, 1873-01-20
COUNTY SALARIES,


a. 1nembers.
COUNTY SALARIES.
We pubtiahod, tue other day, tho schedule OF
salaries adopted for officers in tho eorvico OF this
county, tho aamo nggrogatlng 100000. Thia
did not include tho Offices OF tho ClorkB Of tho
Criminal, Superior, or County Courts We
called attention to the fact that the County
Commissioners lad provided for tho payment Of
e36, ,750 for anlarioB In tho 6lorif'g office n1one
aud Ind ostmatod for return Of $8, 600 in Toes,
oaying tho offico tax OF s28, 900 to tho county.
Tho fact Is, tho Commissioners eoom to havo
overlooked tho lax on thta subject, or haye
tisrognrled 1t altogether. They hayo acted, in |
tho caso OF tho Coroner and 6horiT, aH it tho
feoB heretofore paid by tho county for their Scr
yicos had been repealed, when such is not tho
caae. Tho stariT and Coroner Of Cook County |
aro entitled to demand and receive for their
porvicos tho foes prescribed by law; thero iB no
other modo Of pnyng thom for thor sorviccs
Thaao fooH thoy are required by 1aw to pny over
! to tho County Treasurer as thoy rccciyo them
! aud twice in aaoh year ench OF them haH to mako
! return OIL oath Of Ill tho services performed
| for which foes arc allowed; and II upon exa1n-
| ination such reports arc found to be accurate,
thon tito amount is passed. to tho credit Of tho
officer. But In no case can tAese oilcera bc pad
my money out OF tho County Trcasury for SER
vices, except tho aanlo IL paid tout Of tho feea
OF their Respective Offices, actually collected"
Tho law on this subject Ia found in the conHol-
idatod act OF 1879 relating to fees and salariea,
Sections 1ao and following sections.
This law, which ia merely u Transcript Of tho
requirements OF the Constitution, expressly
prohibits any compensation by Cook County
from tho Treasury to tho shorin or to tho Coso-
ner; itllxes bis salary, and authozizes tho County
tolimtt the number Of his deputieH aud aaaiatants;
1t prcBcribea tho feos which he shall charge for
each service; requires him to report tho aggro-
gato OF thoao to tho County Copmissloners !:
permits him to receive from tho county hiB Bal-
ary and tho allowance for Ills deputies and
assistants, but In no caso can ho bo paid, or
allowed to retain, any In e1coss Of tho foes
: uf his office, Acsuully colloctod." We do not
know how much tho BILLS Of tho shoriff againBi
= Cook County hayo heretofore averaged; wo are
told they havo reacAel 900 por annun. As'
sunllng that they will reach that sum this year
nnd that his collection OF fooB in civil soryict
> will reach tho sayno Gum, this aggregate Of
= $4,000, or whatever tho actual sum may be, ii
:. tho oxtrcmo limit which the Conattusion and th
- law Of tho State permits tho slorifr to recoiy'
Tor tho performance Of al tho duties Of hi
Office, in poraon Or by deputy. Tho Rame ru1
applies to the office Of Coroner.
10 Tho Bamo net Of 1872 provides that the eovera
H. States Attorneys shall receive feo Of S16 70
T. each conviction for felony and IS foreach otlo
N conviction 10 por cent upon all collections 70
m forfeited recognizancos s5 in each case c
10 forfeited rocognlzaucca sot aside, and yariou
tn othor fees. Tho District Attorney in ever
nr county Ia required by 1aw to make repol
bo upon oath, at each term. OF all foes, fines, ctt
~ collected by him, but, by some extraordinary al
IN cidont, thoro Ia attached to this requirement
~ making report Of feos IN exception in tho cat
ro OF Cook County. Tho salary Of tho state's a
a, tornoy for this county 10 $1,000. Under tho In
NJ, and tho Constitution, he cannot receive Al
n, foo, or compensation, or perquiaito, or 8
lowance, in addition to that sa1ar
!. How this mattor is regulated ITO
-a not know; but tho foos allowed by law
'"' tho Stato'a Attorney in this county ought
". and uuquoationahly do, amount to Tar moro th
'eo hin nalnry. The law OF 1879 oxempts him fre
OF making any report Of llis feea; but the Coun
nos Board can bring this matter to tcst by rofusl
~. aas any appropriation for auch fees, should ono
tne aslsoa Tho Distrlot Attorneys Office, aH weii
"n- that Of tho shorifr, should bo Holt.suasainin
on. but certainly tho County Commissioners q
pE; prohibited by law from making my appropr
ce; In, for t1a shorirs 1,ovond tho amount of #
'po actually collected, and from making my app
Eeo' prlation for fees Of any kind to tho Stat
1''' Attorney. -