The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-30
BOOTHS FEE BILL.

that body by vote of yeas 56, to nays
"a:
A bill to regulate the fees of county
auditors, clerks of courts, probate
judges, sheriffs, treasurers, and re-
corders, and to repeal sections one
O, two (2), three (3), five (5). six (6).
eight (S). nine (9), eleven Q1), six.
teen Q6), twenty -four (24), thirty
nine (39), of an act entitled q An act
to regulate the fees of probate judges,
clerks of the courts, sheriffs, wit
nesses, juOrs, fees in partition, and
torepeal certain acts therein named" !"
I. passed April 18, 1876, (73 o. L., 1919
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, THAI, for the purpose of regulat-
ing the fees and compensation of coun-
ty auditors, clerks of courts, probate
judges, shsrif1s, treasurars, and record
ers, the several counties of the State
having population of less than two
hundred and fifty thousand, by the
Federal census Of eighteen hundred
and seventy, are classified as follows !:
All counties having a population,
at the time of said census, of one hun
dred thousand, and less than two hum
dred and fifty thousand, shall consti.
tute counties of the first class; all
counties having a population of sixty
thousand, and less than one hundred
thousand, shall constitute counties of
. 1,o nj oil ho~ ~
a population of forty thousand, and
less than sixty thousand, shall consti-
tute counties of the third class all
counties having q population of thir-
ty-fiye thousand, and less than forty
thousand, shall constitute counties of
the fourth class; all counties having
population of twenty-five thousand,
and less than tbirty-five thousand,
shall constitute counties of the fifth
class; all counties having = popula-
ton less than twenty-five thousand
shall constitute counties of the sixth
class; and all counties herein CLASH
fed, which, by any Federal census
ton greater in number than the limit
of the class to which they now belong,
shall be advanced in grade to cores
pond with their increase in popula-
ton respectively. .....-
Sec. 2. Auditors, clerks of courts,
probate judges, sherifls and treasur-
ers of counties of the sixth class, shall
be allowe ed to charge and collect nine
ty-fye per cent, and no more, of the
fees now allowed them by law; and
the recorders of counties of this class
be allowed the same fees now allowed
them by law.
Sec. 3. Auditors, clerks of courts,
probate judges, sheriffs, and treasur-
ers of counties of the fifth class, shall
be allowed to charge aud collect nine
ty per cent, and no more, of the fees
now allowed by law; and the record
ers of counties of this class shall be
allowed to charge and collect the fees
now allowed them by law.
Sec. 4. Auditors, clerks of courts,
probate judges, sherifls, and treasur-
ers of counties of the fourth class
shall be allowed to charge and collect
seventy-five per cent, and no more,
of the fees now allowed them by law;
and the recorders of counties of this
class shall be allowed to charge and
collect the fees now allowed them by
law.
Sec. 5. Auditors, clerks of courts,
probate judges, sheriffs, and treasur-
ers of counties of the third class shall
be allowed to charge and collect
eighty per cent, and no more, of the
fees now allowed them by law; and
the recorders of counties of this class
shall be allowed to charge and collect
the tees now allowed them by law.
Sec. 6. Auditors, clerks of courts,
probate judges, sheriffs, and treasur-
ers of counties of the second class
shall be allowed to charge and collect
seventy per cent, and no more, of the
fees now allowed them by law; and
recorders Of the counties of this class
shall be allow ed to charge and collect
eighty per cent, and no more, of the
fees now allowed them by law.
SECT. Auditors, clerks of courts,
probate judges, sheriffs, recorders, and
treasurers of counties of the first class
shall be allowed to charge and collect
sixty per cent, and no more, of the
fees now allowed them by law.
SEC. 8. Sections one, CD two, ~
three, (O five, (5) six, (6) eight, (S)
nine, (9) eleven, 1D sixteen, (16)
.(24) and thirty.nine, (39)
Of an act entitled "an act to regulate
The fees of probate judges, clerks OF
courts, sheriffs, witnesses, jurors, fees
IN partition, and to repeal certain acts
herein named," passed April Is, 1876,
ire hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. This act shall tvke effect |
md be in force from and after its
passage.
Those who voted in the affirmative
we're: Messrs. Achauer, Alexander,
Bloom, Bohl, Booth, Brown of Ham.
Iton, Bull, Carter, Crossley, Crosson,
)anford, Dodds, Douglass, Dunham,
Elliott, Ellis, Eylar, For.
ythe, Greene. Cutlery, Haley, Hart,
Hume, Jessup, johnson,
4eggett, Loder, Lovelace, Luccock,
Marsh, Mccoy, of Lawrence,
dcCoy of Wayne, Mueser, Perkins,
Zoe Quinby, iQuinn, Reed of Ross,
iced of Trumbull, Sawyer. Seifert,
sheets, Smead, Sturgeon, Sullivan of
Sullivan of Mama, Trov-
nger, Turner, Vancleaf, Washburn,
Williams, Wolf and Wright.
Those who voted in the negative
vere: Messrs. Brown of Putnam,