Section 7. County Officers - Salary
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County Officers - Salary
All county officers, and deputies when allowed, shall receive, as full compensation for their services, fixed annual salaries, to be paid monthly out of the county treasury, as other expenses are paid. All actual and necessary expenses, incurred by any county officer or deputy, in the performance of his official duties, shall be a legal charge against the county, and may be retained by him out of any fees, which may come into his hands. All fees, which may come into his hands from whatever source, over and above his actual and necessary expenses, shall be turned into a county treasury at the end of each quarter. He shall, at the end of each quarter, file with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, a sworn statement, accompanied by proper vouchers, showing all expenses incurred and all fees received, which must be audited by the board as other accounts.
County Officers - Salary
All county officers, and deputies when allowed, shall receive, as full compensation for their services, fixed annual salaries, to be paid quarterly out of the county treasury, as other expenses are paid. All actual and necessary expenses, incurred by any county officer or deputy, in the performance of his official duties, shall be a legal charge against the county, and may be retained by him out of any fees, which may come into his hands. All fees, which may come into his hands from whatever source, over and above his actual and necessary expenses, shall be turned into a county treasury at the end of each quarter. He shall, at the end of each quarter, file with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, a sworn statement, accompanied by proper vouchers, showing all expenses incurred and all fees received, which must be audited by the board as other accounts.
County Officers - Salaries
The officers provided by section six (6) of this article shall receive annually, as compensation for their services as follows: Sheriff, not more than four thousand dollars, and not less than one thousand dollars, together with such mileage as may be prescribed by law. Clerk of the district court, who is ex-officio auditor and recorder, not more than three thousand dollars, and not less than five hundred dollars; probate judge, who is ex-officio county superintendent of public instruction, not more than two thousand dollars and not less than five hundred dollars; county assessor, who is ex-officio tax collector, not more than three thousand dollars, and not less than five hundred dollars; county treasurer, who is ex- officio public administrator, not more than one thousand dollars, and not less than three hundred dollars; coroner, not more than five hundred dollars; county surveyor, not more than one thousand dollars; county commissioners, such per diem and mileage as may be prescribed by law; and justices of the peace and constables, such fees as may be prescribed by law.