Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-02
SALARIES CHANGED
Many County Officials Given
Raise by Population Increase
TWELVE TO GET REDUCTION
Salaries Based On County Population
Became Effective With Filing of
Census Reports-Average In
crease 500 Yearly.


1915 state census ia county officers
Of Iowa will receive advances in. sal
airy and twelve officers will suffer a
reduction in pay. The average in
crease is 500 per year for each man.
The increases in salary became ef-
fective with the filing of the census
statements with the secretary of
state. All of the county reports have
officially been filed by A. u. Swan,
census director.
The pay of the county officers Is
graded according to the population of
the county. Van Buren, and Mills
counties dropped from over $4,000 to
less than that rating. This will cut
the pay of the county officers 800
each. except the recorder who loses
5000 from his salary.
Three counties crossed the 10000
population mark. They are: Emmett,
Osceola and Worth. This entities
county officers to the following in
creases: Clerk from $1,10o to $1,000,
auditor and treasurer from $1,400 to
$500.
Having crossed tie $4,000 mark
county officers in Lyon, Franklin,
Lucas and Pocahontas counties will
receive the following increases: Coun-
ty attorney from 5000 to $1,000, clerk
from $1,000 to $1,000, recorder from
1890 to s1.4O0, sheriff from $1,40O to
$1,000; auditor and treasurer from
$500 to $1,000.
Hamilton and Washington counties
passed 10000. Their officers will get
raises as follows: Auditor and treas
urer, from $1,000 to $1,700; sheriff,
$1.5C0 to $1,000; clerk, $1,000 to $1,4o0.
Dallas and Story counties went past
$4,000. Officers will be raised as fol-
lows: Treasurer and auditor, from ST.
700 to $500; sheriff, $1,000 to $1,700;
clerk. $1,400 to $500; county attor-
ney, $1,000 to $3.50; recorder, $1.40o
to $1,000.
Cerro Gordo and Appanoose, now
rated above 10000, enable the county
officers to draw increases as follows:
Auditor and treasurer. from $1,000 to
$1,000; sheriff. $1,000 to $500; clerk,
$1,000 to $1,000.
Webster county jumped over the
35 GOO mark. Officers raised as follows:
Auditor and treasurer. from $1,000 to
s2,100 sheriff, from $500 to $4,000;
clerk. $1,000 to $1,000; county attor-
ney. s1.260 to $1,000; recorder. $500
to $1,000.
Dubuque crossed the 10000 mark.
Officers raised are: Auditor, treasur-
err and clerk. $3.50 to $4,000; sheriff.
$4,000 to $4,000; recorder $500 to
$4,000; county attorney, $1,75O to ST.
600.
Linn county went above 10000. or
ficers increased are: Auditor, treasur-
er and clerk, $1,000 to $4,000; sheriff,
$4,000 to $4,000; county attorney, 81
900 to $500
Scott county went above $1,000.
The clerks salary goes from $3.50 to
5000. No other officer is affected.
Woodbury. county reached $4,000.
The auditor and treasurer receive
raises from $4,000 to $4,000 and the
sheriff from s2.400 to $4,000.
There were some bitter disappoint-
ments in the results as far as salaries
are concerned Mills county drops
back into a lower classification for
the reason that the federal census Of
1910 credited the inmates OF the
school for the feeble minded at Glen
wood to Mills county The state GEN.
sus credits them to the counties from
which they were sent. Thus Mills
dropped from 1871 to 1876.
Officers of Palo Alto were serious
ly disappointed also. They had, on
preliminary count. thought the county
went past the $4,000 mark, which
have entitled the officers to 800 raise
in salary. But the official count OF
the cards showed the county to have
but 14,965-just 35 short.