, 1875-11-20
THE COUNTY BUILDING,

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tlAs land. II ta ecarccly necessary to tsy tia
La 10 Is wanhoo-,nnn." The i'm nportance nj
tacfe In tho la that Mr.. Sing il tho first oi
hh race ever undor tho thumb Of tho AAor1 o!
tho county.
Tho Committee on Public Buildings and Pub
io Service Yesterday accepted IN Invitation .c
attend conference to.tlay wilt, tho city author
iticH III reference to tho plans for tho new Court.
IIousc. Tho Committee has no authority to .hke
any action whatever at tho conference. and will
attend ~ ind,idnsIa rather than as officials.
Commissioner Russell. Of tl.8 Committee on
Jail nntl Jail Accounts. WAS bcioro the Grand
1ury yesterday to answer to a compliant against
tim clicsoncY Of tho janiors Of The building, one
| a brother Of Commissioner ltcCa1Fey mud tho
| ether brother Of e. +. pcr!olat. The building
isin a tllthy condition throughout. matter 10
othor fnembora Of tho Committee will DO called
! to-day on the Batne subject.
4 communication was handed to tho Clerk OF
| tho County Board Yesterday by J3mes Klnnoy,
living at No $50 Oak ssrcct, making application
for tho oflco Of Warden Of tho fnsano Asylum,
| and nsking the position Of 1natron for his vito.
iu tho event OF change bong mado at TINT i'll
stitution. Tho applicant In highly tndorsod, but
| Il unacqnainted with tic Ring can scarcely hope
for nnv favor.
Tho Committee on Public Buildings aud Char
tics met yesterday, aud audited a few bil!a.
Among those examined was ono OF Joaoph ifa-
Ean, amounting to over f1.G10. for work on tho
lnsanu Asylnm. Tho bill bad eome Items ID it
which Reemed strange to several moubors OF tho
Committee, but was finally passed. The quoa-
tion Of purchasing lightnlng-rods for tho several
county institutions vas further conait1ered, but
no action wss taken, 1t Appearing to the Com
mittee that there WAS no Immediate danger from
tho electrical fluid.
TUE GRAND JCnY.
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day in tho further investigation Of Irregularities
connected with tho 3Rto election. Uttler this
head nino true bills wcro found. eix Of which
wero aganst Judges, and three against rspoator4.
Wards. md their offenso Ia neglect uf duty.
Tue rcpeators did their work nt1arge. Eight ii-
dictmcnts wero returned into Court during Tho
t!av, five againHt repoatcrs one for forgery, one
larceny, md ono for keeping acommon gaming
house, ........
THAT SALARY oRAH.
Tue qHeation OF the present County Treasurer
rcfnntllnG tho 900 which his friends decided
IN the Hoard that 10 took without authority as
salary Tor Collector during tho past tro years.,
was discussed yesterday among tho members Of
tho Board. Notwithstanding the "rioE" mem-
befs had refused to allow Mr.. Huck ANYTHING
for performing the dutles Of tho Hame oillco. 10
nan they bad nothing to sAy about Dir. Atillers
rsfuuding what be had drawn. Bald ono Of
them :" II Mr. Miller is sallatled that he was
not ontitlod to the ealnry ho has drawn, aud
wants 70 refund 1t. hardly think shall object.
may change ny Opinion however"
THE SALARY QUESTION.
The Building was Miro yesterday with COM
plaints It tho reduction VI BalArles. No ono
seemed especially concerned for himself. but al
,ntod ,1i d in condemnation Ct he discrim.n.tlonA
no ono would havo mutterod, but as it t. they
+. declare That tho end IL not Yet. they urgo that
tho County Board ought 10 hhvo shown good
example. "a and nd commenced On their own salary.
board had drawn s25.ojo against a12,-
QUO the year previous, and another
made Host oxcellent point to tho effect TINT.
WAt!e the ofitce OF Commissioner did not occupy
Il vas strange, Il they really nlesnt economy,
that they cn.rged Tor oYory day tn tho yoar+ OK
cept,DR sundays, and shen luEged in q Gill Of ox-
ponsos beside. Tho ad7isability Of pcttioung
tho Cittzons' Association to have the Roard on
$3.50 was diacusscd during tho day IN certain
quastoTs, and. # hon'o such action intorferos
With the Balarics Of the members for the present
quarter, they nced not bo astonieted
THE HEAroNs1DILlTy FIXED.
Commissioner Duaso aud Guensher. Of the
Commttsoo on Equalization, feol asgrevod 1t
tho iHrntatton sought to be cast npou them In
connecton WITH tho b'undera mado II extending
re taxes H. n tue County Clerks Office for tho
Town OF Hyde Park. They had something to
eay upon tho subject yesterday, md they fix tho
b!amo for tho errors directly on A1r. uornnday,
ono OF Gen: Lieb'a deputies. They worked for
weeks e4nhltztnR tue assessment, and finally
drew mp thctr report, in which tho town In 1ucs-
tfon WaB reduced l3 per cent below tho Asees-
aor'a valuation. lho report Was complete and
perfect. as proof OF which is tho fact that the
Same Was copied bvthe Eepottera Of the morning
papers. nnd a. printed agreeR with tho tax-books
as corrected. After tho reporters had taken
copy OF the report the original, tho Commts-
8ouera say, was handed TO llornaday to make
cony to be presented to tho Board. They say
In 30 doing substituted 2s for IL per cont. The
copy was handed to tile Committeo when COM
plotted, and without examination waa sent to tho
Board and hdoptod: They say the original re-
port never came bafore tho Board At all. and
since giving II to Hornaday they have not been
ablo TO get 1t, or oven 4 sight OF 1t. although
they have inquired for 1t several times tn tho
report vas carried, yery naturally. ipto tI.e
records Of tho Board, and into tho Official pro-
ceedlngs as published, aud, finally. into eight OF
cred.
From thete ctasemonts. which, ara nb.olute1v