Show COUNTY COURT proceedings opinion ol 01 the county attorney regarding the collectors fees the county court held its regular session thie forenoon with all present the following lids for furnishing eleven record bojica for the county clerks office were opened george D bernard A co SO W W browning A co A 0 emerson hall and OD onnald litho pettibone sawtelle i co and A carlisle co and the bide were referred to child and perrin with power lo 10 act the annual report 0 rood supervisor OJ garner of key was presented a d referred lo 10 selectman child and the an report of head supervisor john alien of marriotti Marri otts was referred to selectman wade the tun arof was ordered transferred roni the fund to the fund and the gum of 1000 was ordered transferred from the general fund to the road fund A warrant for was ordered drawn in favor of the ogden state bank warrants held by eaid bank an unusual large number of tax complaints and petitions vere referred to committee the haual number of claims and bills were allowed county attorney weber in answer to question in regard to the county collectors him by selectman child cave the following answer to the county court of weber co gentlemen selectman child baa to me the fol lowine quee tons 1 what ar the tax collectors fees tor tax enio in case where the land ia struck off to the county 2 has the collector a richt to withhold county lands in payment ol 01 fees due him 3 ie it necessary for the tax collector to exhaust personal property before selling a delinquents real estate tor unpaid taxes to the first question I 1 would say that where the tax eale is made to an individual the collector may charge for each certificate and may also charge and receive a fee for advertising in addition thereto but when aalee are made to he county or when in other words property is struck off to the county the collector should be paid canal expenses tor advertising and no anore the collector recella a is pud him as in full for all services rendered tho county by him and in ray opinion ho lias no right to extra payment or striking u realty and issuing certificates to the county to the que eliou I 1 would answer no the daiv provides eliat the collector must pay all county funda collected to alio treasurer at least onoe a month end oftener if required by the county court sec compiled law pait of the funds ia certainly not complying with either the spirit or the letter of the law to the third question the answer is that alio legislature of 1894 repealed llo provision madlne the exhaustion of the delinquents personal taxable property necessary before the sale of realty for unpaid taxes 1691 chapter 75 page A J WEB KB county attorney the court ia in session this afternoon discussions dis cussins with attorney weber and county collector attorney mr question 03 to whether the collector can collect tees on tax bile certificates belonging to the county |