The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-12

At the session of the county COM
missioners yesterday the bill of the
Press Publishing company and its at
tendant mooted questions came up.
The controversy has already beer de-
scribed in The Herald. Collector Hurl-
but called for bids and the Press bid.
Az cents per description, being the
lowest the copy was turned over to
the Press, which proceeded to get out
the list. No contract was signed, and
none was prepared until much of the
work had already been done Then the
manager of the Press declined to sign
the contract presented by Collector
Hurlbut. The county attorney held to
the opinion that the bid put in by the
Press was contract enough. But just
before the going out Of the old board
the Press put in a bill charging %
cents per description. The bill was
laid over by the retiring board The
attorneys for the Press state that they
have authorities to show that unless
their full bill is allowed every tax
sale in the county for 1896 will be in
validated. Collector Hurlbut explained
the status OF affairs to the commits
sloAerS, and the matter was disposed
or for the time by requesting him to
give his account III writing together
with report as to whether the num-
Der OF descriptions was correct or not.
Another matter requiring some inVes-
tlgatlon was the statement made by
Washington Jenkins, county surveyor.
that the work on the assessment plats
was IN arrears, no work having been
done on them since March Z, though
men had been employed and bills al
lowed for such work. Mr.. Seaman
was appointed a committee to investi-
gate and report on this matter Mr.
Jenkins asked for TWO assistants TO aid
him on the work with the plats He
named Z. I. Morton and w H West
and they were confirmed. Other bust
ness transacted was as follows:
The committee 'on tax matters re-
ported on the petition of d. E. Brown
ing, which asked that the county pay
for the expense of d quit claim deed
from o. j. Stilwell to him, a part of his
property having been sold to StilWeI
under erroneous assessment. The mat
ter was recOmmitted for further in
vestigation.
Chairman Armstrong reported that
the board as committee OF the
Mhoie had visited the poor farm.
They had asked superintendent Par
ker to prepare an inventory of county
property at the institution. They had
found the Door farm and its inmates
IN as good condition as could be ex-
pected. Certain repairs in the plumb
ing were ordered and the commission
ers recommend that arrangements be
made TO fill the ice house with about
% or 30 tons of ice. Supplies in the
way of bedding were needed.
MI. Armstrong was empowered to
secure transportation for one of the
inmates to Colorado
The application of Fred F. Bond for
position as court house janitOr was
filed. The appointment of T. NJ. Fer
rim by Sheriff Belrap as a deputy
sheriff was confirmed with the under
standing that Ferrin act as night
Waterman and also attend to the jan
itor work of some of the rooms.
The matter of printing the clerks
report developed a discussion of that
document as audited by the former
county commissioners. Mr.. Seaman
pointed out how the county is paving
double interest on certain obligations.
This is in the case of warrants which |
We're issued to be taken up by the !
banks of which loans were made. The /
banks were to take UP the warrants |
and hold them as collateral security /
for the notes given by the county. /
Later it appears the board received /
these warrants back from the bank /
and then declared them null and void
The bank charged no interest on the /
warrants, but received per cent on I
the notes. However, some of the war /
rants, instead of being cashed at the !
bank, were registered with the treas /
urer, and are consequently drawing ) /
per cent interest while the note which |
It was intended they should secure is
ORA wing \ nPT cent