The record-union., 1892-10-06
VOTERS ARE DILATORY,
And Clerk Rhoads Asks for More
Clerical Assistance.
a Country Publisher Whom the Flies
Avo1d-The Sheldon Grant-Line
Road to be Opened.

! At yesterday mornings session of the
! Board of Supervisors a petition was re-
celved from Howard Kerchival and
Others, residents and landowners of
Reclamation District No. 3 Grand Islandl,
for an election to be held there, at which
| Trustees shall be chosen to succeed the
| present ones, whose terms are about to
expire.
| 1t was ordered by the board that an
election be held on the 18th day of No
vember, the polls to be open from 10 A.
NJ. to 4 P. NJ, at the ranch of A. T. j.
Reynolds. John w. Ferris was ap-
pointed Inspector, Matthew Madge and
Peter Hansen Judges, and w. J. Smith
Clerk of said election. Formal notice
thereof was directed TO be published in
the RECORD-UNION.
On motion of Supervisor Black, the
sum of 81 800 was ordered borrowed from
the hospital fund for the temporary use
OF the general fund.
License Collector Z. w. Bates reported
collections for the month of September
amounting to So, l24 so.
County Clerk Rhoads stated that he
would require more clerical assistance in
the registration of voters, in order to
complete the enrolment within the legal
! time.
A rambling discussion ensued over the
matter, but no action was taken at the
morning session.
When the board met in the afternoon
Assistant District Attorney Buckley pre-
sented the draft of a notice, such as should
| be published by the County Treasurer,
asking for bids for the SZ2O. 900 worth of
new bonds to be issued
Supervisor Miller moved that the notice
be published in the newspaper having the
widest circulation in the county
Name the paper" said Chairman
Bates.
"Well,n said Mr.. Miller, ''I suppose the
RECoRD-UNION has the largest circula-
ton, and move that the publication be
made in that paper" 1t was so ordered
| by a unanimous vote.
Supervisor Black called attention to the
fact that the election proclamation must
be published, and on his motion the
Printing Committee was instructed to
have the publication made.
! Clerk Rhoads informed the board that
| he had received the remittitur from the
| Supreme Court in the case of the Sheldon
grant line road, so long in litigation be-
tween Road Overseer Plummer, Marvin
and others, affirming the decision of the
| lower court in favor Of Overseer Plum
mer.
On motion of Supervisor Jenkins. the
| board unanismouSly passed an order di-
rectng the OverSeer in that district to
| proceed and lay out the road as originally
! located.
demand having been received from
! the publisher of the Gait Gozette for $50
/ for publishing a statement of the transac-
| tions of the Public Administrator, Chair
man Bates inquired of Assistant district
/ Attorney Buckley If there was any law
requiring such publication to be made.
| Mr.. Buckley read Section 1896 of the
! Code of Civil Procedure requiring such
publication each six months.
when was that law passed ?'' asked
! Chairman Bates.
I'm 1SS0,'' replied Mr.. Buckley.
| "Well," said Chairman Bates. THEY'VE
| been long time finding this thing out
! Where did the Public Administrator dig
| this thing up?''
Somebody remarked that the Public
Administrator OF San Francisco had "put
| him on to it,"
Auditor Johnson being present was
! asked by Chairman Bates what he
| thought of it, and Mr.. johnson replied
that III his opinion it was the duty of the
Public Administrators to pay for such ad-
vertlSement out or the fees of his office
! Mr.. Buckley said he had been assured
that the Attorney General had advised
| the Clerk of Amador County that such
publication was a legal charge against
! the county, and so far as he had been able
to inquire into the matter it looked that
way to him.
They ought to have dug this thing up
! before the tax levy was made" growled
! Chairman Bates. 'It may make big
difference with the county's expense
/ hereafter
! ( Mr.. Bates requested Mr. Buckley to in
! quire further into the matter before any
action were taken, and then the board
! took up and ordered paid large batch of
| bills against the various county funds.