The log cabin Democrat., 1917-01-20
OFFICIAL SALARIES
 10 TOTAL SI5,5OO
FAULKNER COUNTY BILL
Introduced by Dr. Hardy Fixes An nual Compensation of Officers at
 From $500 to S4,500.

| 1hiiu'l oaldlltS ranging from 9DUU for surveyor and coroner to $4,50O for sheriff and collector and totaIing lSl5,500 for all county officers are provided for in the Faulkner county salary bill introduced in the house of representatives by Dr. II. B. Hardy Thursday, the official text of which is published in this issue of the Log Cabin Democrat. With the exception of county judge, all the officers for Whlm salaries are provided in the bill now receive their compensation through official fees. The present salary of the county judge is $1 ,000 and this is increased in Dr. Hardy's bill to $2,000, the judge being made ex-officio road commissioner of the county. Other salaries are fixed as follows: Circuit clerk, $3,000; county clerk, $2,500; county treasurer, $1,- | 300; assessor, S1 ,000.
 The measure requires that the of ficers perform all duties required of them by law and pay all fees to which they have been entitled here tofore into the county treasurer. Out of their salaries they are required to pay for such deputies and assistants as they may need to employ. The penalty for failure to file regular re- | ports and make settlement for all fees collected is fine of $50 to $500 and the forfeiture of the office. Section 15 of the act provides that none of the officers shall receive as salary more than the amount of fees collected by them, so that if the fees fall below the stipulated amount the salaries would be reduced accord ingly.
 The full text of the bill follows:
 House Bill No. 137 (Hardy)
 Read twice; rules suspended.
 Jan. IS, 1917. H. G. Combs A Bill for an Act Fixing the Salaries
 of the County Officers of Faulkner
 County, Arkansas, and for Other Purposes. Be it Enacted by the
 General Assembly of the State of
 Arkansas:
 Section 1. That Section 7415 of Kirby Digest (of 1904) of the statutes of Arkansas be amended to read as follows: That from and after the first Monday of April, 1917, the salary of the county and probate judge of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall be two thousand dollars ($2,- 0O0.O0) per annum.
 Section ? That the county judge of Faulkner county shall serve as eX- officio road commissioner of Faulkner county and shall perform all the du- ties now required by law or that shall hereafter be required by law of road commissioners and said eX- offico road commissioner shall have the right and power for good cause shown to remove any acting road commissioner in his county and ap- point an overseer to fill any vacan- cy made by such removal, which ap- pointee shall serve until his success sor is appointed or elected, and qual- 1 flied as the case may be.
 Section 8. The salary of the cir cult clerk and eX-officio recorder of deeds of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall be $3,00000 per annum. 1 Section 4. The salary of the coun- | ty clerk and eX-officio probate clerk of the county court of Faulkner coun- ty shall be $2,500.00.
 Section 5, The salary of the sher- | if and ex-officio collector of taxes of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall be | $4,500.00 per annum.
 Section G. The salary of the coun- ty treasurer of Faulkner county, Ar kansas, shall be $1,50000 per annum.
 Section 7. The salary of the as sessor of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall be $1,00OO0 per annum.
 Section g. The salary of the sur veyor of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall be $500.00 per annum.
 Section 9. The salary of the cor oner of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall be $50000 per annum.
 Section 10. The said county off cers of Faulkner county, Arkansas, shall perform all the services re- quired by law of them and all serv- ices hereafter required of them by law.
 Section II. Out of the salaries of the offices named in this act they shall pay such deputies, and assist ants as may be required to discharge the duties of their respective offices.
 Section 12. That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court and of the probate court, the circuit clerk and recorder, the sheriff and ex-officio collector of taxes, asses sors, treasttrer and surveyor of said county to charge and collect the same fees and commissions as are now, or