Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-22
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Tinkering the Salary Question-$36, 900
for Park.

Tinkering the Salary Question-$s6 ) 900
| for Park.
Tire first business of public import
ance at the Chamber of Commerce yes
terday was the consideration of the re-
port submitted week previous relative
to the salaries of city and county officers.
MIR. Hodges, chairman of the committee,
submitted the following supplementary
report as salaries proposed instead OF
those now existing:
Salary of city attorney $1,000, including
clerk hire.
Salary Of register of deeds, $4,5OO; includ-
ing clerk hire.
Salary of city comptroller, $1,000, including
clerk hire.
And also recommend that the change
in salary of county treasurer take effect
on passage of the law.
Mr. Hodgson thought that
the sheriff and clerk should
not be salaried because the fees
would not be collected. The best way
would be to reduce the fees
Mr.. Bell moved that all of the report
relating to city officers except city attor-
ney be referred to the legislative commit
tee of the city council.
Capt. Berkey moved to amend that the
entire matter relative to city officers be
dropped.
Mr.. Oppenheim spoke of the disparity
of respective salaries The clerk of
the board of public works, who makes
all the assessments, gets $500, and the
street commissioner, who looks for brok-
en- sidewalks, gets 81 200 The auditor,
treasurer and sheriff, who had great work
and responsibility, were paid less than
other officers who had light work and but
little responsibility.
Mr.. Gilman did not believe that the
sheriff, clerk, or register Of deeds should
be made salaried offices. Thefees should
remain as now, and the limit to be paid
by the county for all services fixed at
81, 900 each for clerk and sheriff.
Mr.. McClung wanted to concentrate
consideration upon the sheriff and clerk
of the court. He thought the fees would
be- collected if the Offices were salaried.
Mr. Willius thought there should be
general bill fixing salaries Of officials
throughout the State, grading it accord
ing to population.
Mr. Lee said he had moved the consid-
thought the citysattorney was not paid
enough He was willing to refer the
matter to the council with the under
standing that the city attorneys salary
was to be raised
1t was then voted to refer the city Of
ficers' salaries to the council and the
county officers to the delegation in the
legislature, with the legislative commit
tee, coupled with request that Mr.. Gil
man preparae bill setting forth the views
of the chamt$r
MORE BONDS.
Gen. johnson offered the following
resolution:
RESOLVED, That our delegation in the legis-
lature be requested to ask for such legislation
as will authorize the issue of bonds to the
the 800 feet on the river side of Third street,
between the Capital Mill and Market street,
provided that any additional sum required to
complete the purchase be raised by voluntary
contributions s@n the part OF the owners Of
property benefited, and such other public
spirited citizens as desire to aid this very de-
sirable enterprise, the ground thus purchased
to be improved by the city as may hereafter be
decided upon, and used for public purposes;
pIOtlctu AuItilcl, LlldC lUHt VI tuc property
named shall be purchase! until the whole has
been cnntructeu for.
After quite lengthy debate, which
thinned out the chamber considerably, the
resolution was adopted by the following
vote
Yeas-Messrs. Andrews, Bigelow, Bell,
Dreher, Driscoll, Hodges, Ingersoll, Nc
Clung, Marshall, Matheis, McCaine,
Starkey, Thurston, White, Wilson and
Johnsop-16.
Nays-Messrs. Barney, Blakeley,
Berkey, Day, Grace, Hodgson, Kelliher,
Lindeke, Oppeheim and Willius-9.
Adjourned until Friday evening