Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-02-22
PuhRic LRWs.
An act to regulate and equalize the salaries
of certain public officers.

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of certain public officers.
Whereas, in some of the counties of the
! States Clerks of Courts and the other officers
are receiving from the fees of office as allow
| ed by law, and from business incident TO
! their office, by reason OF which they Secure
/ appointments, the gift OF courts. and other
| appointing powers, sums greatly in excess of
tnat allowed the Governor or amy of the
| Judges of the State therefore,
Section /. Be it enacted by The General AS
/ sembly of the State OF Tennessee, that no
! Clerk of the Supreme Court, Clerk and Mas
| ter of the Chancery Court, Clerk OF the Cir
| cult Court, Clerk OF the Criminal Court, Clerk
of the County Court, Trustee or Collector of
| Revenue, Register of Deeds, District AttOr-
ney for the state or Secretary OF State, shall
receive directly or Indirectly from the fees,
eInoiuments or perquisites of his office, nor
as Commissioner, Trustee or Receiver, or
! from any position or place of trust or en-
ployment 10 which he may be appointed by
any Court or Judge, any sum greater than
I two Thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. Be il further enacted, that every
clerk or other officer enumerated under the
hrst section of this act, shall be required TO
make, under oath, and file with the Comp
troller, if state officer, and with the Coun-
w Judge or Chairman, if a county officer, OI
ne first Mondays of January and July of
each year, a true exhibit of all fees, emolu-
mentS, and all perquisites of office, trust or
employment of office, received by him for
| services performed as sucn officer for the
previous MALT year, and shall pay over TO the
state Com ptrOller If a State officer, and to
the County Trustee if a county Officer, any
amount SO in excess of said sum, two thouS-
and dollars, no matter whether said sum
arises from fees, emoluments or perquisites,
or order or direction of court, ats allowed by
law, or for pay for services as Special Com
missioner, or Trustee. Receiver or other
wise.
Sec. 8, Be il further enacted, that any off,
Ger who shall directly or indirectly evade
the spirit OF this act 10y connivance with any
person or persons, or otherwise in any man
ner, shape or form, evade the same by max
ing out an incorrect report, shall be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanOT, and Tor such Of
Tense, upon condition lconV1cUionI shall be
fined not less than I'VE hundred, nor more
than one thousand dollars, which shall go
to the public schools in this State and the Of
nee shaifbe declared vacant.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that the Comp
troller be, and Is hereby authorized TO EN-
ploy q clerk at salary not to exceed one
thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 5. Be IL further enacted, that whenev-
er in the opinion of the Judges of the SUI
preme Court, ChancellorS OF the Chancery
Court, Circuit and Criminal Judges, Judges
or Chairmen of the County Courts, the du-
ties devolving upon their respective Clerks
is more than they can perform by devoting
their entire time and attention thereto, they
may authorize such clerks 10 appoint one
or more deputies as the exigencies OF the
case may require, who shall be paid out OF
the surplus fees OF such clerk at the rate OF
not more than $40 per month for one, and
$50 per month each for all others; said au-
thoIity and appointment to be entered ON
record in the minutes OF the court ProVld-
ed, the Judges of the Supreme Court shall
not authorize their clerks to employ more
than three deputies, and in counties having
population of over 5000 under the FEEDER
al census of 1870, there may be allowed four
deputies for the Chancery and County Courts
and two deputies for the Circuit, Criminal
and special courts Provided further, that
In counties having population under said
census OF between 24,00I and 5000, thew
may be allowed one deputy; and in counties
having population of less than q 600 under
said census there shall be no deputies allow
ed, unless said deputies are paid out of the
amount allowed the clerks under the first
section OF this act.
Sec. 6. Be IL further enacted, that, when
ever In the opinion OF the Judges or Chair