, 1874-12-17
THE SALARY QUESTION.

THE SALARY QUESTION.
MEETING or TIE JOINT COMMITTEES.
Tho Joint committees from tho Board Of Co11n-
ty Commissioners resumed thcir 1abors yester-
day afternoon In tho Finnnce Committee room,
at tho County Buildings, 1T regard to tho rouo-
ton Of salarlos Of tho various officials. There
wcro prcsont Commissioners Holden, Clongh,
Jones. McCaflroy, ,dnonthur, Bchmilt, B1tsBo, and
Crawford. Tho former occupied tho Ol'air
Tho Committees TOOK up tho question of Dal-
aries paid to tho
EMPLOYEES or THE COUNTY oIEnK.
Gen. Liob waa present. In roply to Mr. Holden.
ho Haitl ho hau o1crsod lImBolt to keep down tho
EXPENSES of his department tho galarlcs Toro
only fair. n1r. Drnry, tho Chief Clcrh, fully
carncd Ills, antl tho remuneration Of tho othor
clerks was frotn $1,000 to 81, 500 year, mud thoy
could not DO Cit down. uo Ind tried, as far 10
possible to Introduce pieco work
Commissioner Holden desired to know II tho
General could run lis ofllco, md do tho work
we'll, for less money than llo now received.
Con. Lleb thought ho could NOT as tho work
was conutant]y increasing. and tho expenses
would now compare favorably with tho admiuis-
trntion OF Mr. Pol'ak.
Commissioner Guenthor askel II thoro Ind not
boon considerable amount Of extra work this
year.
Con. Lioh answered tint lie had dono good
doal Of work In reforming tho busiuesB Of tho
oi1co, which would not havo to be done again.
Tho raiironl.grab Law cost not loss than ST, 600.
The u,arrihgo-lcouuo register ho had arranged
Alphabetically, and he did not thlnk tue OK
pouses hereafter would bn 80 largo. 1o did
not think tho Office could hc run much
cheaper. Tho oifco cost Inst yenr s53,a 900, but
pollak's expenses were 53o,U00. Poilak, ho
said, uado 42 600 out OF THO o'llco, anu 1t cost
tho county TI5,GuU. Inc snnaIglslon OIL Woftn-
loss luntls, which had 10 DO ii'cu IN booaH pre-
pared Tor TINT purpose cost tho county largo
sum.
Commissioner Clongh wished to know 1t they
did not hive to get these subdivisions approved.
Con. Icb answered that they dla L1; n Tue incor-
poratcd towns, but III tho Io'Sn OF Noftn II #as
Commissioner Schmidt askcd tho tionorhl II
lio would be willing to contract Tor tho duties oil
tho oIlico a.id discharge thcsn for lump slnl.
The Goncral sull ho would consider tho propo.
etion. bnt thought 10 could not 10 1t Tor s5,ooo
lcss than tho oxpenHos Of laut year.
Mr. uoldcu-Not more?
Gen. Lisb said ho would not 10 IT tor S5,uuo.
II he took tho same fces rs thoy did III otler
counties le gould do oil the work nnl give TIC
county SUI, ,0oO bonsla but nB LILO law would not
allow it, he would mt tako tho work on con-
tract and mako 81 00a ont Of It. ~ slonId be
Industrious Licb then Instead Of Lazy L1eb, Us
Hu now tQTW8Q O4 tIlp paFcT6.
COLLECTOR MILLER
sail tlcro wcro over 5o,oo0 hlose 1ota OH the
books now than two yonrs ago. .
Con. Licb said thcrc wern over IVY, O09 lots III
tue county, nlad many of tllenl wildcat. Thoy
cost money to transfer tile ta1eH, which Toro
never paid. Tho cost OF running he ot1tco might
bo reduced by d lnw providing where tile taxes
woro only % ccuts they shoud not be carriod on.
Commissioner Qnonther Enid that loth OF tho
land was wortA!esH.,
Collector k1illur tlon produced some OF the
bgoks, which showed that tho taxes on mnny
lota wore not over or cents. II coBts 10 eonts
10 advertise thc'n, aud considerable expense "nH
involved III copying these Books oyez anu over
again.
Commissioner clongl thought tug only way to
tho records.
Commissioner Holden beloved tho Legislature
Vonld pass q lhT regulating this mhtter.
Gen. Liob said if this wero done he might run
tho Office for e40,0 600 per ntlnun.
Tho salaries i'll tho county Clerks Office and III
tho County Court Were then taHen up, but no
changes made.
Lieb it ho would not tako contract to run Ills
Office for e46,o00 year. without Ills own salary
Of 81, 900. T1iH would be saving OF $4,000 q
| vcnr.
| Gen. Licb was willing, aud tho Committee
| took tho matter under atiVlsolnont.
Austin Doyle, Clerk Of
THE CRIMINAL Goutr,
| vns thou interviewed ~ to tho expenses OF his
| Office.
Commissioner 11o!don asked him if ho could
run lis Office for lcas than e8,00o per annuu,
| tho amount II cost last yenr.
o'lico were only tie san'o ~ pa!d in tho Circuit