Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06
COUNTY WILL BRING SUIT
Bondsmen Asked to Pay County Money in
Broken Banks
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS INVOLVED
Old Resolution Ccnsuring EN-Commis-
sioncr Paddock ENpuugcd from
the Rccorii-Intcrnc for
County Hospital.
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS INVOLVED

! The Board of County Commissioners held
a long session yesterday morning, at which
large amount of routine business was
| transacted.
A resolution was introduced by jenkins,
| providing that part Of the report of the
finance committee, bearing date February
2l 1894, relating to a resolution introduced by
| ex-Commisaioner Paddock be eXpunged from
the records The resolution of Mr.. Paddock
provided that the commissioners should
voluntarily cut their salaries 20 per cent
in the interest of retrenchment. The report
OF the finance committee on this resolution
was a very acrid denunciaton of Commits
sioner Paddock for drawing full pay as COM
missioner, while the records showed that he
was absent the greater part of the time.
The report was signed by Jenkins and Will
liamS, and the resolution introduced by
Jenkins provided that the portion of the
report rejecting upon Mr.. Paddock be eX-
plunged jenkins and Williams supported the
resolution and ii was unanimously adopted.
The county attorney was directed by
resolution to proceed against the sureties
on the bond of the German Savinga bank to
recover the sum of S3g .G9O47, on deposit in
such bank at the time its doors were closed,
The sureties on the bond of the bank for the
aafekeeping of public funds are H. d. Fowler,
Charles j. Karbach w. Segelte and VIII
liam Krug, the bond being for 100000
The same action was ordered taken against
the Midland State bank to recover the sum
of 500, .93 of public funds on deposit In
olch bank when it closed its doors September
16 1896 The sureties on the bond Of this
bank are C. T. Ford Charles a. Sharp and
Maria A. Johnson the bond being for $780,
600.
r. S. Wilcox rendered his resignation as a
2 ba Gp1l IN
1t was referred to the charity committee.
II. 5. Thomas, who has been making
charges very freely against City Electrician
SchuIig in the city press, submitted letter
wiring of the hospital building was not up
to the specifications and that the city cleo
triclan was responsible He asked the
board to investigate the matter and offered
his services in that connection.
Mr. Kierstead said he had made Inquiries
regarding the writer of the letter and be-
lievcd that II was simply a scheme and that
he was satisfied that the charges were not
made in good faith. tie said he had asked
the writer of the letter to appear before
the board and make verbal statement in
the matter, but he had not done So Mr..
Kiorstead moved that the whole matter be
placed on file.
MIR Jenkins spoke in the same line and
denounced the writing of such letter as
the act OF an assassin, and then the letter
was placed on ole
In accordance with the announcement in
The Bee, DR.. Mary Strong was appointed
interne at the county hospital, the appoint
ment to date from December /.
The committee of the whole submitted
a report on the rules for the government OF
the hospital introduced by Commissioner
jenkins. recommending that the rules be
referred to the new board
jenkins submitted a minority report rec |
that the rules be adopted. Jen- |
kins. Williams and HOctor discussed the |
matter in a rather heated manner, after |
which the majority report was adopted.
In accordance with the exclusive announce |
nent in The Bee, Commissioner Williams |
was appointed to represent Douglas county |
IN connection with the Nebraska commits |
sion to the Nashville exposition.