, 1873-12-12
TIE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Further Action OH tho Salaries os
County Employers

County 1snplOyehs
Tho Board Of County Commissioners held
special meeting yesterday afternoon to continue
tho consideration Of tie question OF tho fees
and sa!aries Of county officers. Tho usual crowd
Of lobbyists and lookors-on WAS In attendance.
Sheriff Dradloy and Stato's-Attornoy nocd had
Commissioner Jonos button-holod In one corner;
couple Of Deputy Si,oriils had Commissioner
Burlick in hollow squalo; whllo II. D. hillor
aud County-Attorney Root werc instructing hlr.
Ashton on the subject of parliamentary rulipga.
Mr. Rohm was also present, though for what
puruoBo was not cloarly shown, aB tho County
Board has no direct connection with his con,
tirmation as po.co Superintendent. Tho Board
was oal1od to order by President Ashton. ALI
tho Commissioners wero proBont.
On motion, tho special order was suspended,
III order to provide for sonlc necessary 1opa'rs
In Judge Trcos court- oom, Which requires cal
cimiuillg. An order to this effect was passed..
THE SALARY QUESTION.
The Board then went into Commtttoe OF tho
Whole OH tllo salary question, Commissioner
Harrison in tho clair.
Assistant were voted, respectively, the 6ame as
Inst ycar-,?1 800 for the former, aul SEQ per
muutl, for tho Inter.
Commissioner Crawford labored for an in
1t was fixed as boforo-S75 por month; tho
ant: wntchtnnu Of tho Courthouse, $40; watch
mar of tile City-lIall, $40.
Tho County Physic.au'a my remained tho same
$4,000, i'll Leu Of nil transportation.
Commissioner Crawford moved thAt the 11ead
Farn1or ut the County Poor-Houso receive 5l0o
per 1nnuill.
Commissioner C1ough thought this m oxtrav-
agaut proposition.
Commissioner Crawford detected tendency
to rnlcrrato tho Farmer.
Commissioner Ashton did not know much
about tay1pug but he could not lndorBthnd Low
this position could DO worth s'1o0 por month.
coyod but ono vote. The salury was tlxod ms bo-
fore, 335 per month. All tho othor salaries Mt
tho Poor lIouso woro left unchanged.
Commissioner Harris put In . word for tho
uousokoopor Of the lnBano Asylum, who should
be raised to $50 por month; sho now receiving
Commissioner Ashton objected, aud the motion
waH lost.
Xii othor 1nsano Asylum salartes were loft un-
ohange1. =,
Commissioner Durdick moved to cut down the
Hospital uousekeeper's pay to 525 per mouth. :,
previously $50. Tho motion prevailed. All
other salaries were unchanged.
No change was made III the salaricB Of per-
| aons In tho County Agents office.
| Commissioner Ashton moved the salary OF the
| County Attorney be the same aa last year. The
| motion prevailed. ..... :.
| Commissioner Singer moved to increase the
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