The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-18
BILL INTRODUCED BY REP WALKER To
PUT SOLICITOR GENERAL ON SALARY
A BILL
To Be Entitled


OF the Cordele Judicial Circuit, as ap-
piled to the ofic Iof Solicitor General,
and all fees now, heretofore or here
after accruing to the Office of solicitor
general in said circuit, insofar as the
same constitutes the compensation at
tached to said Office; to provide for
the payment of salary to said solicit
tor general, in addition to the salary
prescribed in Par. of Sec. Is OF Ar
ticle 6 of the Constitution of this
state; to provide for the disposition OF
the fines, forfeitures and fees, includ-
ing insolvent costs, accruing to the
Office of solicitor general in said judi
cial circuit; to impose certain duties
upon the clerks of the Superior Courts
of the counties composing said circuit,
and upon the solicitor general of said
circuit, in reference to the collection,
payment and disposition of all funds,
moneys and emoluments accruing to
the Office of solicitor general; to pro-
vide for the levy and collection of a
tax by the county authorities of the
various counties composing said Cir
cult, for the purpose OF paying the
salary of said solicitor general, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Georgia, and it is hereby
enacted by authority of the same as
follows:
Section !. The fee system now ex-
listing in the Superior Courts of the
Cordele Judicial Circuit, as applied
to the Office of solicitor general, and
all fees now or heretofore or hereaf-
ter accruing to the Office of solicitor
general in said judicial circuit, be, and
the same are hereby abolished, insofar
as the same constitutes the compensa-
ton of said solicitor general; but the
same schedule of fees and costs, phe-
scribed under existing laws, chall re-
main for the purpose of ascertalnlng
the sum or sums to be paid into the
treasures of the counties composing
said judicial circuit, as provided by
Section 8 of this Act; and the solicitor
general of said judicial circuit shall
hereafter be paid a salary, as herein
after provided, in lieu of fees, as un-
der the present system.
Section 2. The salary of the solicit
tor general of the said Cordele Judicial
Circuit shalt be the sum of 100000
per annum in addition to the salary of
$25000 per annum prescribed in Par.
l, Sec. 10 of Article of the Constitu-
ton of this state; which said salary
additional to the constitution salary
of $4,000 per annum) shall be paid
pro rata out of the general treasures
of the general treasures of the va
rius counties composing said Circuit,
upon the basis of population; that is
to say, each one of the counties COM
posing said circuit shalt pay such
part or proportion of said salary as its
population be4Ts to the tota popula-
ton of ali of the counties in said cir
cult, according to the official Federal
Census of 1910 until the completion
and PRONUNCIATION of the next official
Federal Census land then in like man
ner, according to such succeeding Fed
eral Census land so on, according to
each succeeding official Federal Cen
sus. II shall be and is hereby made
the duty fthe ordinary, county COM
missioners, or other authority having
control of county matters in each of
said counties, to cause the part or por-
ton of said salary so assessed against
each of said counties, to be paid to
said solicitor general quarterly in each
year out of the funds of said counties,
that is to say, on the first days of
April, July, October and January, and
upon regular county warrants issued
therefor; and it is further made the
duty of said ordinaries, county COM
misisoners, or other county authori-
ties, having control of county matters,
to make provision annually when
levying taxes for expenses of Courts,
for the purpose of paying the portion
of said salary chargeable against
their respective counties, as herein-
before set forth; and the power to
levy taxes for such purpose is hereby
delegated to said counties.
Said salary of 100000 and the
constitutional salary of $4,000 shall
be in full payment for all of the SER
vices of said solicitor general, for all
travelling expenses and for all sums
paid out by said solicitor general for
clerical aid and legal assistance en-
gagged or employed by him, except as
provided in Section of this Act
Sec. 8. In the distribution among