The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
No. 4SS, A. Published May 10. 1909.
CHAPTER 157. LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER 1877, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 164a of the stat
utes. relating to the compensation and
salaries Of the register of deeds, his dep
uty and clerks their duties in respect to
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 fifty thousand or more.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. 90 en-
act as follows:
Section /. Section 764a, of the statutes
Is amended to read: Section 764a i
l.. In any county having population of
two hundred and 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 TO be fixed by the
board of supervisors of such county. He
shall appoint a deputy register of deeds
and such other clerks, copyists and assist
ants as said county board shall authorize
and prescribe. who shall be compensated
by salaries to be fixed by said county board
Said county board may at any annual or
adjourned meeting thereof prescribe the
number of said clerks, copyists and assist
ants that may be so appointed and may at
any. legal meeting thereof and from time
to time as the work in the Office of such
register OF deeds may require, increase or
decrease the number of such clerks, copy
lists and assistants that may be so ap-
pointed and employed or authorize the ap-
p0intment and employment. temporarily or
continuously, of additional clerks, and may
at any such meeting Tx 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
paid. And the salaries Of the register of
deeds, his deputy, clerks, copyists and as
sistants so paid, shall be in lieu of all fees,
per diem and compensation for services rem
dered by them.
g Every such register of deeds shall re-
ceiVe and collect the following fees, to-wit i:
~ For entering and recording any deed
or other instrument. seven and one-half
cents for each folio, and three cents for
every necessary entry thereof In the tract
index but not less than thirty
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.
80 For filing and entering any writ of
attachment or copy thereof with the GER
tihcate Of an officer or any certificate Of
sale, or notice of the tendency Of any &C.
ton, containing not more than twenty de-
PENDANTS twenty cents, and the same
for every twenty additional defendants, or
additional defendants not exceeding twenty.
in any such writ, certificate or notice.
(4) For copies of any records or papers,
five cents for each folio and twenty cents
for his certificate.
gage in the margin of record, ten cents.
60 For filing every other paper and
making entry thereof when necessary, ten
cents.
~ For a certified copy Of q full record
of any marriage, birth or death. forty
cents.
C8) For examining proofs of marriage,
birth or death when presented In the form
OF afidavits, twenty cents.
(9) For recording plats containing from
one to twenty lots, ten dollars, and for
plats containing from twenty to fifty lots,
thirteen dollars, and for each additional lot,
seven cents.
(10) And fees for such other services as
may be provided by law.
8. He shall keep accurate books Of &C.
count in which shall be entered from day
to day in journal the items of service
and the fees therefor, and the names of the
particular sacatiOns in which and per-
and shall carry the items Of charges into q
ledger account with proper references to
such journal entries and he shall quarterly
pay to the county treasurer of such county
all the fees, emoluments and Income Of every
kind and nature received by him as such
register, or his deputy or clerks for him,
Or which he or they were entitled to re-
ceive, and shall at the end 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 and income
collected by him or for him during such
quarter of the year, which he or they were
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
BILE for the faithful performance by his
deputy. clerks and other assistants Of all
his duties and liable for all their acts or
defaults, and his official bonds shall so pro-
vide.
Section 3 This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after It's passage and
publication.
Approved May 10. 1909.