Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-17
STREETS SCALP.
The County B]aUi to Remove Him From
Office,
hut He Doesn't Remove.

At the meeting of the county board Of
supervisors yesterday the following was
adopted:
Whereas, s.. d. Street, clerk of courts,
was required by resolution of this board,
passed November ID, 1884, to make a re-
port to this board on certain subjects
connected with the duties of his Office on
or before November 18th, 1884, and
Whereas, Due notice of said resolution
was caused to be served on said Street
and
Whereas, said Street has wholly failed
up to this date TO make any report on any
of the matters ss required by said reso.
luton. now therefore be 1t
Resolved, By the board of supervi sors
of Pottowattsmie county, Iowa, that for
such failure to report as aforesaid, and
by virtue of the provisions of paragraph
| 10 Of section 1903 of the code, we do
hereby remove said S. ID. Street from the
office of clerk of the district and circuit
courts, in and for Pottowattamie county,
Iowa, and do hereby declare said office
vacant. and the said Street removed
therefrom, and we hereby authorize and
order that the clerk of this board notify
said Street of the action taken hereby,
and his removal, and demand and take
posse ssion of said Office, and all books
and things thereto pertaining, for and in
behalf of this board.
Having adopted this the next action
was to instruct the county auditor to
demand the office of MI. Street. This
demand was made, but Mr.. Street In
sisted kindly but firmly that he was still
clerk, and did not propose to give up the
Office except at the end of his term, JAM
uary 1st.
The board having officially removed
him, it became necessary for that body,
in order to be consistent with It's action,
to appoint some one to serve as clerk.
Mr.. j. j. Shea, who has been eleced to
the office, and who would go In In Jan.
uary anyway, was accordingly appointed
to fill the vacancy for the %unexpired
term. AS Mr.. Street refused to give up
the office, of course Mr.. Shea could do
nothing beyond notifying Mr.. Street that
he had been duly authorized to succeed
him. The county board passed a resolu-
ton, also, granting to Mr.. Shea pay at
the regular rate of $4,000 from
now till January LIST, instead of
paying 1t to Mr.. Street, intending that If
MI. Street holds to the office that he
shall not get the pay.
This action of the board practically
effects nothing. Mr.. Street will doubt
less continue performing his duties until
the first of January when his term ex.
pires. If the board should make any
attempt to get out an in Injunction restrain
ing him from acting, there would doubt
less be delays, 80 that it would not GUST
him before the end of his term, so near
at hand.
As to Mr.. Shea he has a good thing.
He has simply to draw his pay and let
MI. Street do the work.
The accountant employed by the
board to go through Mr.. Streets books
has not made a complete report, nor has
his report been checked wei by Mr..
Streets books, SO that the board has a
definite and certain knowledge of what
amount the county should claim of Mr..
Street, and Mr.. Street has not made the
report called for by the board. The fig
ures presented indicate that there is a
balance of about So, 600, but as to how
this may be modified by comparison with
Mr. Streets report, and by credits which
he may claim, none can say.
The board Is now talking of going
through Mr. Streets books and checking
them In comparison with the figures OF
the accountants report, and If a balance
is found still due to proceed against Mr..
Streets bondsmen, unless he makes the
amount good. Mr.. Streets bonds amount
to $40, 900.