19-7-15 - Employment of caretaker of county lands.
§ 19-7-15. Employment of caretaker of county lands.
The boards of supervisors of the various counties of this state may, in their discretion, employ a competent person to look after the interest of the county in any lands that may be owned by such county other than sixteenth section or lieu lands, or lands acquired under foreclosure proceedings under deeds in trust securing loans of sixteenth section school funds, and to pay such person a salary of not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars ($1800.00) annually for such services. Such salary will be paid out of the revenue derived from such lands, and at the end of the year during which such services are rendered. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, employ the county superintendent of education to perform the duties and services provided for herein, and pay such county superintendent the salary provided for herein in addition to the salary as superintendent of education.
Moreover, the boards of supervisors of said counties in this state are hereby authorized in their discretion to pay to the secretary of the superintendents of education in said counties in this state, an additional sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum out of the revenues derived from such lands in said counties, at the end of the year during which such services are rendered. Said sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum shall be in addition to the salaries now authorized by law to be paid to said secretaries of the county superintendents of education in this state.
Sources: Codes, 1930, § 307; 1942, § 3015; Laws, 1928, ch. 59; Laws, 1950, ch. 290; Laws, 1952, ch. 211.