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filers shall be chargable in their set dement's, as provided by this act, with all such sums for fees as are charged or earned by them, whether the sane h- oo''ected by them or not.
 Seoticn 6. That in addition to the annual report to the circuit judge required of all county officers by Chapter LXv of Kirby's Digest of th Statutes Arkansas, the coun.,; off cers # Lc.'',,tr county, excepting the asse,;..' aud county su. u.veycr, shall each. on the first day of ev- cry term o:. (; lnty court of sa'; conn ty f..e u -. su 'temized tatement. duly verified by e oath s:>r O. '., .,. and cor show ing each a,a e'Fy item of fees con- mi,.i..s .u" 1luments ca e.s CT earned D. h ,.ficer du.,:s hs .'r- ceding quarter year, whether actual ly collected by him or not, and also an itemized statement of the several sums for which he asks credit under this act. The county court shall thereupon and without deay, proceed to audit said account and make such allowances to the officer as are here in authorized and none others. Tue court shall also reject and disat: w any item of credit c'ai in s'th account which, it finds to be hot justly due such officer un !.- the jaw. aLd shall charge him with .ll such sums which it shall find arr justy due iram or have been received D, such officer and which are not correcty shown on said account. When the court shall have audited the accounts as herein provided, it shall cause it's findings to be at once entered upon it's re- cords and the county clerk shall charge such officer with any balance which, upon such settlement, shall be found by the court to be due from him to the county. The court shall al- so enter on record the kind of funds due from the officer, whether scrip or currency, and the amount of each, and payment shall be made in ac- cordance with such finding Any such officer who shall fail to file the itemized statement as is in this section provided shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor in office, and on conviction thereof i'll the circuit court shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and removed from office.
 Section a If any sum shall be found by the court to be due from any officer to the county, 1t shall be the duty of such officer to pay the same to the county treasurer within ten days thereafter, taking duplicate re- ceipts therefor, one of which he shall filed with the county clerk, who shall credit him with the pay ment shown therein, end such officer shall be liable upon his official bond for the payment to the county treas urer of any sum so found by the court to be due from him as herein provid- ed.
 Section &. That the county, any of- ficer or taxpayer who is qualified elector and resident of Jefferson county may appeal to the circuit court in the manner now provided by
 law from the action of the county court in auditing any account as herein provided in this act; provided that such appeal shall be taken with in sixty days from the date of the judgment or order and not after
 Section g. This act is not intended to repeal or modify any part of Chap ter LXV of Kirby's Digest of the Sta- tutes of the State of Arkansas, but IS in addition thereto.
 Section 1o This act shall take ef-
 feet and be in force from and after
 the regular expiration of the present
 term of office of the officers herein
 mentioned.