The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-08

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AS a fair sample of the manner in which
the commissioners charge in this county, Mr..
Strachan for 1885, which is included in his
report above, charged as follows:
July, 1895, 8, 8, TO- IL and 10. five days
service as county commissioner and
July 1885 s. 9, is. is, il. IS and 49, sew
en- days the board of audit. q 90
1t will be noticed that four of these last
days are mentioned in the charge above, to
Tf 'h u.s. 49, II 1 i8 and ID 49, Ag Service
the board Of equalization and mile
This se amount is the amount mentioned in
his report above, thus he charges and re-
ceives pay for the and twice, also for
the 16 and II, and three times for the Is and
10. This commissioner was attending the reg
ular meeting of the board and board of audit,
yet charges mileage twice. He was attending
the board of audit on the 10 and could not
have Travelled the distance. He puts in two
days signing county orders at one time In
September 1896 he charged for the 18th and
18th. On the 18th he was looking after the
roads and bridges, and receieyd $3.50 Six
dollars and 80 and $3.50 pay for one day are
not considered out of the way in this county,
when it comes to takins money out of the
treasury MIR. Strachan has refunded one
mileage, $3.50. l do not know which one 1t
was or for what year, but he has never re-
funded any other oVercharge. Inc commits
sioners cannot get over $500 for services in
any year Commissioners in the other coun-
ties get all the way from $40 to $3.50 to 800,
and do four times the WOTk. MI olIdcudl
charges 126 miles, which is not the regular
Travelled route. He travels by the railroad.
He lives in the northeast corner of the coun-
ty and goes by Fergus Falls. The number of
DAYS he put in in 1896 on board of audit thir-
ty-tive days, exceeds any other county in the
state not excepting Ramsey and Hennepn.
This commissioner put IN "a days, - days
more than he was entitled to; giving him
the first % days he received some $120 more
than he was entitled to receive. as he charged
for the days put in on the board of equali-
cation. in performing other work at the same
time In 1895 he received S325.25. He makes
the same charges for settling with county
treasurer, board of equalization and regular
meetings of the board and committee work,
ali on the same day and dates. This settling
with the county treasurer by the commits
sioners so often is not known in other coun-
ties, aad would seem as if thirty-fve days by
the board of audit ought to keep the treas
urer straight, without so much work by the
other commissioners.
This commissioner also succeeded in putting
in ninety-four days, the law gives twenty
Ave besides the board Of equalization, which
was nine days. In 1895 he received pay for
sixty-one days. He doubles and trebles his
days in January and July and other times,
and all do.
sioner in 1896 and has been acting as COM
missioner ever since, having been reelected
when his term expired He represents the
Fifth district. Mr.. T. o. Gronseth represents
the Third district and was first elected in
1883 Mr. George w Mace represents the
First district and was first elected in 1892.
These three commissioners are commissioners
now. holding over from previous elections.
Mr.. Edward Connolly, from the Second dis