Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-08
COUNTY FATHERS.
SUPERVISORS WRESTLING WITH
LEGAL PROBLEMS.
The Question of Licensing Dives
Rewards for Information
Against Hydraulickers.

The Supervisors met yesterday pursuant
to adjournment, a full Board being pres
ent.
A communication from Eugene Gregory,
Mayor of Sacramento, requesting the
Board to give restrictive power to the issu-
ance of saloon licenses to the Chief OF
Police of Sacramento City, with view to
the suppression of dives and disreputable
places, was read and the Chairman author
lied to act in the matter in conjunction
with the Mayor of the city.
Deputy District Attorney Brown, who
was present on other business, informed
the Board that in his opinion they had
nothing to do IN the matter Before a per-
son could conduct business in this CITY he
must first procure city and also county
license. Either one alone would be INSULT
Gent. Therefore, If the city authorities
should see fit, in any case, to refuse a
license, the party could not pursue his bust
ness. All the Supervisors had to do in the
matter was to keep their hands off and
allow the city officers to do as they deemed
proper or necessary.
A petition was received from William
Curtis and others to establish the width of
the lower Stockton road from Benson's
Ferry to Sacramento City al 60 feet. Placed
on file.
The Board granted the petition of Jarvis
kathan and others to have the boundaries
OF Brown School District enlarged.
The petition of William Wilgate and
others for the reorganization of the Carson
School District was granted, in accordance
with the recommendation of the County
School Superintendent
On motion of Greer the Clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids for furnishing
stationery to the county for one year from
June /, 1889, bids to be opened on the first
day of the session of the Board in June.
Mr.. Ross reported that he had, in COM
pany with the Supervisors of Ell Dorado
county, visited and inspected the wire
bridge at Mormon Island and found the
same in good condition.
Bids were opened for supplies for the
County Hospital, as follows:
Observation-Disclosures, Fuller & Co., ISL
cents per gallon; Standard Oil Company,
10 cents.
For calcimining-W. II. Jennings, 1894;
Thomas Scollen, 1929; James Williams,
S279; Samuel Gale, $3.50; Jesse Slaughter,
$3.50.
Bread (per 100 pounds)-Frank Fadler,
81 A; G. E. Kuchler, 50 A; Zangerter &
Pieckert, 81 16; S. Dwyer, 81 "a.
Meat. Gerber Il Bros, 81 cents per
pound for beef and 81 cents per pound for
mutton. by carcass.
The contracts were awarded as follows:
For beef and mutton, Gerber Bros; gro
ceries, ]. c. Schaden and D. Dierssen q
Co.; bread, Zangerter & Pieckert calcmin-
ing, Jesse Slaughter; gasoline, Whittier.
Fuller & Co.
A. B. Davis presented his deed to a right
OF way for road purposes over his land in
the matter of the petition of H. G. Smith
and others for new road near Monte
Vista, in Road District No. 10, which was
accepted for record
On motion of Greer, the resolution of the
Board heretofore adopted offering reward
of $500 for information that will lead to
the conviction of parties violating the in
functions of the United States Courts
against the operation of hydraulic mines
was rescinded and new reward of $500
was offered for evidence to convict owners
or parties operating mines or groups of
mines on the American river.
The matter of choosing person to bury
INDECENT dead Federal soldiers coming up,
John Miller and J. w. Reeves were placed
in nomination. Supervisors Ross, Greer
and Black voted for Miller, and Bates and
Tebbets for Reeves, and Miller was de-
clared elected.
Coroner j. Frank Clark filed his report
with the Board, and it was placed on file.
recess till 10 A. NJ. to-day.