general, five hundred dollars; coal mine inspector, one thousand dollars; each member of the state board of equalization, four hundred dollars, and the secretary of said board two hundred dollars additional; bank examiner, twelve hundred dollars. ['96, p. 364*. Salaries of state executive officers, Con. art. 7, sec. 20. Salaries of supreme and district judges, Con. art. 8, sec. 20. State officers to be paid fixed salaries, Con. art. 7, sec. 20; art. 21, sec. 1. Each occupant of the office of territorial statisti cian for the year 1895 is entitled to such a propor- 2051. Mileage of judge. District judges shall receive mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of their official duties. ['96, p. 364. 2052. Expenses of state officers. All state officers, except those otherwise specifically provided for, shall receive, in addition to their salaries, their actual and necessary expenses while traveling in the performance of their official duties. ['96, p. 369. 2053. Salary and mileage paid quarterly. The salaries of state officers shall be paid quarterly, and the state auditor shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer at the end of each quarter for the amount of salary and mileage then due from the state to each of the state officers. ['96, p. 364*. MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LEGISLATURE. 2054. Compensation of members of legislature. The compensation of members of the legislature of the state of Utah shall be four dollars per day during each session, and ten cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled going to and returning from the place of meeting on the most usual route. p. 18. Compensation of members of legislature, Con. art. 6, sec. 9. ['97, 2055. Compensation of officers and employees of legislature. The compensation of officers and employees of the legislature of the state of Utah shall be four dollars per day, each, and such officers and employees shall consist of a secretary of the senate and a chief clerk of the house, a minute clerk of the senate and a minute clerk of the house, a docket clerk of the senate and a docket clerk of the house, an engrossing and enrolling clerk of the senate and an engrossing and enrolling clerk of the house, committee clerks of the senate and committee clerks of the house, a sergeant-at-arms of the senate and a sergeant-at-arms of the house, a messenger of the senate and two messengers of the house, a watchman of the senate and a watchman of the house, a doorkeeper of the senate and a doorkeeper of the house, a chaplain of the senate and a chaplain of the house, and such other assistants as may be found necessary. ['97, pp. 18-19. CHAPTER 2. COUNTY OFFICERS. 2056. Classification of counties. For the purpose of regulating the compensation and salaries of all county officers not otherwise provided for, the counties of this state are classified according to assessed valuation of the several counties, as follows: First class, all counties having an assessed valuation of twenty millions of dollars or over. Second class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than fifteen millions of dollars and less than twenty millions of dollars. Third class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than ten millions of dollars and less than fifteen millions of dollars. Fourth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than eight and less than ten millions of dollars. Fifth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than seven and less than eight millions of dollars. Sixth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than six and less than seven millions of dollars. Seventh class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than five and less than six millions of dollars. Eighth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than four and less than five millions of dollars. Ninth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than three and less than four millions of dollars. Tenth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than two and less than three millions of dollars. Eleventh class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than one million three hundred thousand and less than two millions of dollars. Twelfth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than one million and less than one million three hundred thousand dollars. Thirteenth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than six hundred thousand and less than one million dollars. Fourteenth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of more than three hundred thousand and less than six hundred thousand dollars. Fifteenth class, all counties having an assessed valuation of less than three hundred thousand dollars. ['96, pp. 365-6. 2057. Maximum salaries. The salaries of the officers of all counties in the state shall be fixed by the respective boards of county commissioners at not to exceed the following maximum amounts: bounty Com'rs, each $1500 $700 $600 $500 $500 $450 $450 $450 $300 $300 $200 $200 $150 $100 $100 2058. When fixed. The board of county commissioners of each county shall, biennially, at a meeting held at least three months prior to the election for county officers, fix and determine the salaries of county officers, for whom maximum salaries are fixed, for the two years next succeeding; provided, that the salaries of such officers shall not be affected for the term for which they were elected and shall have qualified; provided further, that the salary of the county superintendent of schools be fixed at least three months prior to his election. ['96, pp. 366-7*. County officers to be paid fixed salaries, Con. art. 21, sec. 1. 2059. Compensation of county commissioners. The members of the board of county commissioners shall not receive any compensation in addition to that provided in section two thousand and fifty-seven for any special or committee work, but each member shall be paid the amount of his actual traveling expenses in attending the regular and special sessions of the board, and in the discharge of necessary committee work, not to exceed three hundred dollars each, annually; provided, that an itemized statement shall be made, showing in detail the expenses incurred, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by the member claiming such expenses. ['96, p. 367. A provision of law granting mileage to selectmen at the rate of twenty cents per mile in going only, from their residences to the court house at each session of the court attended by them, does not entitle them to mileage while attending to the 2060. New counties. Reduction of class. Counties created and organized after the adoption of this chapter, must immediately come under and be governed by its provisions so far as the same are applicable thereto. When the assessed valuation of any existing county has been reduced below the class and rank first assumed hereunder, it is the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to designate the class to which such county has been reduced, and such county is thereafter in such class, but the salary of county officers is in no way affected for the term for which they were elected and shall have qualified. The board of county commissioners in a newly created county shall at its first meeting after the organization of such county, for the purpose of fixing salaries and compensation of county officers, determine to which class the county belongs and fix the salaries for the first term of the officers accordingly. ['96, p. 367. Chop 56 1899 2061. Paid monthly. Funds available. The salaries of county offi-munded cers must be paid monthly out of the general fund, or the salary fund, as the case may be, of the county, upon the order of the board of county commissioners; but one-half the salaries of the assessor, the county attorney, and the treasurer and their deputies and assistants shall be borne by the state and paid to the county as provided by law. The salary of county superintendent of schools shall be paid out of the county school fund. ['96, pp. 367–8*. Commissioners may establish salary fund, ? 