, 1873-12-21
THE COUNTY CLERK,

70 the Editor Of Tho Chicago Tribune:
SIR: An article entitled "Twecdtsm in tho
County Board" which appeared Oh tho 18th inst
in tho Chicago Times is calculated to nisload
the public in regard to tho true state of the
in tho administration Of tho county affairs. 1t
ia there stated tint no such office ns the "County
Clerks" Office exists, and, therefore, TINT there
can be no oficia1 functionary lawfully styled the
sCounty Clerk" It Bcoma unnecessary to
state TINT on Nov. a County Clorls WAS elected,
and that that officer was duly commissioned by
tho Governor US County Clerk.
But tho question in point is not whether tho
tho County Court or County Clork, Or both;
but whether ''Twoodism II u il being attempted
by the County C1erl in collllsion with tho Cunn~
ty Board. Let us 500. Tho sum total Of tile
schedule Of salaries Of employees n the County
on Public Service Of tho County Board, Is
337,UU0 tho same service tho Times nttirlns waa
performed by tho former Clorl Rt cost Of but
224 200, and TINT tho work Of extending tho
taxos waa done for $4,000. whlo tho Committee
for tho samo service. Now thou, tho Times
would have the people understand that the sim
nf @l2, 600 moro will DO talon from tho County
Treasury for running tho Office Of County Clerk
taken lust year ulltter tho fec system.
Tho following iiguros must answer TINT state
mont:
Income of County Clerk from Dec /, 1870, to Doc. l.
Paid to Joseph rollnk by orders on County
nils d: Joseph rolIak not vet audited by
pasi Sosopi foiiak Sy County ooeotor ,
raid Joseph ioiai Ty South lark Commits .l'''
raia 5asepl poaK ~ west Park coni4 s'v0
r,eroixc,1 i: icscni, poiin fron 1ro,.s mat
ters 10 Court. ...... 100000
nessivsd Gy s Jonsr Hcai from marriage ''''''
license certificates. cs..,................. H. ,GG9.0 .03
To.al. $50, ,453 20
It therefore, will be socn THAT under tile pro-
celing dynasty" tho County Clerk received
from tho County Of Cook for extending taxeH,
DC, for one year, the sum Of s9i, ,75319 Il that
extra clerk hire, then tho county has paid tho
County Clerk bonus Of S2G, ,753.19
Tho present Clerk proposes to llaye tl!e work
for which his predecessor received nearly 35, 000
from lhe County Treasurer, lone for 5l0,0 900, 10
tif1catea, deeds, anu probate foes.
The aboya figures further bhow TINT the grand
total Of fees collected by Alr. Polak during tho
last yoar WAS :, 57G,453.22.. while hiH
ployes, wero but s24.500; leaving, us will ho
readily Beon,a uet profit Of 951 900 to tint County
Clerk. T4e Times having inanuatcd that d
"stcal =" is contemplated, through tho schedule
of omployes-in other words, that OH tho awor1.
monthly pay.rollH Of tho omployoB, aon,e straw
man will he substituted by Tho Clerk, who will
pocket tho nalary. suoll insinuatIon il simply
infamous. 1t might hive appeared 10 the Times
thut the salaries of oinployeH, as proposed by
tho Committee on Public servieo, aro lnrge whom
compared with those pail by tic former Clerk,
who as . private individual collecting all tho
fees, naturally ,aado all tho money possible ont
Of tho otl'ca but, to tho present Cork aud Conl-
1uittoo, 1t seemed that for important neryices
thoroughly performed the people 0f Cook
County should pay III literally ns banas or other
hns;uoHY-trMlH HERMAN LlEN,
County Clerk.