Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-09
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Or. c. a. White Ke-elac,sa super,.

| lie Bosrd OF Supervisors met 10 regu q
session at 10 A. NJ yesterday, all the mem
! bers present, and remained in session unit
P NJ. A large number of bills wert
audited and ordered paid.
DR.. G. a. White, Superintendent of the
County Hospital, made the following re
port for January Number of patients il
hospital January 1st, 10; admitted curing
month 81. died during month 8, discharged
during month 68, remaining la.
Mortality list-Robert Leslie, IS, Cali
| fornia, lumbar abscess; w. H. Never, IS
Ohio, cystilis; Henry McCordle, So. Ire
| land, alcoholism Platoon CASTOR, 80
California, cancer; J. II. Travers, 40, Vir
ginia, consump tion Minnie Worth. %
| California, alcoholism John Hurley, 76
| New York, consumption VIM. Fagher,
| 70, Isle of Man, hemiplegia infart of Mrs
Leonard, California, marasmus.
The current expenses have been: Sal
! aries $731 6S, subsistence 81 ,325 81, wood
and coal 1885 %, total 1882 81.
A communication was received from the
| District Attorney of Yolo county, E. E
Gaddis, in which he claimed that the
money collected for licenses on ferries be.
tween the Sacramento and Yolo shores
should be divided between the two coun.
ties
The communication was read and placed
on file.
AN OPINION.
The following was received from J. r,
Brown, Assistant District Attorney:
To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors Of Sac
Dle7lt0 C0ufty-GENTLEMEN: The following ques-
ton having been referred to me, to wit: " Has
the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento county
the right TO transfer money from one fund to
another?r
In answer thereto viii say, that said Board
has such power. base my opinion upon Sub
division 20 of Section 2l of the County Govern.
ment Act so called, approved March IA, A. D.
1883. which reads in effect as follows
" The Boards of Supervisors in their respective
counties have jurisdiction and power, under
such limitations and restrictions as are pre-
scribed by law, to establish salary fund and
also such other county funds as they may
deem n. cessary for the transaction of the bust
ness OF the county and to transfer moneys from
one tund TO another, as the public interest may
require"
The Legislature, by an Act approved March
II, 1887, amended said Section % of said County
Government Act, but such amendment does not
affect subdivision 20 thereof; and said Act OF
1888 in so far as it relates to the subject under
discussion, is In full force and effect and clear
and explicitly gives the Board of Supervisors
the right to transfer money from one fund into
another, when, in their judgment, the public
interest would be best subserved by so doing
Except hat the Board cannot, under any cir.
cumstances, transfer moneys from the ''Bond
Fund" which can only be used for the payment
OF bonds and interest coupons, and for no other
purpose.
Prior to the adoption of the said County Gov.
eminent Act that is to say, on April 49, 1850, the
Legislature enacted in effect that the Boards OF
supervisors in every county in the State, when
they deemed itexpedient or for the best inter.
estS OF the county, were authorized and empow-
cred TO transfer moneys remaining in the swamp.
land fund, and sinking fund of the county into
Olnnra1 fnn xvhf oh enid
transfers were deemed 10 be a loan, subject to
repayment, but, in my Judgment, said last
named Act has been entirely superseded by said
county Government Act. Respectfully sub
mitted, JAY r. BROWN.
Asst. Dist. Atty
1t was ordered that the road running
along the line of lands owned by Mrs
Williams and Mrs. Chapman and through
land owned by Crittenden be opened.
ANOTHER DEPUTY ALLOWED.
County Assessor Frost appeared before
the Board and filed the following affidavit
State of California, county of sacramento-ss
A. L. Frost being duly sworn, deposes and says
that he is County Assessor of Sacramento
county and that said county is of the fourth
class and that the salary allowed him is SC, OOO
per year. That sum is insufficient to pay reas-
enable compensation for the services required
to be performed, and would ask your honorable
body to allow him an extra deputy at a salary
VI SlVU ulOHtn, as PROVIDED Tor IN Section IN
OF an Act to amend certain sections of the
County Government bill approved March II
1887. A. L. Frost
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sth
Deputy Clerk.
Supervisor Ross submitted the following:
Rcsolued. That the County Assessor be allowed
deputy at salary of 500 per month.
Mr.. Tebbets-Mr. Ross, will you please
withhold your resolution for a few mo-
ments. Mr.. Bates is upstairs on business
for the county, and / would like to have a
full Board present when this vote is taken.
Mr.. Ross-I withdraw it temporarily.
Mr.. Greer, in looking over the bills.
found one for $50 for law books for Judge
Van Fleet, and it caused him TO use very
strong language.
President Tebbets remarked: 81 call
the gentleman to order. He will not allow
any of US TO smoke in this room, and OBJ
ject to his swearing"
Mr.. Greer-Well, such bills are enough
to make any man swear.
Mr.. Ross (facetiously)-I understand
Judge Van Fleet is Republican, and be-
ing g Democrat will have to vote ageins- it.
Mr.. Greer-Are you a Democrat, Mr..
Ross?
Mr.. Ross-Yes, sir, am Democrat. and
if you don't believe it look at this bandana.
Mr.. Greer-I am very glad you told me
you are o Democrat, for otherwise | would
never have known it.
Just then Mr.. Bates came in. and the
scene between the two Democratic mem
bers ceased. When Ross resolution was
read for the information of Mr.. Bates, the
latter asked for how long time the deputy
was asked.
The Clerk stated that no time was speci-
fed.
Mr.. Bates said he would not vote for a
deputy unless the time was specified. He
did not know whether one was necessary or
not, but if such was the case it should be
stated for how long a time. They had
been fooled in the past and he for one did
not propose TO be hoodwinked in the fu-
ture. Mr. Frost was granted deputy on a
former occasion, as it was supposed FOR a
specific work, but the Assessor has seen fit
TO keep that deputy throughout the year at
the expense Of the county.
Mr.. Ross-In my opinion, Mr.. Frost
needs deputy at the present time. We
can shut him off whenever we see fit.
Mr.. Bates-State Your time-a year, six
months or three months.
Mr. RoSs-I don't want to do that
Mr.. Bates-And an CT the opinion that
you have very good reason for your ac-
ton. You appoint one now and you will
find that you will have great difficulty in
getting rid of him. We did the same
thing last year and you know the result
of it.
Assessor Frost will state that | want
this deputy just as long as his services are
necessary. That part of it will leave for
you TO judge.
Mr.. Bares-I will vote to give you one
until the first day of July and not day
longer.
Assessor Frost-,Work is accumulatipg in
the Assessors Office every day. We have
more than 10000 subdivisions of property
and the salary has been reduced from
s. 900 per annum to 5000. / would not
like to limit the time.
Supervisor Greer then read Section II OF
the County Government Act TO show that the
time for which extra help was asked must be
limited He said he did not want to APP
pear small in this matter, but he believ,
the thing should be thoroughly inyesti-
gated. All the county officers were asking
for assistance, claiming that their salaries
were too small TO pay the requisite or
needed help. He proposed that CON-
mittee of two of the Supervisors be APP
pointed to investigate each county office
see how much each official was paying for
help, and il their salaries could not stand
it then the Board could vote intelligently.
His proposition, which he made into a
motion. did not receive a second.