The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-08

iaiufe. undertaking 10 hX salary
Tor aH conntg mdses ON minimum
salary 81 $3.50 per anuWn when
he bin reciies thai ID shall Duf take
eaeci untl aFier the general election
Of 1910
Fourth While those are unWaf
fanied leaks IN tae county treasury,
The l0od gates are ail knocked down
when the sherlns office IS consider
"a The legislature m territorial
lays 1880 beginning al PAGE ido
very wisely enacted a general lee
system Section !. first fixing
schedule of fees. then provides an
amount beyond which they could moi
go and required an itemzed and
sworn statement to be made tn he
county commissioners at TIE end 90
each quarter And In section q
provides that ii the fees collected
during the quarter as shawn bV their
report exceeds The am0unt allowed
t. De retained for sic quarter hal &
should be turned INTO the treasury
bnt provided thai should the amoan
of fees thus collected tnot eanedl
be less than the pre- rata of the mas
imum compensation authorizes ihe
board OF county commissioners tu
make good the deficit our OF The
treasury provided however thai lha
sheriff then had a credit in his layer
On overplus 81 fees turned in from
any previous quarter during his term
on terms of office Bnt there Is no
law in Oklahoma which authorizes
the board of county commissioners 10
make This deficit good out 0i anN
other fund except the excess ~ fees
pre- 'iously turned in By The sheriff
but yet IT is c0ntended. claimed and
In many counties collected out OF any
ether funds then in The treasury no.
otherwise especially provided for
waether The deficit arises from earn
el but not collected from civil 9f
criminal cases. thus IA effect having
the county as special guardian lof
It's sheriff and insuring him aeains
loss III All litigaiions Of every la
serpiion pending in be county
say THAI NO state and no county eau
AFFORD 10 establish such system hu
these talugs are all being done AlS
Examiner and Inspector and Nr A..
orney general what are you goi 20
do about it2
The commissioners ccsA a
statutory court entrusted with 4 sa-
cred duty. Ihe commissioners ars
the disbursing officers of the finance
of The county they have no author
lty to nav out money not provided
81 law and no sane man viii cor.
tend Thai the statute anywhere pro
ides chat money can he paid out for
this nnFpOsa II q not tha province
Oh the officers to create laws for
their own cunNeniofce. nor can tAe
denarImeute rule Thai officers can
use fhe paanioS money. because
they may think II rlehf on even iuat
The attorney general can only con.
sfruo The laws "a le finds them aud
has hut authority 10 make or change
them 1T win however meritorioua the
change mieht be-.
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tian / saVs .be NAV rataie ope of H.
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osn rntati that shiah NJ has nat
~ rece,vad mn if nm law stunned
NM tbrpn m,ohs 49, r.om fal lan.
sfenins .,at N. asnl. n.t rafsIn bIi
f. sneiion Whift reaas r,e ehall i.
the tima of making such report. nay
into lhe county treasury all MONEYS
received by him. his deputies OF
under-shein. AS fees fof iheif gefY
lees during The three months imme
diaiolv preceding ihe date of filing
snch report in excess on 6neloufih
of The amount allowed by law as he
annual compensatlan OF fae shorT
anil allowances te nndaF yherifg ana
deputies. provided that should tine
amount cg fees received by the sher
if during amy quarter be less han
the amount allowed 90 him as has
/. salary for said quarter under tae pro.
sisions OF this act, such deficiency
may b. made up o0l Of ihe excess ai
his receipts from Ices over the
amount OF hts salary during ans
quarter OF bis Term or terms 81 ofit E
Il is seen thar tar court is moi au-
thorized TO pay money out OF the
treasury except an oYefplus previous
also ihal i was aoi l9ten'sa t, Df lns
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