Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


proved and Bonds Required-Bills Oues-
TONED, Etc.
A regular meeting of the board of county
commissioners was held at the auditors Of
fee yesterday forenoon, Mayor Dawson in
the chair.
Observation-Disclosures Grace, Hoyt,
Wagner, Fink and Bohland.
The monthly report of the county treas
urer, as published in the GLOBE, was read
and referred.
The official bond of j. j. Cardy auditor
elect, for 500, 900, was read and approved.
The bond is signed by VIM. Dawson, r. A.
Smith, I. F. A. Studdart and 81. A. Castle.
The official bond of Frederick Richter,
sheriff elect, for $4,000 was also inspected
and approved. The bond is signed by
Henry Justus and Chas. g. Schmidt.
The petition of Jane Cuff asking for an
abatement of taxes, allowed at the last meet
ing, was recommended and no abatement
was ordered.
DR.. Mattocks submitted bill of $29.8O,
being for expenses incurred in transferring
the insane patients to and from st. Peter.
After some discussion the bill was ordered
paid and the auditor instructed to present
the same to the State. A bill of $14 was
also allowed, being for the services of q
nurse. upon the insane patients. The COM
mittee on claims reported in favor of allow
ing the usual grist of monthly bills.
Commissioner Grace took exception to the
payment of bill of 1926 for boarding
prisoners in the county Jail. He called at
tention to an item in the bill, which charged
forty-ive days. board for a prisoner named
eastman. Mr.. Grace wanted to know how
the prisoner could have been boarded forty
five days in November. Sheriff King ex-
planned that fifteen days of the forty-five
were chargeable on the month preceding.
The bill was referred back to Mr.. King for
the proper correction.
Mr.. j. D. O'Brien, in behalf of Sheriff
King, called attention to the unnecessary de-
lays encountered in acting on bills from the
sheriff. A discussion followed, during which
it was agreed that 1t was the duty of the
county attorney to be present at all meetings
of the committee on claims and of the board,
in order to give his opinion on questions OF
doubt.
MIR. Egan stated that he took pleasure in
being present when not officially called else
where. It was decided that when the meet
ing adjourned it be to next Tuesday, when
the inspection and approval of bills will be
made the special order of the meeting. The
bill from Sheriff King for board, as correct
ed, was allowed.
The question came up as to the amount OF
security to be furnished by the several
banks to protect the funds deposited TO,
safe keeping by the county treasurer. The
following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, The banks hereinafter men,
toned have been heretofore designated as
repositories of county funds, and said banks
having been requested to renew the bonds
given by them as security for said funds
the board of county commissioners of Ram
sey county do hereby direct the amount OF
said bonds in sums following, to-wit:
First National bank. $2OO 0Ot
Second National bank. 100 0O(
Merchants National bank. ........... 20O, 00(
Dawson & Co.. $4,000
man-American bank. ............. 100, 00(
Savings bank. Observation-Disclosures. $500
The sum of 800 was appropriated to pay
for work done on the st. Paul & Lake Jar
Wis road. The sum of $l0O was appropriat-
ed to the board of directors of the aims
house and hospital for the support of the
poor for December.
MIR. Egan stated the complaint of citi
zen who wanted a requisition to bring back
his fugitive wife and her paramour. 1t was
decided that the county had no right to in.
cur expense for such purposes.
Mr.. j. D. O'Brien addressed the meeting
on the inconsistency of the board in disallow-
ing at previous meeting fees of the sheriff
for expenses incurred in serving tax notices
and having the same printed. Mr.. O'Brien
read the statute which authorizes and gov
ems the payment of fees. The county had
actually collected the sheriH's fees and the
money for publishing the official notices,
and there was no way to get the money ou
of the treasury. The board had made Itself
liable by ordering the sheriff to make the
services.
Mr.. Egan referred to his action in disap.
proving the bills, in which he had been gov
erned by the clause in the statute, which
provided that no part of the expenses should
be paid by the county. AS matter of JUS
tice he thought that the sheriff was entitled
to compensation for serving 400 or 500 no
tees. 1t was for the county to say what it would
de in the matter; whether the law was good
or bad, or whether it stood or fell, was nc
part of the speakers business, which was tc
attend to the statute. So far as he was per
sonally concerned he was in favor of allow
ing the bill. This also was the sentiment
of all the members.
Sheriff King alluded to the immense Ia
Dor of the work and the precedents estab
lished.
On motion of Commissioner Grace, the
action of the board and county attorney il
approving the bills from the sheriff, where
the bills were in question, was reconsidered,
and the same were referred back to the com
mittee on claims. Adjourned.
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