Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1899 — Salaries to be Fixed. [ARTICLE]

Salaries to be Fixed.

The state fee and salary commission met last Thursday at Indianapolis and discussed such informa- - tion as is now on hand and reached the conclusion that it was> time to devise a system of calculating salaries of county officers, taking into consideration the population, wealth and services rendered, by each officer. For this purpose the secretary' was instructed to prepare blapks for each member of the commission, the blank to set out population, wealth, the average yearly collection of fees, the present salary, net salary, and a blank for which the salaries sbonld be. This is only a preliminary step toward the final fixing of salaries, v which cannot be done, however, until the population of 1900 i» available. The commission is agreed, but no definite action has* been taken upon it, that each officer should receive a fixed salary, fl not contingent upon his fees. The question whether to include in the salary* to be fixed the matter of deputy hire, or make an allowance for deputies separate from the salary of the officer, to be paid other than by the officer, wasalso considered, but both that question and the one regarding fixed salaries was left for consideration. It was decided to ask of the state officers statements regarding the condition of fees and’ all matter of business relating to them.