The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-03-03
THE MALONE FEE BILL.
Full Text 0f that Important measure he
fore the General Assembly,

Dolleu down to a consistency the
Malone fee bill which passed the
house of the general assembly and
which will come up for final action
in the senate when that body gets
down to work again, provides AS
follows:
(l) All fees, emoluments, per-
quisites, and commissions, etc, paid
into the Offices Of clerks of supreme
court, clerks and masters, clerks of
circuit, criminal, special and coun-
ty courts, county trustees, registers
or district-attorneys are declared to
be State and county property.
(2) All fees, costs, etc, accruing
to any Of the above Offices in felo-
nies, or in cases where the recovery,
fines OF forfeitures go to the State
are to be declared the property of
the State.
(3) All fees, etc, in misdemean-
ors, and cases where the recovery,
fine or forfeiture go to the county
under existing laws, are to become
the property Of the counties.
(4) All commissions and fees ac-
eruing to county trustee and clerks
of courts on bonds which belong or
go to the State under existing laws
are to become the property Of the
State; likewise commissions and
fees which belong to the several
counties under existing laws accru-
ing in these offices are to be held as
the property Of the counties,
(5) All fees in the Offices Of clerks
of the supreme court and district
attorneys for the State go to the
State; and all other feesnotspecific-
ally enumerated which flow into the
county offices are made the property
of the counties.
CO.. No clerk or district attorney
For the State shall receive or retain
out of the State fees more than 81,
900 per annum; no clerk and mas
ter, clerk Of circuit, county, criminal
or special court, trustee or register
in counties having 10000 popula.
tion or over, shall receive more thar
$4,000 per annum; in counties hav
ing 10000 and under 10000, 81, 900
in counties of $4,000 and under 10,
600, $4,000; in counties Of 25,00C
and under $4,000, $4,000; in coun
ties under 25, 900, ST, 800; provided
however, that if within any montl
within two years from the date thi
act takes effect, any of said officer
fail to receive sufficient sum tt
pay his own and the salaries OF hi
assistants he shall be allowed to pa!
the same and reimburse himself on
of thesums received in any succeed
ing month or months; provided, fur
ther, that upon the sworn itemizeC
statement made by the clerk to tn
Judge Of his court, of the amoun
and cost Of stationary required TO
the ensuing six months, the judg
may spread the statement upon tn
minutes and allow the payment o
the same out Of any surplus fund
that may be in the hands of sai'
clerk; provided, further, count
trustees collecting revenues of an.
town, city, taxing district or othe
municipality, shall not receive an
greater extra compensation there
for than $500, the cost of such col
lection, clerk hire, etc, to be born
equally by State, county and mu
nicipality.
(7) Provides for sworn state
ment of the amount of all fees, etc
to be made to the comptroller of tn
State, if State officer, and to tn
county Judge or chairman, if a cour
ty officer, on the first Mondays i
January and July of each year.
( (S) Provides that the penalty fc