St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
be increased except by unanimous

be increased except by unanimous
vote.
All fees received by any of the Of
ficers shall be paid into the treasury
of such city on the first secular day
of each and every month.
The applications for work to be done
in fee Offices is to be made by individ-
uals to the county auditor The bill
covering this matter has a section
which provides as follows:
Any person desiring the perform
ance by the register of deeds, sheriff
or clerk of the district court, of any
duty now imposed by law upon such
officers, shall apply to the county audi
tor, informing him of the nature of
the service required and by what Of
ficer to be performed; whereupon 1t
Shall be the duty of such auditor to
enter upon his books, arranged with
printed forms which shall enable hiri
to state in writing as briefly as reason
ably may be- by the aid or such print
ed forms, what services s.re desired.
Such auditor shall thereI Upon, after
making such entries, detaLh from such
page the last three Of sad forms, and
deliver the same to the applicant, who
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the county treasurer of strvh county
and pay to him in cash the charge or
deposit specified on snch blank. 1t
shall thereupon be the duty of such
treasurer to retain one of such forms
and to sign his name upon the other
two in such manner as to indicate the
receipt by him of the amount of such
charge or deposit, and the date of the
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to the person making such payment,
who shall thereupon present both of
said forms to the officer by whom, or
under whose charge or supervision the
service required is by law prescribed
to be rendered, furnishing him at the
same time any document or informa-
ton necessary for the proper perform
ance of such service. The officer is
then required to perform the services
asked of him.
The bill makes provision for reports
of fees and the work done, the pay
ment of fees into the treasury and the
payment of salaries to officers. 1t
also prescribes penalties for neglect or
refusal to perform the duties pre-
scribed.
The bill to fix salaries of county Of
ficers is lengthy and comprehensive.
One of the main provisions is that
in counties of 100000 population it
shall be the duty of the board Of county
commissioners thereof, on or before
the 1st day of June, A. D. 1895, and
every five years thereafter, to fix, by
resolution of such board adopted by a
majority vote, the monthly salary of
every officer, including all officers
elected by popular vote, and without
regard to whether their offices were
established by the constitution or 9TH
erwise, or whether the same in their
nature are executive, legislative or jul
dicial, except judges of the district
court, and by like resolution to fix the
aggregate amount to be paid to the
deputies, clerks and assistants in each
office.
No officer shall be paid a greater
monthly salary than $4,000 per annum,
nor shall there be paid in the aggre-
gate, to the clerks, employees or assist
ants, Of such offices in any calendar
month a greater amount than the low,
est aggregate amount which has actu-
ally been paid during the same cal
endar month to such clerk, employees
and assistants, or their predecessors in
the same position, in the same Office,
at any time during the period of two
years prior to the passage of this act.
The board shall also determine the
number of employees of all officers.
Provision is also made for reports by
all officers except judges.
NO SQUEEZING.
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to prohibit any manufacturing, COM
mercial or mercantile corporation from
purchasing any goods which it manu-
features under the powers of it's arti-
cles Of interpretations, or to sell the
same to any stockholder or company in
which such stakeholder is interested,
except for personal or domestic pur-
poses of the purchaser. These restric-
lions are to be imposed in cases where
any stakeholder shall object to such
purchase or sale. The object of the
bill is to prevent any stakeholder from
monopoliZing the business of corpo-
ration to the detriment of other stock
holders, or from shutting out small
stockholders.
DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Senator Sperry introduced bill that
is commendable, in that it suggests
that children shall not be placed in any
jail or prison before or after they are
| taken in custody for the object of being
| committed to the state public school,
but they may be kept at some home or
other place, to be selected by the coun-
ty commissioners.
Senator Sperry introduced another
bill which provides for admitting chill
dren to the state public school of girls,
over one and under fifteen wears and