Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-07
Business Advert,semepts
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE SUPERVISORS.

Some Talk About Where People should
Register.
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday,
all the members being present.
P. F. Dolan, License Collector. was
granted two weeks leave of absence.
An ordinance was adopted establishing
pound in Suffer Township.
Various claims against the county were
examined and allowed.
a bill was presented by the County As
SCISSOR for the registration of several hun
bred names which was not certified to by
the County Clerk, and the Board declined
to act upon it in its present shape The
bill covered the certificates presented to
the County Clerk few days ago, which
that official declined to receive on the
ground OF informality in making them out
Assessor Frost was sent for to explain the
bill. Before he arrived Deputy Assessors
McManus and Coons appeared and ad-
dressed the Board The former made a
full and fair statement of what occurred
between himself and the County Clerk
at the time the certificates were
presented, substantially as it has already
been published. Mr.. Coons, though he
does not appear to have been connected
with the transaction, lost his temper, and
INDUCED in language which, while not at
all becoming, was sufficient to show his
feeling in regard to the registration
question.
Mr.. McManus said that the Assessors
Office had acted under the advice of the
District Attorney in the form of blank used,
and that officer, who was present, corrobo-
rated his statement. The deputy also
stated that the informality in the registra-
finOC hairNU cd foe
bic, and that since the Board had adopted
the rule that applicants should give the
street and number of their residence, the
Assessor had instructed all his deputies to
require it. They were also instructed not
to solicit registrations, but to take names
only upon the request of parties desiring
to be registered.
1t was decided that the certificates should
be again presented to the County Clerk,
who would accept those which were in
proper form, which Mr.. McManus said was
great majority of them.
Mr.. NcMullen said that as the Assessor
had acted under the direction of the Dis
trict Attorney, he thought he ought to be
paid for the registrations and this seemed
TO be the view of the Board, though action
on the whole matter was postponed until
this morning.
During the discussion of the matter the
President of the Board, DR.. Tebbets, made a
very good suggestion. He said that if the
citizens and taxpayers of the county
wished TO work in harmony with the
Board of Supervisors and protect the treas
ury, they would go to the County Clerk S
office TO be registered, instead of to the
Assessor and his deputies. The County
Clerk gets no fee for registration, while the
Assessor is allowed by law fifteen cents for
each person registered by him or his dep
uties. As there will be probably 5000
names on the Great Register, it is possible
to make a pretty large bill against the
county even at fifteen cents a name.
The resignation of G. P. Hensley, as Con-
stable in Georgiana township, was accepted.
+. w. Springfield filed his report as
Poundmaster of San Joaquin township.
Charles Fireman was appointed Pound
master OF Suffer township.