The record-union., 1896-01-04
SHERIFF WHELAN'S BILLS REDUCED.
The State Board of Examiners Does
Some Winter Pruning.
street-sweeping Machine Contractors
WIN Not be Paid If They Sweep
in the Daytime.

The meeting Of the State Board of
Examiners yesterday was attended by
Governor Budd, Secretary Of State
Brown and Secretary Markley.
Several claimants Of the reward for
the arrest and conviction of the muir
cerers of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. L. Weber
q year ago, were in attendance, but the
matter was postponed till next Friday.
H. G. Soule and w. A. Anderson ap-
peared for E. L. Bennett, who claims
a share of the reward, as he says he
was the first to put Captain Lees on the
track Of KotElev.
Deputy Sheriff Schwilke appeared to
explain an apparent discrepancy in
some bills Of Sheriff Johnson's, and
stated that he was detained in Los An
geles by the sickness of an attendant
who went with him to take some chill
dren to the Whittier School.
A question arose as to how Mr. Eek
ert, the consulting engineer of the State
Prison Directors should be paid, some
bills having been presented for his
services on the fund for the rock
crushing, and it being thought that as
he was also engaged in supervising the
new buildings at the prison, he might
ter was deferred till an investigation of
the prison payroll. That of Mr.. Mas
terson, the head foreman at the rock
crushing plant, who has also been en-
ployed at the prison, was also laid
over.
DR.. Ruggles' bill for investigating the
charges against the Foundlings' Home
was presented, the amount being left
11v MI 70 h
fixed at $50 day, taking into consid-
Grafton the time taken from his prac-
tiee and the work of making the re-
port.
Tom Scott, the plumber, appeared to
explain bill that had been laid over.
but the Governor said that he had put
ali expert to examine the work, and that
he and Secretary of State Brown had
also investigated the matter and were
satisfied that everything was correct.
He thought, however, that when his
term of Office expired he would like to
go into partnership with Mr.. Scott as
ne had heard so much of the profits of
plumbers, and the latter signified his
Willingness to take him in, he to fur
nish the experience and the Governor
the money.
tention to the fact that the street
sweeper was being used on Tenth street
in the day time, raising clouds of dust
for passersby to go through. 1T is out
Tageous, said he "but do not know to
whom I should apply to have it stopped,
and have been waiting for meeting
OF the board to bring it up
He was Informed that the sweeper
.4-.1
city, and that the Street Superintendent
had control of it.
We'll, the matter can be easily
fixed, said the Governor. eff it is not
stopped we viii refuse to pay the bill
when it is presented"
The inventory of the ViticulturaI
Commission of all the property in its
hands, to be turned over to the State
University, was taken up. It comprised
originally half page, but after Win
field Scott, the Secretary, was called be-
fore the board to explain why he had
not included more property, he made
another inventory, the present one COW
ering twenty-four pages. It was de-
eided to compare it with the report of
the Secretary of the State University, to
whom the property was turned over.
In the original report occurred the
word library" In the second report
the library list covers fifteen pages.
Some of the books are very rare or
unique, and are exceedingly valuable
as they could not be replaced.
As Sheriff Whelan of San Francisco
refused to send receipts for his depu-
ties bills, saying that he considered his
deputies honest, the bills, amounting to
over 500, were cut down about 5000.