The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-10

tiers in one. The first one, in the morn
ing, was tame one, but 1.-The afternoon
seance was red hot affair.
AS a sort of preamble to the general
skirrnish, the county attorney picked
up a bill which bore the 20. X" of one
of the members of the court and, look
ing at it. inquired: Where is the
authority for this mark on this btll?
This was a conundrum which no one
ventured to answer for a time, but
finally Geddes ventured THE assertion
that it was placed there to show that
the bill had been audited.
Well" replied Wihittemore, that
amounts to nothing. There is nothing
to show that any Of the bills passed
by this court ever were allowed. The
bill should be signed by the probate
judge, showing that it was allowed on
a certain date and then it becomes
matter of record"
This statement elected the further
assertion from Geddes that the 20.
K" merely showed that the bill had
been examined by &, member of the
court and not allowed to go through
without being passed upon; a sort of
Identification as it were.
The county attorney then reiterated
what he had said concerning the pro-
GdNG JuuSe SiS Ii4ilS tleSS pillS ain
there the matter rested.
Sheriff Hardy's SALARY.
There was another lively time over
the matter of the salary of the sheriff.
Attorney Pence was on hand represent
ing that official at THE early morning
session, but "a caucus had to be held
ere action could be taken, so it was
long after o'clock when the case was
reached.
1t may be pertinent at this stage to
say that this court will never fix the
salary of the sheriff so long as they
continue in power. No matter what
promises are made they will never be
fulfilled.
Hardy filed bill yesterday for feed
ing prisoners at the jail, amounting
to $S11.25. When this came into
court, after having passed the
hands of the selectmen, it was re-
duced one-third, or made $20750. Ac-
tfon open on this account, but the bali
tie royal was made ON the account of
$3.50, compensation for services as cat
tie detective On the last manned bill
the court declined to Act because there
was not an itemized statement.
Il wish to call the attention of the
court to the fact THAT lit is impossible
to itemize a bill of this character amy
further" said Mr.. Pence. 1t is one
of those matters of business which
ought not to be made a public record.
open to the inspection of any and all
who choose to look ait lit. Suppose a
complaint is made to 1.-THE Sheriff that
a. certain man has lost a horse and
THAT another panty is presumed to have
taken the animal. The sheriff sends a
person to look the matter up. 1t would
not be right to include a matter of
This kind in a bill filed aS a public re-
cord here, unNG after an arret5t had
been made. lit is also Impossible, with
any degree of success to the sheriff's
ability in experimenting criminals, to
file itemized Statements of all the Of
fenses which are brought Ito the notice
of The sheriff Now the resolution
passed by this board some time ago
contemplated. SO we were given to I'M
derstand that THE sheriff would he
paid the sum of $3.50 per month as cat
tie detective in order Ito cover sac
matter of his fees. This claim is int
item. The Sheriff is entitled TO make
sdme'thing out of his office just the
same as the county attorney the Sc
lectmen, or amy other officers of the
county are entitled ito make money CUT
of their offices, 1t cost him $47S each
month to conduct the affairs Of his of
flee which is a. great deal less than
the United States marshal pays for
similar services"
Mr.. Pence then enumerated the ex-
penses which the sheriff is under, in
Guiding $25 per month attorneys fees
and $3S per month for rent and jamitor
service for office.
At this point the county attorney
mentioned that he wats in business fer
the purpose of giving the sheriff any
Jx-ioeo aa ierI1t
to the sheriff employing outside as
sistance. 'He was sorry the august
pleasure of 1.-THE sheriff was not consult
ed when he (Whhhtemore) was nomina-
ted
81 am not advocating strenuously
that the attorneys fee be charged
against the county, or saying that it is
a proper charge against the county.
1 mention it as an incidental expense.
All sheriffs of this county that 1 have
known have employed attorneys"
But does he not employ you and
Mr. Allen for his civil business?" said
Geddes.
eve advise him both as to civil and
criminal" was the reply. ''It is of but
little note, however. The sheriff is
presumed to have right to make a
fair compensation for what he re-
ceives. We are not asking that the
fees of his attorney be included in
any fees which he may receive as a
charge against the county, but that
he be allowed such compensation as
will admit of his making out of the
office what he is entitled to. I VEN
ture to say that no county officer re-
ceives less than the sheriff
Mr.. Pence then enumerated the ex-
penses the sheriff was under For
iailors. $3.50 per month; for clerk and
chief deputy, SIPS; for one deputy, $50
per month; for attorney, $25 per month;
for lights and rent. S3S; for livery hire
each month, $50 total, $4TS.
Roberts wanted to know If it was
necessary to have a clerk for the Grim
inal business, to which Pence replied
that it was
Geddes then jumped all over the
room, in metaphor, in condemning the
sheriff for paying his chief deputy
s125 per month. The deputy at $50
per month, he thought was all right,
but it was Wasteful extravaganza to
hire a man at the enormous salary of
$125 per month.
Don't you hire a clerk to do your
worl1?" inquired the attorney.
This was touching the man from the
Third in a tender spot. He don't like
TO have Emery's shade brought up at
all. Filling his lungs with air and his
tones with vehemence, he answered:
Yes, sir, and we pay him only SIS
per month. Your livery bill is all
right and the deputy in the Office is
ali right But the jailors and this
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