8. District attorney. The district attorney, twelve hundred dollars per annum. 9. Coroner. by law. The coroner, such fees as are or may hereafter be allowed 10. Public administrator. The public administrator, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 11. Superintendent of schools. The superintendest of schools, four hundred dollars per annum. 12. Surveyor. The surveyor, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 13. Classification of townships. For the purpose of regulating the compensation of justices of the peace and constables, townships of this class of counties are hereby classified according to their population, as shown by the total number of registered voters, in each township, at the next preceding general election, prior to the fixing of the classification, and said population to be determined by the supervisors by multiplying the said total number of registered voters by three; townships having a population of not more than one hundred shall belong to and be known as townships of the first class; townships having a population of not more than three hundred and not less than one hundred and one shall belong to and be known as townships of the second class; townships having a population of not more than seven hundred and fifty and not less than three hundred and one shall belong to and be known as townships of the third class; townships having a population of not more than fifteen hundred and not less than seven hundred and fifty-one shall belong to and be known as townships of the fourth class; townships having a population in excess of fifteen hundred shall belong to and be known as townships of the fifth class; provided, that the board of supervisors may, prior to any general election, consolidate two or more such townships into one. 14. Justices of the peace. Justices of the peace and constables each of townships of the first class shall receive an annual salary of one hundred dollars to be paid in monthly installments as county officers are paid; justices of the peace and constables of townships of the second class shall each receive an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars to be paid in monthly installments as county officers are paid; justices of the peace and constables in townships of the third class shall each receive an annual salary of two hundred dollars to be paid in monthly installments as county officers are paid; justices of the peace and constables of townships of the fourth class shall each receive an annual salary of three hundred dollars to be paid in monthly installments as county officers are paid; justices of the peace and constables in townships of the fifth class shall each receive an annual salary of four hundred dollars to be paid in monthly installments as county officers are paid. The salaries so received by justices of the peace and constables aforesaid shall be in full compensation for all services rendered by them. These salaries shall also apply to incumbents. 15. Supervisors. Each member of the board of supervisors, six dollars per day during session, and thirty cents per mile one way to board meetings; three dollars per day (no mileage) as road commissioner when actually engaged in road business. 16. Official reporter. In counties of this class, the official reporter of the superior court shall receive, as full compensation for taking notes in civil and criminal cases tried in said court, and for preliminary examinations in justices' courts, a per diem of eight dollars; and for transcription of said notes, when required during the progress of the trial, he shall receive the sum of twenty cents per folio for the original and five cents per folio for one copy; but if such transcription is not required until after conclusion of trial, then he shall receive the sum of ten cents per folio for original, and three cents per folio for copies required; said compensation for transcription in criminal cases to be audited and allowed by the board of supervisors as other claims against the county, and paid out of the county treasury, and in civil cases, to be paid by the party ordering the same, or, when ordered by the judge, by either party, or jointly by both parties, as the court may direct. 17. Jurors. Jurors' fees in criminal cases shall be as follows: For attending as a grand juror or a trial juror in the superior court, in criminal cases only, for each day's attendance, per day, three dollars; for each mile actually traveled in attending court as such juror under summons or under order of court, in criminal cases, in going only, per mile, thirty cents, and the county clerk shall certify to the auditor the number of days' attendance and number of miles traveled by each juror, and the auditor shall draw his warrant therefor and the treasurer shall pay the same. [Amendment approved 1915; Stats. 1915, p. 798.] Legislation § 4286. 1. Enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 544; based on former County Gov. Act 1897, p. 571, § 214. 2. Amended by Stats. 1909, p. 762. 3. By Stats. 1911, p. 250. 4. By Stats. 1915, p. 798. Original § 4286 enacted March 12, 1872; repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 354; same as present § 4144, ante. ARTICLE LVII. Counties of the Fifty-eighth class. [Alpine.] § 4287. Salaries of officers. § 4287. Counties, fifty-eighth class-Alpine. Salaries of officers. In counties of the fifty-eighth class county officers shall receive as compensation for services required of them by law, or by virtue of their office the following salaries and compensation, to wit: 1. County clerk. The county clerk, five hundred dollars per annum. 