The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-22
AFFAIRS OF The COUNTY
Meeting of the Board of Commits
sioners Held Yesterday.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THE
COUNTY PHYSICIAN.
Must Render Assistance to Persons
Injured by Accident-Help For
the Collector-Reports of County
Officers.

The board of county commissioners
had great deal of business to trans
act yesterday and held 10 less than
three sessions. Much of the business
was Of considerable Importance. the
county infirmary difficulty coming in
as the interesting part OF the proceed
ings.
Recorder Crisnon notified the board
of the appointment of Miss Florence
Roundy. vice S. Seth Stone. who has
resigned. The matter was referred to
Geddes and action subsequently, con-
firmed.
The inquest papers in the case of
John Fuller. whose body was found
near Brinton's slaughter house, death
having resulted from apoplexy, were
filed
A. W. Game & Co. offered to furnish
the county clerk with a Densmore
typewriter, taking in exchange an old
Remington and sos in warrants. Filed.
Relative to the balance of s4,32l.62
due the city from the county on ac-
count of redeemed tax sales up to No
vember 30. 1896, the amount was au-
thorized paid upon presentation of
properly made out claim by the city.
In reply to a letter from County Ply
stefan e. S. Wright as to whether he
is obliged to attend cases where parties
are injured by accidents on railroads,
and whether such services would be
included in his ordinary COMPENSATION
from the county, the county attorney
said:
1T is -FOUR duty under the law to
attend as an officer from the county
ard furnish such medical assistance
and attendance as is necessary to any
of the INDECENT door of the county
where -Tour attention is called to such
cases. and we see no distinction that
could properly be made as between
cases where such INDECENT people are
injured by railroad accidents and where
they are injured in any other way or
manner, and the same rules that gov
ern in the one case would govern in the
other. In either event you are GER
family not compelled as countyphysician
to attend and care for, as the countys
medical representative, any people sick
or injured from any cause or in any
way that do not fall under the class OF
INDECENT people. on whose account your
services are retained and paid for by
the COUNT board. and we would sug-
gest that the usual discrimination and
judgment that YOU exercise in such
matters generally should guide your
action toward parties injured in rail-
road accidents"
Upon motion of Roberts the county
collector was authorized TO employ five
extra men to assist in collecting per-
sonal property taxes in the city and
county, the CITY collectors to receive 1
SO per dav and the county workers to /
receive $3.50 per day.
Upon advice from the county attor-
ney that it was necessary to readver- {
tise the delinquent tax list, Geddes was 1
authorized to act.
The difference between ex-County /
Collector F. ]. Leonard and the county
was finally adjusted yesterday, when a
resolution was passed authorizing the
county treasurer to accept warrant
in the sum of $S3.12, drawn in favor of
Mr.. Leonard, and also to accept other /
warrants in the sum of Sl,oS1.66, and
cancel the same. The resolution does
not show how SIr. Leonard came into
possession of these warrants now &C
cepted by the county.
The county attorne- rendered re-
port on Bee Inspector Lovesey'S claim
for salary, holding that the county is
liable, notwithstanding the fact that
when Re was employed he offered his
services for the amount of tax derived
from the industry. at the rate of cents
per colony. 1t appears. however, that
the assessor did not make this special
levy, but treated bees as other prop
erty, hence the insacoiOr's claim. No
definite action was taken in the mat
ter
o. H. Berg. coroner Of Utah county,
sent in a claim amounting to $44 for
nquests held on bodies from the insane
asylum, the decedents having been sent
up from Salt Lake county. The claim
was rejected for two reasons. First. il
was not properly made out. Second,
beca1lse cOrOrers in all counties receive
salaries and therefore have no author
ty TO make extra charges.
State Auditor Richards, in a COM
asked the board to cover
nto the state treasury any collections
lue the state and state school fund on
account of redeemed tax sales up to
late. The matter was deferred until
he next regular meeting