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Artic3.ee 3 and SSQl, Vernon't~ mot&ted airi& Statutist, read in par% aa foliow5:

*Article ass& EW#apt as otherwise pmvid.ed in this aat,. tba uraual iaee that may ba ratainad by praalnot, county and dietriot offfoers mentioned tbte m%t;iclo shall be 6,s rollaver in

'1. IQ oomtlee oonixlning twerzty-five (25,000) tboueand or lees inhabitantez county judge, dietriot CT criminal disttiat attorney, shariif, county clerk, &mnty attorney, dietr%ct clerk, tax oollector, tax eeeoeeor, or the eeeue~ear and oolleotor of taxes, twenty four hum%rad f#iS4OO.) dollars each; uetiae of the pes<re and conetable twelve hundred (Q.200.) i dollsrs eaoh.-'

'Artltls S&31* Each offiaar naraed fn thle ~ohaptuq shall fl'irart out of ourrent fees of his offlob pay or be pl.d the eeunmt eU.ewed him undur the pro- oiaiona of hrOM.e W&33, together with the saLarIas id hle a5alstaMis and QaputZse, and authorlzea axpeneoe under Artiale 3899, QJM! the eaount~naoeeaary to oover aoet of' premium on whatwar aursty bond may be req yp by law. If the ourrat rw3 oi mob oirioa oellaot in eny ye&u be more than tha amount neaded to pay tba emount abcve speciilbd, smm she11 ba deemed excess f-8, end r&all be disposed of in the masmer hex-sin- after :rovldsd.

*In oountiee oont;ain&ay twenty-five thbussnd (ZS,WO) or lees inhabitants, diPrtriot nnd county offiaere nsmed lwrsln ehall retaLa one-third of such qxeeea feesa until su6h one-third, t-ether with the UQcurit sptmified in Art&ala 3&f%, ,aaounte + threa thousand dollars ($3,W.). . . ,*

fn ~daitw, YOU w0xrsd to mme 3ow, varnslkte Awmtated Civil Statutes, relating to monthly axpensa aooounta, whit3h reads in pati Qb tOlloW41: 'The momt of' such OX:~%~S~S, with tha tog@tiiar

wunt of salaries pald to assistants, deputiae and elurke, &all be paid out of the face earned by suah OlflOU.'~