To be A p Commissioners. tions one (1) and two (2) of this act, and if found correct shall write the words "approved and ordered filed" on the back of said reports, and the Chairman of the Board shall sign the same, and if not found proved by County correct shall be returned to the official with a statement of the insufficiency, which shall forthwith be corrected by said official, by him returned to the Board, and if then found correct, filed as aforesaid. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of each County within ten days after the adjournment of the Board of County Commissioners at each regular session referred to in section two (2) of this act to report in tabular form, to the Auditor of the State, from the information contained in said reports, amounts so received and for what purposes received, and moneys disbursed and for what purposes disbursed, shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of State. SEC, 5. The Auditor of the State is hereby required to publish said reports of the several County Clerks, in tabular form, annually, in the Auditor's and Treasurer's annual reports, and he shall also report the same to the Governor, annually. The published reports shall show, in tabular form, the amounts received and moneys disbursed by each officer in each county, and the sources from which said amounts were received. Clerk to Report to State Auditor. Auditor to Publish. for Peralty SEC. 6. Any officer who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceed- Report. ing five hundred dollars for each and every failure. SEC. 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act shall go into effect on and after its passage. APPROVED February 23, 1891. BOARD OF PRISONERS. An Act Fixing the Compensation for the Board of Prisoners Confined in County Fails. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION I. The fees allowed the Sheriffs of the several counties of this State for the board of prisoners confined in jails under their charge, shall not exceed sixty cents per day for each of such prisoners. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. APPROVED February 26, 1891. MILEAGE OF COUNTY OFFICERS, ETC. Amendment as to mileage. A Bill for an Act entitled "An Act to Amend Section 944 of the Fifth Division of the Compiled Statutes of Montana." Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION I. That section 944 of the Fifth Division of the Compiled Statutes of Montana, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 944. County and township officers, jurors, witnesses, and all other parties that may be entitled to mileage from the several counties in the State, or from any part to any action, cause or proceeding, either civil or criminal, shall be entitled to collect mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for the distance actually traveled, and no more. APPROVED March 6, 1891. SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. An Act Concerning Compensation of County, Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: All fees, etc., of County Officers County. SECTION I. The fees, costs, percentages, penalties, allowances and all other perquisites of whatever kind, which by law any Sheriff, Treasurer, County Clerk, Recorder, Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the District Court, Assessor, County Superintendent of Common Schools in every county in to be for use of this State, is or may hereafter be authorized to charge, receive and collect for any official service rendered by him or them, shall hereafter be received and collected by the said officers respectively to and for the sole use of the county treasuries of their respective counties, as public moneys belonging to said counties, and not otherwise, and shall be accounted for and paid over as such in the manner hereinafter provided; Provided, however, that noth- iff's Mileage and ing in this act shall be held to apply to the compensation received by the Sheriffs as mileage for actual and necessary traveling expense in the performance of official duties or for the board of prisoners. SEC. 2. That the said officers named in section I, of this act, shall be, and they are hereby, classi Except Sher Board Prisoners. Classification fied according to the assessed valuation of their of Counties for Purposes of Act. respective counties, as follows: First Class. The first class shall consist of the officers of all counties whose assessed valuation is eight millon dollars, or over. Second Class. The second class shall consist of the officers of all counties whose assessed valuation is four million dollars, or over, and less than eight million dollars. Third Class. The third class shall consist of the officers of all counties whose assessed valuation is less than four million dollars. SEC. 3. That the said officers named in section I, of this act, shall each be allowed to receive, as annual compensation for their services as officers of their respective counties, by classes as follows, to-wit: Salaries in Counties of FirstClass. First Class. Treasurer, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Sheriff, four thousand dollars. Assessor, twenty-five hundred dollars. Clerk and Recorder, three thousand dollars. Clerk of District Court, three thousand dollars. County Attorney, twenty-five hundred dollars. Superintendent of Common Schools, twelve hundred dollars. In Second Class. Second Class. Treasurer, three thousand dollars. Assessor, twenty-five hundred dollars. Clerk and Recorder, twenty-five hundred dollars. Superintendent of Common Schools, twelve hundred dollars. Third Class. Treasurer, twenty-two hundred dollars. Clerk and Recorder, twenty-two hundred dollars. Superintendent of Common Schools, one thousand dollars. The salaries herein provided for shall be paid to the respective officers quarterly out of the contingent fund in their respective county treasuries upon a warrant of the County Commissioners; save and except County Attorneys, which salaries shall be payable likewise quarterly, one-half from their respective counties upon the warrant of the County Commissioners, and the other one-half from the State Treasurer upon the warrant drawn against the State Treasurer by the State Auditor, which last named warrant shall be drawn by the Auditor upon representation of a certificate from the Board of County Commissioners, of the respective counties, naming the amount for which the same shall be drawn, it being the intent and meaning of this act to limit the maximum actual compensation from all sources, of the officers named under this act, to the sums named in this section: Provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be held to apply to the compensation received by the Sheriffs as mileage for actual and necessary traveling expenses in the performance of official duties, or for the board of prisoners. SEC. 4. The maximum annual compensation which shall be allowed to any deputy or assistant employed to assist the officers named in section one of this act is hereby fixed and limited as follows: |