The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-01-26
DISGUISE WORN
BY new BILL
Offered in Legislature by
\ Democrat.
Would Allow the County and Fis-
cal Courts More Approp-
I riations.

iaHhioWA, n.y., JUL Sf-OInucT INV
title of IAN act prescribing the du-
uas of cour, indexrr and fixing max
imum salary at $S,OOO," bill has bee
intrpdced into the General Assembly
by Representative Adam Spahn, DAM
ocrat, of Loisville, which is of cOnsid-
cradle interest to the Taxpayers Of
Louisville and JeffarsDn county. Inas-
inch az it not only fixes The SALARY
and duties of the indsxer, bu. ALSO
provides that county and fiscal courts
may order rebound any of t,he books
or records of thu county clerks D6nice,
the quarterly clerks officeytlha cir
cult clerk's office and ths office Uf ths
county surveyor. 1t also prowid5s
that when said books or rtacords airs
in a torn or ruinous condIidicn, they
be transcribed in nsw books and
the county and fiscal COURTS shall
make reasonable allowance for said
work, and the bills will be ''oLarghble
to the county" This "reasonabls al
lowance" is not fiNh.
This portion of Mr.. Spahn's measure
repeals SECTION 1852 of the KEN
lucky Statutes of 1909, which raads
as follows:
ANY county court may order any
of the books or records in the cl.rk's
office Of such court, CIR in the pffica
of the surveyor of the county, TO be
rebound; or, whl.n Or'iJa,lRlnd, torn.
or i'm rulnous condition. TO betran-
scribed i'm new books, and s(lnll mako
a raaspnnble allowance tiIareforJ (which
shall BE- chargl able to the counEy.
This section, which lis rapeahsd by
Mr.. Spahn's bill, does net pruviGs
for amy action on the part of ths
fiscal coug, Relative Ito tho rshud-
ing of books, and does not include
the OFFICES of the ciroll.. rL-rk Or tins
quarterly court.
Section 9O9, of the Kanmcldy Stat
uass of 1909, is repsaled i'm part by
Spahn's measure. The following por-
tion of the old section lis pnlil'llsd:
Said indexer shall upon order vi this
judge of the county court rranscribe
any of the public records of tihs ooun-
ty and quarterly courts, and THE coMn-
ty claG1S's office, and upon uha Drdsr
of thu judges of ths circuit courts
said Lndexer shall Lllanecriha any pf th,s
records of their courts, and of tbs
circuit clark's Office, that may BIZ in
ru;ned, torn or oblitcanted condition
and shall on ths order of said
judges RESPECTIVELY make cross Index
es OF public records in said rspsct-
i've courts, or clerks offices, and OIL
the order of either of said courts
shall parfact existing indexes, and
he shall do all this without addlulou-
al compensation"
The new measure does not carry the
portion of section 800, Quossd above.
The salary which shall be paid the
official indexer is not charged undr
the nlw bill, lit being provided, as be-
fore,that he shall rtc,slvs salary not
TO exceed $4,000. The gist of the MAS
we lies, hOwever.in the fact that
where ths indexer formerly was r.quir
ed TO look after rhe books and records
OF the various offices under his jur-
isdiction, and kaap same properly
transcribed. and in good condition.
this work, in the future under Mr..
Spa;hn's bill, will be dome by order
of the county and fiscal counts and
the exspass will be borne by the noun
ty
1t Is also significant that tina mat
ter OF a reasonable allowance" Is
lett wholly with the coup.y and fis-
Cal courts. There is no attsmpt
To d:fine what Is q reasonable allow-
ancs. and no provision to nestaain
these courts from naming As q nsa-
sonahle allowance amy SUM Nhey may
aoo f6t