Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-04
THE SALARY QUESTION.
Consideration of County Salaries by Lesis-
IatiVe Committees.


The joint Committees on County and
Township Governments met last evening
in the Assembly Chamber, and was called
to order by Senator Spencer of Napa. He
said the object of the joint meeting was to
consider the amendments proposed to the
salaries in the different classes 1t is
especially to arrange salaries that are said
to be dispropOrtionate. He said he would
like TO hear from the representatives of the
different counties. The counties were then
called in the order of their class. When
Sacramento county was reached the follow
ing amendments were offered, which, if
adopted, will raise the salaries of the Sheriff
from IS $500 to $4,000; Recorder from
$1,000 to $, 900; Treasurer, from $1,000 to
81, 800; Assessor, from $4,000 to 5000 :;
District Attorney, from $500 to $500 ;
Supervisors, from $500 to 81 200. This
makes Il total on salaries for Sacramento
county of 800 per annum.
Senator Cox said ne wished TO confer
with other members of the Sacramento
delegation who were absent on committee
duty. and wished the county passed until
another meeting.
Los Angeles county wanted their Audi
tors salary raised from 81 500 to $1,000 !;
Tax Collectors from - 500 10 s.. 600.
Senator Kellogg offered a resolution
classifying the counties of the State into
ten classes. He was not in favor of paying
forty-eight classes the salaries of 1910 Let
lis classify according to population 1t is
something that the taxpayers demand. The
present proposition is not good one. Let
us make a radical measure, classifying ac-
cording to population.
Assemblyman Barnett from Colusa
strongly opposed the resolution Of Senator
Kellogg.
Assemblyman Walrath also assailed the
resolution OF the Senator, saving that his
county, owing To It's mountainous cond-
ton, could not be run as cheap as valley
counties.
The Senator said, as he understood it. the
Auditors, Recorders, Treasures, Clerks and
District Attorneys had merely clerical du-
ties to perform. and if that was true. it
would matter not whether they resided in
the hills or on the plains He also had
made out a list of salaries, which he said
would be acceptable to taxpayers generally.
and he was sure that there would be plenty
of good men ready and over-anxious for
the position at the salaries named He
then read what the salaries in Sacramento
county would be Clerk, $4,000. same as
now; Sheriff $1,000, instead of s.. 500 !:
Recorder. 50 500, instead of 81 600; Auditor.
81 200, instead of 81 900; Treasurer, 81, 400,
instead of s. 000 Tax Collector. s.. Geo in
stead of 81 800; Assessor, $4,000, same as
now District Attorney, s., 500. instead of
$500 His classification as follows:
First cass-Countes having a population
of over 100, 900, San Francisco
Second class-500 00and less than 100000.
Alameda.
Third class-3a,000 and less than 10000,
Santa Clara, Sacramento and Los Angeles
Fourth class-200o0 and less than 30
900, Sonoma san Joaquin and Nevada.
Fifth class-l5,G00 and less than 10000.
Butte, Solano and Humboldt
Sixth clas5-l0,000 and less than $4,000.
Placer, Napa, Colusa, Santa Cruz, Mendo-
cino, Contra Costa, GOlo, Amador, Marin,
Monterey, Tulare Guba and III Dorado.
Seventh class 900 and less than 10000
Santa Barbara, Shasta, Tehama Fresno
San Luis Objspo, Caiaveras, Stanislaus, San
Mateo, San Diego and Siskiyou.
Eighth Glass;. coo and less than 10000.
Tuolumne, San Bemardino Mono, Sierra,
Lake and Piumas.
Ninth class-3,o00 and less than 1000
Kern, MERGED, San Benito, Suffer, Ventura
Trinity. Modoc, Marirosa, Lassen. Invo
and Del Norte
Tenth cass-Less than 5000, Alpine.
Senator Kellogg sent up to the clerks
desk his resolution and proposition in
writing. and the same were placed on file
The clerk then finished the reading of
counties by classification. and as each one
was called, members would rise, and in
most instances an increase of salaries was
asked
Assemblyman Walrath was one of the
exceptions, and he asked for sweeping re-
duction in Nevada county, as follows ::
County Clerk, $500 to 5000: Sheriff.
$1,000 to 5000; Treasurer, So, 500 to 81 800;
Tax Collector. $1,000 to $3.50; Assessor,
$1,000 to $1,000 Public Administrator,
81 900 to $500.
Assemblyman Van VOORHEES,, from Bodie,
asked for sweeping reductions in Mono and
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