The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-31

Ridge. Florida, will introduce the fol-
lowing bill in the next legislature. 1t
is reprinted in this paper so as to
call general attention to it:
A bill to be entitled an Act to Fix
the Compensation of Clerks of the
Circuit Courts, Sheriffs, Tax Asses
sors, Tax Collectors, County Treas
urers and County Judges in the
State of Florida; to provide for the
payment thereof by the counties,
and to require all costs, fees, emol-
uments, perquisites and commits
sions now or hereafter to be pro-
vided for such officers to be col
lected by them and paid over to the
County Treasurer of the respective
counties.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature OF
the State of Florida:
Section /. That for the purpose of
this act the counties of the state of
Florida are classified as follows:
Glass A shall contain all counties
wherein. according to the census lat
est taken and promulgated by author
ity of the United States, the popula-
ton shall not exceed ten thousand
inhabitants.
Glass B shall contain all counties
wherein the population, according to
such census shall exceed ten thous-
and inhabitants and shall not exceed
twenty-five thousand.
Glass G shall contain all counties
wherein the population, according to
such census shall exceed twenty-five
thousand inhabitants, and shall not
exceed forty thousand.
Glass ID shall contain all counties
wherein the population, according to
such census shall exceed forty thous-
and inhabitants.
Sec. 2. The clerks of the circuit
courts, sheriffs, tax assessors, tax
collectors, county treasurers and coun-
ty judges shall receive for their sew
eral compensations as such officers
salaries which shall be paid quarterly
by the counties Such annual salaries
shall be as follows:
In Glass A counties the clerk of the
circuit court shall receive twelve hun
dred dollars; the sheriff, twelve hun
dred dollars; the tax assessor, one
thousand dollars; the tax collector,
one thousand dollars; the county
treasurer, six hundred dollaras, and
the county Judge. seven hundred and
fifty dollars.
In Class B counties the clerk of the
circuit court shall receive eighteen
hundred dollars; the sheriff, eighteen
hundred dollars; the tax assessor,
twelve hundred dollars; the tax col
lector, twelve hundred dodlars; the
county treasurer, seven hundred and
fifty dollars. and the county judge,
one thousand dollars.
In Glass C counties the clerk of the
circuit court shall receive twenty-four
hundred dollars! the sheriff. twenty
four hundred dollars; the tax asses
sor, fifteen hundred dollars; the tax
collector, fifteen hundred dollars; the
county treasurer one thousand dollars,
and the county judge, fifteen hundred
dollars.
In Class d counties the clerk of the
circuit court shall receive three thous-
and dollars the sheriff, three thous-
and dollars; the tax assessor, eighteen
hundred dollars; the tax collector,
eighteen hundred dollars; the county
treasurer, twelve hundred dollars, and
the county judge, fifteen hundred dor
lars.
Sec. 3. The compensation herein
provided is hereby expressly declared
to be full compensation and payment
for the performance of all official acts,
duties and services in civil and crimi-
nal matters, or otherwise, that are
imposed upon such county officers by
the laws Of this state, including all
official acts, duties and services, ex-
officio or otherwise, except that sher-
IFS as ex-officio administrators of es-
tates of deceased persons shall re-
ceive the same compensation and be
paid In the same manner as other
administrators; and also that they
shall receive the amount provided by
law for feeding prisoners; provided,
that when sheriffs are required to go
beyond the limits of their respective
counties in order to execute crimi-
nal process of any character. in addi-
ton to the said fees herein provided,
shall receive their actual expenses, in
Guiding actual expenses incurred in
conveying prisoners. incurred in serv-
ing such process beyond the limits of
their respective counties as aforesaid,
which said expenses shall be paid up