Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-07
LOTS OF BUSINESS DONE,
Tho County Court Makes Quite a
Numb,r Of Appointments.
INTEREST on COUNTY WARRANTS.
The Boards "Mystcrions Table" -
Niool Woods Views Of Things.
appropriations.

At the meeting OF the County court
yesterday afternoon there were present
Brlectmen Cshoon, Bambsrgcr aud
Morris. After the reading Of the min.
utss Of the previous session, the appii.
cations and bonds Of Charles ii. rheide
and q. J. Schmidt for saloon licenses
were referred back for n more minute
description AZ 10 location, etc. The
application aud bond OF ID. o. VIII
Iiams for a license to sell intoxicating
liquors on State street, between Fif'
tenth and Sixteenth South streets,
was approved.
1.-THE MYSTERIOUS TABLET"
II. Ii. McKaig, candidate for the
post OF road supervisor for % eleventh
district, sent In another communica.
tlon. Tho writer Inferred that his
petition had been "relegatei to tho
depths Of the mysterious table" He
stated "that his petition was unaccom-
panied by any political references, he
had no personai quarrel with any one
In his district to air before this court;
was advised that other petitioners
based their claim upon the fact that
they were good Liberals, and desired
to state that he could produce proof
that he had contributed more time aud
money 10 ths Liberal cause In his dis
trict than oil tho taxpayers In the 10.
cality." He therefore hoped that the
court would reach his petition Mt the
earliest consistent moment and APP
point . capable and deserving m IN IN
the person OF himself. The communal.
cation was filed; but later In the meet
ing Joseph Muir, tho present incumb.
ent, was reappointed.
THE "IRRIuATIoN AGE" wITuDaAws.
The Irrigation Age company desired
10 Withdraw their Did for printing,
submitted some time ago, stating that
certain circumstances had arisen
which would prevent them from full
nlling the contract should tho same TO
awarded them.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OPINION.
The county attorney reported In the
matter OF allowing interest on cou uty
warrants. He was Of the opinion that
the prspondsrance OF authority did
not warrant 1t, and cited n bu mber OF
cases 10 that effect. The distinction
established In the cases referred to he
thought 10 DO ~ follows: "Whils no.
cording TO the prcpondcrance OF au-
th0rity Interest In not demandable
upon county warrants, % such, and
cannot DO recovered In . suit upon the
warrants themselves, yet Interest may
DO recovered ~ damages upon the
original debts or claims for which they
wsrs issusd, but the courts have init.
matsd that the holder must surrender
his warrant In order ~ place himself
In . position 10 sue on the original
claim. hut u II not necessary that the
county should thus require its creditors
10 sue II In order 10 Justify the County
court In paying the Interest which In
such suit the county would be ad-
judged to pay. In my opinion the Coun.
~ court has power upon proper claim
being made 20 II, 10 order warrant
drawn In favor Of claimant
for interest ct the legal rate upon
the amount evidenced by pre-.
vious warrant issued to the claimant
Except q previous warrant for interesi)
for the period from the time Of prcssn.
tation Of such previous warrant TO
the county treasurer for payment and
non.paymsnt for want OF funds up to
the time when nrst there were fluids
In the treasury applicable to Its pay.
vuant nnt nnIv nm u, snnh tltu.. fh.
warrant holder 10 not entitled 70 In.
10 hold the warrant thereafter. IL In
his duty TO watch the treasury AMI
ascertain for himself when II has any
not claim interest beyond that time
whether he has notice or not.D The
report was nlod.
SENT BACK.
The bond Of the Security Abstract
company was referred back for wit
neeses.
ROAD SUPERVISOR.
d. X. MoLennan sent In petition
for the appointment OF himself ~ road
supervisor for Bingham precinct.
Filed.
THE CORONER.
Coroner Mort q. Taylor sent In re.
port OF the inquest holden over the re.
mains OF Cornelius j. Sullivan and OF
the fact that he did not deem II neces.
sary TO hold IN inquest over Frederick
Drummond, who was killed by n lnil
at the penitentiary recently. Filed.
BROKE THE WIRES,
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company complained that the Ioai
supervisor In Parley's canyon had put
them to considerable trouble and ex-
pense by blasting rock which broke
and crossed the wires on their Park
City line, and asked that the supervisor
be instructed TO weight down his Dlasts
In order to protect them properly.
Filed.
NIooL WOODS "oAUsE WHY"
Nicol Wood, constable OF Sugar
House precinct, sent In his resignation
for tho reason that the emOlunienls
thereof were insufficient to keep him
out OF debt. He complained that the
last Legislature maze the constable
poundkeeper, and mads provision for
the surplus from sales TO be turned over
10 tue County court for school puTpo.
ses, but failed To make any provision
tor tue pOui ukeeper TO yet his pay II
the animals were sold anu did not
bring enough to pay DANA -, cost o
keeping, etc. He iurtnei called the
COURTS attention t. the fact TINT II he
made an sir -st anu convict a the party
and the latter had no m ny the con
stable got nothing nut yluTy, Heuo,