Salt Lake Herald | 1908-06-03 | Page 10 | Fees for Copies

I FEES FOR COPIES I Attorney General Interprets Law With Reference to Land Office Thomas C Callister the secretary oi 01 o othe tile the state near of land Jand s asked the attorney general for an as to the collection of fees for copies of documents do in the state land office The rhe secretary wanted to know whether a spec special special specIa ial Ia agent of or the government should be charged Attorney General Br edon says in m substance that there is no difference between a government special agent and an individual and that if f the special age t wants copies he must pay pa for them theta at the legal rate but that if It he merely wants wanta to examine them and make copies himself hJ it is his bis privilege so to do as it itis Itis itis is the privilege of any individual the rec roe records records onis being public publIco A pertinent extract from Major Bree dens opinion is in regard to the legal 0 rate He says ays in this connection attention is directed to section compiled laws of 1907 1997 The part ap applicable applicable applicable here reads as follows Fees of board hoard of ot land commissioners for copy of ot otan any an resolution record or other document or paper paPe on tile file in office 15 Ii I cents per r folio lolio This section of the compiled complied laws law confers con ten power on en the board and requires it to charge a fee of 15 cents per folio lolio for making a copy of any paper or record on file or in possession poI of the state la lad lud d board and if l the copy eop is certified to by bythe bythe bythe the secretary of said board an additional fee of or 1 shall be lE charged as required b by section of the sa sYd d compiled laws