The record-union., 1892-12-15
ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS.
After Much Clubbing the Supervis-
orS Allow the Bills.
Weekly Papers Cut Down-A Faulty
News Bill - Supervisor
Bates Actions.

The Board Of Supervisors were to have
held q special session yesterday morning
for the purpose OF passing number Of
bills that had been left over from the
election and other bills, but as majority
OF the board had been invited to we'd
ding, the session was put of until the
afternoon.
When Chairman Greer called the Su-
pervisors to order at 2:3O o'clock all of the
members were present.
THE FoUNDLINGs.
Mrs. DR.. Clayton and Mrs. J. L. Hun
toon appeared before the board and asked
for assistance for the Founding Home.
The number of inmates was on the in
crease, they said, and the expense of con-
ducting the institution was doubled on
account of the cold weather. They We're
out of funds and needed immediate help.
The county is now paying the home SD
per month, and the ladies asked that this
be increased TO 50 q month.
Messrs. Miller and Bates were opposed
to raising the allowance, inasmuch as a
new Board of Supervisors was about to
take the reins of the county, and might
not like to be bound by any order of the
old board.
Chairman Greer and Mr.. Jenkins were
in favor of allowing the home $40 extra
for this month and then letting the ladies
appear before the new board next month
for their regular allowance. This idea
struck the rest of the members favorably,
and motion to that effect was adopted.
THOSE PRINTING BILLS.
Chairman Greer then called upon Su-
pervisor Miller to produce the various
election printing and advertising bills,
which have been hanging fire for some
time.
Mr.. Miller took them out of his desk
and said that the bills presented by the
publishers Of the RECORD-U UNION, Bee
-NeWS and D. Johnston q Co. were all
right and should be passed. There were
bills from the Folsom Telegraph, Gait
Gazette and Ihei1iS, however, that he did
not consider right.
On motion Of Mr.. Black it was resolved
to take up those bills which were ali
right and pass them one at time.
The bill of d. Johnston IL Co., which
was for printing the Great Register, was
taken up, but Mr.. Bates was not ready TO
pass it. He said he did not know how
the bill could be all right when Johnston
was charging 2J4 cents name and the
work had been done for fourteen cents
name two years ago. And, he added,
that the Grand Jury raised 4 rumpus
over the latter price as being too high.
Supervisor Black and Clerk Rhoads
explained for the benefit OF Mr.. Bales
that under the new election law there
was twice rs much work to be done
on the register as under the old law. Mr..
Rhoads said that he had called for bids
for the work and that Johnston & Co.
were the lowest bidders. He, therefore,
entered into a contract with that firm for
293 cents name.
Mr.. Bates wanted to see the contract.
1t was the first he had ever heard of it, he
said lie thought il should be in the pos
session OF the board and that record of
it should be made on the minutes
Mr. Rhoads said that under the law the
board had nothing to do with the contract.
He was willing to produce it though, and
did 50.
MR.. RYAN's ADVICE.
District Attorney Ryan was sent for.
and he advised that the Clerk report to
the board that the register had been
printed according to contract. and that a
record OF such report be made on the
minutes.
While Mr. Rhoads was making the
entry The RECORD UNIONS 5 bill was taken
up and examined; also the NecS' bill and
the others.
Although these bills had been gone
over thoroughly by the board aud ex-
perts half a dozen times and pronounced
into them again, and considerable time
was wasted. He held on TO them like a
drowning man to a straw, and opposed
every attempt to dispose of them finally.
Regarding the bills of the Gait Gazette
and Folsom Telegraph, Mr.. Miller said
that each published the election procla-
nation once, and were then ordered not
to publish it again, but had done so de-
spite the order. This was why he was
opposed to passing these bills. The
IheniS was in the same boat. He wanted
the charge for the second publication
cut out OF these bills.
1t was explained to Mr.. Miller that the
editors Of the weekies had explained that
they did not receive the notice in time to
stop the second publication.
Chairman Greer said he was in favor Of
treating all alike. He did not want to
work hardship upon the weekly editors,
and believed that their bills could be ad-
justed without such heavy reduction as
was proposed.
But the majority Of the members sided
with Mr.. Miller and it was decided to re-
duce the Gnzette'S bill from $3.50 to $500;
the TelegrdpHS from S765 to S3S2, and the
TheD1iS' from S647 SO to S4SS.
FAULTY BILL.
In examining the bills Mr.. Bates found
one presented by Wells Drury, former
editor OF the NepS, which had not been
properly lLGllllZeQ anu Olu QOJ snow LHe
dates on which the publications were
made. He opposed the payment of this
bill until it was properly made out, and
on his motion the bill was laid aside and
a notice sent to Mr.. Drury to call and ex-
plain as well as correct it.
All the bills having now been thor
oughly examined, Chairman Greer took
them up one by one and had the roll
called on their passage. Those allowed
were: The RECoRD-U MON, s, ,523 81 (in-
Guiding some advertising outside Of cleo
ton matter: Bee, s., 500 Is; NOrd CdEj-
fog'aia Herotd, $3.50 80; Folsom Telegraph,
S3s2 reduced from S765); Themis, SIS re
duced from S647 SOY; Gait Gdzette, $3.50
treduced from $3.50, and Sl3I (reduced
from Sl45 45). Printer Johnston's bill
was also allowed.
All OF the bills We're signed by Mr..
Miller, but MIR. Bates, as Chairman of the
Finance Committee, was still holding out
and would not sign them. In conse-
quence the board authorized Chairman
Greer TO sign the bills and he did so.
This ended the business, and the board
took q recess until to-day.