Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-26

the public, to make up their minds
whether 1.-The game Ia worth the
candle:"
Clerk of court In Custer county IL
allowed a salary of one thousand dol
lars, with fees that may bring the
office up to two thousand a year, but
this IL by no means certain. Moreover
the law when framed contemplated
Custer county az the residence of the
clerk of the district. but should It
prove that the clerkship should be re-
moved elsewhere, and only a deputy
act here, the salary proper would prob
ably not ex seed six hundred dollars.
County clerk and recorder II allowed
a salary Of eight hundred doliRrs and
fees that in good lively times might
bring the office up IN its present value,
which IL two thousand dollars a year,
but In the present condition Of affairs
IL IL doubtful IL fifteen hundred dollars
can be wrung out Of IL. and what
makes IL more binding IL that the new
law allows nothing for deputy's salary,
and distinctly provides against all
''extrss." Should a rush Of work for
which fees are paid, render extra help
necessary, the Increased income would
warrant the temporary employment Of
a deputy, but II the routine work OF
the Office proves too much for the In.
cumbent, as 1t is quite likely to do, he
will have to "diE up for q deputy
without hope OF return.
The superintendent OF schools IL al
lowed a salary of five hundred dollars
and travelling expenses TO the extent
Of five dollars per district, the latter to
be allowed onlybn a verified account.
which probably means that the vsri-
ous districts must be visited In order
to constitute u claim Oh this fund.
The salary under the present law is
seven hundr ! and fifty dollars. The
allowance for travel expense In the
new bill Ia not sufficient TO warrant
the superintendent in visiting any
but districts close at hand aud contig-
uous.
The county treasurer OF Custer
county is allowed n salary Of sixteen
hundred dollars, aud a percentage on
licenses issued, which based upon the
present years records would amount
to al out four hundred dollars, bring
ing the sum total up to two thousand
dollars, A. against twenty-five hun
dred dollars allowed by the existing
law and q deputy's pay of twelve hum
bred more.
Tha assessor, who now receives one
thousand, seven hundred and fifty
dollars, is under the new law put on
his mettle to earn this amount, his
compensation being one-half Of one
mill on the dollar for the first three
millions assessed, and ~one-qUarter Of
n mill on the dollar for all over
three millions. On this basis our a.
SCISSOR void have TO make a list of four
millions, to reach the present salary,
which will scarcely be possible next
year.
The sheriff gets q salary Of five hun
| dred dollars and fees. What these
latter may amount TO il impossible 10
approximate. The fees are from one
third TO oue-hslf less than they were
four years ago, when the sheriff's
Office was counted worth from twenty
to thirty thousand dollars a year. and
rs the opportunities for making fees are
probably equally diminished, it ID
doubtful II the Office can be counted
rs worth more than five OF six thou.
sand dollars a year gross.
The probate judge gets nothing but
fees, aud while these are fairly liberal
for a thickly settled community, II IL
not possible in Custer county to extract
anything but the scantiest living from
the Office.
From the foregoing II will be seer
that with the possible exception o
sheriff, there is no Office in the count!
worth a. much under the fee bill a
under the existing law, n state Of 81
fairs which, IA we have intimated
may deter many public spirited ind
yiduals rom rushing madly into tn,
mSelstrom Of politics this fall. How
ever -