Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-25
THE SUPERVISORS.
THEY RESOLVE AGAINST COUNTY
DIVISION PLANS.
The Contest For the Award Of Printing
the Delinquent Tax List-The Matter
In the Courts.

The board of supervisors had quite a
lively time at their session yesterday.
Assenblyman Marion made some re-
marks in regard to the county division
matter. After some discussion, the
clerk was authorized to have 500 copies
of the following printed, TO be sent to
su ch persons sas the board may desig
nate:
Whereas, An attempt ia being made
to cut off portion Of our county by a
bill that deprives all except the fraction
that from selfish motives are urging the
same from being heard in the matter,
and
Whereas, Through the ambition Of
real estate boomers and would-be Office
holders any county may at any time be
threatened by like movement for di-
vision; and
Whereas, We believe that it is but
fair that such questions should be- SUBJ
mitted to a vote of the people and re-
quire ratification of majority OF the
voters OF any county sought to be di-
vided.
Therefore, we call upon you as repre-
eentatives in tue state legislature to
oppose any and all schemes for county
division that does not submit the de-
cision Of the question to the people of
the entire county, and we respectfully
urge upon you the Importance of imme-
diate action upon this request.
The building committee reported that
would not increase the cost.
Constable i. f. Rogers was allowd a
deputy at $75 a month.
Tho nnxf vnoffor kol olxov xr,.e kl.c
bids for the printing of the delinouent
tax list. In the first place the Express.
laboring under the impression that the
board intended to award the contract to
the Daily Court Journal, fled petition
praying that writ of mandate be is-
sued, as the Daily journal was not a
newspaper. This proceeding proved to
be premature, the board awarding the
contract to the Times. The bid OF the
Court journal wac the lowest, but before
reaching q conclusion the board asked
District Attorney McEachlan for. his
opinion as to that paper being news
paper. He sent back a communication
TO the effect that the Daily journal had
been q newspaperwithin the cOntempla-
ton OF the law since last August, but
that the delinquent tax 1iet cannot law
fully be advertised In the Daily Journal,
as the statutes also required that it be
advertised in q paper that had been
published in the county for six months
or more.
The proprietors Of the Daily Journal
lost no time in filing a paper PRAYING
that an alternate writ Of mandate be
issued by the court, directed to and
against the supervisors, requiring them
to award the plaintiffs contract for the
publication of the delinquent tax list.
The writ was issued, and 7:3O last
evening, was the hour set by Judge Nc
Kinley to hear the matter. AT that
hour there was an array of legal lumin-
aries present. District Attorney Nc
Lachlan and Mr., Marble were present on
behalf Of the supervisors. Stephen M.
White represented the Times, who had
been awarded the contract, and X. F.
Del Vale, G. @. Stephens and Mr.. Pres
ton appeared for the Daily Court Jour
nal.
The battle was commenced by the dis
trict attorney fling demurrer to the
writ, alleging that there was not sufii-
cient grounds for cause OF action. Az
ter some legal sparring, it was finally
DECIDED that the argument on the de-
murrer. and the final disposition OF the
case, should take place on Monday even
ing.