The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-30
SWEATER IN OFFICE
County Surveyor Anss Charged
With FraHd.
TOOK PART OF HIS MEs.s PAY.
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froasss 5Y the hozrd u ee1nty con rms
saoszsrs a~si shs rrss~eusAax attorney sIfs
sYsc1ss acts Of sxtc~tso.. e9snssre6 tass -
hsd forced BIS s2ooFs mates. rho we're sfn-
rloyss - shs co1nsT. s4f1o7xA bird ~
hl1H. to pay hfrzs frSrs1se. ams he refused -
res.ors TIE .zzzs - con verxe1 20 ass eva
4se o. 10 vsests the o<sce. Froee~afn ~
I'll bs ssstst4;ed .odzF TT P-0ssc-saax
Assovsey Miss.x b.fors JSdg= LazxssT. n
fhe egaafy A.Fsa-trs-st % the Superior
eoart. 20 os-s 11rssysr ArGes from his
affle. or TIE groans fh2: be has eosn zss-
I'D se,s whieh bv tbs p-ovisbozs % lss
wors forfsatare of the of8ce ard - co-apes
mir 20 res.or. tas bsoo1 rsoGey % tie
eosnty.
IL Is irnrossiss. ~ srss~ss. 20 earn tie
sx4es s-aGkas The sozasy sx-yev0r nxx
secured .y falsely certifying 20 he sssary
y
tiss and assistants 20 az hs-n 81 ta@ deep
taoa- IN The srst q ezxh anozEa toe snr-
veyGy. Ia common wI.h ether eornsv
es1cssis- - reossred 10 fzrn Ia as s4ssSy
rol 20 tie az4ssor. xho lays IL before tie
ssss-a Of cgzssy or1isssons-s far sp-
Prevail Mr.. AEnss sss n a. tines charges
sns coznty wife4 toe services 81 his fed
ssd cfsee 6spusiss, srxassszer. e.e, ., 3
Per day To these sa-sry roll. sarveyor
Aszes slzasd eerEi6czss Elled out in .
fern ss follows
srsrK or wssEs<syas,l
doansy O. King
|. D. T. ArSss. cvunty s1rv.yor, do here
eorrecs ray roll of sng o-sac@ far the month
Of ., and saas the persoEs ancve
named rsadere9 tbe services sisse5 AID
are entitled 10 tae arngunss set opposite
Their respective names in payment there
for
Witness ny hasd this dag Of ......
AE... r. Il. AMKs
counfy -1rvsyCr.
Where depaties sere employees Oh .ar-
yeys Of county reads ordered By TIE sEp.-
nos court their time Vas made out sr M-.
Ames On vouchers on sas genera .and o.
the county. ana each eszpsoye ws re-
qui-ed 20 sign Q cerfa5ezte attached 20 the
voucher. the bIank form If whieh is 90
follows:
II hereby certify on honor that | have
furnished the lakog arnoaatirz 10 I, for
which the xiihin sceoEas IL rendered;
that have nos recsived payment Of the
same. or xaT part thereof. and that said
amount - lrsfiy due me from King ccansy.
'f-Igned.1 "
The county surveyor also gave the fol-
owing certificate:
II hereby certify On honor that the
within described labor has be~n per
formed lslgnei +. Y. AsEs"
Some months ago the board q com nsis.
sioners notified Surveyor Ansss shas they
had cut the sslaFy of his office deputy
from s. 70 $40 pei day. Surveyor Ames
demonstrated against this action. saying
that his deputies were competent naen
who would not and should not be ASKED TO
work for less than s.. The board, how
ever, made the cut IL now ,rsnsnire.
that these men whose services xere reprs-
senied by the county surveyor 70 he worth
% FER day and who we're placed upon the
salary rolls Of the Office at that rate we're
IN reality receiving bat 81 day. while the
county surveyor pocke.ed the other 81
II
Amss' chief draughtsman for several
months, is one of the best civil engineers
an the Northwest. he has had charge of
important public works and nlled the
Office of city engineer at Port Townsend
at least one term. When he sought en-
ploymsnt Of the county he vas in q posi-
ton where he had To- take the best thing
offered. Surveyor Ames told him he
would give him work =; 81 a day, which
in the emergency hs accepted. Each month
he has teen pIacei on the salary roll
or general fund voucher as entitled 10 s.
day for every day employed on county
WORK. has certified to hls Ct ann and drawn
his warrant. Out OF every g. thus recssved
from the county he has invariably been re-
quired 10 pay Surveyor Arnes 81 less the
discount on the warrant In other words.
the county was defraadei on, Of s. on
every day Mr.. hiehi vas credited by Mr..
Ames sith having worked for the county.
When the board cut Mr. kiehls wages
from s. To 81 - day Surveyor Ames IS
said to have tried 10 induce him 10 sue the
county Tor tho - cents a day. As this
would have benefited Mr.. Asaes alone Mr.,
Kishl refused TO bring the suit. consider
ing that be bad already raked enough
ehes,nuts cut OF the tire for hrs boss.
Surveyor Ames 10 said to have worked
the same rule with every empIoyo OF the
Office. Field Deputies wbo we're certified
~ earning S. day really received bar 81
the balance going into the pocket OF the
chief IL they did not wish 90 pay TIL.
tribute they we're told their services were
no longer needed. aud as other employ
meni sas hard to get they accepted tue
situation ssth the best grace possible and
became unwilling aids in the perpet-ati,,n
OF the fraud upon the county treasury.
Even the ehslnmen aad axmen Of the
field corps, wno receive bns s. or s. 50 per
day. scre rsqulged to pay 10 per cent. ~
their wage. 10 the man WHO gave &AeFn
soFs at the counsy's expense
When the arst definite information con-
corning The practices % the county SUP
veyor vas iaii before the CON n issjsners
Chairman easch sent the following letter
To Prosecuting Attorney Miller:
Ia has recently come 70 the knowted-s
q AIRS poeFe that Ar. +. +. AmeS. county
surveyor % ksug county. has been en-
picYlGE on behalf % ssIt heng county a
number - persons "a degusses and other
use, and saai this has been done without
the SANCTION or dpprova. al tbIs board.
ana ia iaet s.thoat any reference wnaI-
ever 80 sac authority pf said board IS "a i
dos 50 ~ volume HAS Code, section
a.H& We have been further informed
{ lana TINS information has aeen corrobc-
rated ~ Mr.. Auss hinselfl th4t fae said
AMcs as employed sad persons at one
pT.ee or saal peE dav. anu nas n lsa bids
Tor sad services performed ~ tAem al
another ana greater sum per dzy. and
b!ch g irrsnce e = reported f4nI also
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