Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-16

has not only received such per diem and
fees as the law allows, but that he was
voted additional money by the county court
as follows:
March 9. 900
March ~, 800
March 2. 2poO
March ~, $50
Since the latter date unit, October I. 1859,
they have voted him annually =, 5OO-
amounting in al 10 Si6,O0O-every dollar Of
which was paid in violation OF law and in
addition 70 all compensation allowed him
BY the statute.
From August. 1854. TO May, ISSs, we find
that the firm OF Taylor, Romney & Arm
strong furnished material 10 the county
valued at $4,000. During nearly all Of this
time Francis Armstrong, a member Of the
firm. was "A selectman, and, therefore, pro
hibited by law from being party TO any
business dealings with the county. About
81, 90 Of the amount named was for mate
rial used in building the county intirmary,
and during the whole OF the time in which
intirmary material was furnished Mr.. Arm
strong was a selectman- The records do
not show that in building the county in
Urinary any bids were received either for
material or labor.
Ordinary prisoners confined in the county
Jail are fed at an expense 20 the county Of
- cents per day each, but, in the case Of
convict Il. y. Hampton, who was convicted
in the Third District court December "a,
iSS5, for the crime OF cOnspiracy'in setting
up and maintaining houses Of ill-fane in
this city, TO be resOrted TO for the purposes
OF prostitution and lewdness and TO entrap
therein the United States officers and other
prominent Geutiles in this territory, the
county court appropriated 81 per day for
his maintenance and support while in the
county Jail serving out a sentence Of twelve
months Imprisonment for the above named
Offense.
T.. ~ COCO 81 .,,,-f.- E-r-.,b rsr,,r,
imprisoned for an assault and battery upon
W II. Dickson, United States attorney. the
county also paid 81 for his subsistence dur
ing the time Of his Imprisonment under sen
tence for that offense.
SOME SAMPLES OF APPROPRIATIONS
made by the county court are as follows:
December lsJ 1851. Z. W. Tullidge. for
History Of salt Lake county sl,0oO %
September sth- is,d, A. Burt. looking
after licences in salt Lake county. GO o.
November tst. ISs6, painting portrait OF
the late Reuben Niller---------------- 100 %
August "a. iss7, lunch, May 10Th TO date
for county court s. ~
August 18th ~. FOR dinner to fve poll
March 81, ISIS. for lunch for county
court 10 date------------ * ~
From 1874 10 the close Of lSSs. the county
was continuously in debt and paying in
terest on borrowed money, part OF the
time at the rate off per cent. per month.
The rate was gradually reduced until some
later loans were obtained for per cent.
per annum. From 1874 to 1881 the average
amount on which the county was paying
interest was $4,000. The Indebtedness
then decreased until December y, ISIS,
when the county paid its last outstanding
notes, amounting 10 $1,000.
DURING THE FIFTEEN YEARS
ending with lsSs, the county has paid in
interest Sl22. GO5.Ui, a sum more than twice
a. great as the original debt, and we have
tried TO ascertain why the county con
tracted this interest bearing debt and
what benefit il received for the money
paid.
Beginning with ls72, large appropria-
tons were made 10 canal and ditch ac-
count The amount so appropriated an
nually, from June l, 1873, TO June l, lS15,
was as follows: