tatod Civil Statutor, provitlor f Couaty Audlton la aoun- ocording r mom inbabltaats , o r hwla $ l tax v81uatien lar r ec mo re, l o cardlag to e County does not hr. l lther Veraon’a Annotated ClrU Statutea, provides: “When the canmlsaloners taourt of a couatr not q entloaad enussrated in the preceding article shall detowfne that of county% an auditor la a public nscsrslty ln dispatch h uslno~a hnll eater aa order won the minutea of said *2 Hanonblo kd Prloo, -0 2 court filly setting for noaoaalt~ out the IYIIOIU

an auditor, and aball oauae l uob ardor IN c4rtlrl4d to tbo dlatrlct J-r barlag jurlrdlotlon in the aounty, uld Jw or Jar shall, if aaid nraamk aonslderod good and auftlclont, to appoint 8 county wdltor a8 pro- vldod ln the p r o cmdw l rtlalo, vho ahall Qualify urd par- foma all the dutlea MZulXWd of aouut~ rddlton by the lnva of thlr rtito, and vho rball maolvo aa oaponratlon for la18 8*rvlc*8 l a eoullty wlditor m uuluirl ulmy or not more the annual totalaaop~pratlon&d/or ulmyallouod or paid tbo aam4a~or and oollootor OS tax.8 la bl8 county, and not 148s than the annual salary allovod much county l udlbor undo? the goneral law provided in Article 1645, Rorlaod Cl- rll Strtutoa, aa saiaid o?tlolo ulated on Jumry 1, lgkri ouch salary OS the oounty auditor k dot4mlnd.d uxl fir- 4d by th4 dlatrlct ju@ or dlatrlct juda4a harw jurladlc- MT: in the county, a Mjorlty thereof ruling, said annual

to bc paid aonthly out ol the pnorsl fUad 05 the Coun- %.m action OS @aid dlatrlat j-o dlatr2at juma ln and flxln~~ the ral8~ of the county auditor ahall %orilalrq k udr br ordor and noordod in th4 olnutoa the diatrlct oaurt of tho county and the clerk thonof ah11 aertlw amao for obsorvuwo to tho oo~llaalcnora* aocrt vbleh aball be the aauao of wo to bo noorded in lta lmat.8~ a?- ter thr ralary of the county auditor ha hen fixed by the dlatrlct ju@r or dlatrlct judgoa, no chsage In such 8alary rhall tborocitor boom dfOUtfQ* until tho b@nning of nod naulng flail yur tho couaty~ provldod, havowr, my inoroaso in acti- bovo tho anuual salary llovod uoh auditor wa- of mq aucb county auditor ovoc der grnonl l&v pravldod in Article 1645, ea uld Artl- xlatod on Jnmmry 1, 1940, ahall only k allarod and paralttcd rlth tha xpreaa conaont and approval of tbo am- laaionerv' court of tbo uouaty vhoae mulltar 1s a?- feeted or nay ba ffoctul by thr pro~lalona of tbla act; such oonasnt and approval of such ooumla8lonmra~ court ahall bs mndo by order of such court recorded in slnuter of th4 crmmlealonera~ court of such county. Provided, said dlt- trlct judg4 or district judgoa rho11 hv4 the paver to dlr- continue the services of the auditor as provided far in thit article al: any time after xylmtlm gf one (1) year Cram the epLolntment, when it ab clearly rhavn that suck auditor la nDt 8 F-ublic necesalty, am.! hi8 rewlccs are not *3 Htmorablo HOd PrlCo~ F'8gO 3

owurato rltb hla ulary.'

