The record-union., 1897-02-06
DR.. WHITE WAS REELECTED.
Made County Physician for Another
Four Years.
Sheriff Johnson Complains That His
Prisoners Board Bill Was IN
justly Reduced.

At the forenoon session of the Su-
pervisors yesterday brennan moved
that the board proceed to the election
Of a County Physician and Super1n-
tendent of the County Hospital to sue
ceed DR.. G. A. White, whose term Is
about to expire.
The motion was carried unanimously,
and then brennan moved that the term
be four years, the same as at the last
election. So ordered unanimously.
Nominations being declared in order
brennan placed in nomination DR.. G A.
White, the present Superintendent
Morrison seconded the nomination,
and in doing SO paid DR.. White high
compliment ON his management Of the
hospital the last four years. No COM
plants of a serious nature had been
made during that time, although the
class of people he has to deal with
are very hard to please.
There We're no other nominations, and
DR.. White was elected by the unani-
NOUS vote of the board.
On motion Of Morrison the Chairman
was authorized to renew the contract
entered into with DR.. White four years
ago.
FEEDING PRISONERS.
Under Sheriff David Reese appeared
before the board to explain a demand
for feeding prisoners in the County Jail
during the month of January. He said
the Sheriff had been cited to appear
before the board last month and show
cause why the price that had been al
lowed should not be reduced The
Sheriff responded at the time fixed, but
,+h leo crp1 a nd
he did not have the opportunity to
state his case.
Now the board had returned the jan
nary demand as being too high, and
h was present to explain it. Sheriff
Johnson correspOnded with the Sheriffs
of all the counties in the State and
had received a list of the sums al
lowed by the several counties for the
board of their prisoners.
Mr.. Reese then read the list, showing
that but two counties in the State al
lowed as low as 10 cents per meal, and
the prices run from that up to figures
that make the average 2112 cents. The
sum to which it is sought to reduce
the Sacramento rate from i cents per
meal is $ cents.
Mr.. Reese then spoke of the Sheriff 5
salary, $3.50 per month, and showed
that S62o of this had to be paid in
salaries of deputies. Eight cents per
meal is not enough to properly feed
the prisoners and allow the Sheriff any
thing for his services.
Sheriff Johnson here put in an ap-
pearance and addressed the board on
the subject. He did not think it right
to put Sacramento away down at the
bottom of the scale, when the cost
of the Sheriff's office and the County
Jail are proportionately lower than
those of any county Of its size and
pOpula ton. Unless prisoners have
wholesome food in fair quantity there
win be sickness among them and ex-
penses will be entailed to more than
Offset the difference in the price of
meals
Mr. Johnson said further that posi-
bly, he could get a cheaper class of
deputies. but he believed in employing
good. responsible and efficient citizens
TO attend TO the business Of his office
and in paying decent. living salaries for
their work There are many other eX-
penses to which the Sheriff is sub
jected and for which no allowance is
made, and when a balance is struck
II shows very little for that official out
OF the salary allowed him.
The list of counties and the rates
paid by each, read for the boards in
formation, showed that in counties of
about the same class as Sacramento
the rates run from 1919 cents per meal
to 17la. Sonoma, Solano and San Joa-
quin allow 1Ti5 cents. San Diego, Los
Angeles and Santa Cruz 12I2, and Yolo
j..
Santa Clara now allows - cents per
day for prisoners who do not work,
and - TO 80 cents for those employed
at various kinds of labor, but Super
visor Rott of that county, who is here
on a visit, stated yesterday that his
board intends TO raise the allowance. be-
ing satisfied that the Sheriff cannot af-
ford TO feed prisoners at the lower rate,
a. cents per meal.
The recess hour having arrived, no
action was taken on Sheriff Johnson 5
demand
ROADS INJURED.
County Surveyor Boyd submitted a
report showing the result of his inspec-
ton of the roads and culverts about