The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-23
REDUCING AID FIXING SALARIES
OF CERTAIN COT MY OFFICIALS.
ELECTIVE AND NpPOlNTIN E.


! ELECTIVE AND ArPOI>TINE-
/ Submitted 10y Initiative petition:
/ IN Act reducing and fixing the sal
aries of the following County Off
! Gals hereafter elected. Aud tor.
/ Treasurer. sheriff. superintendent Of
/ Sch ools, Register Of Deeds. county
Judge. states Attorney. aud Clerk of
District Court. and providing for the
! appointment of certain deputies,
clerks and assistants to such Off
Gals and fixing their salaries. and for
( payment of all fees tc the county.
and FIXING the per diem and mileage
! Of County commissioners and repeal
ing Section 3551a2, 1925 Supplement
! to the Compiled Laws Of 1913, Chap
| tors III and l15 Of the Laws of 1927,
I Chapter los Of the Laws Of 1929,
! Chapter III Of the Laws Of 1851 and
all Acts and parts Of Acts so far as
are in conflict herewith.
! Be II Enacted by the People OF the
state Of North Dakota:
Section i. The salary of the Coun
| tv Auditor, County Treasurer. Sher-
Iiff, County Superintendent of Schools
! Register Of Deeds. County Judge,
States Attorney and Clerk Of District
/ Court shall be regulated by the popu-
lation in the respective counties ac-
! cording to the last preceding official
! state or federal census from and
after the date when the official re-
! port of such census shall have been
! published by the director of the CEN
/ Sus or such other official as may be
/ charged with the duty of making such
official publication.
! Section :. County Auditors, County
Treasurers, Shcriffs and County Su-
j perintendents Of Schools shall receive
! the following annual salaries, pay
! abl" monthly. and no more, for all Of
4 ficial services rendered by them
/ Twelve Hundred Dollars t$1200.00p in
/ counties having u population not eN-
! ceedinG five thousands t5,000); Thir-
I teen Hundred Dollars ISl3O0.00D III
/ counties having Il population exceed
! ing five thousand t5.0oop and not eX-
i ceediug seven thousand G,0OW; Four
i teen Hundred Dollars tS1400.00) in
/ counties having Il population of seven
/ thousand 7,oo0) and not exceeding
q eight thousand $4,000; provided. fur
/ Their. that in counties having a popu
/ lation in excess of eight thousand
| S,o00) there shall be an additional
/ compensation OF Thi rty Dollars
/ $4,000 for each one thousand G.0e0)
! additional population, or major frac-
ton thereof and, provided, further,
| that in no case shall the maximum
salary and compensation of said
/ County officials exceed the sum of
Twenty -four Hundred Dollars ls24oO.-
| V01 per annum.
! Section > Registers Of Deeds,
| County Judges and Clerks Of District
| Courts shall receive the following an
nual salary. payable monthly. and no
more, for all official services rem
dered by them: Twelve Hundred Dol
| lars ($l20o,00) in all counties having
! a population of five thousand (5,OOO)
| or less; Thirteen Hundred Dollars
! t$1G00.O0) in all counties having a
| population of not to exceed seven
thousand T,0o0D; in counties having
| a population in excess of seven thou
sand G.o00D, an additional compensa-
! ton of Thirty Dollars $4,000 for
/ 10, l.,
ton or major fraction thereof; pro-
! vided, however. that in no case shall
! such salary and compensation exceed
the sum Of Two Thousand Dollars
! ts2,0OO0OD per annum; and provided,
| further, that the aforesaid salary of
County Judges shall not apply in
counties having increased jurisdic-
| ton; provided further that in coun-
| ties having a population Of over sew
| enteen thousand I1.000) the County
sistant States Attorney or Clerk with
! a salary of not less than Six Hundred
Dollars tS600.0o) per annum. and in
counties having a population OF less
! than seventeen thousand tl1,000), the
! County commissioners may appoint
an assistant States Attorney or Clerk
whose salary shall be fixed by the
/ County Commissioners.
Section 4. The states Attorney in
| each county shall receive the same
salary as herein, or as may hereafter
! be fixed by law, as the salary of the
! County Auditor of such county.
Section ). County Commissioners
! shall be allowed the sum of Five Dol
lars $500 per day and the actual
/ amount necessarily expended by them
! for expense of travel in the perform
ance Of official duty, not exceeding
! the sum Of Seven Cents t1c) per mile
actually and necessarily travelled by
motor vehicle OF team, when such
/ motor vehicle or team is not owned
! by the county or other political sub
| division, ana not exceeding the sum
! OF Five Cents t5c) for each mile ac-
tually and necessarily travelled in the
| performance of official duty, when
such travel IS by rail or other COM
! mon carrier. provided, however, that
in counties havins, population Of
nine thousand 10000 or less. the to-
! tai compensation and expenses re-
ceived by any member of board of
County Commission shall not ex-
! coed the sum of Six Hundred Fifty
Dollars tS650.00D per annum.
Section 6. In counties where the
County Court has increased jurisdc-
tion and where the county has pop
ulation exceeding forty thousand
100000. the salary Of the County
County Judge, superintendent of
Schools and States Attorney shall be
! Twenty-four Hundred Dollars (s2400.-
00) per year, and the salary OF the
IkeblStS VI ActuS anu SlcTk OIL Tile
District Court shall be Two Thousand
Dollars ts2000.0O per year.
Section Z. In Counties where the
County Court has increased jurisdic-
! ton and where the county has a
population exceeding forty thousand
100000, the number of deputies,
clerks and assistants OF all county Of
| ficials named in this Act and the sal
aries of such deputies, clerks and as
sistants. shall be fixed from time to
| time and according to the volume of
business Of such offices, by resolution
of the Board of County Commission
| ers.
! Section g. The salaries fixed by
| this act. shall be full compensation
for all said officials. deputies. clerks
and assistants respectively, and all
fees and compensation received for
any act or service rendered in off,
J eial capacity. shall be accounted fol
and paid over by them monthly t.
the County Treasurer and be credit ID
to the general fund OF said county.