2. Sheriff. The sheriff, seven hundred dollars per annum. 3. Recorder. The recorder, five hundred dollars per annum. 4. Auditor. The auditor, two hundred dollars per annum. 5. Treasurer. The treasurer, six hundred dollars per annum. 6. Tax-collector. The, tax-collector, three hundred dollars per annum. 7. Assessor. The assessor, six hundred dollars per annum. 8. District attorney. The district attorney, one thousand dollars per annum. 9. Coroner. lowed by law. The coroner, such fees as are now or may be hereafter al 10. Public administrator. The public administrator, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. Pol. Code-81 11. Superintendent of schools. The superintendent of schools, two hundred dollars per annum. 12. Surveyor. The surveyor, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 13. Justices of the peace. Justices of the peace, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 14. Constables. Constables, such fees as are now or may be hereafter allowed by law. 15. Supervisors. Each supervisor, five dollars per day when the board is in session, and twenty cents per mile for traveling from his residence to the county seat, going only and only one mileage shall be allowed for any regular session of the board; and when serving as road commissioner, three dollars per day. Such per diem not to exceed the total sum of fifty dollars per annum; provided, however, that five per cent only shall be allowed the sheriff or tax-collector as fees for collecting licenses in counties of this class. [Amendment approved 1913; Stats. 1913, p. 1277.] Legislation § 4287. 1. Enacted by Stats. 1911, p. 251. 2. Amended by Stats. 1913, p. 1277. Original § 4287 enacted March 12, 1872; repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 354; embraced in present § 4146, ante. ARTICLE LVIII. General Provisions Relating to Salaries and Fees. § 4288. Counties of first class, date of salary payments. § 4289. § 4290. Fees and salaries of county officers. § 4291. Salaries to be paid monthly. § 4288. Counties of first class, date of salary payments. The salaries of such officers named in this title as are entitled to salaries shall be paid monthly out of the county treasury; and it shall be the duty of the auditor, on the first Monday of each and every month, to draw his warrant upon the treasurer in favor of each of said officers for the amount of salary due him under the provisions of this title for the preceding month; except that, unless in this title otherwise provided, onehalf of the annual salary of the assessor shall be paid to him in equal monthly installments for the months of March, April, May and June, and one half in equal monthly installments for the remaining eight months of the year. The treasurer shall pay said warrants on presentation, out of the salary fund of the county treasury; provided, that in counties of the first class or in counties operating under a charter, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, fix a date or schedule of dates for the payment of salaries of the officers, deputies, clerks and other employees of the several departments and institutions of the county government. [Amendment approved 1915; Stats. 1915, p. 1055.] Salaries of county officers, how audited and paid: See post, § 4291. Legislation § 4288. 1. Enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 545; substantially same as former County Gov. Act 1897, p. 574, § 220. 2. Amended by Stats. 1915, p. 1055. Original § 4288 enacted March 12, 1872; repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 354; embraced in present § 4146, ante. § 4289. Statement of fees must precede warrants for salary. The auditor shall not draw his warrant for the salary of any such officer for any month until the latter shall first have presented him with the certificate of the treasurer, showing that he has made the statement and settlement for that month required in this title. Legislation § 4289. 1. Enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 545; substantially same as former County Gov. Act 1897, p. 574, § 221. Original § 4289 enacted March 12, 1872; repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 354; same as present § 4147, ante. § 4290. Fees and salaries of county officers. The salaries and fees provided in this title shall be in full compensation for all services of every kind and description rendered by the officers named in this title either as officers or ex officio officers, their deputies and assistants, unless in this title otherwise provided, and all deputies employed shall be paid by their principals out of the salaries provided in this title, unless in this title otherwise provided; provided, and except that the assessor shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own use, unless in this title otherwise provided, six per cent on personal property tax collected by him, as authorized by section 3820, and fifteen per cent of all amounts collected by him for poll-taxes, and road poll-taxes, and also five dollars per hundred names of persons returned by him as subject to military duty, as provided in section 1901, and shall also be allowed by the county his actual expense when summoned before the state board of equalization in pursuance of an act entitled "An act to carry into effect the provisions of section 14 of article 13 of the