The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-03

cial salary committee, being absent,
the report of the committee was made
by Mr.. Snow. An abstract OF the
same. which was in the form of bill,
is as follows:
Senate bill SO, An act to provide for
the fixing of salaries of state and coun-
ty officers. The bill says:
The salary of the state officers, which
shall be paid out of the state treasury
are hereby fixed as follows:
Executive. salary
Governor Observation-Disclosures. 81, 900
Secretary of state ............... 1000
Auditor ...........-...''.- I'oo o
Treasurer ...........'.''''' 1'g 10y
Attorney General .......... LOU
Superintendent of public instruc-
ton Observation-Disclosures. l,5Oo
Fish and game commissioner 5OO
Judicial, military and land:
Justices of supreme court, each. 3,0OO
Clerk of supreme court. l,SSO
Supreme court reporter ......... 5OO
District judges, each ...........--- 3,OO0
Acknowledgement .............. 0UO
Land commissioners, each ........ 1000
These salaries are to be paid quarter
ly out of any funds not otherwise ap-
propriated.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
In all counties of the state the salary
of the officers shall be fixed by the
board of commissioners, and within
thirty days after the passage of the
act, it was made the duty of such com
missioner to fix and determine the sal
airy of each officer employed by the
county. Then at the next regular
meeting of the board, prior to the cleo
on - Roll
the salaries are to be fixed for the en-
suing two years
The salary of the county commits
sioners shall be 81 per day for every
day actually employed in official du-
ties and 20 cents per mile one way from
their places of residence TO the county
seat at each session of the court at
tended by them.
No county officer shall receive any
fee, emolument or penalty for his own
use. outside the amount fixed for his
salary. All officers of counties, save
notartes public, boards Of arbitration,
commissioners, justices of the peace
and constables are to be paid salaries.
Salaries must be paid quarterly out
of the contingent fund of the county
upon the order of the board of county
commissioners, except the salary of
sheriff, attorney, clerk, assessor and
treasurer, which are payable quarterly
one-half from the contingent fund of
the county upon the order of the board
of county commissioners, and the other
half from the state treasury, upon the
warrant of the state auditor, upon pre-
sentation of a certificate from the
board of county commissioners stat
ing the amount for which the same is
to be drawn. Provided said salaries
shall be approved by the state board
of examiners.
The salaries herein provided for coun-
ty officers shall be full compensation
for all services of every kind and de-
scription rendered by such officers;
provided, that the county commission
ers shall pay the actual expenses of
the sheriff while on official duties. to
be audited by the board of county
commissioners.
Whenever the county commissioners
at the regular September session prior
to any general election, shall order and
enter the said order on their Journals
any two or more county offices which
do not conflict SO far as their duties
are concerned, may be combined and
one person elected to fill the Offices
thus combined; and in cases where one
othcer performs the duties of one or
more office, he shall receive the com
bined salaries thereof.
All 1OuAly OluCeIS whose salaries are
fixed by law, except county commits
sioner, shall have the right to apnoint
such deputies or assistants as the bust
ness of their respective offices NAV
require, for whose compensation tbav
shall be alone responsible.
This act shall take effect upon an
proval.
RECOMMITTED.
AS soon as the bill was repo,ted and
read Mr.. Sutherland moved to refer il
back to the committee with instrpc-
tons to report a bill fixing the saTa-
rles of the county officers.
This was declared out of order
Whereat sutherland changed his mo-
tlon TO one reconsidering the bill.
Mr.. Snow remarked that the com
mittee had expended a great deal Of
time on the salary matter, and had
made an effort to classify the conn
Ties, but without avail. It was an
easy matter as concerns two or three
OF the larger counties, but when tha
smaller subdivisions were reached the
committee found itself unable to act
The committee had been unable to
agree and had reported this measure.
1t would not settle that disagreement.
the reference desired by the senator
from this city.
49, bSANAAO44 cl4AQ UCllENGu I0dC III the
committee was instructed to report a
bill fixing the salaries it would do 50.
1t might not meet with the approval
of all the members OF the senate. of
course, but an agreement might be
reached. If as stated in the measure.
the state is to pay one-half of the sal
aries Of county officers, surely the state
should have something to say in the
matter. The special committee has
had this matter in its hands for sixty
days, and ought to have arrived
at some conclusion long ago. The bill
which was reported, was one which
any man. with stenographer, could
prepare and report in half an hours
time.
Booth had no structures for the
committee, but if the state was to paw
half the salaries of certain county Off
GERS. then the state should have
voice in the matter. Primarily, he did
not favor the state paying these sal
aries. There would be no way of reg
ulating the limit of expense of the
state. if this rule was going to prevail
unless the state fixed the salaries
County commissioners could fix the
salary of the officers at figures much
in excess of those which might be de-
termined upon by the legislature. He
believed the state ought To fly the