Opinion No. 78-156 (1978) Ag

FEES

Until the Oklahoma Legislature may specifically otherwise provide, the statutory duties of the court clerk for which he receives state compensation, do not include the execution of passport applications. Therefore, for the extra official services which he provides as agent of the Federal Government in executing passport applications, he may retain such fees collected in connection therewith as permitted by Congressional Act, and use them to defer the expense of furnishing the records and performing the duties required; however, since the county does not derive any benefit from the…