Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14
No. ASS. AL Published Nav 10. 1909.
CHAPTER 157, LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER 157, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT TO amend section 764a Of the stat
utes, relating ~ the compensation and
salaries Of the register Cf deeds his dep
uty and clerks. their duties In respect To
the collection Of fees and accounting
therefor, and the number Of such clerks
ties having a population of two hundred
and fifty thousand or more.
The people Of the State % Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and assembly, do en-
section l. Section TG4a Of the statutes.
is amended to read: Section 164a
/. In any county having a population Of
two hundred and fifty thousand or more
according to the last state or United States
census, the register of deeds shall receive in
lieu OF all fees, a salary to be nxed by the
board Of supervisors OF such county. He
shall appoint 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 ami assist
ants thar may be so appointed and may at
any le gal 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 thorizc the APP
polnIment and employment temporarily or
continuously, Of additional clerks, and may
at any such meeting fix the amounts Of
p2id by the county treasurer monthly in the
same manner as other comfy officers are
paid. And the salaries Of the register of
deeds, his deputy. clerks, copyists and as
sstants so paid, shall be In lieu of all fees,
per diem and compensation for services rem
dered by them.
>. Every such re- Ister Of deeds shall re-
celve and collect the following fees tO-wit /:
"a For entering and recording any deed
or other instrument, seven and one-half
cer.s for each folio, and three cents fox
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.
t3l For filing and entering any writ OF
attachment or copy thereof with the GER
tidcate Of an officer, or nuy certificate OF
sale, or notice OF the pendency OF any ae-
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.
t4) For copies Of any records or papers
FIVE cents for each folio and twenty CENTS
for his certificate.
gage in the margin of a record. ten cents.
80 For filing every other paper and
making entry thereof when necessary, ten
cents.
"a For n certified copy Of full record
Of any marriage, birth or death. forty
cents.
Aol fNI eAdhlluI3AH PiooLS " itIstA4 afi-tt
birth or death when presented in the form
of afhdavIts, twenty cents.
90 For recording plats containing from
one TO twenty lots. ten dollars, and for
plats continuing from twenty To- fifty lots,
thirteen dollars, ana for each additional lot,
seven cents.
(10) Ar9 fees for such other services as
may be provided by law.
8. He shall keep accurate books Of nc
count in which shall be entered from day
to day in a journal the items of service
and the fees therefor and the names of the
particular transaCatious in which and per
SONS for whom such services are rendered,
and shalt carry he items Of charges into a
ledger account with proper references TO
such journal entries and he shall quarterly
all the fees, emoluments and income of every
kind and nature received by bin 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 boHrd, IN accurate
statement and report verified By his oath,
collected by him or for him during such
quarter Of the year, which he or they were
entitled 10 receive. and all the expenses of
his Office during such time. Tie register
Of deeds Of any such county AM the sure
ties on his official bonds shall be response
ble for the faithful performance by his
deputy clerks and other assistants Of all
his duties and liable for all their It's or
defaults, and his official bonds shall pro
Section .. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
Approved May 10, 1909