The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24
S462, 600 is reached. This leaves $125, 900
in excess Of the legal limit.
Attorney and SeIectmen.

S462, 900 is reached. This leaves $125, 900
in excess Of the legal limit.
Attorney and SeIectmen-
County Attorney Whittemcre and
Selectmen Roberts and ChriStOpherSOn
expressed themselves yesterday as ne
ing in favor OF asking the next leglsla-
ture for relief in the shape OF q bill
validating all just claims Tor wnich
warrants have been issued. 1t Is be
iieved that the legislature will pass q
measure of this kind without OPPOSE
ton.
In this connection the selectmen
mentioned urGe holders of such. war
rants not to dispose of them to specu-
lators at low prices. but to insist upon
fair values or hold them. All Iegil-
mate claims will certainly be PAID.
Some will be contested, of course, on
various grounds.
Question of Liability.
While he does not believe that any
attempt will be made to hold the clerk,
collector or treasurer ciVilly liable, the
county attorney says that the stat
ute is broad enough especially
in regard to warrants regis
tered by the treasurer and dis
posed of to innocent parties. If the
members of the old board are liable
together with the other officers. the
selectmen are $1,000 each; the clerk
$40, 600 and the collector and treasurer
S40O, 900 more.
County Treasurer Lynn said in re-
lation to this matter yesterday. that
he feared nothing of this kind, and
was satisfied that no measures looking
toward his financial embarrassment
would be adopted.
Geddes in GIee.
Selectman Geddes apparently re-
joiced oyer the matter. There Will be
no reason for expanding any money
| except for incidentalS. including OF
! course, the salary of the county court
Not a cent will be laid out in road
construction save to prevent accidents
and the way of the supervisor will be
as hard to travel as the turnpike tC
Jordan.
other Business.
| Fish and Game Commissioner Bar.
rett is now Eek Horace Heath was
yesterday selected for that position by
| vote of to 1. Selectman Geddes
voting no with great juice and vehe
mence.
| Each of the selectmen nominated 6
man, John z. Busby and Il. n. Math
| ews being the other two. The dead
| lock was broken by Selectman Roberts
! who seconded Heath's nomination.
| Prof B. W. Ashton and Prof. Byron
| Cummings filed their acceptance o.
appointment as members of the ex.
animation board for teachers.
Gustav Mahlsted asked for relic.
from tax sale, which was filed.
| On Henry Crane and others request
! Samuel Butterfeld was appointed a.
| justice of the peace for Fort Herman
precinct and qualified at once.
James G. Hamilton ct al. asked for G
| consolidation of the offices Of bee an(
| fruit tree inspector. Filed.
| Superintendent Terhune, of the
Hanauer smelter, called attention tt
! the existence Of pile of Stag on the
| bridge over their roadway, which wa!
referred to the selectmen.
J. 4. Heiss criticised the court Sc
! verely for removing him as supervisor
Of district 7, which was filed.
The commission appointed to examine
| applicants for positions as deputy frui
tree inspectors reported W. n. Cole
| James NJ Smith, Thomas e. WISHING, D
/ Austin, e. L. Lovesy, T. E. Harris ant
! n. D. Jensen as having qualified. Thu
| commission was ordered to sit again
4 Saturday at the Office of the fish ant
| game commissioner. This action wa.
taken because one-half Of the appli
cants were "old men" and the remain
| der Democrats
/ George c. Muller's application TO
engineer at the Joint building was flee
and court adjourned until tomorrow
! at 10 a, m