Arizona republican., 1890-10-23
LAW BREAKER HAKES.

Among the candidates presented by the ring in this county is c. R. flakes, the present Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Not content with his two years of footing the county, this man flakes wants another two years at it.
 To say "looting the county" is a rather harsh term, but TIE REPUBLICAN will show that that is just what c. R. flakes has been doing.
 In 1889 he went before the Legislature and lobbied and worked almost night and day for the passage of bill increas- ing the salaries of Supervisors, claiming that in counties of the first class the salary was too small. Yet even with this increase he has already overdrawn the amount to which he is entitled for the entire two years of his term and there remains one quarter yet to be served out. This law providing for the compensation of Supervisors reads as follows:
 SECTION 1. Each member of the Board of Su- peryisors within this Territory shall be allowed as compensation for their services Five Dollars per day for each days actual attendance at the sitting of said Board, at which sitting any County business is transacted; and twenty cents per mile actually travelled in going and return. ing from their residence to the County seat pro- vided, that only one mileage shall be allowed each member for each session. And provided further that the total per diem and mileage of each member of the Board shall not exceed the following sums, to-wit: The sum of Seven Hundred Dollars in Counties of the first class; the sum of Four Hundred Dollars in Counties of the second class, and the sum of Three Hundred Dollars in Counties of the third class.
 SEC. 2. The sessions of the Board, as provided for herein, are the regular quarterly sessions, called under the provisions of any law in force, providing for extra sessions and ad- jonrned sessions, when an adjournment is necessary, for more than two days.
 What more explicit guide can any man ask for than this law. It says di- rectly and to the point that the total mileage and per diem shall snot exceed $700 year, which would, at the limit, allow c. R. flakes sl40O, and yet he has already drawn $1479. 20, as shown by the records of the Board.
 Section All of the revised statutes, under title XIII-Counties-r
 Every officer, including each Supervisor, who shall draw an unauthorized warrant claim or demand upon any county treasury in this Ter ritory, contrary to or without the authority of law, shall be liable to the county on his official bond personally, and for the amount thus directly paid out or disbursed on such warrant, claim or demand, and the same may be recoy- cred by an action against the person or persons so liable therefor, jointly or severally. It shall be the duty of the District Attorney of the county to see that suit is brought in the proper cases for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.
 That c. R. flakes has violated this section of the law is patent to all. He has overdrawn the sum he is entitled to and thereby certified to an unauthorized claim. TIE REPUBLICAN would ask District Attorney Cox why he has not fulfilled his duties in the case. Is it be- cause "we members of the ring must hang together?" The law is not optional with the District Attorney in such cases. It says: "H shall be the duty of the Dis trict Attorney to see that suit is brought" yet day after day rolls by and MT. Frank Cox utterly ignores his duty in this case.
 While c. R. flakes has violated the law in this instance he has been guilty of more fragrant violation in another instance. At meeting of the Board of