The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-05
the salary of the sheriff as jailor at
$500 per month.
Is Now Seattle Detectives"

rs NOW "C8ttle Detectives"
Paragraph appointed him Cat
tie Detective" with compensation
in the sum of $3.50 per month There
is string tied to the last proposition,
however. This compensation as cattle
detective is to be paid if the criminal
expenses amount to that much. If
they do not, then the sheriff will get
Tor doing the work just as much as he
expends. If they are more, he can
stand the overplus himself.
Mr.. Whittemore, the county attor-
ney, explains that this is the only
way of whipping the devil around the
stump and beating the law he could
devise which would be successful. He
explains that the money can be di-
verified for such criminal cases as the
sheriff may indulge in, no matter
whether they have anything to do
with the matter of cattle or not.
On this point the sheriff thinks diff
ferently. He is of the opinion that the
way the resolution reads, he will be
compelled to swear falsely, if he
makes the bill for anything other than
that called for in the resolution.
Christopherson worked hard against
the cutting of the bill for feeding
prisoners, but was compelled, in order
to do anything for Hardy, to vote for
its passage.
The sheriff does not rejoice with ex-
ceeding great joy over the turn mat
tiers have taken. Under the new regu-
lations he will have TO pay the jail
ors himself. This takes $3.50 from his
pay as jailor. He has then $110 left
with which to pay his clerk, or chief
deputy; the balance to be expended
from the cattle detective fund must
all be bona fide expense.
In connection with the feeding of the
prisoners, the sheriff says he cannot
feed the small number he has on the
amount set apart
But 1 shall feed them, just the
same, and [ know that some time /
will be paid for what 1 do. 1t is pos
sible to feed a lot of men who have
only short time to stay with you, on
10 cents a day, but it cannot be done
in this instance where the prisoners
have to stay with you right along"
officer for Bingham.
Having disposed of the sheriffs sal
airy, the court took action on the mat
ter of the Bingham officer. Mr. Rob
erts moved that Michael Fitzgerald be
appointed at a salary of $75 per month.
This motion was carried and the citi-
zens of the camp can rest assured of
protection from this time forward. 1t
comes high, but we have to have it.
McNaIIy Gets the Fees.
Attorney Whittemore rendered an
opinion in the matter of the salary of
the clerk in the insane hearings 1t
was to the effect that the clerk has
nothing to do with these matters at
all; that the probate judge is the per-
son who shall make out all papers,
take all testimony, ETC., while the sim
pie duty of the clerk is to file such for
record. Inasmuch as the court has
already decided that Stanton is en-
titled to compensation for this work.
he will now have a picnic. The pro-
bate judge can charge $15, the clerk
can tax the county with the regular
fees provided by law, and instead of
a saving, an increase will be noted.
OF course, McNally will do the work
by proxy. Stanton will do the manual
labor and the two will cut the money
in two.
SeIectmen's Bills.
The selectmen filed their bills yester-
day and allowed them Geddes did
not swear to his, but that doesn't count
for anything; the members understand
the situation.
Mr.. Geddes' bill isn't as large as it
NOA
a source of qualification to learn that
Geddes was not hampered by political
conventions Of which he was an active
member, but that he attended to his
duties as Selectman with fidelity For
instance, on Aug. %, the date of the
county convention, he attended to the
needy poor with diligence and dis
patch.
He walked three miles to allay the
sufferings of some hungry wanderer
and only charged $3.50 for it.
Geddes was at the Wasatch building
early in the morning He came long
before any of the delegates, because
there was a rumor to the effect that the
convention, in a burst of honest in
dignation, might pass a resolution con-
demning the court for its extrava-
gance. He took an active part in the
deliberations of the morning session
and when noon came adjourned for
lunch. He was active during the noon
hour in caucusing with the balance of
the boys, because he was seen ming
ling with the throng. At the afternoon
session he was also on hand. He re-
manned during the night and his voice
was heard in the wee sma' hours of
the morning when the convention ad-
journed
Mr.. Geddes walked 272 miles in in
specting the roads of the county last
month. His travels in lending official
succor to the INDECENT was rs miles.
The astonishing part of his account
Is that, whereas in July it was 1872
miles from his house to the county end
of the joint building, last month it was
but 20 This state of affairs impels
one to believe that the recent hot spell
must have shriveled up the roads-con-
tracted them wonderfully People will
now begin to realize how warm it was.
On the day of the state convention.
at which Mr. Geddes was a delegate,
ne also demonstrated his faithfulness
as a public servant. Although he was
on hand in the early hours of the ses-
sion, stin ne managed to take time
enough from the Republican party on
that day to make 81 in debating in
surance and pauper business with his
fellows.
Mr.. Geddes' bill for the month is s1S5
His ideas of distance and the ideas of
Roberts do not coincide, however
For instance when Geddes goes to Mill
Creek it is ten miles, While Roberts
only charges for eight This NAV he
accounted for by reason of the fact
that perhaps Geddes went two miles
farther up the creek.
Roberts beats all previous records for
charges in his bill of last month. No
selectman who ever held office in the
county ever approached that amount
which he has taxed the citizens in his
little August account. He makes it
S2l2.S0. Not being hampered with any
D01tlcaI work he was enabled To sro n II |