the county commissioners, under this act,
for the period Of thirty days after the
same shall have been asccrlaiued aud found
by them. aud notice thereof given TO him,
or il any OF said officers shall, with in
tent to iulate this aot, fail 60 furnish the
statements aud reports herein required,
at the time, aud IN the manner herein
{ specified; or il any of such officers shall
willully make any such report or statement
/ false in any material matter, knowing the
snme to he So ho shall, upon conviction
upon indictment or Information in the
court of common pleas Of the proper cour-
~, be- adjudgcd guilty OF misconduct in
Office, aud bu Immediately removed from
office, aud in addition, forfeit al compcn.
,aliun to which ho would be otherwise
entitled. aud be condemned to- pay Gne
iur the use Of the county, of not less than
d thrcc hundred nor more than one thousand
, dollars, for the payment Of which fottoit-
{ urc and fine as well AS any amount othcr-
{ wise due from him in his official capacity;
t his suretes shall also be liable upon their
: bond, to bc recovered I'M civil action in
the name OF the state OF Ohio, for the use
, ot the county in which he was an officer.
Section 10. The official bonds required
, by law and hereafter taken from any oil
. Ger named in this act shall be deemed aud
{ held To make the parties for The same la.
!, bile tor any violation ON the part Of the of.
deer for whom they aro sulelies of any OF
the provisions hereof aud for the faithful
| performance fall the duties hereby re.
: wired
Section II. This act shall take effect
r aud be m force from aud after the first day
of April, eighteen hundred aud titly.SiX:
2 Provided however, that nothing in this
act Shall be so construed as to effect the
salary or compensation OF any officer du-
ring The term of Office for which, p,ior
TO the taking effect of this vet he shall
have been elected, and the fees of each OF
: the officers herein named remaining un.
paid at the end of his official term, shall
) IN uowlse belong To, or be The property
of amy such officer but shall be colrcla.
I bile 10y his successor in office, aud shall be
) held 20 be public monies aud property OF
e the county ani shall constitute part OF
the fund, cut of which the expenses aud
compensation of such successor in office
shall be paid.
H.VAN WORRIES.
, Speaker of the House ,t Representatives,
: THOMAS H. FORD,