St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-19

chair, and call for the approval of
the bond" shouted Mr.. Ness, becom-
ing excited.
Mr.. How then got the floor, and
said he had no disposition to appear
as an obstructionist, but only to do
those things which are demanded
of. every good and faithful citizen.
He was placed i'm a trying position.
Hold these bonds in allegiance,
place them on file and settle the
question by writ of quo warranto
to the district court or to the SUI
preme court, if it will take original
jurisdiction" he said. There should
be a de jure as we'll as de facto
occupant of the assessors office. Mr..
tombstone does not wish to yield to
one who may be later declared to
BE A USURPER,
and, on the other hand, he will leave
the office within fifteen minutes no.
tee when the question is settled.
The other parties would, he thought,
make no serious objection to such
an arrangement. Otherwise there
might be some question of the paying
Of the assessor.
RMS was followed by a statement
on the part Of Mr. Chamberlain in
behalf of his client that, while he
could see no reason why the board
should not approve the bond of Mr.
oeng, he did not see that any harm
would result from placing the bonds
on flIe until the matter was settled
In the courts. Attorney Michael also
consented to let matters stand AS
they were until passed upon by the
courts.
In reply to Commissioner McCar-
ron suggestion that he did not see
why both could not qualify. Mr.
how said it would simply tend to
sun further complicate matters az
MS client would be serving while
TWO other qualified claimants stood
IN the background 1t would give
rise to questions regarding the sal
airy.
Both Seng and erode stated per-
sohally that the proposed arrange
heht was satisfactory to them. SO. on
motion of Mr.. Ness, the bonds were
ordered placed on file.
Ihere is good deal of talk regard
ing the time it will take to secure a
nearing on the question before the
supreme court, and it is intimated
>that the proposition of Mr.. How was
SIMPLY trick in the interest of Mr.
tombstone, knowing that it would
take months to get a hearing. and in
the meantime his client would he
drawing down
THE FAT SALARY;
that if erode had allowed Seng to go
III he could institute quo warranto
proceedings and have the question de-
termined very shortly. 1t is probable.
however, that all parties to the con-
troVersy know what they are doing.
An opinion of the attorney general.
written at the request of the county
attorney in 1893, relative to the paw
ment of the assessor, was read. The
question has been raised that monthly
payments were illegal, but the at
torney general held that they were
not.
Wright, McCarron and Kellerman
We're appointed a committee to fix the
salary of the assessor until his sue
cessor has qualified
The committee on claims recon-
mended that the bill of w. K. Multi
Ken, for testifying as an expert in
handwriting in the Hawks case, be re-
duced from 500 to $40 a day.
There was some question about the
bill of Justice of the Peace James
Shields for $50 for drawing jurymen.
1t was thought the judges ard clerk
of court ought to do that work. The
county attorney said there was moth
ing illegal about the work, but no
provision was made for payment. The
bill was allowed.
The auditor was instructed to draw.
warrants for the payment of the sal
airy of County Superintendent of
Schools Hogan. Mr. Wright said that
Attorney Ives, who represented Jar
dine, had told him Jardine would do
nothing more in the matter.
Commissioner Moritz offered a reso-
luton that the bondsmen of the Seven
Corners bank, for the deposit of
county funds, be allowed to settle for
the balance of the county's $50, 900
claim without paying any interest
Mayor Smith questioned the right of
the board to make such a compromise,
though he favored settlement The
matter was referred to the county at
torney, who will give an opinion at
the next meeting.
The 100000 bond of the Northwest
ern Exchange bank, formerly the
Peoples bank, was approved.