The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-21
N SATURDAY JANUARY o. 1911


and those In counties of from 81 OOO,-
600 to $1.5O0,O0O valuation. received
1000 a year. Under the provisions
OF the new proposed law the lowest
salary allowed is $1,000, that amount
being provided in all counties hay-
ing an assessed valuation of less than
81. 500. 900.
In counties having an assessed
valuation of from $1,0OO,O0O to 3d.
900, the new bill provides salary
OF $l,4OO. whereas the present law al
lows 1,2OO. In counties OF between
$2.000,OO0 and $3.OOO.OOO valuation.
the salaries as proposed would be
81 800 as against $1,4O0 at the present
time.
The old law made salary of
$1,000 In counties of from $4,000, 900
to $5.0O0.0 600. but the bill now before
the assembly provides that in coun-
ties of from $3,000,0OO to $4,000 ,0OO, a
salary Of ~ 500 shall he allowed; in
countless s. om $4,OO0,GOO to $4,50O,-
600. a sah 70 $1,7O0 is fixed. and in
counties OF hs4,50O,00O to $4,000
600, a salary . @<'0G is allowed. be-
nmo1at ing $500 greater g. the present
A big change is afs q. lie in coun-
ties of from s5,OOO,OOb> G.sS,OOO,O 900
assessed valuation. TheN x law al
lowed $1.7OO a year in that range
but the bill now proposed gives sew
eral graduations. A county OF from
s5.0C0,00O to s6,GOO,OOO pays $500;
from $6.0O0,O00 to $7,CC0.0OO valuation
pays $1,000. and a county OF from ST.
100000 to $S.00O,000 pays $1,000.
In counties of from $S,O0O,OOO to
100000 the old law provides
s1,SOO shall be the salary. while the
new law provides $4,000. In counties
of $10,000,00O assessed valuation, the
old law provides $4,000 salary. the
same being the highest salary allow
ed. The new bill provides a salaly of
$4,000 in counties of that valuation.
Counties having from $4,000 900 to
$11 100000 valuation must allow
salary of $2,400, and counties of $i2,-
GO0,000 valuation or over must allow
$1,000 salary for the register of
deeds.
Change in Shcrili's Office.
Sweeping changes in the method of
determining salaries of the sher:ffs
are also provided, Senate" Wallin fa-,
thering a bill that will. if passed.!
place sheriffs on salary basis. with
all fees collected being covered into
the Office of the county treasurer
Would Stop All Trains.
Representative Fritz of McHenry
county has bill that the railroad
companies will not take to very kind
ly. 1t requires that all railroad
companies must stop all passenger
trains at the county seats through
which they pass a sufficient length of
time 10 receive and let off passengers
with safety. This bill, if it became
law, would result in some important
time card changes on both the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific
railroads, as those two companies op-
crate trains through the state that do
little else than hesitate at number
of important county seats.
"'| Must Be Citizen.
To become a deputy state. county
or city officer, or member of any kind
of an official board, one must be
bona-fide citizen of the United States
if the provisions of the Welo bills on
that subject are enacted into law.
The present law provides that an
alien who has declared his intention
of becoming a citizen of the United
States may be employed as deputy,
clerk or member OF such board, but
under the terms of the Welo bill
such alians would not be entitled to
appointments OF that nature.
Want Dollar a Day More.
County commissioners want an in
crease in their salaries also, Senator
jacobson having introduced bill
that provides for salary of S. day
as against 81 at the present time.
His bill also provides that should a
member of the board engage in other
official duties while attending reg
ular meeting and drawing the regular
salary of S. day, that no additional
compensation shall be allowed.
Initiative Gives Trouble.
The initiative and referendum is al
ready causing the judiciary commit
tee of the house cause for concern
At several sessions recently bills
covering that question have been up
for consideration and on one occasion
the bills were nearly recommended
for indefinite postponement
1t is understood that the committee
will make report to the house in
such manner that the members will
have ample opportunity of discussing
various phazes of the principle, but
that report will not be forthcoming
for some little time as vet