The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-01-14
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The Various County Omcerz, New and Old
Are Now Working Under Il.

The Various County OmCerSs New and Old,
Are Now Working Under e.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 10-The various
county officers elected in Kansas at
the election last fall, with the exeep-
ton of county treasurers, qualified
and began their official duties to-day.
At the time Of their taking Office the
new fee and salary law passed by the
legislature lsst winter took effect
This law makes many changes In
some Of the counties It raises the sal
aries, while in others it decreases
them The decreases are principally
in the western Kansas counties, while
the increases are in the counties hav-
ing large population The salaries of
county treasurer range from 500 and
500 clerk hire, in counties having less
than 1,5OO inhabitants, to s., 500 and
$1,000 clerk hire, in counties having
10000 or over This helps the treasur-
ers in the large counties materially.
The old law only gave them s., 400 a
year and they were required to pay
their own clerk hire.
County clerks fare about the same
under the new law as they did under
the old one In counties having less
than !, 500 inhabitants they will receive
500 per annum and $50 clerk hire.
Then the scale is gradually raised until
counties having $4,000 population give
the clerks 8, 400 q year and 81, 200 clerk
hire.
The schedule for paying county su-
Perintendents is changed considerably.
They will receive salaries based on the
school population. No superintendent
can receive more than 81, OOO however.
County attorneys fare better under
the new law than they did under the
old. They are given salaries from $500
up to 81, 500 and the law allows assist
ants in counties containing cities of
the first class. Heretofore the county
attorney in each of these counties has
been compelled to pay the deputy out
of his own salary. All fees hereafter
collected BY these officers must be
turned into the treasury.
Clerks of the district courts are paid
in fees They are allowed to keep all
fees ranging upwards from $500 to
s., 200 in proportion to the population
of the counties and all over those
amounts they must divide with the
county, share and share alike. The fees
are greatly reduced, so that not many
clerks viii have any surplus to divide
with the county.
Sheriffs are allowed fees ranging
from 81, 200 up to s., 500, according to
population, and twO-thirds Of all the
rest collected over that amount. The
county gets the rest The old system
Of fees in this Office are also reduced
The sheriff is allowed So day for con-
veying prisoners to the penitentiary
and actual expenses. He used to get
ten cents mile.
The probate judges in the large cOun-
ties fare all right, but in small cOun-
ties they are reduced to penury. Many
of them in western Kansas will likely
give up their jobs. But in Wyandotte
county, for instance, the probate judge
gets s., 400 a year while the district
Judge receives only s., 500. The dis
triet judge is the hardest worked Of
fetal in the state Of Kansas. There is
a great difference in western Kansas.
The district judge gets the same
amount that the WyandOtte district
judge does but the probate judge gets
about SIS year.
Registers of deeds get from $500 to
81, 200 according to population If the
amount exceeds the salaries, then the
register gets so per cent of the addi-
tional fees.
Court stenOgraphers are paid by the
state Their salaries average $3.50 a
month, and their fees for preparing
cases are cut just 80 per cent