Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-21
: . 1fsFfs Fees Discussed
Synopsis of the Proposed
Law.
The House Wrestling with High License,
Schools and the Health
Board Bill.

Neither branch OF the assembly held
sessions this forenoon. Many OF the
members secured leave OF absence on Sat
urdav and ran home to remain over sun
dav, and those who could not do this
owing to committee work on hand, found
plenty to do in the committee rooms,
hence to-day's light budget from the capt.
tol. Both houses met at 2 p IN.
IN TIE SENATE
this morning the printed copies OF Mr..
Perca's bill, establishing and limiting the
COMPENSATION OF clerks OF the district
court, were distributed, and in an informal
way several of the members conferred up
on it and discussed at length the evils it
was intended to correct, resolving to sup
port it to a man. A great deal OF interest
has developed among the litigant public
OIL this subject, and herewith is presented
an outline Of Mr.. Perea's proposed law
The clerk Of the district court in each
OF the several judicial districts in this ter
ritory, in lieu Of the fees now allowed by
law, shall receive q salary to be in full
compensation for all services performed
as such clerk, except in cases in which
the United States IS q party, az follows {:
The clerk Of the district court OF the LIST
judicial district shall receive salary OF
S2, 800 per annum. The clerks Of the
several I'd, Sd and 4th judicial district
courts shall receive salary OF $4,000 per
annum. Said salaries to be payable
monthly, and to be in full compensation
for nil services of deputies and assistants.
The clerk OF each of the several dis
trict courts shall collect all fees now
allowed by law and authorized to he
charged and collected by such clerk for
services in his official capacity, and at the
eni OF each month pay the same over to
the territorial treasurer, and at the same
time file with the territorial auditor Il
statement, under oath, of the amount OF
fees collected or earned by him in his
office for official services during said
month, in detail specifying the nature OF
the services, or on what particular ac'
count rendered, with the date and name
OF the person for whom or at whose re-
quest the service WAS performed, and the
amount received, if any, together with
the treasurer's receipt duplicate, Of
charged, and failure by the clerk to pay
over the fees collected, or to make the
sworn statement, or file the treasurer's
receipt, as required by this section, shall
constitute q misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, the clerk shall be fined
in the sum OF 81 900.
The treasurer shall keep special &C.
count of all moneys paid to him by virtue
OF this section and shall credit the same
to the court fund; should there be such
fund. otherwise appropriate the same ex-
clusively to pay the expense OF maintain
ing the several district courts.
1t shall be the duty OF the clerk to keep
fee book, in which he shall enter an ex-
act and full account IN detail, OF all fees,
commissions or compensation OF what
ever nature or kind, by him or his depu-
ties earned collected or chargeable, with
the date, the name of the payer if paid,
and the nature OF the services in each
case, which said fee book shall be kept in
his office and open at all times to the i'll
spection OF the public.
ANOTHER VETO.
At this afternoon session of the sen
alto special message from the governor
was presented vetoing council bill No. 5
IN act relative to the imprisonment O
persons charged with crime. The mes
sage will be printed in full in these col
umns tomorrow.