Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-26
Barber County Tax-Payers' LIE que.

DaTOcT OOunIy IaX"FayerS' LIE que.
The adjourned meeting of the Barber
County Tax-Payers' League was held
in this city, Saturday afternoon.
On motion of Col. Snoddy the name
OF the association was changed to 1.-THE
Barber County Taxpayers League"
The bylaws, as presented by Colonel
Snoddy, chairman of the committee,
were unanimously adopted
VIM. MObley, chairman of the COM
mittee to examine the records of the
county officials, submitted their report,
which was unanimously adopted.
1t was moved and carried that the
committee appointed to examine the
matter of the treasury defalcation be
given until May Sd to report.
The report of the committee on Off
cial salaries was referred to commit
tee to present to the county commits
| sioners.
1t was ordered that the proceedings
of this meeting and the reports OF the
committee on salaries be published III
all the papers of the county.
REPORT ON OFFICIAL SALARIES.
To the President and Members of 1.-The Barber
County Taxpayers League
Gentlemen Your committee, to whom was
referred the duty of examining the records of
the county clerk, relative to the county cen
sus, and to ascertain what amounts of money.
If any, have been paid to our county officers,
in excess of regular salary, warranted by said
county census, beg leave to report that they
have attended thereto. and respectfully sub
nit the following as their findings:
1st-Upon examination OF the various town.
ship assessors returns for 1888. we find that
the population of Barber county, Kansas, was
7,723.
2d-We find, from the records in the Office of
the county clerk, that the following county
| officers of this county have been paid salaries
I quarterly, aggregating in amount as follows
county Attorney........ .....$ 800 %
County CLERK 49,. l,50O 90
county treasurer 1000 90
County Superintendent. ..... 1,034 60
! Salary being based upon school population
of 3.I73,
3d-We find, from the said assessors returns
for 1885, that the population of Barber county
| was considerably less than 10000, and that the
salaries authorized by law to be paid to the
following county officers in counties having
less than 10000 inhabitants. are set forth in the
compiled laws of Kansas, 1885, as hereto an
nexed:
County Attorney, $500 90 per annum. See
section 1907, p. 2S7.
| County clerk, as full compensation for all
the services by law required to be performed
by him, $1,000 per annum. See sec. 2e72, p. 49,
County treasurer, $500 per annum. See
section 1851, p 40.
County superintendent, 500 per annum for
the first 1880 persons of school age-i. e., be-
tween the ages of and q years and $40 for
each additional 100 such persons per annum
Vide sec. 1. chap. so, session laws 1856, and
section 3, chap. 219, session laws OF 1887, which
latter section and chapter prescribes the mode
and manner in which, and time when the emu
meration of persons of school age shall be
| made
4th-We find that the above county officers
have been paid the following amounts per an
mum, out of the county funds. in excess of the
salary compensation fixed by law, and as
| indicated in our finding next above, tO-wit:
County Attorney IS 300 per annum.
| County Clerk. ......... 800 per annum.
County Treasurer. 500 per annum
| 5th-We further find that in addition to the
salary provided by section 2672, compiled laws
of 1895, as full compensation for all the SER
| vices by law required to be performed" by the
county clerk, there was illegally paid, by the
board of county commissioners, out of the
county funds, to one ]. c. Walstad, as deputy
county clerk" a salary OF from $50 to 500 per
month, from the date of his appointment to
JAM LIST, 1890
WILLIAM MOBLEY,
WILLIAM KIGER,
]. c. GARTEN,
Committee.