The Placer herald., 1870-05-14
POOR PLACER.

Of Supervisors will be found the following
allowance which has taken our people by
SURPRISE aud led to both disgust and indig-
nation 90 the part Of the Taxpayers Of all
shades Of politics.
"On motion the following bills weFe al
lowed and The Au litor directed to draw bis
warrants upon the county general fund for
tho several amounts. VIM. Van Vac,or.
sersices in selling G. p. Railroad stock, tx
psnse, and attorneys fees, 81 500 90; w.
H. Kinder, services in selling e. p. Railroad
stock, expenses and attorneys fees 500;
J. D. Pratt, services in ssiingC. P. Railroad
stock, expenses and attorneys fees, 81 500;
Total amount, $500.
VIM Van Vsc,or, services as Supervisor,
$42; J. d. Pratt. services as Supervisor.
S37 90; w. II Kinder, services as Super
visor. SS7;--Total amour, SIG 90"
THIS latter sum is what the law allows.
aud is therefore legitimate and proper
Blu, wha. shall We say Of the $4,000, for
which We can find 20 !sw, Justification or
services rendered. There may be some ex-
planaton Of this matter, and if such is the
fact, i, is due 10 the Board and each indvd-
ual member thereof, that such explanation be
made 10 full to the public at as early day
as possible. We say this because the public
are laboting under The impression that this
81 5oOwas cold grab. for which no adequate
service was ever rendered, and for which
no law can be found. The conniys stock
was sold under The provisions Of the Act OF
1866. as amended by the late legislature,
ly the Supervisors as Supervisors and their
pay is Fixed by law. We will give the pre-
lIunaIies which led to the sale Of the stock
and the labor peIf,rm in making the sale.
An agent or one Of some parties holding
stock in the Railroad came to Auburn on
Saturday evening, April 9ib, and desired to
make an offer Of par fos the stock, aud did
auihorizs four PERSONS here TO notify the
Supervisors that he would give par for the
stock. These four persons did write aud
send letters to two Of the Supervisors on
Monday, the first day that they could he
reached l'y express. The gentleman making
this offer had evidently been "spolted' and
watched, IS on Sunday evening Edgar Mills
came 10 Auburn. AMI we learn got E L
Craig to telegraph to The two Supervisors
in the upper portion Of the county. to 90 to
Sacramento. on Monday. Gee Of these Su-
pervisors went 10 Sacramento on Monday,
aud the other on Tuesday. Gu Tuesday
night they sold the stock. came back 10
Auburn in special train, bu, fiuding il ne
cesssry to return to Sacramen,o before the
the special tran and back again to Auburn
early on Wednesday morning. where the
final order was entered. Here we have three
days services for each Of the Supervisors
in making the sale In fact the sale mus,
have been almost forced out Of them, as the
first ofsrer Of par was never allowed to
make second bid. We are ready to Justify
this allowance of 81 500 to each of the Su-
pervsors, when it can be shown that they
earned it or the law gave it 10 them; | Ut a.
the publisher Of public journal that has
the interest Of The whole public at heart,
we cannot do so with only these facts before
US These things are disag'eeable to us.
but the public demand facts from us, and
they must and shall have them. We have
ioiborne to say on this matter what The
public, who only have the rumors, will look
for in our columns, bu. we will not con-
demu, withou, hearing, any man or any
official Of any party. If the public ara de-
ceved about The matter, and that fact can
be shown and is shown, we shall take great
pleasure in doing these three men ample
justice in discussing the popular MUD t.
The extreme lmi. Of our ability aud crcula-
iion.