The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-20


this act.
Sec Ia All fees due and not collected
as shown In the reports required by sec
ton II of this act shall be collected by tho
officer TO whose office the iecs accrued and
on, of such part of delinquent fees as may
bts'due the county the officer making such
collection shall be entitled to 10 per cent of
the amount collected by him., and the re-
maindor shall be paid into the county
treasury as provided in section II OF this
act 1t shall not be legal for any officer
TO remit any fee that may be due under
the law fixing fees.
Sec Il. ANY officer named in section 10
of this act who shall fail to charge up
the fees or costs that may be due under
existing laws. or who shall remit any fee
that may be due under the law. or who
shall fail to make the report required N
section IL Of this act, or who shall pay his
deputy or assistant a less sum than the
amount specified in his sworn statement
or receive back any part OF such com
pensation allowed such deputy or assist
ant as rebate shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor and on conviction there
OF shall be fined in any sum not less than
s25 nor more than $500 Each act for
hidden In this section shall constitute a
separate offense.
Sec To- 1t is not intended by this act
that the commissioners court shall be de-
eX -officio services to county officials not
to he included In estimating the maximum
provided for in this act. when in their
judgment such comp ensation Is necessary
provided such compensation for N-ofIicio
services shall not exceed the amounts now
allowed under the law for eN-officio SER
vices provided. further. the fees allowed
by law to district and county clerks, coun-
" attorneys and tax collectors In suits to
collect taxes shall bo IN addition TO the
maximum salaries fixed by this act.
Sec. Id. 1t shall be the duty OF those
officials named In section IL of this act
and also OF the sheriff and district attor-
uey to keep a correct statement of the sums
coming into their hands as fees and com
Missions in a book 10 be provided by them
for that purpose. In which the officer al
the time when the fees or moneys shall
come into his hands shall enter the same
and II slall bc the duty Of the grand jury
tand tho district judge shall so charge the
grand iury) to examine all accounts at
the session of the district courts next sue
ceedinS the first day of December of each
year ard make Il report on same to the
district court at the conclusion of the ses-
sion Of the grand jury,
Sec. II, The officers named In section
10 of this act In those counties having a
population of $1,000 or less shall not he
required to make a report OF fees as pro-
population of the county to be determined
hv the vote cast al the last preceding pres
idaniial election on the basis OF five in
hahitants for each vote cast at such cleo
ZION.
Sec is. The tax collector and tax as
SCISSOR at the time of their settlement Of
accounts with the comptroller shall file
with him COPY of the sworn statement
required under section II of this act
Sec ~. y fiscal yegr within the meaning
II this act shall begin en- December | of
each wear and each officer named in sec
ton 10 Of this act shall hle the reports
and make the settlements required in this
act. on December OF each year Wherever
such officer serves for a fractional part
Of fiscal wear he shall nevertheless file
MS report and make a settlement for such
part Of year as he serves. and shall be
entitled to such proportional part of the
maximum allowed as the time OF his ser
vice bears to the entire year. However
an incoming officer elected at the general
election who qualities prior to December /
next following, shall not be required to
hle any report or make any settlement
before December 1 Of the following year
but his report and settlement shall EN-
brace tho entire period dating from his
qualification. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after December
i. 1897.
Sec 20. The sheriff shall not he required
TO include in his report and statements
required by sections II and IL of this act
the following items. o-wit: All actual
expenses including the per diem allowed
him received from the state in conveying
attached Witnesses ont of the county of
his residence End Mileage and sums al
lowed hy law and raid by the State as
cXpenses for removing and conveying
prisoners to and from any point beyond
the county of the sherin's residence under
an legal warrants ISSUED in felony cases
Bird, All sums received as rewards for max
ing arrests Of fugitives from Justice. 4th.
All sums received from the county for
the safe keeping; support and maintenance
OF prisoners confined in Jail
sec u All iIws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec % The fact that the session of
the legislature is fast growing to a close
and he importance Of this bill, and the
very crowded condition of the calendar
creates an emergency and an imperatiye
pubic necessity that the constitutional
rule recurring bills 10 be read on three
several DAYS be SUSPENDED. and TINT mis-
olli be put on its third reading and final
passage, and It is so enacted