The herald., 1893-06-23
THEIR HEADS CUT OFF.
RURAL DEPUTY sHERIFFs PUr IN
THE TUREEN.
Decisive Action Taken Yesterday by the
supervisors an Regards the sher-
mrs onice-Tho widening OF
Pasadena Avenue.

The board OF supervisors yesterday
took action upon the opinion filed some
weeks ago by District Attorney Dillon,
relative to the force Of deputies en-
ployed by Sheriff John @. Cline.
In addition to the force OF regular
deputies 10 the sheriff's Office upon sala-
ries, it has been the custom in that
Office to appoint deputies in the towns
throughout the county. These have not
been paid salaries, but their demands
for services performed have been al
lowed by the supervisors.
Sheriff Cline has had list OF 81 of
these deputies, and it ia claimed that by
this system the county saves money,
papers which have to be served being
sent TO these outside deputies, who pay
in the fees collected and are in turn
paid by the supervisors.
The district attorney has investigated
this syetem and HE opinion submitted
to the board was fa,-footed statement
that the law prohibited such q method
OF procedure; that the sheriff had
right TO employ all the outside deputies
he wanted, bat must pay for their SER
vices out Of the allowance made to him
by law.
The supervisors yesterday passed a
resolution which revolutiouizes the
present syatem by cutting off the ont
side depHties, and hereafter the sheriff
will be obliged to eerye all processes and
papers with the force of regular deputiea
in his Office or pay for the extra men
himself.
The resolution. which was offered by
Supervisor Hay, and was unanimously
adopted, was as follows:
Resolved, That the order heretofore
made on the End day Of April 1892, and
recorded in minute book l3 at page 30S,
allowing the sheriff OF the county twenty
six additional deputies, and providing
for mpensstion for their services rem
dered ne such deputies, be and the same
is hereby vacated and rescinded.
Chairman Cook of the hoard, when
asked to explain the effect of the action
taken said that he believed it would re-
suit in largely increased expense to
the county over the present eystem.
The board, however, had been informed
that according to the law they could not
do otherwise. In the future all papers
would have to be taken from the sheriff's
Office by his regular deputies, and the
expenditures for mileage and expenses
incident to the service OF papers would
be much larger than at present, when
they were sent by mail to the outside
deputien, and the service performed at
q triflinR cost.
He could not cay definitely as to the
custom in other counties, hut thought
there were no other counties in the state
where there were not outside deputies.
Mr.. Cook did not seem to be pleased
with the action taken, although he said
the law was very clear and the beard
was obliged to do as it did. This cuts
of deputies at nearly every small town
in the county.
Upon motion OF Supervisor Hanley,
Only seconded and carried, the following
was declared adopted:
Whereas. The rapid settlement OF
Pasadena avenue, between the city
lmita OF Los Angeles city and tha city
limits Of South Pasadena, aud the great
ly increased travel and traffic thereon,
with the proposed granting OF fran
chise thereon for an electric street rail-
way thereon, requires the width Of said
street to at least 70 feet Of the full width
of said street, where less than 20 feet
in width, for road purposet, and all per-
sons are hereby prohibited from plant
ing trees within the above named limits
of enid road, and it ia further ordered
that this board cause notice to be served
on all property owners on said road of
this order, and that all persons having
trees now planted within the limits Of
said road, as above, be notified to re-
move the came, by digging the same
out, 90 that the street can be graded the
full width.