The herald., 1896-11-06
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Ar'esia Petitioners Argue Over a Small
Proposition
Additional Clerical Force in the Auditor.
Tax Collector and Treasurer's Of
ces-A Miners Map.

All the citizens of Artesia seemed to
be present in the board of supervisors
chamber yesterday.
For the time being election returns
were given the go-by while local fight
over picayune proposition was fought
TO finish.
Some time go certain resident tax
payers of Artesa petitioned the board
to open and extend a road and a still
larger number of citizens petitioned that
the board do nothing of the kind. Yes
terday was the day for hearing and there
was a full attendance.
1t transpired that the road in question
is not far from the river bed and in rainy
weather it, with the adjacent lands, be-
comes overlooked with water. Natur-
ally enough this state of things is OBJ
jectionable to neighboring ranchers and
SO they made the proposition to the SUI
pervisors that if the board would order
the opening of the road that they, at
their own expense, would dig trench,
or road if it pleases anyone to call 1t
such and divert the water from it's pres
ent place of Judgment.
To this other ranchers in the neighbour
mood objected as it was simply a case of
robbing Peter to pay Paul; or, in other
words, when the proposed trench was
completed the water would be diverted,
it is true, but only to another point
where it would work perhaps greater
damage than at present.
1nasmuch as the petitioners conceded
that there are no distractions on the
road and there being therefore no need
for the board to open what Is already
open, they were referred for any relief
from overlooking water in winter to the
supervisor of their district
fI,<N
auditor that the work in the redemption
department of his office has increased
very materially during the past year, as
Indicated by the amount received for
redemptions from sales having increas-
ed from $2222. 10 for the fiscal year end
ing June 3O,1s95, to s21, 1882 for the year
ending June 30, 1885, the board decided
to allow one permanent clerk at salary
of s75
A license inspector was also granted
to the tax collectors office, at monthly
salary of SIS.
The county treasurer was also granted
a deputy for the remaining months of
the year, at salary of SIS.
On motion of Supervisor Hay $50 was
ordered transferred from the general
road fund to the improvement and
sprinkling fund of the First supervisor
al district.
The bid of the Excelsior Bridge COM
on the Los Angeles and Whittier road
was taken under advisement.
Supervisor Hanley was authorized to
have the west Glendale bridge repaired
On motion of Supervisor Field it was
Resolved that the board of supervisors
approve of the publication of the PERKS
miners map, showing the location of
the mining districts in the several coun-
ties in Southern California.
The petition of certain Pasadena resi-
dents drawing attention to nuisance
consisting of a drove of hogs being kept
on Marengo avenue, was referred to the
health officer.
A saloon license was granted to j. H.
Hoffman at the three and a half mile
house in Glendale precinct. One was
granted also at San Fernando to H. A.
Lehndorff; one to ]. B. Leonis, at Man.
haitian station
A road deed was accepted to strip Of
land on Charter street, in Cahuenga
road district.