Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-06
new SALARY LAW.
How the Legislature Is Thinking Of Compensa'
ting County officers.

how the Legislature Is lninkInS oI 1oHPehSd-
ting County Officers.
The joint committee appointed by
the house and by the senate to draft a
scale of salaries to be paid the county
officials in the state has reported by
bill. In fixing the salaries of the coun-
ty auditors, the state is to pay two
thirds and the county one-third Of the
amount. The same proportion is to be
observed in making up the salaries OF
the county treasurers, and the latter
receive identically the same salaries
as the auditors. Section Of the bill
provides:
That on and after the passage Of
this act, the county officials of the state
in the various counties Of this state
shall each receive compensation fixed
in the subsequent sections Of this act,
the same being graded in proportion to
the population and necessary service
required.
Section 2 fixes the salaries Of the
county auditors and provides that in
addition to the salaries herein provid-
ed for, the county auditors shall receive
a fee of rs cents for each conveyance
of real estate transferred upon the rec
ords of their respective offices, such
fee to be paid by the person or persons
presenting the conveyance for trans
fer"
The county treasurer. it is provided
in section 3, shall be entitled, in addt-
tion to the salaries so provided for, to
charge delinquent taxpayers 81 for each
tax execution issued against such de-
linquents, such fee is not to be charge
able against the county.
AS to the sheriff it is provided in Sec
tion 4 that these officials shall receive
salaries in lieu of all costs and fees ex
cept 20 cents per day for dieting pris-
oners in custody, and actual travelling
expenses for himself and prisoners or
lunatics conveyed beyond the county.
Section is devoted to the salaries of
the clerks of court, who shall receive
no costs or fees chargeable against
the county.
pervlsors. AS to county commission
ers, the bill specifies:
That the county commissioners of the
various counties of this state shall
each receive as compensation for their
services the sum of SO per day, without
mileage, for the time actually engaged
in the performance of their duties, the
number of days in each county not to
exceed the number fixed by law for
such county.
After fixing the salaries Of the coun-
ty superintendent of education the bill
provides: That the members of the
rious counties of this state, appointed
by the state board of education, shall
each receive as compensation for their
service the sum Of SO for each day nee
essarily employed and cents per mile
for each mile necessarily travelled in
the public service, the number Of days
charged for in any year not to exceed
seven.
After fixing the salaries Of the coro-
ners the bill has the following provis-
ions:
That the township assessors Of the
various counties Of the state shall each
receive as compensation for their SER
vice the sum of 81 per day for the time
actually employed, not to exceed two
days in any one year. except in those
years when real estate is to be assess
ed. when the numbers Of days charged
for shall not exceed three.
That the members Of the county
boards of equalization Of the various
counties Of this state shall each receive
as compensation for their services the
sum of 80 per day for the time actually
engaged, and five cents per mile for
necessary travel, the number Of days
charged for in any one year not exceed
ing three. except in those years when
real estate is to be assessed. when the
exceed five.
That the salaries and other comDen-
sations hereinabove provided for shall
be paid by the respective counties to
which the county officers entitled to re-
ceive the same belong, except such por-
tions thereof as are payable by the
state under the terms Of this act.
The salaries for York county, under
the foregoing bill, are as follows: