Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-11
The County Board of Supervisors


A meeting of the board of Superv;sor, =,
Alexandria county was held yeste,Ior ..
the County Court house, full board h,;' "a.
present.
The Commonwealth's Attorney for H.,
county presented the following conmuu,r,
ton to the Board:
Whereas, this Board, at its last mee,ir.,
passed the following resolution. to wiz,
Whereas, Il. l.. Holmes, COMMISSIONS y,
the Revenue of this county has presented -
this Board an account amounting to 500 for
extending the county leves for the wear
1884, and whereas the Board of Suns,,,
sors are required by law to fix the saL,ri..
of all the county officers, and whereas ,le
Board of Supervisors Of Alexandria COM
liked upon and ascertained the sum OF $40
as just and fair compensation to be paI
to the said h. Il. Holmes for his services =,
SAID commissioner for extending said county
ievles Tor the year 1854, he having refused :,
proposition to pay him the amount Of :,
per diem for every day he was actually en-
ployed IN the performance Of his du'v :,
said commissioner, and whereas the Inn
monWeath's Attorney of this county has on
ali occasions acted for and in behalf OF colin
ty officers in their claims before this board
and whereas this board in its wisdom CT,
the 10Th day of November. 1851, rejected
the said claim of $3.50 Of the sa,
h. l.. Holmes, and whereas, the saiH
II. l.. Holmes has appealed from the
action of this board in rejecting or diSallow
lug said claim of $3.50 and has employed
able counsel to represent his appeal before
the county or circuit courts of this county.
Therefore, be it
"Resolred by the Board OF Supervisors OF n.
erandria county, That special attor.
ney be employed to represent the in.
terest of the tax payers of this county, and
oppose all attempts of the saidH l.. Holmes
to distort from the taxpayers of this county
any sum in excess of the said sum of $3.50 =.
also, be it
"Resolred, That Edmund Burke be and he
is hereby employed as special attorney to
represent this board before said courts. aud
oppose any compensation in excess Of $3.50.
rendered to the said H. l.. Holmes, Com
missioner, as aforesaid and that said Ed
mund Burke be not entitled to receive over
or in excess of the sum of SD for his servi,
ces rendered in opposition to said fraudu-
lent claim.
And now, in direct reference to the
above resolution, the undersigned, the Com
monwealth's Attorney for Alexandria coun-
ty,here states and emphatically asserts, that
the portion of the said resolution contained
in the following words. to wit: "Ihe Com
monwealth's Attorney of this county has on
all occasions acted for and in behalf Of coun-
tyofficerS in their claims before this board"
is utterly without truth, and false in every par.
ticular; and whereas this board has upon such
a false statement, and Misrepresentation of facts
with reference TO the Common weaith's Attorney
of this county, attempted to appoint special
attorney, in direct violation of express law gov
erning the Board of Supervisors, and thereby not
only committing wrong by such false statements
rs to said Commonwealth attorney, but also. by
the act of said board mourning unlawful addi-
tional expense upon the tax payers of said county.
/, therefore, as the duly elected and lawfully
constituted attorney of this county demand Of
this board, the expunging forthwith from the
minutes of said board the aforesaid false state
ment contained in the words following to-wit
"The Commemorative Attorney of this county
has on all occasions acted for, and in behalf of
county officers, in their claims before this board"
And / ask this board should it think il ne
cessary) to employ counsel to assist the attorney
for the Commonwealth in the defense ofthe above
mentioned appeal as provided by law.
And I further ask this board to instruct its
clerk to Immediately give the proper notice to
the attorney of the Commonwealth in the matter
of the above mentioned appeal, ~ required by law
in such cases. JAMES Z. CLEMENTS
Com. Atty. for the County Of Aexa.
Without taking any definite action on the COM
municatiOn the board adjourned.