The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16

redemption. This section of the report
will be given later in The Herald
MR.. PERRIN HEARD FROM.
Achilles Perrin makes a charge for
attendance on county court and mile
age. S4.60, March u, 1896. No quorum
present. The same charge, $4.60, was
made March 81.
A Perrin charges $500 for attendance,
September %. 1895. No quorum and
A Perrin was not present. A. Perrin
I charges $3.50 for attendance on county
court, Oct. u, 1895. The records do not
show that any meeting was held on
that date.
Aug. 81, 1895, A. Perrin charges so
for writing letter for pass for poor"
A. Perrin, Oct. 1, 1895, order for
! flower pots. $500; and Oct. 8, 1895, or
der to repair wash basin, 81. The price
of the flower pots was S1.75, but it cost
/ the county 81 additional to order them.
The price of repairing the wash basin
was $40, but it cost the county "a ad-
ditional to order the work done. Dur
ing September, 1885, this gentleman
charged "a for ordering janitors' sup
plies for courthouse and 1t is certain
/
order the goods than the original cost
of the articles.
w. G. Wilson charges $40 for at
tendance on county court, March u,
1895, and $40 for attendance March u,
1895. No quorum present and Mr.. Will
son was not present at either meeting.
During 1895 Commissioner Wilson re-
ceived S1.421.22 for lumber supplies to
the county and received SS46.S1 for lum-
Der supplied during 1896. This was a
violation of the law.
The minutes of Dec. %, 1895, show
the following communication from W.
G. Wilson was read in which he stated
as follows: 1t has been suggested to
Inc that the county court has no right
to pay my expenses to the TRANSMITS
siSsippi congress at Omaha. In COM
mon with other members of the county
court, 1 thought it proper for the coun-
ty to make such an appropriation, as
it had often done before. After a con-
sultation with the county attorney 1
am convinced that the county had no
right to pay the bill by me rendered
and I herewith return to the county
the amount paid me- ," The said COM
munication was accompanied by Mr..
Wilson'S check for S75.75 and the
amount was received and turned into
the county treasury.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
CHILD.
Commissioner Child was present at
this meeting, but I find no record of
any money being turned into the
treasury from him, although on Sept.
13, 1895. he received $65 for expenses
to the irrigation congress and on Sept.
80, 1895, he charged the county S44 for
II days at 81 per day attendance at
said congress.
July 1, 1895, w. G. Wilson, $3.50 to
apply on wages of men working on
North Ogden canyon road, and w. G..
Wilson, pay roll North ogden canyon
road, $74S.44. Total amount drawn,
SS98.44. Voucher No. 1888 shows $13S
previously paid, and $723.69 paid on
that voucher. Total amount paid,
$S61.69. Discrepancy, sS6.75, to be ac-
counted for.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.
I find that Clerk Ledwidge drew
5000 for salary as county clerk
from Jan. 1, 1885, to April 80, 1896 and
also drew warrant, June 81, 1896, $3.50,
for salary as county clerk for six
months, Jan. l, 1886, to June 80, 1896.
The clerk thus received pay twice for
the first four months of 1896, and as
the amount (S750) received was cor
rect for six months service, demand
should be made on Clerk Ledwidge
for the 5000 drawn twice to be turned
into the treasury.
The report then deals with tax sale
fees, and brings out several apparent
discrepancies in the accounts, by which
Mr.. Ledwidge seemingly profited.
Commissioner Wilson, as a commit
tee, is shown to have audited one ac-
count, on which Mr.. Bateman COM
ments thus:
There was a difference of s625.1 be-
tween the amount turned into the
treasury and the amount that should
have been turned in. Assuming that
the fee book is correct for July, August
and September, the amount due from
the clerk is $1,064.35, but I find that ST.
1875 was paid in, an overplus of
S35241. Deducting this overplus from
the shortage for the six months, leaves
s272.74 to be accounted for If the cash
book from Januar-7. 1896, to August
1896, had not been missing. l could have
made more satisfactory check on this
account. It is evident from the fact of
d fee book being ordered, paid for and
kept in January, 1896. that the clerk
was aware of the law requiring a fee
book to be kept and the fees to be paid
into the treasury, but the first payment
for the year is July 26, 1896. The amount
of fees paid to the state was S1,311.30,
and the county paid the state 1882 in
terest at the rate of 10 per cent from
April l TO November 90.
Finding it necessary to check the Ii
cense accounts from 1891 to date, Mr..
Bateman did so, and alleges a shortage
of $3.50.
MORE ON LEDWIDGE.
Voucher No. 14,515, Jan. 8, 1896. ]. P.
Ledwidge, S371., says: To 81 tax deeds |
issued to Weber county for sales of
1893. This amount includes S1S5.50 paid
by me for notarial work, and attached
thereto is a receipt from William ].
Ross for s185.50 for 81 acknowledge /
ments at 50 cents each. The voucher |
is not approved or signed.
This work was done during Deem
Der, 1895, and in that month the county |
court allowed the clerk $3.50 for extra |
clerk hire, account extra work, in ad- /
iition to his regular salary of $50 per /
MONTH If the county paid for the ex-
aense of making out these deeds and |
'or other extra work, they should not
nave paid the full fee for the deeds in
addition thereto, as it is a case of |
double pay for the same work.