The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-01-29
ANTI-FEE BILL AFTER
RECESS OF LEGISLATURE
Anti-Fee Club Of Knox County and
City Club of Memphis
Press Bill.

i he Ulll dDOllSlluS Iuo Lee oyoIOih
was introduced by Senators Ash
croft, Johnson and Parham of Shell
I by. 1t includes the entire State and
divides the counties into seven
classes. The highest salary of any
official is $4,000 year. AS applied
to Shelby County, the Clerk and
Master, County Court Clerk, Trus-
tee and Sheriff will receive $4,000
each the Circuit, Criminal and
clerks of special courts will receive
$4,000: and the Register, under the
provisions of the bill, will receive a
salary of $4,000.
Another item the bill provides for
is the employment of an auditor by
each county to check the books each
year. The penalty for not carrying
out the provisions of the act is a
fine of not less than $500 nor more
than $1,000, and from one to five
years in the penitentiary and remov-
oil lIOul OulCC. AC anu
Der of assistants are fixed by the
populations of the various counties.
The bill provides for seven classes
based on the federal census of 1910.
1t places the clerks and masters,
clerks Of the circuit, county and
criminal courts, and special courts,
county trustees and registers Of
deeds throughout State on salaries
and all fees shall be turned into the
county treasurer and they shall be
paid monthly on warrant of the
county Judge.
Obion County comes under the
third class which is governed as fol-
lows:
Section 5, provides for all counties
in the first, second, third and fourth
classes on the first Monday of Jan
uary, April, July and October the of
ficials shall make under oath and
file with the county judge true ex-
hibit containing an itemized state
ment of all fees and perquisites COL
lected by him.
To summarize, in counties with a
population of $4,000 and under, the
Sheriff, County Court Clerk and
Trustee will receive $3.50; Clerk
and Master, clerks of the Circuit and
Criminal Courts and Register, $500.
In counties with a population of
10000 and more than $4,000, the
Sheriff, County Court Clerk and
Trustee each will receive $1,000,
and the Clerk and Master, Clerk of
the Circuit and Criminal Courts,
special courts and Register will re-
ceive $500.
In counties with population of
more than 10000 and not over 49,
900, the Sheriff, County Court Clerk
and Trustee will each receive
$500 and the Clerk and Master,
Clerk of the Criminal, Circuit and
special courts and Register will each
receive $1,500.
In counties with a population of
from 10000 to $4,000, the Sheriff,
County Court Clerk and Trustee will
each receive $4,000; the Clerk and
Master, Clerk of the Circuit, Grim
inal and special courts $2,500. The
Register will receive $1,800.
In counties with a population of
from $4,000 to 100000, the Sheriff,
County Court Clerk and Trustee will
receive $4,000; the Clerk and Mas
ter, Clerk of the Circuit, Criminal
and special courts each will receive
$500. The Register will receive
$4,000.
In counties with a population of
more than 100000, the Clerk and
Master, County Court Clerk, Trustee
and Sheriff will each receive a sala-
y of $4,000; Clerks of the Criminal,
Circuit and special courts will re-
'eive $4,000, and the Register
$4,000.
DEPUTIES.
In counties of the third class, the Il