The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-18

uieS anu ices pdlQ into the superior
Courts of the counties composing
said judicial circuit or which may be-
come due and payable therein, the
said counties shall be subrogated to
the rights and claims of the solicitor
general of said circuit, and any form
| er solicitor general. and shall stand
i'll their places and stead, and shall
be entitled to all funds, moneys and
lemolrments accruing to said office in
said judicial circuit; and hereafter
when orders on the ,nsolvent fund or
other Judgment or finding are entered
or approved in behalf of other officers
J of court, instead of the same being
entered and approved in the name
OF the solicitor general, as under the
present system, the same shall be en-
tered and approved in the name of the
solicitor general, for use and benefit
of the respective counties of said cir
cult. All costs, in particular cases
or matters, and all insolvent costs,
and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and
all funds, moneys and emoluments
accruing to the Office of solicitor gem
eral in said Judicial Circuit, under anv
laws heretofore or now existing or
which may hereinafter be enacted.
shall be collected by the clerks of the
Superior Court of the various coun-
ties composing said judicial circuit,
and shall be paid by said clerks into
the treasures of their respective
counties; that is to say, all of which
said sums shall be the property of
said counties; that is to say; all sums
collected from any and all cases or
matters arising in any particular
county shall be paid by said clerk into
the treasury of that county, and shall
become the property of such county;
said clerks shall make written reports,
under oath, of the amounts so collect
ed, and make payment and remittance
thereof to the treasuers or other Gus
todians of county funds of said coun-
ties, within thirty days after the ad-
journment of each term of court held
in their respective counties; and shall
furnish duplicate of said sworn
statement to the ordinaries, county
commissioners, or other county au-
thorities of such counties, at the time
OF making such statement and remit
lance to said county treasurers. Said
Clerks of the Superior Court of said
counties shalt keep an accurate, de-
tailed and exact record of all fees
| md emoluments, including insoiyent
costs, earned by the said solicitor
general of said circuit, from any and
all sources whatsoever, arising within
their respective counties, and likewise
keep a record of all sums collected
by them, under the provisions of this
Act, and paid by them into the treas
uries OF their respective counties; and
their books, records and vouchers re-
lating thereto shall be open to the in
spection of the public, as other rec
ords, and shalt be the subject of in
vestigation and inquiry by the grand
juries of said counties; and shalt also
be audited whenever the books and
records of other county officials are
audited. ~ H'H z'EEsE IN n vFKFf-
Sec. 4. The solicitor general of
said circuit is hereby made charge
able with the duty of justly and ac-
curately accounting to said clerks for
all fees earned and costs collected,
from any source whatsoever, in the
various counties of said circuit; and
at the conclusion of each term of
court, he shall review and verify the
books, records and vouchers of said
clerks, as to all fees earned and costs
collected; and it shall be his duty, at
all times, to exercise supervision over
the collection of all said fines, fees,
and forfeitures, in all of the counties
of said circuit, and to see that all sums
of money due Hereunder are faithful
ly collected and accurately accounted
for and paid into the treasures of said
counties; and it shall also be his duty
to furnish his own services as attor-
ney at law in the collection of all such
sums, whenever it becomes necessary.
Sec. S. Nothing in this Act shall
be construed to affect the fees now al
lowed by law to solicitors general of
this state for appearance in criminal
cases in the Supreme Court and Court
of Appeals of this state.
Sec. 6. This act shall not go into
effect until the first day of January
1917.
Sec. 8. All laws and parts of laws
in conflict with this Act be and the
same are hereby repealed.