The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
No. 3SS, A. Published May 10. 1909
CHAPTER 157. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend section 164a of the stat
utes. relating to the compensation and
salaries of the reg ster Of deeds. his dep
uty and CLERKS. their duties in respect 10
the collection Of fees and accounting
therefor, and the number OF such clerks
and assistants to be appointed in coun.
ties having population Of two hundred
and ATTY thousand or more.
The people OF the State o. Wisconsin, rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows;
section l. Section 7e4a, of the statutes,
is amended to read Section 7j+0
!. In any county having population of
two hundred ana fifty Thousand or more
according to the last state or United states
census, the reg ster OF deeds shall receive in
lieu Of all fees. salary 70 be liked by the
board OF supervisors Of such county He
shall appoint deputy register of deeds
and such other clerks, cupyists aud assist
ants as said county hoard sha! authorize
ana prescribe who shall be compensated
by salaries to he fixed by said county board.
Said county board may at any annual or
adjourned meeting thereof prescribe the
number OF SAD clerks. cOpyistS and assist
ants that may be SO appointed and may at
any legal meeting thereof and from time
TO tine as the work in the Office OF such
register Of deeds may require, increase or
decrease the number of such clerks, copy
SITS and assistants that may be so APP
pointed ana employed or authorize the APP
polntment and employment. temporarily Or
continuously, Of additional clerks, and may
At any such meeting fix the amounts OF
their salaries. All such salaries shall be
paid by the county treasurer monthly in the
same manner as other county officers are
pad And the salaries OF the register Of
deeds, his deputy, clerks, copysts and as
sistants SO paid, shall be ia lieu OF all fees,
per diem and compensation for services rem
dercd by them.
.. Every such register Of deeds shall re-
Ceive and collect the following fees. to-wit:
% For entering and recording any decd
or other Instrument seven and one. half
cents for each folio, and three cents for
every necessary entry thereof In the tract
seven and one half cents for any deed nor
sixty cents for any mortgage.
~ For recording any Instrument writ
ten in any other than the English language.
fifteen cents for each folio.
go For hllng and entering any writ OF
attachment or copy thereof, with the GER
tlhcate Of an officer, or any certlhcate OF
sale, ar notice OF the pendency of any nc
ti0n, containing not more thaD twenty de
PENDANTS. twenty cents, and the same
for every twenty additional defendants, or
additional dCfenQaulS not exceeding twenty,
IN any such VIII, certificate or notice.
(4D For copies OF any records OF papers,
Eve cents for each folio and twenty cents
90 For entry Of discharge OF mort
gage In the ina gin Of record, ten cents.
go For filing every other paper and
making entry thereof when necessary ten
~ For certified copy OF a full record
OF any marriage, birth or death. forty
cents
- For examining proofs Of marriage,
birth or death when presented Ia the form
Of aihdavits, twenty cents.
(9) For recording plats containing from
one to twenty lots ten dollars, and for
p'ats containing from twenty TO hfty lots,
thirteen dollars, and for each additional lot,
srcen cents.
tI0l And fees for such other services as
may be prov ded by law.
3. lie shall keep accurate books Of ac-
count III which shall be entered from day
to day n q journal the items of service
and the fees therefor and the names Of the
particular trausaCatiuns In which and per-
sons for whom such services are rendered,
and shall carry the Items of charges into a
ledger account with proper references to
such Journal entries and he shall quarterly
all the fees. emoumCnts and Income OF every
kind and nature received by him as such
register OF his deputy or clerks for him,
or which he or they We're entitled to re-
Ccive. and shall at the enc Of each quarter
Of the year file with the county clerk, to
be laid before the county board. an accurate
statement and report verified by his oath,
OF all such fees, emoluments ana Income
collected by him or for him during such
entitled to receive, and all the expenses Of
his Office during such time. The register
Of deeds Of any such county and the sure
ties on his official bonds shall be RESPONSE
bic for the faithful performance by his
deputy clerks and uths assistants Of all
his duties and liable for all their acts or
defaults, and his Official bonds shal! SO pro-
vide
Section :. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
ApnrDyoI Mup 1900