The record-union., 1892-04-07
Mr.. Irvine Wants Four to Help Him
With the Roll.
A Road Overseer Wakes Wroth at the
Supervisors-Election Booths
for the County.


| to be commenced his present force would
be entirely inadequate to handle the
work. He suggested that the board con-
suit the District Attorney as to the legal
| ity of the proceeding. Mr.. Irvine will
need the deputies for four months, so as
to get the books ready for the Board of
Equalization.
| Chairman Greer said the law provided
that the Supervisors should investigate
into calls for extra help and determine
whether the salary of the official was
large enough to make him pay for the
help himself. He suggested the appoint
ment OF committee to inquire into the
! matter.
! On motion of Black it was so ordered,
! and Supervisors Miller, Jenkins and
! Bates appointed as the committee.
MRS. WILSON'S DEFIANCE.
Supervisor Jenkins called attention to
road leading from the upper Stockton
road to the Georgetown road, and cross
| ing the lands Of Mrs. Wilson, near Me-
! Councils. Mrs. Wilson had an idea that
the county had no legal right to that por-
ton of the road running through her
| land, and had closed it up some time ago.
The board ordered the Road Overseer of
that district to remove the obstruc-
| ton, but the lady put up the gates and
| fences again, declaring that she would 90
to law with the matter ii the county at
tempted to hold that portion of the road.
Mr.. Jenkins said that lately Mrs. Wilson
had relented and was now willing to per-
init travel over the road, if it was put in
| good condition. He said the road would
| be OF great value to the county, particu-
larly because the country Whereabouts
would some day be subdivided, and it
would be hard work for the county to get
! hold of the road again.
! Chairman Greer said the road had never
! been petltloned for, and never opened in
| the regular way. But he was sure Mrs
! Wilson would sign a deed for right of
way If promised the road would be re-
! paired.
On motion of Miller, the Chairman of
the Road Committee was directed to get
deed from Mrs. Wilson to the road and
then make the improvements.
TALKED OUT IN MEETING.
Then the boards session warmed up a
! bit.
! Road Overseer Phinney of District No.
asked permission to say a few words,
and being granted that privilege, asked for
an appropriation of $3.50, with which to
! build new approaches to bridge across
! Deer Creek in his district
! The Overseer's request met with a HUI
| initiating reception at the hands of the
Supervisors. He was told that his dis
trict was already in debt, and they did
not propose to draw on the general road
! fund and increase the Indebtedness.
This caused Phinney to rile visibly and
audibly. Yes," he said. you have put
my district 81 ,2S5 in debt. You gave my
| predecessor, Plummer, over $500 to do
| work on the road that was not needed
any more than it was needed on the street
in front of the Hall OF Records Now.
when come in and ask for money to
make repairs that are absolutely neces-
! sary, have to coax and coax YOU, and
then don't get the money. Plummer
used the money to build this bridge. and
now Eve got to do the work over again.
and can get no money. Plummer had
no trouble getting money. | get all the
cursing out there, but you Supervisors
oh, you're all right. Humph!''
WOULD NOT BE AssUAGED.
Phinney stopped in his TRADE a mo-
ment to catch his breath, and Chairman
Greer took advantage of the opening.
telling Phinney that the Supervisors
would willingly help him, only the law
prevented them.
why didn't you find that out before?"
! demanded Phinney. You are all very
anxious TO observe the law now. when I
want some help-of course"
Phinney was tuning up for another
outburst upon the whole board. but Su-
pCI NlSOI CCIhIliS utdieO MIN OH DV Ofi6r-
ing motion to the effect that the Over
seer proceed to put the bridge in order
out of the funds to come into his district
through this years collections Of road
tax.
This was too much for Phinney, and he
bolted out OF the place just as Jenkins
motion was carried.
Road OyerSeer Boyd of Folsom re-
ported that there were some doubts as to
the line of street in that CITY. THROUGH
which the bitches now being filled nm
passed, and on his suggestion County
Surveyor Winn was instructed to make a
survey.
y recess was then taken.
ELECTION BOOTHS.
At the afternoon session the board
spent considerable time in the examina-
ton OF bills. The bill of the Eyeaia1
NeocS for Sill for publishing the semi-an-
nual financial statement which caused
some discussion last session came I'D
again. An opinion from the Attorney
Generals office was read, to the effect
that the publication was neither Job
printing nor advertising, and conse-
quently did not come under the law pro-
hibiting that kind of work In newspa.
pers not year old when the rate was
adopted. The District Attorney rendered
similar opinion.
The board was not salts fed, however,
one member remarking that both opin-
ions beat around the bush,o and the bill
was laid over again.
Chairman Greer called attention to the
fact that at the last session of the board
a committee was appointed TO investigate
into the matter of purchasing election
booths for the county. He wanted to
know If the committee was ready to re-
port.
Mr.. Black said that he and Mr.. Bates
had agreed as to what the county needed,
but the third member of the committee.
Mr.. Miller, had not made up his mind.
The majority of the committee recon-
mended the purchase of the same kind of
| booths used by the city at the last cleo
ton. They had proved most durable and
convenient, and by purchasing them the
county would know that it was getting
its moneys worth.
WANTED A CHEAP ONE.
Mr.. Miller had his eve on ebeaner
| booth which was manufactured in Stock
ton. While it might not be as good as
! that manufactured by the California
Booth Company, yet he thought they
might do.
| Mr.. Jenkins was in faver of the Califor-
mia Company's booth, as recommended
! by the majority of the committee. That
| booth is manufactured in Sacramento
County, he argued, and he preferred pay
! ing little more for it than to get some
thing from some other county.
Mr.. Greer agreed with Mr.. Jenkins.
He was in favor OF home industry, but at
the same time he considered the Califor-
mia booth worth more th5n the difference
in price between it and the Stockton
booth. He believed in economy. but was
opposed to that kind OF economy by
which inferior articles were preferred TO
superior ones. Another point he made
was that the farmers were tired of being
sighted, and would insist on havipo aS
good booth as was used in the city.
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