The record-union., 1893-01-12
COUNTY BUSINESS.
The Supervisors Considering Matters
of Various Kinds.
District Attorney Ryan Asks for q
Deputy-Repairs to the Hospital
Some Money Claims.

At the morning session of the Board of
Supervisors yesterday a communication
from the Supervisors of Nevada County
was read, stating that a Road Commits
sioner under the present law received
$500 for travelling over 5000 miles in the
performance OF his duties, and asking this
board to cooperate with them i'll secur-
ing the repeal OF that portion OF the law.
l.. =. Boyd, Roadmaster of District No.
., filed his report.
A. communication was read from A. c..
Nichols Il Co., owning land on Sherman
| Island, asking to be kept posted on any
! movement looking toward reclamation.
! A communication from Salt Lake,
wishing to bid for the county bonds
lately sold, was received, but it came a
little late, the bonds having been disposed
OF some time ago.
A communication from the Anti-Debris
ASSOCIATION was read, announcing that the
/ association would meet here on Monday,
! the 10th, at 10 A. NJ.
! Supervisor Curtis said he had visited
the place at the lower end Of the Pocket,
complained of by Mr.. Costing last week
| lie found the water level with the road
on the east side of the canal, but not on
the west. He recommended that the
| board have the east side raised foot and
a ialf, and that the road should at some
future time be widened. Mr.. Gosling
! wished 1t to be graveled.
Mr.. Gosling thanked the board for their
attention to the matter, but did not be-
lleve IN patching. If the board would
gravel the fifty or sixty yards, the resi-
| dents of the district would keep it in re-
! PAIR themselves, and hope for more work
10 De done IN the future. Many of the in
habltants had no other way to Get out.
ne tnought the county ought to be able to
help them.
Supervisor Jenkins stated that they had
several piles of unpaid bills on hand now,
ana the financial ability of the county to
nx tne roads was the only question that
! could be considered. He would be glad
70 help these people as soon as it could be
done.
=, ". w: Coons read report segregating
tne road fund to the different districts
Ihere IS in the fund now S25, ,349 81, Of
winch TO per cent. goes to the district road
fund, and the remainder toSthe general
road fund.
Supervisor Curtis moved the Road
master OF Mr.. Gosling's district be or
uefed 10 repair the road. Carried.
supervisor Miller reported that he had
visited the County Hospital. lie found
tne rustlc on the rear end in bad condi-
llon, being loose, and allowing leaks in
the hrst, second and third wards. They
mad during the late storm to take the win
COWS out OF the cupola to save it from
plowlng down, and the rain beat in and
soaked the walls. He thought repairs
should be made Immediately. The ex-
pense OF boards was estimated at $50.
without painting.
supervisor Todd thought the sooner it
could be liked the more economical it
would be.
supervisor Jenkins said that Chair
man Miller was conversant with all the
1acts, and he moved that he proceed to
nave tne necessary repairs attended to,
with fuIl power to act. So ordered.
supervisor Miller wished an invitation
extended to w. f. Knox to attend the
Reclamation Convention, and was in
formed that he, r. 5. Carey and Mr.. Van
'eldern,. United States Engineer, had
been invited.
County Clerk Hamilton stated that
DAVID Lubin and he worked nearly all
night at the invitations, sending them
not only to Boards of Supervisors as
whole, but also to each individual mem
Der, in order to make sure.
w: w. Coons having been asked how
lnucn OF the road tax remained unpaid,
stated that S6,542 66 was still unpaid. of
which 81, ,252 70 belonged to the district
Iund, and S2,2S9 50 to the general road
fund.
The afternoon session was mainly con-
sumed in examining and passing swamp
land and other claims. one was that Of
Rev. NJ. j. Ferguson for Sll for coming
here to try and identify Jetleris.
y statement was made by DIR, G. B.
Nichols that j. Salisbury, who was i'm
prisoned for vagrancy, was suffering
from gunshot wound and should be re-
moved to the County Hospital. 1t was
so ordered.
District Attorney Ryan addressed the
board, stating that for years the District
Attorney had been allowed a Deputy.
For the past two years he had had to pass
on or prosecute go felony cases, exclusive
OF the murder cases occurring during that
time. There were now six murder cases
to be tried in this county.
san Diego County had three deputy
District Attorneys. The decision of the
supreme Court in the case of Dougherty
VS.. Austin, which cut Off so many depu-
ties, did not, in his judgment, refer to the
District Attorneys Office
II the Supervisors thought the decision
affected his office they could enter into a
contract for a deputy.
In answer to question by Supervisor
Morrison, Mr.. Ryan stated that he had
already submitted an opinion by the At
torney-General to the effect that the
District Attorneys Office was not affected
by the decision referred to.
The Chairman asked if Mr.. DevIin. to
whom they had been paying 500 a month,
could not assist him, and the District At
torney answered that Mr. Devlin was
employed to conduct the cases of the
Anti-Debris Association.
The matter was taken under advise
ment.
The last batch of bills audited aggre-
gated claims for l78 scalps of the musical
coyote.
Supervisor Curtis, whe was not aware
OF the narrow escape from asphyxiation
OF former board, suggested that they be
destroyed in the presence of the board.
A recess was then taken until 10 O'Clock
this morning.