511, sub. 6. 2062. No other compensation. Deputies. The salaries herein provided for county officers shall be full compensation for all services of every kind and description rendered by the officers named herein; and where deputies or assistants have been allowed to any officer as provided by law, the salary of any such deputy or assistant shall not exceed two-thirds of the amount fixed for the salary of the principal, and shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners and the same shall be a county charge. ['96, p. 368*. Salaries to be in full compensation, Con. art. 21, sec. 2. 2063. When offices combined. Whenever the board of county commissioners shall elect to combine the duties of any two or more county officers, the salary of the person discharging the duties of both or all of said offices shall be fixed at a sum not exceeding the highest salary paid to either or any of said officers whose offices are so combined, in addition to an amount not exceeding one-half of the salary fixed for the other officer when only two offices are combined, or when more than two such offices are combined, in addition to such highest salary, one-third of the combined salaries of such other officers. If the office of assessor, treasurer, or county attorney shall be combined with any other office, the state shall pay an equitable proportion of the whole salary, which proportion shall be fixed by the state board of examiners, and shall in no case be less than one-third of the amount of the salary fixed for such office of assessor, treasurer, or county attorney prior to the same being combined with another office. ['96, p. 368*. Consolidation of offices, 542. TITLE 61. STATE INSTITUTIONS. CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 2064. Governing boards. How appointed. Members of the gov erning board of each state institution shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, except as in this title otherwise provided. ['96, pp. 101, 252, 273, 361. General appointive power of governor, Con. art. 7, secs. 9, 10. ? 2403-2406. 2065. Id. Vacancies. A vacancy in a governing board may occur by the expiration of a term, by death, by lawful removal from office, by the permanent departure of a member thereof from the state, by his incapacity to act, or by his resignation. Such vacancy, other than by the expiration of a term, shall be filled by the governor for the remainder of the term, with the advice and consent of the senate if in session. If the senate is not in session, the appointment shall be made and shall continue until the next regular session of the senate. Each member of the board shall hold until his successor shall be appointed and shall have qualified. ['96, pp. 101*, 252*, 273*, 361*. 2066. Officers must not be interested in contract. No member of the governing board of a state institution, nor official or employee of such institution, shall be pecuniarily interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, business, or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the institution. [C. L. $665; '96, pp. 101*, 258*, 273*. 2067. Supplies. Yearly contract. All general supplies for every state institution shall be contracted for by the year, except in cases where contracts for certain supplies cannot be advantageously made. Notice shall be given and contracts let in the manner provided in the two succeeding sections. ['96, p. 261*. Use of adulterated butter or cheese forbidden in state penal and charitable institutions, 2743. 2068. Building and repairs by contract. Advertisement. Whenever the needs of a state institution demand a building to be repaired or erected, or any work amounting to more than two hundred dollars to be done, the governing board of such institution shall advertise for at least ten days, in some newspaper published in this state and having a general circulation herein, for sealed proposals for repairing or erecting such building, performing such work, in accordance with plans and specifications to be had at the office of the board. ['96, p. 103*. 2069. Proposals in writing. Opening. Award. The advertisement must state the place where and the day and hour when the proposals will be opened, and must reserve the right of the board to reject any or all proposals, and shall require a certified check for not less than five per cent of the amount of the bid to accompany the same. At the time and place specified in such notice the board shall publicly open and read all proposals received, shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, and shall require of such bidder a bond in one-half the amount of his bid, conditioned that he will properly perform the contract. In case none of the proposals be satisfactory, all must be rejected; and the board shall advertise anew in the same manner as before until a satisfactory proposal be submitted. ['96, pp. 103-4*. 2070. Appropriation, when available. The proper pro rata of the Amended biennial appropriation of a state institution may be drawn quarterly in advance from the state treasurer on a warrant of the state auditor. Warrants must be Chapt 53 drawn by the state auditor in favor of the treasurer of the governing board of the 199 institution, or in case of the state prison, in favor of the warden thereof. To obtain such warrants, the treasurer of the board or the warden must present to the state auditor written authorization from the board. ['96, pp. 103*, 276*. 2071. Boards to make biennial report. The governing board of each state institution shall make biennially to the governor, on the first day of January preceding each regular session of the legislature, a detailed report showing: a statement of its important official acts, the growth and condition of the institution, the report of the chief executive officer thereof, a list of officials and their salaries, and an estimate of the cash value of the real and personal property of the institution or of the state in connection therewith, together with an inventory of the same. ['96, pp. 103, 261*, 276, 391. 2072. Id. Receipts and expenditures. At such time also each governing board shall furnish to the governor and to the state auditor detailed accounts of its receipts and expenditures during the preceding two years, ending December thirty-first, as well as an itemized estimate of the income and requirements of the institution for the coming biennial period. Such accounts and estimates must be countersigned by the chief executive officer of the institution, and by the secretary or clerk of the same, if there is one. If such officer or secretary shall fail to so countersign, he shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars. ['92, p. 101; '96, pp. 103, 261, 276, 391. CHAPTER 2. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 2073. Where located. The Agricultural College of Utah shall continue as now established and located at Logan in the county of Cache. Part of public school system, Con. art. 10, sec. 2. 10, sec. 4. Land grant, Enabling Act, sec. 8. Per- 2074. Object. The leading object of the college shall be to teach branches of learning related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, and such other scientific and classical studies as may promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life. [C. L. § 1859. 2075. Board of trustees. The government and control of the college shall be vested in a board of seven trustees. Four members of the board shall be appointed to serve for two years, and three members for four years, as may be |