St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-28
REDUCTION OF 100000 FROM
LAST YEARS TAXES FOR
THE COUNTY.
FOURTH OF A MILL LOWER
COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES To
HAVE AN ALLOWANCE
OF $4,000.
Sheriff ChapeEs Claims for Fees
Again Receive UnfavorabIe
Comment.

The board Of county commission
ers, at the adjourned meeting held
yesterday, finally adopted an esti-
mate OF the amount required for the
different county funds for 1886,
on which will be based the tax levy.
The only difference of opinion that
,, existed with reference to the esti-
mate submitted by Auditor Sullivan
short time ago was regarding the
/ road and bridge fund and the poor
fund. Mayor Smith and other mem
bers of the board were opposed to
the proposition that $685. would be
needed for the former, no estimate
for which had been submitted by
the auditor. The mayor thought
that one-half this amount ought to
be sufficient. But the resolution to
place the estimate at $25, 900 was
passed by vote of to 8, McCar-
ron, Moritz, Ness and Wright vot-
ing in the affirmative, and Joyce,
Kellerman and Mayor Smith voting
against it. 1t will be seen that the
country members favored and most
of the city members opposed the res
olution.
Auditor Sullivan's estimate fixed
the poor fund at 0,0OO, though the
estimate Of the board of control was
S43,333. DR.. Ancker appeared before
| the board yesterday and made a
strong argument in favor of leaving
! the estimate at the figure fixed by
| the board Of control. He said the
hospital could not possibly get along
with as small an appropriation as
| it did this year. He had examined
! into the expenditures of sixty hos
pitfalls in the United States and found
I that the city hospital of st. Paul
! cost less for running expenses than
any of them, in proportion to the
| number of patients. There was a
| small corps of nurses, while the av-
! erage number of patients was 112.
! The appropriation for the almshouse
was $4,000 last year, and only $500
was asked for in this estimate.
| Commissioner Joyce objected to
| the item of $4,000 asked for for out
side aid. He thought that Henne-
/ pin county got along with much less
| than that. But he remained silent
when he was assured that the ap-
preparation was larger there than it
was in Ramsey for the same item.
The whole amount asked for by
| the board of control for the poor
| fund was $4,000, one-third of this be-
ing borne by the city and the other
tWo-thirds by the county. The es-
10 +,
amended so as to leave the county's
, share at $43,333, as estimated by the
| board of control.
Following is the estimate for the
various funds Is finally adopted: Reve-
nue., S120, 900; bond and interest, S4S, GOO:
! poor, S43, 1873; road and bridge, $25, 900.
Total, 1921, 1888. This a reduction of
| about 100000 from last years estimate,
| which means decrease of Il of a mill
in the tax levy.
The board was again occupied with
| the consideration of some of Sheriff
! ChapePs claims against the county,
and there was considerable discussion
| over his bill of s., 5S4 for serving war
| rants on persons owing delinquent
! personal property tax. The sheriff
| submitted an affidavit to the effect that
he had made "diligent search in each
! case, and the county attorney said this
! was all the law required to entitle the
| sheriff to his fees, though the board
might inquire as to the sufficiency of
! the "diligent search Whether the
board will finally decide that sending
a warrant by mail is "diligent search,
| sufficient to entitle the sheriff to a 81
| fee remains to be seen.
| The county attorney said this was the
| first bill of the kind that had ever been
presented, because the law had not
been understood before. The first that
: was known about it was when the
! clerk of court brought a suit to re-
! cover % cents each for making out the
| warrants. Had all the warrants issued
in previous years been preserved, the
county would be liable for fees on all
| of them
J Commissioner Joyce moved that the
claim be disallowed. He said he
! knew several persons whose names are
i on the list and they could easily be
| found. He knew further that they had
the money with which to pay.
i The matter was finally referred to the
committee on claims to investigate
| and have the sheriff go over the list
| with the committee
! The board authorized the payment of
the $266 judgment the Sheriff recently
got against the county in lieu of his
claim of $3.50 for the hanging of
Ermisch and Wonnigkeit. The board
had previously allowed him 1920. but
Auditor Sullivan, on the advice of
/, County Attorney Butler, took an ap-
| peal to the court, with the result that
only a little over one-fourth of the
amount was found to be a legal claim.
The sheriff had another bill that
| brought protest from the county
auditor yesterday, and that was a
claim of Silica for taking prisoners into
! the municipal court and for attendance
| at the municipal and probate courts.
The county auditor thought the claim
! was not legal one. The matter was
referred to the county attorney.
Mems $3.50 and s4O0 Russia tan shoes
s2.S5. Mems $500 seal shoes, sS.S5 al
Coverings sale.