Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-02-26
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2o.
NEW SALARIES.


some knotty problems TO solve in
the eight-day session just com
pleted. One of the hardest was the
salaries, which goes into effect I'M
der the new law.
THE COUNTY sUPERINTENDENT's
salary was reduced 800 and sou
deducted for every. school he fails
to visit during the year. This pro-
vision has no terrors for Supt. Cool.
however, as he has already visited
all the schools with the exception
of about ten. The commissioners
cut the Examining Boards in two
but Prof. Mundy refused to accept
$500 for four days hard work on ex.
animation papers and returned his
voucher.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
This is a fee Office, and the new
salary bill reduces the fees fully
30 per cent. Chattel Mortgages
that used to be 90 cents are now %
cents. Marginal Mortgages release
formerly 80 cents; now % cents.
Where formerly the charge was %
cents per folio for the first folio
aud 10 cents for each additional
one, the charge is now 10 cents per
folio straight. All the fees to $3.50
90 TO the register and oDe-half the
fees above that amount. The com.
missioners did not allow clerk hire
for the Register of Deeds Office.
Old salary of Register was all fees
to ~, 400 and half above that.
DISTRICT CLERK.
The District Clerks Office is fee
Office. Formerly they were allowed
the fees to $1,000, now they are al
lowed all fees TO $500, and one.half
above that amount. Fees are cut
in many instances. No clerk hire
allowed by commissioners.
SHERIFF.
The Sheriff got il in good shape.
He only gets &c per mile and lOc on
first supena. Cut 10c on warrants;
cut the Jail &c per day OH each
prisoner over 20. Taking prisoners
to the pen before was l0c per mile,
now II IL Sc. Attending session of
district CO urt before was $500 day,
now it is now $l.50 FER day. A
together it makes fully Is differ
ence in the pay of this Office. us.
tices fees were cut half in two and
the constables allowed 10 go I'M
scathed.
PROBATE JUDGE.
Probably this Office will be pracli-
caliy the same as before. although
the fees on nearly everything ex
cept on marriage licenses were re-
duced. Formerly the Judge got all
the fees to $l400. aud one-half above
that. The reduction in fee charges
will about balance the old and new
salary.
TREAsURER's OFFICE.
Former salary was $1,000, and no
clerk hire. The new salary is $22OO
and the commissioners allowed
$685. per month for clerk hire.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
The County Attorney receives o
salary of $1,000. and an allowance
for assistant of 5000 per month.
His former salary and fees were
much in excess of this, and there
will be no fees to the county at
torney under the new law, all such
fees goes into the school fund.
COUNTY CLERK
Former salary for this Office was
$24OO and certain fees, but no clerk
hire. The new salary is 5000. no
fees, and the commissioners al
lowed 5000 per month for clerk
hire. Ex.couuty recorder Bender
presented bill for $3ll for de-
stroying the released chattel mort
cages. There was about 1900 of
these, an accumulation since the
orga nization of the county. There
was some discussion as TO this al
lowance, but the law says they
should be checked up aud the
books all stamped Cancelled" and
the mortgage destroyed. The
commissioners corresponded with
other counties and as this bill had
been allowed elsewhere il was al.
lowed here. The only question APP
parently was the amount that
should be allowed.
COMMISSIONERS.
Old law allowed them $500 per
year, The new law allows them
$500 per day and the salary for the
year shall not exceed 500.
The benefit given in honor of
Miss Birtha Quigg, the librarian,
was a grand success. The old city