San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

grand juries; provided, however,
that the judge shall not approve
the account of any sheriff for
more than one witness to any one fact,
nor more than any three witnesses to
any one case pending before the grand
jury in which case the sheriff shall
receive the same compensation as he
does for conveying attached witnesses
before the court. Subdivision 8 of
section of this act shall apply to the
officers affected thereby in all the
counties in Texas.
9. For attending prisoner on ha-
beas corpus. for each day, s1.60, to-
gether with mileage, as provided in
subdivision 5, when removing such
prisoner out of the county, under an
order issued by district or appellate
Judge.
Section 5. All fees accruing under this
act shall be due and payable at the
close of each term of the district court
after approval, except as provided for
in subdivisions and of the preced-
ing section, which shall be paid when
approved by the judge under whose
order the writ was issued; provided,
that in all cases when the defendant
shall be finally convicted of a misde-
meanor, the sheriff or constable shall
be required to pay back to the state
| treasurer a sum of money equal to
the amount he may have received from
the state in such cases, and the said
sheriff or constable and their bondsmen
shall be responsible to the state for
such sums.
Section 6. In cases where the defen-
dant is indicted for felony, and is
convicted of an offense less than a fell
ony, no cost shall be paid by the state
to any officer.
Section 7. That in those counties
where there shall have been cast at the
next preceding presidential election less
than 5000 votes the clerk of the dis
trict courts, district attorneys. county
attorneys, sheriffs and constables shall
receive from the state the fees and
compensation in felony cases allowed
under now existing laws, and are moi
intended to be affected by the provis-
ions of sections l, 2, 8. 4, 8 and 6, of
this act.
Section s. Each assessor of taxes
shall receive the following compensa-
ton for his services, which shall be es-
timated upon the total values of, the
property assessed, as follows: For as
sessing the state and county tax on
all sums for the first $1,000, 900 or less
cents for each 100 Of property assess
ed; and on Ssiiii sums in excess of over
81, 100000 and less than S5,000,000, "a
cents on each 500: and on all sums
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each 500. One half of the above fees
shall be paid by the state and one-half
by the county; and for assessing the
poll tax, cents for each poll, which
shall be paid by the state. The COM
missioners' court may allow to the as
SCISSOR of taxes such sums of money,
to be paid monthly from the county
treasury, as may be necessary to pay
for clerical work, taking assessments
and making out the tax rolls of the
county, such sums so allowed to be de-
Quoted from the amount allowed to
the assessor as compensation upon
the completion of said tax rolls; pro-
vided, the amount allowed the asses
sor by the commissioners court shall
not exceed the compensation that may
be due by the county to him for as
sessing.
Section 8. There shall be paid for the
collection of taxes, as compensation
| for the services of the collector, be-
ginning with the first day of September
of each year, per cent on the first
SO, 900 collected for the state, and
percent on the next $4,000 collected
for the state. and / per cent on all
collected over that sum; for collecting
the county taxes, per cent on the
first $1,000 of such taxes collected. and
per cent on the next $1,000 collected,
and ~ per cent on all such taxes
collected over that sum, and in .coun-
ties owing subsidies to railroads the
collectors shall receive only 1 per cent
! for collecting such railroad tax; and
in cases where property Is levied upon
land sold for taxes, he shah receive the
same compensation as allowed by law
to sheriffs or fonstables upon making
] a levy and salA in similar cases. hut in