Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1914 — FEES OF SHERIFFS AND CLERKS FIXED [ARTICLE]

FEES OF SHERIFFS AND CLERKS FIXED

State Board of Examiners Decides Case in Vigo County of Interest in AU Counties.

Indianapolis. July B.—The state board of accounts this afternoon gave an important opinion bearing on the Question of what fees may be retained by sheriffs and clerks of courts of the various counties. The opinion was given to advise field who are examining the records in Vigo county, but it applies to practically every county in the state. The board holds that neither thC sheriff or clerk is entitled to a fee for attending sessions of probate c ommissioners, that they are not entitled' to a per diem fee for attending sessions of the juvenile court on days when the circuit court is in session, that fees for attending sessions of the circuit court may be allowed only for days when the court is actually in session and that a sheriff Is not entitled to extra compensation for the care of insane patients other than a reim- . bursement for any expenditures he may make. It also decides to consider the act of the 1913 general assembly legalizing the collection of certain "in and out” fees, as constitutional until it is otherwise held by the court.'