The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-09
AFFAIRS OF TIE COUNTY
Suits 10 Secure the Payment of
Warrants.
MATTER MAY AGAIN GO TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
The Board Keeping Up It's Reputa-
ton For Economy-John Stubs
Representatives, Census Takers.

Ex-County Attorney Whittemore and
Lawyer Frank B. Stephens called upon
the county commissioners at their ses-
sion yesterday afternoon. for the pur-
pose of arranging formalities prepara-
tory to entering suit against the
county. Since the supreme court in
the debt limit case decided that there
was not sufficient evidence before it to
show which warrants were illegal and
which were legal, ii becomes necessary
to try the case in the district court.
This will be done with all possible
speed.
Messrs. Ste0hens and Whittemore
asked the board to allow a claim in the
sum of SCI in favor of the Pleasant
Valley Coal company for coal furnished
the county during the month of De-
cember, 1896 Likewise the board was
asked to allow a claim of w. P. Lynn
for salary as county treasurer three
days during the present year. This
viii test the question of whether
county officials salary for the entire
term becomes a liability ar the begin
ming of the year, thus deciding whether
salary warrants issued after the limit
was reached are affected by the de-
cision.
AS a matter of form, the board, after
neys, passed a resolution refusing to
pay the warrants referred to, on the
ground that the old board had exceeded
the limit of Indebtedness at the time.
Suit will now be brought to compel
payment and again the warrant case
may go before the supreme court.
The board is still keeping up its repu-
tation for an economic administration
of affairs. In figurative sense the
official axe was brought into use yes
terday with the result that hereafter
there will be no telephone in either
the clerks or recorders Office. The
telephone company's claims for phone
service came up and was acted upon.
Hall thereupon made a motion order
ing the telephone company to remove
their instruments from the offices of
the recorder and county clerk, as they
were noS needed.
OF course il will save both offices
considerable work but it will also be
very inconvenient to the public, and
especially to the members of the bar,
to whom the phone in the clerks office
has been a great accommodation.
John Stubs, as usual. appeared be-
fore the board and unloaded his GUS
tomary grievance about not being able
to obtain work. He urged the board to
build the surplus canal and furnish
work to the unemployed multitude.
Commissioner Rawlins told him the
county had not the wherewithal to do
Il, and John walked off after finishing
UP TRADE Of abuse directed at con-
tractors, the contract system and
county officials who let work by the
contract system.
Under the head of communications
was received a letter from Assessor
Quinn, appointing militia census TAX
ers. Last year special enumeratorS
a.
SCISSORS could have done the work. This
extravaganza viii not be allowed IN
der the present board. Barney Quinn's
letter read:
Dear Subsection of the state
militia bill makes it the duty of the
county assessors to annually make an
enumeration of all persons living with
in the limits of their respective counties
liable to enrolment, and annually
transmit returns in figures of the mi
1ltia thus enrolled to the adjutant-
general.
Now, in compliance with said sec
ton OF said act, have this day nomi-
mated the following enumerators for
Salt Lake city, and ask your honorable
body TO fix q. reasonable compensation
Fer day and confirm said appointments.
THE outlying districts L will have
enumerated by some worthy resident of
each precinct at but little cost to the
county. Following is a list of the names
submitted for your approval: Charles
II. Fowler, George Rodford, Will
Horne, Daniel H. Griffin, James Sabine,
jr., and viii Holland"
Upon a motion b. Hall. the matter
was laid over for one week, for the
reason that the law requiring a yearly
enumeration is liable to be changed
before the close of the present legislat-
i've session.
Last year it cost the county about
81 100 to make this enumeration, which
could have been done by the deputy
assessors at very little additional cost.
Surveyor Wilkes reported having
revised and made new maps for the
Office, the total cost of the work being
S32S. f2.
Morris Sommer's verdict in the case
of John Droxler, found dead in the
Arlington hotel, was received and
placed on. file.
A retail liquor license was granted to
Fred Carlson of Murray.
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