The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-07
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-. solicitor Generals InsOlvent
Cost Bill Starts a Stir.

- -.-.sertatibn OF the bills OF the city
-, officials for insOlvent costs, as pro-
c. FOR By statute. created a great deal
,-,gx yesterday without any reason for
+ vhatever-
,-.,u- noon Assistant Solicitor General
-. presented the bill of the solicitor
al for $50 insolvent costs Of the
sr'l-or for the city court The law only
s~,as the solicitor that amount for in
-,-sr- costs during the whole year. while
matter Of fact, the total amount
-gt-solvent costs during the year amount
:, several times that figure. AS it hap
-si the fnsOlvent costs Of the solicitor
s.,srsl for January amounted to a frac-
..,n over $50. and he accordingly made
ant the bill for the fun amount.
MAYOR Myers was out Of the city and Mr..
ssJas presented the bill TO Clerk AIanucy
Alderman Falligant was present during
he conversation with Acting Mayor
s.reven. and the report afterward
,uhished that lie had announced his
'n,ention Of opposing the payment Of the
soi.itor generals bill was a great sur
mise to those acquainted with the circum-
stances Mr.. Fraser was somewhat put
out that the presentation of his bill
sbould have been unnecessarily manufac-
fured into a sensation.
The law provides Solicitor General
Fraser said, when asked about the mat
m that the city shall pay to the solic-
ifor general each year $500 on his insol-
vent costs, to the sheriff 5000, and to the
clerk 500.
The city at this time, but 1 was Informed
nv Judge Norwood that Clerk Collins had
tod him the city officials preferred that
The bills be presented each month. / told
him that l preferred to collect mine all
al once, not knowing at that time that
ny bill for January would amount to $500
1.-THE sheriff and clerk presented their
bills several days ago making them out
for the full amount of insolvent costs due
them for the month. l presented my bill
al about i o'clock noon to-day, and at 2
o'clock reporter called 10 see me about
the matter. Who hunted him up to give
him the information that / had presented
ny bill? II anything was wrong with the
bill why was newspaper reporter sought
out and not Judge Norwood or myself
who could have explained the matter
fully. / must say l don't understand it.
In making out the bill / simply found
that the amount of insOlvent costs due
me for the month was somewhat larger
even than the full amount that the city
pays under the law for the entire year.
For that reason l made out the bill for
the fun amount and when 1t is paid, Of
course l get nothing else from the city
for insolvent costs during the year, no
matter what is due"
Mr.. j. S. Collins, clerk Of the court.
when asked about the custom in this re-
gard, said:
y want TO say I'm all fairness that when
] was elected clerk i knew nothing about
how the city wanted the bills made out.
asked Mr.. Manucy, the clerk of coun-
eli. and he told me the council preferred
10 have them made out monthly, and that
council objected to paying the clerk and
the sheriff the full amounts, $500 and $500
at one time. ! made out my bill how
ever, for the fun amount of insOlvent
costs due me during the month, and if
my bin had been equal to the full amount
coming 10 me under the law, / would have
made it out for that amount"
Sheriff Sheftall said he understood that
council wanted the officers to present
their insoivent cost bills for what was
due them during each month until the
whole amount due under the law was paid
He said he sent in his bill for the full
amount coming to him for the month, and
II II had been equal to the entire amount
allowed him under the law he would
have put in his bill for it accordingly,
Inc solicitor generals bill for January
alone ran over $500, but as $500 is all he is
allowed for the year, he made it out for
mat amount. The bill he presented was
approved by Judge Norwood as are all
oiners IN connection with the court
me amount Of the bill presented by the
CLERK Is SZl2.l0, and that of the sheriff
Slo5oO. Inc bills will take the regular
course, and will doubtless be ordered paid
AZ the next meeting of council Wednesday
night. "'