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 Exceptions. 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 nothing in this act shall be held to apply to the compensation received by the sheriffs for board of prisoners, or the assessor for registering voters. terly. to quar SEC. 2. That it is hereby made the duty of the several officers named in the first section of this act to report officers to the county commissioners of their respective counties report quarterly, during each year of their official term, a certified and sworn statement in detail, of all costs, fees, percentages, penalties, allowances, and other perquisites of every kind, charged in his office, whether taxed in any cause, matter, or proceeding, or otherwise and receivable by him for any services rendered by him during the quarter next preceding the time of making such statement, showing the whole amount thereof, how much thereof has been received by him, how much thereof remains uncollected, the names of the persons from whom the same are due, and the amount due from each, and the reason why the same has not been collected: Provided, however, that the sheriff, probate judge, [and] clerk of Exceptions. the district court shall not be required to report as to the uncollected fees and costs in any suit, matter, or proceeding, which, at the time of making any such quarterly report, shall be pending and not determined by a final order or judgment; but all such uncollected fees and costs shall be reported in full in the next quarterly report, if the said suit, matter, or proceeding shall have been determined by a final order or judgment: And provided further, that the treasurer shall not be required to report the fees, percentages, allowances, or penalties, receivable by him for collecting taxes that are charged upon the tax duplicate, until his settlement with the county commissioners, but immediately after said settlement he shall pay the same into the county treasury. SEC. 3. The maximum compensation which shall be allowed to any deputy or assistant employed to assist of under sher the officers named in section one of this act is hereby fixed Compensation and limited as follows: For the under sheriff, not to iffs, deputies, exceed the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum; assistants, etc. for each deputy sheriff, or clerk of the probate court, or Number of each deputy or assistant employed to assist the treasurer, clerk and recorder, or clerk of the district court or deputy, the compensation shall not exceed the rate of one hundred dollars per month: Provided, the whole number of assistants or deputies allowed the county clerk and deputies and recorder shall not exceed two, nor shall there be more than one clerk or assistant of the probate court or judge, nor more than one assistant for the treasurer, nor more than one deputy or assistant for the clerk of the district court in addition to the deputy now provided by law, in each county. The assessor and treasurer shall not em assistants lim ited. missioners to ploy any deputy or assistant at the cost of the county, County com- but, if any be employed, the assessor and treasurer shall determine the pay therefor personally. The number of deputy clerks sistants or dep- or assistants, if any, and the question as to whether any uties to be em- under sheriff shall be employed, under the provisions of number of as ployed. keep an accu ceived. this section, and the compensation of such persons when so employed, shall be determined by the board of county commissioners, and subject to all of the limitations herein prescribed. The salaries herein provided for, or so much thereof as may be allowed, shall be paid by warrants drawn on the contingent funds of the respective counties; one-fourth thereof payable quarterly. Officers to SEC. 4. That each of said officers shall keep full and rate account of regular accounts, subject at all times to the examination money re- of any officer or citizen of the county, of all sums collected by him on account of official fees, costs, penalties, percentages, allowances, and other perquisites of whatever kind, and said books of account shall be a part of the records of their respective offices, and belong to the county, and shall be transmitted to their successors in office. SEC. 5. That the said officers named in the first section of this act shall each be allowed to receive, as annual compensation for their services, as officers of their respective counties, as follows, to-wit: Assessor, one thousand dollars, Clerk and Recorder, one thousand eight hundred dollars, Deputy Clerk of District Court, . . five hundred dollars, Probate Judge, . one thousand dollars, Superintendent of public schools, . five hundred dollars, Treasurer, Sheriff, . Assessor, CHOTEAU COUNTY. two thousand five hundred dollars, three thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, Clerk and Recorder, . two thousand five hundred dollars, Deputy Clerk of District Court, . Probate Judge, . one thousand two hundred dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, Superintendent of public schools, . one thousand dollars, CUSTER COUNTY. Treasurer,. two thousand five hundred dollars, three thousand dollars, Assessor, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, Clerk and Recorder, . Deputy Clerk of District Court, Probate Judge, two thousand dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, Superintendent of schools, seven hundred and fifty dollars, Treasurer, Sheriff, . Assessor, GALLATIN COUNTY. two thousand five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, Clerk and Recorder, . two thousand five hundred dollars, Clerk of District Court, one thousand two hundred dollars, Probate Judge, . . one thousand eight hundred dollars, Superintendent of schools, . one thousand dollars, Treasurer,. Sheriff, . Assessor, JEFFERSON COUNTY. one thousand five hundred dollars, . two thousand dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, Clerk and Recorder, . one thousand five hundred dollars, Deputy Clerk of District Court, . . six hundred dollars, Probate Judge, . . one thousand two hundred dollars, Superintendent of schools, seven hundred and fifty dollars, Sheriff,. Assessor, two thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, . one thousand dollars, MADISON COUNTY. two thousand two hundred dollars, two thousand dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, Clerk and Recorder, . . Treasurer, MEAGHER COUNTY. two thousand dollars, . two thousand dollars, Treasurer, one thousand dollars, one thousand dollars, . eight hundred dollars, MISSOULA COUNTY. two thousand dollars, Clerk and Recorder, one thousand eight hundred dollars, Probate Judge, . Superintendent of schools, twelve hundred dollars, SILVER BOW COUNTY, Treasurer, Sheriff,. Assessor, two thousand five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, Clerk and Recorder, two thousand five hundred dollars, Treasurer, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY. two thousand five hundred dollars, -which sums shall be paid to them quarterly, out of the Salaries to be contingent fund in their respective county treasuries, paid quarterly. upon the warrant of the county commissioners, it being the true intent and meaning of this act to limit the maximum annual compensation, from every source, of the officers named in the first section of this act to the sums named in this section. SEC. 6. That each of said officers named in the first section of this act shall, at the end of each quarter, pay |