The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-27

bY D iatch'e) III which appsa 9
so many inaccuracies coupled with
my name Il trust inadvertently that
| ask the opportunity to "rise and
explain"
Your correspondents first finds
fault with the salaries of County
Officers; Clerk and Treasurer. as
fixed by the County Board OF 1869,
and comparing salaries so fixed
with the inconsiderable amount
paid District Attorney of that date,
who was your correspondent James
S. litchie. The difference is great,
and as the county records show,
Justly So. The Board, in their best
judgment, mot claiming intalhbili'y. }
fixed the salaries, taking into consid-
Grafton the work then done in those
offices, and the qualifications oil
their probable occupants, several
succeeding boards have continued
the salaries. Previous Boards also
fixed salaries of District Att ,rneus,
the same considerations having
guided their judgments. For in
stance, November 3, 1862, and again
Nov. %, 1864, salary District AT
torney was fixed at s25 year L..
Cim~ty Orders, James S. Ri,chle
District Atty. !!!-and yet he took
IT.! Again, from the Record
"Grand Jury Room, August 3,
1859: RESOLUTION, that we i. qarsl
the COuit to furnish us rom, ,etenl
teyuI uolU ser TO transact our bus.
mess.
WILLIAM r. PERRY,
Foreman.
From the minutes of the Circui,
Court, August term, 1869:
TUESDAY, August 3. In comph
ance with written resolution sent
into court by Grand jury from then
rooms, requesting TO be furnished
with IA competent legal adviser, the
Court appointed George w. Perry
Esq, District Attorney for the term
and ordered SAID resolution put Oh
file"
James S. Richie District Attor
ney, present. lie are,o has Saiury tn1
that yeur notwithstanding In com
pliance with The above order, til.
County Board for 1866 consisting
of DennIs Dean, j. ID. Howard and
Peter E. Bradshaw paid Geo. w
Perry, $50 for his services as lega
adviser tor Douglas County. 1ou
corteSi on,ient forgot to mention
that it, m of exdcndhure. Queer
Your correspondent finds tanl'
with the county finances for 1869
Let US look at them from the Rec
ord.
County Treasurer's report:
| Jan Iary 4, 1909, cash Oh hanI
nothing; january +, 1859, onIstand
ing county orders, S2,95S 81; No
vembcr 9, 500 end OF tinencial year,
cash on hand, 81, 408; November 2
| 1869, outstanding county or,ierS
$2.32y.63. The board went int
office January !, 1869.
This brings us to the ''neverto be
! forgotten" sale of Tax Certificates
in 1869, to Messrs. Moore and
Anderson. Those tax certificates
| h id been accumulatin. in The county
vaults for ten years or more, and
as they there lay, utterly ao,rthless
to the county, paying no taxes, Tho
board offered them at public an-
elton sale, well knowing that If any
one bought them they must at the
first tax levy, pay the taxes on them
or else they would again revert to
the county; the best bid received
was Is cents on dollar; the Board
atterw ards sold them to MeSsrs. NJ.
and A. for 20 cents on Il daiar,
part of the con >ideration being
that the taxes should be kept up on
them. The taxes We're not after
W trds paid, and as consequence
the county now holds Deeds for
nearly the whole lott
Now, as to the "Quinn Scoop
which seems to trouble your CORE
spondent, James 5 Ritchle, SD much;
IN $50 it was the wish Of many OF
our cliizens that same measures
should be taken TO have channel
dreiyrd from On bee Pier, across
the fla TO the main channel. The
County Il ard tried to accomplish
it, and hearing If dredge tor sale
at Eagle Harb"r, sent a committee
consisting OF Two OF our most estl-
liable citizens tome of them an eN-
cellent mechan,c-w bich your COR
respondent James 5. Richie is mott
to exa nine ni,o same, and report to
The Board. On their recommends