Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-05-23
THOSE COUNTY SALARIES.

tuition having decided that the coun-
ty Officers should he paid salaries in
stead Of fees, and the governor vetoed
these bills, and the LIBERAL approved
Of the yetoes.
This bills provided salaries for asses
sor and treasurer OF this county Of
$4,000; sheriff, 49, o and clerk $4,000.
The LIBERAL has recently made an
investigation regarding salaries paid
county officers in other states, and as
was expected found no where such
high salaries. The following states
pay county officers by fees: Virginia,
Michigan, Florida, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, North Carolina, Arkansas,
Georgia.
In the following states the salaries
are fixed from time to time by the
county commissioners or supervisors:
New York, Mississippi, Alabama, Wis
consin and Idaho. In Idaho the sup
e~rvlsors car fix the salaries, but can
not exceed a certain limit, the max
imum being 1000 for each officer, ex-
cept assessor and tax collector, which
is n Office, and the maximum pay in
the state is SO, 1000. The minimum for
most Of the county officers is $500.
In many of the states the counties
are graduated for pay according Co
the population, instead of amount of
taxes paid, as in New Mexico.
In Maine the salaries for county
treasurers range from 81, 500 In Cumb-
.erland county, which has a popula-
ton OF 12,O14, to $500 in Lincoln
county, which has a population Of
1874. Compare these figures with
s 1900 for Bernallllo, with a popula-
ton Of 23,6O6, and $4,000 in Grant,
with a population of IA sl3. In Maine
the sheriffs draw from 1900 to SO, 500,
and in only three do they draw more
than 81, 500. The duties Of the other
officers are not similar to the New
Mexico officers.
In Kansas the clerks and |treasurers
draw pay according to the population
of the county, and the pay ranges
from 5000, in counties of less than
:, 200 inhabitants to 81, 800 in counties
OF from 20, 900 to 5000, which would
be the limit In New Mexico, and up
to $4,000 in counties of more than
10000 inhabitants.
In Oklahoma the salaries gagged
according to population and ranged
from 81, 900 TO $1,000.
In Montana the salaries are accord
TO the assessed valuation, and in
counties Of less than ss, 200, 900 valua-
ion, which is the limit in New Mex
co, the officers get from 8 $1,000 to
y, 500.
In Wyoming the counties are divld-
I'd according to assessed valuation
md the high limits Of pay are for
%treasurers and clerks 81, 800,
Tor county attorney, s l 1900, and for
assessor, the highest paid officer,
p, 200.
In Pennsylvania in counties of not
more than 10000 population the coun-
BY salaries do not exceed $500, In
some of the big counties, like Phil
ldelphla and Pittsburg, the sheriffs
get $4,000 and the treasurers get
$1,000 a year.
In the state of Washington the
maximum salaries are clerk, $1,000:
treasurer, $780,; sheriff, 2,4OO; su-
perintendent of schools, $1,000; asses
sor, s2,2O9.
In Iowa In the counties having a
population up to $4,000 the pay Is as
follows: clerk sl,4OO, sheriff, 50, 900;
treasurer 81, 500.
In Virginia there is a new salary
.aw. The salary of the sheriff ranges
rom 81, 400 to $500 a year, but the
is not'only sheriff but is coun-
by treasurer, treasurer of each district
n the county, for each school district,
md for each independent school dis
In Massachusetts, the average pay
II ~tTeasureTs outside the two big
counties, in which are Boston and
Nantucket, is $3.50 a year. Sherlffs
from $500 to $4,000 a year. The
Of Suffolk county, which has
the population Of New Mexico,
S but $1,000.
In Illinois the salaries are Fixed by
he constitution, and outside OF Chi
ago they are limited to $1,000 in
ounties not exceeding $4,000 lnhab-
In Arizona the salaries are high,
bout as high as was proposed to
make them In New Mexico, but Ar
iona laws and law makers are a joke.
In Oregon the salaries are low, but
bill was introduced before the last
legislature, reducing them. 1t failed
the senate, but will be put before