The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-03-07
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 81.
introduced by MIR. Murphy Console
dating Offices of White Pine County.

An Act consolidating certain Offices
of White Pine County and regulat-
ing the compensation of the County
Officers in said county, and other
matters relating thereto.
SEC. /. On and after the first Mon
day in January, 1898, the county off,
ces Of White Pine county shall be aud
hereby are consolidated as follows:
The County Clerk shall be ex -officio
County Recorder and ex-officio Au-
ditor; the County Treasurer shall be
ex-otficio County Assessor, and the
District Attorney ex-fficio Public Ad-
ministrator and Superintendent of
Public Schools.
Sec. 2. The Sheriff of White Pine
county shall receive as compensation
for the Sheriff and his deputies such
fees as are allo wed under the provis-
ions of an Act to amend an Act en-
titled "An Act to regulate fees and
compensation for official and other
services in the State of Nevada" ap-
proved March @, 1875. The County
Clerk and ex-officio County Recorder
shall receive 5000 per annum. and as
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additional salary Of 5000 as full com-
pensation for himself and deputies.
The County Treaurer as ex officio
Assessor shall receive 81 800 per an
mum as full compensation for himself
and deputies. The District Attorney
and ex-officio Public Administrator
and Superintendent of Public Schools
81 900 per annum and such other fees
as are now allowed by law. The
County Commissioners shall each re-
ceive $500 per annum and such mile
age as is now allowed by law.
Sec. 8. The several officers named
in this Act who shall receive salaries
as sole compensation, shall collect and
safely keep all fees, percentages and
compensation, OF whatever nature and
kind, allowed them by law for SER
vices rendered by them or their dep
uties in their several official capaci-
ties, and they shall on the first Mon
day in each month, turn the same
into the county treasury OF White
Pine county.
Sec. 4. The several officers named
in this Act who are required to COL
lect and turn into the County Treas
ury all fees, percentages and other
compensation, shall, on the first
Monday of each month, make out
and file with the County Treasurer
full and accurate statement, under
oath, Of all fees, percentages or COM
pensation, OF whatever nature or kind,
received in their several official ca
pacities during the preceding month,
and shall also file a duplicate copy
with the Board Of County Commits
sioners, in which statement they
shall set forth the causes in which
and the services for which such COM
pensations were received; and il shall
be the duty of each OF said officers
to keep book, in which shall be
entered the items of every kind or
description of official services rem
dered by themselves or their depu-
puties, and the time of rendering said
services, and the amount allowed
by law and collected for each partic-
lar service, as we'll as an itemized
account of all other fees and percent
ages allowed by law, which book
shall be open to the inspection of the
Board Of County Commissioner and
every citizen, at all times.
Sec. 8. For willful neglect or a
refusal TO comply with any or all of
the provisions of this Act, any officer
or officers herein named shall, on
conviction, be subject to fine of not
exceeding $4,000 to forfeit their Offices,
10 imprisonment in the State Prison
not exceeding three years, or to any
one or more OF said penalties in the
the discretion of the Court; provided,
that nothing in this section shall be
held to release them from giving any
official bonds required by law or
from any civil responsibility to any
and all persons in relation to the bus
mess of their said offices that may
be by other laws applicable to their
said official duties.
Sec. 6. No officer named in this
Act shall perform any service until
the fees presciped by law are paid;
and be 1t provided, that If any salar-
led officer shall neglect, or refuse to
collect his legal fees for bis services,
he and his bondsmen shall be liable
TO pay double the amount of such
fees not collected, together with
costs OF suit, to be recovered in any
Court OF competent Jurisdiction.
Sec. 7. All fees, percentages and
other compensation by the several
salaried officers under the provisions
of this Act and paid upon statesment
under oath to the County Treasurer