Title 15, Chapter 1, Section 12
( 15-1-12)
(a) The judges of the probate court who by law are vested with the
management of the county business and for whom no compensation is
provided and the clerks of the superior courts, for public services
in relation to which no compensation is provided by law, shall be
compensated in accordance with this Code section. (b) Such officers shall state their respective claims in writing and
make an affidavit to the correctness and justice thereof. After the
services are rendered, the claims so made out and verified shall be
submitted to the grand juries of their respective counties at any
regular term at which a grand jury is impaneled, provided that, if
the statement is not submitted at that term or at the next
succeeding term at which a grand jury is impaneled, such claim for
services shall be barred. The grand juries may in their discretion
require other proof of the justness and correctness of such claims
and, when satisfied that the claims are just and correct, may allow
the sum claimed or so much thereof as they may deem right and
proper. When allowed, the judge of the probate court of the county
or other authority levying county taxes shall assess so much with
the other county taxes as will pay the same, which, when collected
and paid over to the county treasurer of such county, shall be paid
to the parties without further order, he taking a proper receipt
therefor. (c) The compensation provided for in this Code section shall be in
full compensation of such officers for such services. |