Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-06
COUNTY SALARIES.

The new salary bill, reported by q
legislative committee, consisting of one
member from each county, and pub
lIshed in condensed form elsewhere in
this issue, Is being considered with
much interest by the York county Of
flcials.
Heretofore the auditor has been re-
ceiving $1,000 year salary and per-
quisite Of Is cents on each transfer
Of real estate. running his pay up per-
haps an additional 500. The treasurer
is paid in commissions that amount to
about $500 year, and per centage on
executions that seldom amount to as
much as 5000 a year. Under the pro-
posed new bill the treasurer will get
the same salary that is allowed the au-
ditor. This Is right as far as 1t goes.
Those best acquainted with the duties
and responsibilities Of both offices gen.
orally concur, however, in the view
that the treasurer should receive more
pay than the auditor, for the reason
that he duties are more exacting and
his responsibilities greater.
Whether the present bill becomes
law or not, it would seem that there
the system by which the treasurer gets
his compensation. That official is al
lowed a per centage on his collections,
and he Is not paid for any other service
he performs. Until he makes collec-
lions of taxes there Is nothing due him,
and If he should happen to die just be-
fore collections begin, he would have
served about nine months without any
pay whatever. His successor would get
full pay for the next three months
work.
The 1925 provided as. salary for the
clerk Of the court Is less than that
official has been receiving in fees. Just
what the clerk receives cannot be def
nitely arrived at. In making their an
nual estimates the county commission
ers usually provide $1,000 for the clerk;
but no such sum has ever been paid
the present incumbent. A few years
more numerous than now, the clerk
received nearly $500 year; but never
more than that sum. His fees from
the county run from about 1926 to $3.50.
The allowance Of SITS for the Office Of
coroner is very good idea. The office
seldom pays that much in fees. In fact
the pay is a question of so much doubt,
as to make the office so undesirable
that it is often a difficult matter to
have it filled efficiently. In view Of the
probable amount of work to be done,
SITS is about right.
The compensation Of the sheriff is
badly in need Of readjustment and this
bill is quite satisfactory to the present
incumbent. The sheriff is paid alto
gether in fees, and the greater portion
of his compensation comes from the
dieting of prisoners. During the period
when there was great activity In the
of the dispensary law, the
dieting fees amounted to a respectable
sum. Nowadays the sheriff's dieting
account frequently foots up less than
$40 month, and with the best he can
do it costs him at least $50 a month to
get this $40. OF course the average
runs higher than $40. For instance, in
January, 1899, it was $144.10, and in
January, 1900, it was $136.40. The next
this Office is the service Of papers in
most important source Of revenue to
this office IS the service Of papers in
civil cases; but of late years this has
not amounted to a great deal. Sheriff
Logan is very much pleased with the
that proposes to give him
o salary of $1,000 and allow 20 cents
a day for dieting. He thinks he can
live on that; but he says there is GER
tainly no living in the office under the
present arrangement.
AS to whether the bill under discus
sion will become law, Of course, cam
not be told with certainty. From the
under which it comes in