The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-05

him by this act before the required report shall
have been duly and properly made, then each
member OF such board voting for such allow
9nce shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dol
lars Tor each case thus acted upon by himS
said forfeiture TO be recovered for the support
or the common schools of the county as In
other cases
SEQ 8. Each officer who is required by this
act to make a statement under oath to the
board Of county commissioners of the fees and
mileages received by him shall also, at the same
time and place, file like statement of the fees
and mileages earned In his official capacity,
and which remains unpaid; and ii the board Of
county commissioners finds that any part Of
the fees and mileages earned In his Office and
remaining uncollected are In that condition
through the negligence of said officer, they
shall deduct the amount of such fees from the
monthly salary due such officer as q penalty
for his negligence.
SEC. 8. The last monthly lnstallment Of any
Of the salaries herein provided for shall not be-
come due and payable to the officer entitled to
the same until thirty days after his successors
shall have entered upon the duties Of his Office;
and any fees and mileages that may, during
said thirty days, be found uncOllected through
the negligence of such outgoing officer by the
board of county commissioners, shall be de-
Quoted from the amount due the said outgoing
officer for his last monthly payment of salary;
and the board shall then issue an order on the
county treasurer for the amount thus found to
be due the said outgoing officer.
SEC. z. The county surveyor shall receive
for his services the following fees: For the
time actually and necessarily employed In
making survey, and In going to the place
where the same Is made and returning to his
office therefrom, four dollars per day; for
making out report of survey, including any
record or plat thereof required by law, two
dollars; for copy of any plat of any survey or
certificate, two dollars. He shall keep his office
at the county seat open on every Tuesday for
the convenience of the public, and shall re-
eeiVe therefor from the county the sum Of one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
SEC. 8. The coroner shall receive for his SER
vices such compensation as is now provided
for by statute.
Sec. g. The county officers of Usage county
shall, In all cases, charge persons requiring
their services the full legal fees therefor as es-
tabliShed by law.
SEC. TO- If the county officers require any
help In the exercise of their various duties,
they shall make application to the board of
county commissioners at their regular monthly
meeting, and said board may, In their discre-
tiOn, furnish them such help as they may deem
necessary for the succeeding month, and such
help shall be paid out of the general funds of
the county. The assistants shall be employed
by the commissioners, and shall be subject to
the approval of the officers requiring such
help, and shall receive for their services q
compensation of not exceeding fifty dollars
per month.
Sec. IL The board of county commissioners
of Usage county shall have power to appoint
an expert accountant at any time to audit any
or all Of the books and accounts Of said county,
and to allow reasonable compensation for the
same, which shall be paid out of the treasury
on orders Of said board of county commission.
ers: Provided, That such compensation shall
not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars In
any one year.
SEC H. It shall be the duty Of the county
commissioners of Usage county to furnish
blank forms to all parties entitled to make
reQulsltions on the county for supplies Of any
kind; when reQusitiOns are approved, 1t shall
be the duty or the said board to procure the
materials or things required, as economically
as possibly; but no emplOye Of the county
shall be allowed to furnish any supplies, or to
enter into contract directly or indirectly, In
any manner whatever, to perform any service
other than that which they are specially paid
to perform.
of Usage county shall meet in regular session
at the county seat on the first Monday of each
month; and 1t is hereby empowered and au-
thOrized at such regular session to examine
and settle and allow all accounts chRrgeable
against the county, and when so settled and
allowed 1t may issue county orders therefor as
provided by law.
passed and now In force, that conflict with the
provisions Of this act, are hereby repealed In
so far only as they conflict with the operation
of this act.
SEC. is. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its publication In the Of
fetal state paper.
|, X. s. Osborn. secretary of state of the state
of Kansas, do hereby certify that
lanai the above Is q true and correct copy
loAAAj of the original enrolled bill now ON
file In my office. .
Secretary of State.