EXTRA SERVICE OF SHERIFFS AND CLERKS.
Mr. BUNDY, from the Judiciary Committee, returned Mr. Nebeker's bill [8] to provide allowance to sheriffs and clerks of the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts for extra services and reported an amendment by way of substitute. The substitute [187] provides thai the Board of County Commissioners shall allow their clerks and sheriffs an annual compensation for extra services not exceeding $100 each; but no such allowance shall be made until the clerk or sheriff shall have filed a detailed statement of his extra services and the ordinary charges therefor. The Board shall then make such reasonable allowance as they shall see proper, but in no case exceeding $100.
Mr. B. said his was a substitute for Mr. Nebeker's bill. But still he thought $150 too small. He proposed to further amend by inserting $200 for $100. Some discretion should be confided to the commissioners. This was a revival of the law of 1852. There had been progress in business since. There were abuses under the act of 1855, which gave unlimited dircretion to the commissioners. But here the discretion was limited again. They were not required, of course, to come up to the limit. His amendment was for the larger counties.
Mr. NEBEKER. Would not the office of sheriff be better in Warren than Marion under that bill?
Mr. BUNDY. The sheriff was the poorest paid officer in the State; but he still would prefer the office in the larger county.
The matter passed over for the special order of the day.
Mr. VEATCH (by unanimous consent) returned from a majority of the Judiciary Committee Mr. Nebeker's bill [39] to authorize new counties, &c., with sundry verbal and clerical amendments, recommending passage.
Mr. CASON, on the part of a minority of said committee, also recommended the passage of the bill, with an amendment to the effect, That nothing in this bill shall operate so as to supercede any proceedings heretofore commenced for the organization of new counties, but that all such cases shall proceed under the law as it now exists.
Mr. VEATCH moved that tho bill and page: 189[View Page 189] amendments lie on the table, and be made the special order for Wednesday next.
Mr. STOTSENBERG proposed "Thursday," to get beyond the time of Mr. Lincoln's visit.
Mr. VEATCH acquiesced.
Mr. WOODHULL moved to print the bill, He urged caution on this subject, from the fact that the journals show that the bill of the last session became a law without embodying the intent of the Legislature.
Mr. McLEAN also alleged that the new county bill of 1859 was passed through fraud or mistake. He confessed that he himself voted for it by mistake.
Mr. BUNDY asked for a division of the question.
Mr. FRASIER opposed printing, because every member was now perfectly conversant with its provisions. The only question was, whether the amendment reported by the minority should be adopted.
On motion by Mr. DOBBINS, the motion to print was laid on the table.
The report and bill were then laid on the table, and made the special order for next Thursday at 10 o'clock.
Messrs. Moody, Davis, Heffren and Collins, of Adams, had leave of absence on account of indisposition.
