The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-05
First published April 5, 1893.)
Senate Bill No. 80.
AN ACT

Regulating the fees and salaries and prescrib-
Ing certain duties of the county officers Of
Usage county, Kansas.
Be Il enacted By the Legislature Of the State of
Kansas:
SEoT1oN1. The several officers of Usage
county named In this section shall receive the
following sums as full compensation for their
services per annum, except as hereinafter pro
vided: Treasurer, twelve hundred dollars;
sheriff, twelve hundred dollars, and mileage;
probate judge, one thousand dollars; county
clerk, one thousand dollars; register Of deeds,
one thousand dollars; county attorney, one
thousand dollars and fees; clerk of the district
court, one thousand dollars; superintendent of
public instruction, one thousand dollars; each
county commissioner, three hundred and sixty
dollars. The above salaries shall be allowed
by the county commissioners In monthly In
Stallments, by issuing orders on the county
treasurer, who shall pay the same out Of the
funds Of the county treasury: Provided. That
no part of this act shall be construed as affect
ing the existing law in relation to the county
treasurer's mileage In his settlements with the
state treasurer.
SEC 2. Each officer mentioned in the pre-
eedlng section, including county surveyor and
coroner, shall keep correct itemiZed account
of all fees and mlleages received by him by
virtue Of mis- office, I ON all sources whatever,
In books to be provided by the county COM
missloners for the purpose, showing the
pose, and the date thereof, and shall, on the
first day of the regular session of tine board Of
county commissioners In each month, make
out, present to and lle with said board an
ltemiZed, detailed, correct and sworn state
ment of the amount of fees and mlleages re-
ceived by him during the preceding month; all
fees and mileages received In their LfficiRl ca
paolty by the aforesaid officers, excepting
county attorney, surveyor and coroner and
further excepting the mileages only of the
sheriff, or coming into their hands by virtue
of law, shall be paid over by them to the board
of county commissioners, to be by them con-
veyed into the county treasury, TO be credited
to the general fund. Any officer who shall fail
to enter into such book any fees or mileages
received'by him, or who shall not make full
and correct report thereof to the board of
county comm sSiOners or who shall fail to pay
over the amount collected by him to the said
board as above provided, shall forfeit bis office;
and Il Is hereby made the duty Of the county
attorney to enforce such forfeiture, and to re-
cover the amount due from such officer by
proper legal proceeding; and 1t Is hereby made
the duty of every officer who Is by this act re-
Quired to keep an account Of fees and mileages
received by him to deliver to the board OF
county commissioners, on demand, the book
containing the acc Iunt OF the fees ana mile
ages received by him by virtue OF his office:
Sec 3. If any officer who is required by the
preceding section to make out. present to and
ale with the board OF county commissioners
statement of fees and mileages received by
him shall fall to Ole such statement on the
first day of the regular session OF the board or
county com msslOneFs, as hereinafter pro-
vided, he shall forfeit ten dollars for each
day he shall will fully fail so to do; such for
feiture 70 be recovered as In other cases. for
the SUPPORT OF common s hools OF the county.
Sec 4. If the board OF county commission
ers shall audit and order TO be paid any
monthly or other installments or OF the com.
or neglected to mako the reports required of