constitution of the state of California as said constitution was amended November 8, 1910, providing for the separation of state from local taxation, and providing for the taxation of public service and other corporations for the benefit of the state, all relating to revenue and taxation," and the license collector shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own use ten per cent on all licenses collected by him, except where otherwise provided in this title; provided, however, that in counties and cities and counties of the first, second and third classes, the assessor shall receive no commission for the collection of taxes on personal property, nor shall such assessor receive any compensation or commission for the collection of poll-taxes or road poll-taxes, nor shall such assessor receive any compensation for making out military-roll of persons returned by him as subject to military duty as provided by section 1901; nor shall the license collector in counties and cities and counties of the first and second classes receive any commission for licenses collected by him; provided, further, that the treasurer shall receive and retain for his own use the commissions on all inheritance and transfer taxes collected by him, and provided, further, that whenever the treasurer of any county shall employ a special attorney for the collection of such taxes, said attorney shall be paid out of the commissions and fees allowed by law for the collection of such taxes; provided, that in any county where the number of judges of the superior court shall have been increased since the first day of January, 1911, or shall hereafter be increased, there must be and there hereby is allowed to the sheriff of such county, by reason of such increase, one additional deputy, to be appointed by the sheriff, at a salary not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers are paid, and also there must be and is hereby allowed to the county clerk of such county, one additional deputy to act as courtroom clerk, for each judge so appointed or elected, at a salary not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum for each of said deputies, to be paid at the same time and in the same manner county officers are paid. The board of supervisors shall allow to the sheriff his necessary expenses for pursuing criminals, or transacting any criminal business, and for boarding prisoners in the county jail; provided, that the board of supervisors shall fix a reasonable price at which such prisoners shall be boarded, if not otherwise provided for in this title; provided, further, that the sheriff shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own use, five dollars per diem for conveying prisoners to and from the state prisons, and for conveying persons to and from the insane asylums, or other state institutions, not otherwise provided for by law; also, all expenses necessarily incurred in conveying insane persons to and from the insane asylums, and in conveying persons to and from the state prisons, or other state institutions, which per diem and expenses shall be allowed by the board of examiners and collected from the state. The court shall also allow the sheriff his necessary expenses in keeping and preserving property seized on attachment or executions, to be paid out of the fees collected in the action. The sheriff may retain for his own use the mileage for service of papers or process issued by any court of the state; provided, further, that the county treasurers of the several counties of this state, where their necessary expense incurred in the making of the state settlements provided for by section 3866 shall exceed the maximum amount of mileage allowed them by section 3876 shall be allowed out of the county treasury of their respective counties, the amount of such excess, which shall be paid as other demands against the county are paid; provided, further, that in case county or city and county officers perform munici pal duties imposed by a charter framed under the provisions of sections 8 and 8% of article 11 of the constitution the compensation of such officers and the expense of such officers may be apportioned by the board of supervisors in proportion to the duties rendered as county officers under general laws and rendered as municipal officers under charter provisions, and the compensation determined to be for the performance of municipal duties shall be paid from funds raised for municipal purposes and the compensation determined to be for county duties shall be paid from funds provided by sections 3714 and 4305 of this code. [Amendment approved 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 943.] Salary full compensation for all services: See ante, § 1033. Legislation § 4290. 1. Enacted by Stats. 1907, p. 545; substantially same as former County Gov. Act 1897, p. 572, § 215, as amended by Stats. 1905, p. 582, omitting portion held unconstitutional in Knight v. Martin, 128 Cal. 245, 246. 2. Amended by Stats. 1911, p. 251. 3. Amended by Stats. 1911, p. 943. Original § 4290 enacted March 12, 1872; repealed by Stats. 1907, p. 354; substantially same as present § 4148. ante. § 4291. Salaries to be paid monthly. The salaries of officers must be paid monthly from the county salary fund of the treasury, on the warrant of the auditor. Salaries of county officers, how audited and paid: See ante, § 4288. Legislation § 4291. Added by Stats. 1907, p. 546; same as former County Gov. Act 1897, p. 492, § 156. |