Pennsylvania Act 1885-39 — FEES COLLECTED BY PUBLIC OFFICERS

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FEES COLLECTED BY PUBLIC OFFICERS
                   Act of Jun. 3, 1885, P.L. 60, No. 39               Cl. 72
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the payment into the State Treasury of all fees
        collected by the officers, agents and employes of the State
        Government, for a uniform method of keeping the accounts of
        the same, and for paying by warrant of the Auditor General to
        the said officers, agents and employes, the several amounts
        of said fees which they are respectively entitled to receive.

        Section 1.  Fees to be paid into State Treasury
        It hereafter shall be the duty of every officer, agent and
     employee of the State Government, who now is or hereafter shall
     be by law entitled to receive for his own use any fees,
     emoluments and perquisites whatsoever, not included in his
     salary, fixed by law and now paid by warrant of the Auditor
     General, to pay the amount of said fees, emoluments and
     perquisites into the Treasury of the State, in the manner and
     for the purposes by this act hereinafter directed.  1885, June
     3, P.L. 60, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Report to be made quarterly to Auditor General
        It shall be the duty of every state officer, agent and
     employee receiving fees, emoluments or perquisites as aforesaid,
     or fees for the use of the state, to make a certified report in
     writing to the Auditor General on the first Monday of July next,
     and quarterly thereafter, of all fees, emoluments and
     perquisites collected, and all fees, emoluments and perquisites
     charged during the preceding quarter, distinguishing between the
     collections and charges made for his own use, and the
     collections and charges made for the use of the state, and
     clearly designating the amount of every such fee, emolument or
     perquisite, and the source from which the same was derived.
     1885, June 3, P.L. 60, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Auditor General to record fees and certify same
     to treasurer
        It shall be the duty of the Auditor General, after receiving
     the report of any state officer, agent or employee, required to
     be made by the preceding section of this act, to pass to the
     salary account of said officer, agent or employee, the gross
     amount of fees, emoluments or perquisites by him reported as
     charged or collected during the preceding quarter for his own
     use, and also to pass to the public fee account of said officer,
     agent or employee, the gross amount of fees by him reported as
     charged or collected during the preceding quarter for the use of
     the State; and it shall be the further duty of the Auditor
     General, within five days after receiving any report of fees as
     aforesaid, to certify to the State Treasurer, in writing, the
     gross amount of fees, emoluments or perquisites which said
     report represents to have been collected by and for the use of
     the officer, agent or employee who shall make the report, and
     also the gross amount of fees which said report represents to
     have been collected for the use of the State.  1885, June 3,
     P.L. 60, Sec. 3.
        Section 4.  Payment to be made within ten days after making
     report
        It shall be the further duty of every officer, agent and
     employee of the State as aforesaid, within ten days after making
     to the Auditor General the report required by the second section
     of this act, to pay over to the State Treasurer the amount of
     fees, emoluments and perquisites collected by him during the
     preceding quarter, whether for his own use or for the use of the
     State.  1885, June 3, P.L. 60, Sec. 4.
        Section 5.  Treasurer to give receipts for amounts paid
        It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer, upon
     presentation to him of the quarterly collections of fees,
     emoluments and perquisites of any officer, agent or employee of
     the state, and upon the filing in his office of the certificate
     of the Auditor General required by the third section of this
     act, to receive the said collections, and to give a receipt to
     the proper officer, agent or employee in each case for the
     amount thereof, distinguishing between the sum paid in for the
     use of the officer, agent or employee, and the sum paid in for
     the use of the state, which said receipt shall be presented to
     and countersigned by the Auditor General in the usual manner.
     1885, June 3, P.L. 60, Sec. 5.
        Section 6.  Warrant for amount due officer
        It shall be the further duty of the Auditor General, upon
     presentation to him of any receipt of the State Treasurer in due
     form for fees, emoluments or perquisites, after the same shall
     have been duly countersigned and entered, to draw his warrant
     upon the State Treasurer in favor of the proper officer, agent
     or employee, for so much of the amount receipted for as said
     employee is entitled by law to receive for his own use, and to
     charge the said officer or employee with the amount of said
     warrant in the salary account of said agent, officer or
     employee.  1885, June 3, P.L. 60, Sec. 6.