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258 may be hereafter authorized by law to be performed by sheriff, assessor, or tax-collector.

. 20. In case of the office of sheriff becoming vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise, the board of county commissioners shall forth with appoint some suitable person to be sheriff of the county during the unexpired term, or until the next general election.

. 21. The sheriff shall receive for serving every summons, execution, writ of attachment, or other precept of a court, twenty-five cents, and five cents a mile for every mile travelled in serving any of the aforementioned writs. He shall also receive ten cents for every election notice he may post, and the same fees for travelling as when serving writs.

. 22. The judge of probate shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the board of county commissioners of his county, with sufficient security to be approved by them in the penal sum of four thousand dollars, and shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States, and the act organizing the Territory of Dakota, which oath shall be recorded in the office of register of deeds in the proper county.

. 23. The judge of probate shall keep a record of all orders, decrees, and other official acts, made or done by him, which record shall be open to the inspection of all persons without charge; and he shall receive such compensation for his services as shall be allowed him by law.

. 24. The several judges of probate in this territory shall have full power and authority to administer oaths in all cases where oaths are required to be made. They shall also be authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds.

. 25. The several judges of probate shall be county treasurers, ex-officio, and shall perform all the duties of that office, and shall receive five per cent. of all money received and paid out by them, by virtue of said office. They shall report the amount of county funds in their hands to the board of county commissioners of their respective counties at their annual meeting on the first Monday in June of each year, and as often thereafter as demanded by them, and disburse the same, subject to their order.

. 26. The county surveyor, previous to entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or