Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-06-21
RAY BICE MAY
Be GUILTY OF
VIOLATING LAIW.
COUNTY AUDITOR ALLEGED TO
HAVE FAILED in HIS
DUTY. 81.
FAILS i: TO I COMPLY l WITH Y FEE { Law. |. \
DEPUTY KRAMER IN INTERVIEW
PROCESSES IGNORANCE cE OF
.8. LAW.
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FAILS TO COMPLY WITH FEE LAW.

the state law governing the conduct
OF the county auditors Office, may be
lodged against Ray Bice, auditor Of
Ramsey county, II an investigation
which is being carried on at the pre-
sent time discloses evidences Of GER
tain violations that Mr.. Bice is alleg.s
ed to have made IN the conduct Of his
office. 533
The county auditor Is paid a fee 81
rs cents for certifying each abstract
Of title to real estate that Is presented
to him. LAW passed by the legis-
lature March 8, 1911, makes it the duty
OF the county auditor to keep what Isl
known as u fee book, wherein each
transaction Of this nature, may be re.
corded. The law further provide that
the county auditor must, at the end of
each month, pay the money that he
has received for this service to q the.
county treasurer, receiving 81 return
receipts which he must record. The
money that accrues from these trans
actions is to be turned into the gen
eral FUND. .ssss u NJ
4 The law bearing On this phase Of the
county auditors duties is as follows.
2S. CHAPTER III ss:55 $s5
Duties Of County Auditors.
III. AN ACT Ito amend and Re-Enact
Section 2240 Article As, Chapter "a,
| d. the Ravised Codes OF North Dakota
for the year 1905, relating to the dut..
les Of County Auditors and Prescrib-
ing How Records Of Fees Shall be
Kept. aS-.
Belt enact dsby the legislative assem-
bly, Of the state Of North Dakota.
Section 224O of Article AS, chap
Iter IA Of the Revised Codes Of 1905
Lis hereby amended and re.enacted to
treadsa as follows: t,3s
2240. AUDITOR TO CERTIFY ABB
lsTRACT FEES. It shall be the
lduty Of the county auditor to- attach
This certificate to each abstract 5os title
Ito real estate Of his county that may
be presented to him for that purpose,
(which certificate shall show the am
cunt OF taxes due and unpaid against,
Tor tax title affecting the land describ-
ed in such abstract, as the same may
appear from the records OF his Office
land collect thereto the sum Of TWEEN
Ity-fiye cents for each abstract SO GER
lifted. He shall keep a book known
las a fee receipt book in which shall
Ibe kept true and correct records Of al
fees received by him for any purpose
and it shall be his duty to- eliYersto
1.-THE count treasurer to be turned into
Ithe general fund on the first day Of
leach month all fees collected by him
during the preceding month and take
"a receipt from the county treasurer
Therefor, and for each failure 81 refus-
al to comply with the provisions Of
this section, he shall be liable to q
fine not exceeding one hundred dol.
liars.
s 2. EMERGENCY.W \. Whereas, as emer:
Igency exists in this, that, under the
present law county auditors are re.
Itainipg the moneys received as fees
for certif flying to abstracts and deeds
lowing to an ambi Equity in the Ian.
\ guage off the present law, therefore
i this act shall take effect and be II
4 force from and after it's passage and
lapproval.
APPROVED March 8, 1911
Before the passage of this law, the
county auditor was permitted to keeI
i the money accruing from this source
I Under the present law, however, He IS
4 not, and for this, or any other viola
q q tions cited IN the law, ne may be I'm
q ed $4,000 for each offense. ss5s
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