Duties
Duties of county and other land surveyors and minimum standards for property surveys discussed. 69-160
Engineer
A city or village engineer is not required to be registered as a land surveyor when acting pursuant to sec. 59.635(2), Stats. (1977). 68-185
Records of
Counties that employ rather than elect a county surveyor pursuant to sec. 59.12, Stats., are required to maintain the survey record system described in sec. 59.60(2), Stats. Further, all counties are required to maintain the survey record system to enable registered land surveyors to comply with statutory filing requirements. 72-96
COUNTY TREASURER
Bail forfeited
The entire amount of bail forfeited under sec. 969.13(4) is to be retained by the County Treasurer and no part thereof is to be paid to the State Treasurer. 62-247
Clerk of court funds
A county board of supervisors may not require a clerk of court to turn over funds held by him or her to the county treasurer on Friday of each week. 78-143
County Board
A county board lacks the requisite statutory power to require Treasurer to search records and sign certificates. 66-358
Investment of county funds
The County Treasurer does not have power to manage and administer the investment of county funds; such powers by reason of sec. 59.75(1), Stats., being for the County Board or of a committee thereof, and since they involve the exercise of discretion on a continuing basis, cannot be delegated to the Treasurer. The County Board may authorize the Treasurer to deposit certain funds in inactive deposits at interest in county depositories under strict standards established by the Board. 68-133
National forest income
Section 59.20(13), Stats., controls the distribution of national forest income by county treasurers derived from 16 U.S.C. sec. 471, et seq., and 31 U.S.C. sec. 1601, et seq. (Unpub.). 45-1978
Withdrawn, see 67-277
Personal property tax
County Treasurer has duty to collect personal property tax, returned delinquent by the town, but may charge tax back to the town after one year. Collection methods discussed. 63-204
Redemption notice
In publishing redemption notices for tax delinquent lands under sec. 75.07(1), Stats., County Treasurer is not authorized to omit the names of persons to whom such property was last assessed. 63-118
Section 75.07(1), Stats., requiring publication of redemption notice prior to expiration of time to redeem lands sold for taxes, is directory only; and failure to include in such publication the name of the person to whom such taxes were assessed does not invalidate a subsequent tax deed. 63-116
Register in Probate
Section 851.74(3), Stats. (1977), which requires Registers in Probate to make payments to the County Treasurer on the first Monday of each month, does not preclude more frequent payments. 68-117
Salaries and wages
A county board does not have power to deny salary to a county treasurer during a period of sickness where such official has not resigned or has not been removed for cause. Under present statutes county board does not have power to establish sick leave and vacation benefits for elected county officials. Remedies discussed. 65-62
Sick leave and vacation benefits
A county board does not have power to deny salary to a county treasurer during a period of sickness where such official has not resigned or has not been removed for cause. Under present statutes county board does not have power to establish sick leave and vacation benefits for elected county officials. Remedies discussed. 65-62
Supervision of
County board can only grant powers of indirect supervision to Finance Director with respect to accounting or bookkeeping duties of County Clerk required by statute or board resolution to be performed by such officer. 65-132
Welfare checks
The conclusion of 52 OAG 439 (1963), that welfare payment checks must not only be prepared but actually mailed by the County Treasurer, is still valid. 70-201
COURT COMMISSIONER
Bail
Judges and court commissioners have power, prior to the filing of a criminal complaint, to release on bail persons arrested for commission of a felony. 65-102
Buffalo County
Family Court Commissioners must be appointed in Pepin and Buffalo counties; each must be a resident of the county he serves and each county is obligated to pay an annual salary to each officer and each part-time officer is entitled to the state salary supplement at the rate of $2,000 per year. (Unpub.). 21-1975
Criminal warrants
Non-lawyer court reporters cannot be delegated power to issue criminal warrants and conduct initial appearances pursuant to sec. 757.69(1)(b), Stats. 72-39
Extend the employment of
Either the County Board as employer or the judges of the county as appointing authority has the authority under sec. 41.11(1), Stats., to extend the employment of a family court commissioner beyond normal retirement date. 67-120
Legislation
If sec. 356 of 1977 Senate Bill 720 or the amendment to sec. 356 contained in Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 720 were enacted into law, either would be constitutionally invalid. 67-134
Marriages
Court commissioners do not have the power to officiate at marriages outside the county for which they were appointed. 78-16
Pepin County
Family Court Commissioners must be appointed in Pepin and Buffalo counties; each must be a resident of the county he serves and each county is obligated to pay an annual salary to each officer and each part-time officer is entitled to the state salary supplement at the rate of $2,000 per year. (Unpub.). 21-1975
Salary
Part-time Family Court Commissioner also serves as District Attorney not entitled to practice law privately is entitled to minimum salary of $16,500 as District Attorney by reason of sec. 59.471(3), Stats., separate salary from county as Family Court Commissioner under sec. 247.17, Stats., and to the state supplement at the annual rate of $2,000 provided by sec. 59.495(2), Stats., created by ch. 331, Laws of 1973. 63-433
Traffic cases
A court commissioner lacks authority in traffic cases to accept pleas of no contest from defendants who do not appear but make a deposit, to accept pleas of no contest and guilty from defendants who appear, and to assess penalties against these defendants, since a court commissioner has only those powers conferred by statute and since the statutes do not authorize court commissioners to conduct such activities. (Unpub.). 21-1978
COURT REPORTERS
Compensation and work rules
A county must permit its own employes who perform court reporting functions indistinguishable from those performed by court reporters employed by the state to retain all statutory fees which can be retained by state-employed court reporters, including those fees which are the statutory obligation of the county. The salaries of such employes could be structured to account for the payment of those fees. A county may prohibit its employes who perform court reporting functions from typing transcripts during normal county working hours if they receive fees in addition to their normal county salary for furnishing such transcripts, but such a prohibition may not interfere with the ability of those employes to comply with the requirements of statutory provisions or supreme court rules for the preparation of transcripts within specified time periods or with the orderly operation of the judicial system. 81-7
Free copy machine services
Counties are not required to provide free copy machine services for court reporters who collect fees under section 814.69(2), Stats., for furnishing transcripts to parties. 79-157
Salaries
