Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-05
MOOREs ASKS FOR HIS MONEY.
Presents Another Claim of 100000
NAgninst Douglas County.

Presents Another Claim OF Sso,OOO
Against Douglas County.
| Frank e. Moores filed with the Board of
County Commissioners yesterday claim for
| 500 900 additional fees. His notice Of the
countys indebtedness to him takes the fol-
lowing form:
OMAHA, Dec. S--To the Honorable, The
Board of County Commissioners of Douglas
County. Nebraska: Gentlemen-For the in
formation of your honorable body, and to
the end that you may take the same into
your consideration in the disposition of mat
ters incident thereto. / would inform you
that / have nearly completed and ready for
filing claims against Douglas county for fees
earned in misdemeanor cases amounting in
the aggregate to something over twenty
thousand dollars
These fees were earned by me during my
term of office as clerk of the district court
and represent to me the expenditure on my
part OF several thousand dollars actual cash
for clerk hire in the preparatlop and keeping
of the records in these cases, and merit at
your hands such consideration and payment
as the statutes of the state In such cases
provided Will warrant. ! have delayed the
through pressure of other business, and
from the fact of the special provisions made
by statute for the payment of fees in this
Relieving that your honorable body should
be advised in this matter, that you may
take into account such conditions in your
deliberat tlons, | herewith communicate TO
you the fact and state further that within
a very short time | will file with you Item
bring the matter more properly and fully to
your attention.
Trusting that this matter will receive at
your hands the courteous treatment that
ever marks your proceedings | am, very
respectfully, your obedient servant
FRANK IL. MOORES.
This was referred to the finance commit
tee for action.
The third quarterly report of Couuty Judge
Baxter was received and referred II showed
the receipts of the Office 10 be $1,157.05; dis
bursements 81 532.25; deficit, S375.20. The
same action was taken with respect TO the
third quarterly report OF Register OF Deeds
Elsasser which showed receipts OF S2l22S0;
disbursements, $l73250; surplus, S390.30.
The petition OF the residents of Benson
asking to be incorporated as a village was
granted, and the following named Carties
were appointed as trustees: w. b. Beckett
Il. f. Hoffman. Samuel FinlaysOn, Christ
Steger and Joseph McGuier
Lillian Hartford and Jennie e. Keysor
members OF the Educational board Of the
Transmisssslppi Exposition, asked that the
county procure at least a couple OF pieces OF
appropriate statuary to be placed upon the
exposition grounds. The petitioners sug-
gested Indians on buffalo. The matter was
referred to the committee on court house and
Jail.
resolution requiring county officials
elected for second term to comply with the
state law relative to accounting for the funds
and accounts Of their respective offices prior
to the approval OF their official bonds was
adopted.
County Auditor Tate was instructed to In
vestigate the books and accounts OF the Judge
OF the police court and ascertain II all OF the
county school money arising from fines i'm
posed was being properly reported.