Artlolo 1645, VOP~AOIS~S ArIaoUted Civil Statutes. es It XiStOd January &XTt l 8 ?OliBVS: 1, 190, & b "In any oounty brlag a populatlm of tblrty-flro thou- sand (35,000) lahsbltaato, ok vor# l o o o rdlng to tbo pre- aodlng Podoral Con81.18, or hvlag a tu nlwtlen of Fl?tom Mlllloa ($15,000,000) Dollar8, or over, accord tbo 9 &ppTOQOd tu S'o118, thOM ah11 k bloxmlal J appoint- ' lert od oa auditor ooount8 axad ?bAnCe8, tho title of Beid oS?loer to b8 rudltor, vho ah811 hold hlo Offlao for tvo (2) yearn, and who ah11 naelro as aagn8stlan for his 80N1aa8 on@ shmdrd end Tumty-lrlve Dollar8 ($125.00) tech mllllon dollars, or ILL portion theroof ?ra the e8- aeaaea valuation, the UUIUE s. aal.8~7 to bo oaaputed f’roa last approved tax bollj said annual 8alaly fram Count ?Undr: Shll,nOt ucood Thno cbaruad bil lhmdrod Dellam dS,600) . . .

It be notod that Article 1646 provldoa La l ffo ct tht the 0CUnt.y auditor ~ppO%lltOd U8Id.T pl'Ovio1o58 Of nld auditor an annualulmy a? not mom unnml totrlaae- StAtUtO ah11 TOCOiVe l O~&%Wti= fOT his SOZ’V~COS ^[8] WuntJ pOn8AtlOZi At&d/or Da-l7 ellwed Or paid the 0880880T and colloct- La hi8 County and not 1088 than the annusl Da&l7 Or of tue8 al- loved,8ucb county auditor under geornl lav provided ln Arti- cle 1645, as said artlclo xlrted on January 1, 1940. 4ccordlng, tu valuatlaa Llaoatono oouaty tho umual ulary or OOISQOll88tiOli or tho&r uaitor under Artlolo 1645, &I Setd artlclo. al8tod om Junmr;l 1, 1940, vould bo Plghteon Xmdred ead doll&r8 ($1875.00), aat i8 the Plnlm~ ulery Sovonty-flvo ccaponaatloa fixed by Artlalo 1046. The am-1 8mxlmm salary allovod tho cinmty auditor under artlelr 1645 csnnot be PIWC thsn 8mWit elloved es8e88or end OOllOCtOr Of tEUt8 ti SUCh cow- tY * The el&ry of the sudltor is to be fixed rad dbtemin- ed by the di8tTlCt #Udg jU,TiSdiCtl~ or dirtriot jUd@S hpVbg in the county, end vhere Lhere la more then one dl8tTiCt juae, e majority ruling Irm8t b0 had Y.6 detormlnfng md ?W.ng the salary ~,f the county auditor. th/bVtT, if IbtM 18 JSn~ inCI'tR84 i.ll tht selary of the county auditor over and ebove the annual aalsrg al- loved the courty auditor under the general lav provrded in Article l&5, as raid artlclc exlated on J8mmr~ 1, 1940, the sane sblZ only be ellovod and permitted vlth the xpre88 oonsout and appro- ~81 of the o~t88i~Or8’ OOurt of the OCUtJ vhoao COIInty eudlt- or 18 afiected by the pTaVl8l~8 Of the aCta nd 8UCh OoluOUt and approval of SUCK pr9ViSbOnS and A?- Of tht Aat, 4d 8uCb COn84nt >:rovs1 of such cmrQlBnl3ner8' court, &1111 be IMdb by order oi fuch cC)u?t and r+xwded l.n the ainutes o? tkb cmi6slonCPs’ c%?t o!- %Jch Cmint~.

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Surnrirlttg, you blw rdvlr otl; flnt that th8 8lnlmm ea- po8nt1at of tho Oeu8LJ 8Jito r of Ll8oote88 Cmltt~', 18 tig2lteon Hu8dr odo8dkv~t~-fln Dellwa ($l8moo)porurm,uAd thmt hho mulmm aapoautlam oi ulb mtat~ tiltor cannot ntcemd the mual to-1 oapenration and/or salary allow6 or paid the WI- s~or and oollo~tor OS turn8 in Llmrtom cowtt7,

four@ very truly, ATTomtT mtxML dr TuA8 *

Al-d.11 Vllllu~ AmBlrtMt A?PRoYm?a.9,19@ Wtrdtb#

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