The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-07

Il know he is" replied Mr.. Fergu-
son.
Mr.. Murdoch came in. when Mr..
Nebeker of Rich rose to protest against
the salaries of the thirteenth class
counties being placed higher than his
amendment proposed. The schedule
proposed by Mr.. Clark would give his
county $1,000 in salaries to pay and
leave only 81. 700 for running the county,
and his county for one couldn't stand
It.
Mr.. Murdoch opposed the amend
ment OF Mr.. Nebeker. 1t would, he
said, have the effect of depriving
Wasatch of any county officers since
they would ali resign.
The motion was lost on division.
Mr.. Clark changed his motion to al
low the assessor $500 and the attorney
and treasurer $500 each and it carried
Under motions by Mr.. Thompson of
Willard, the schedule for the eleventh
class of counties was fixed as follows
Commissioners, 5000; recorder, 81, 200:
clerk, $1,000; attorney, $500; superin-
tendent OF schools, 500; treasurer, $3.50;
collector. $3.50.
Mr. Howard offered as an amendment
to the bill schedule fixing the salaries
very low which was amended by Mr..
Ferguson of Carbon to establish them
as follows
Commissioners, 5000; sheriff, $1,000;
assessor. $500; clerk, $1,000; recorder,
$500; treasurer. $500; attorney, $500; su-
perintendent of public schools, $500:
surveyor, 500; coroner, $500. He stated
| that conditions in other counties in the
same class as Emery We're very differ
ent and men competent to enforce the
laws could not be induced to serve for
less than he proposed
Mr.. Critchlow took occasion to remark
! that wide differences existed in coun-
| ties belonging to the same class, some
We're of a pastoral or alfalfa" order
while others were what might perhaps
be termed of the metropolitan" type,
| hence the same salaries that would be
required in some counties would oper-
ate as an injustice against others, but
the legislature had apparently commit
| ted itself to the classification in the
! bill, and inasmuch as there was an
other house with equally as much power
as this hence the house would have to
De a little careful and not be too radi-
cal
Mr.. Beard thought there should be
! twenty-five classes of counties, each
t. be of a separate class and Mr. Nor
rison moved that the bill be commit
ted to a special committee with instruc-
! tons to so classify the counties. He
gave way to a resolution by Mr.. Harris
| directing that the bill be so committed.
the committee to fix maximum salaries
for all officers except county commits
sioners and those officers whose salaries
are in part paid by the state, these to
be fixed definitely.
Mr. Taylor said that plan had been
once tried in the committee where it
had failed.
1t,
away from the people their right of
local self-government as following the
| ideas Of the resolution would be doing.
| the only excuse for which that he could
see being that Salt Lake and Weber
! counties could not thrust their commits
sioners. There would be just as much
reason. he said, in fixing the salaries
of town or city officers.
The resolution was defeated on divi-
sion.
Mr. Ferguson of Carbon's schedule
was then adopted.
Mr.. Sorensen had the salary of treas
| urers of counties of the fifteenth class
fixed at $3.50.
Mr. Boards successive motions car
ried fixing the salaries of clerks and re-
corders of counties of the ninth class at
! $1,000 and $1,000 respectively. His mo-
ton failed. to raise the treasurer's sala-
ry at $1,000. To all three motions Mr..
Gibbs excepted on the ground that Box
Elder could not stand it.
| Mr.. Nebeker moved to reduce the sal
airy of the collector of Salt Lake county
from $500 to $500. He stated that he
did not expect the motion to carry and it
! didn't
He then moved to reduce the treas
urers salary from $500 to $1,000.
Mr.. Cushing said that would be incon-
sistent when the same officer in class s
was s., OOO The motion carried.
Mr. Cushing was disguised with the
bill and the wranglirg over it, and
moved to strike out the enacting clause.
! Mr. Taylor said the motion was alb
surd as it was absolutely necessary to
have salary law.
The motion had but few votes in its
favor.
Mr. Boards motion lost to raise the
salary of the attorneys of class nine
to 81 900.
Mr. Sneakers motion carried to
limit the expenses of county commits
sioners of Salt Lake to $4,000 each.
Under motion by Mr.. Levy commits
sioners of class fourteen were fixed at
S10G and attorneys at $500.
Mr.. Gibbs motion failed, which would
have placed the pay of collectors OF
the ninth class at $500.
The motion of Mr.. Murdoch, amend
ed by Mr.. Andrus. carried, fixing the
salary of the superintendent of schools
in the thirteenth class at $500 and in
the fourteenth at $3.50.
Mr.. Andrus was given consent to
place the salary of clerks of the thir-
teenth class at $500 after receding from
q proposal to make it $500.
In class ten superintendent of
schools were given 5000 instead of $500,
on motion of Mr.. Cazier.
Mr.. Egan was permitted to fix the
pay of surveyors of counties of the
ninth class at $500.
There was no objection to Mr.. Sor-
enson's motion to reduce the salary of
school superintendent in the fifteenth
class to 5000 when Mr.. Smoot stated
that he was such an officer.
In class nine school superintendent
were allowed $500 instead of $500, I'M
der motion of Mr.. Egan.
Mr.. Andrus' motion carried reducing
the sheriff's salary from $1,000 to $500
in the thirteenth class.
Mr.. Sneaker once more went after
the high salaries in Salt Lake county
by moving to reduce the sheriff's sal
airy from $4,000 to $2,40O. Tom Fergu-
son moved to amend by making ii
$500. Both motions lost.
The salary of assessors of class
eighteen was reduced from $500 to $3.50
on motion of Mr.. Maughn.
At this point Mr.. Critchlow raised the
point that the house was proceeding
wrongly-the conference committee re-
port had not been acted upon. That
should first be adopted or rejected. Ii