The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-23
AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY.
COMMISSIONERS REFUSE AN AU-
TOPSY IN THE COHEN CASE.
Bonds of Precinct Oficers-Bounty
on Sparrows' Eggs-West Jordan
Wants a Deputy Sheriff-Mer-
chants License.

The principal part of yesterdays SEES
sion of the board of county commission
| erS was taken up in determining whether
the county should incur the expense Of
an autopsy on the body of Miss Coher
for the purpose OF aScertaining if she
! had committed suicide. Under the law
| the board decided in the negative. be-
| lieving that the only time an autopsy
was necessary was when there was sus-
| picion of murder.
| superintendent MillSpaugh and Clerk
| Moreton appeared before the board and
made formal request in behalf of the
] board of education for an autopsy. Mr.
| Mfllspaugh related the circumstances OF
| Miss Cohen's death, and thought it adj
visable that all theories should be set al
rest.
Hall-Wen, in this case. would public
| interest demand an autopsy or is 1t
simply to satisfy interested friends2 AS
l understand the law the county can only
! bear the expense of an autopsy when
| there is suspicion of foul play.
DR.. Millspaugh replied that he could
not answer as to the law in the case
and as to an autopsy being to further
the ends of justice it was a matter fo-
the board to decide.
After some further discussion of the
subject the request was denied for the
reason as given above by Hall. During
the late afternoon John E. Dolly called
and was cloSeted with the board for some
time, but the members did not bulge
from their previous determination. Mr..
Dooly then intimated an autopsy might
be held under the auspices of the board
of education.
A. ]. White came before the board and
complained Of too high a tax on personal
property. His tax was $10.42, when as
matter of justice he should have paid
only about 81.
The assessor never came near my
house" said White. II have pretty
big house but there is nothing of special
assessor making the rounds did not take
the trouble TO come in, but judged of the
interior from outward appearances.
The tax was reduced to 50 upon Whites
affidavit OF error.
In regard to the matter of bonds of
precinct officers, County Attorney Van
board could not reduce the amount of
$3.50 fixed by the old board for the en-
suing two years, in accordance with the
statute. but he had suggested to several
precinct officers that if they could not
procure two sureties who are able to
qualify for g 800 each, that the law would
be substantially complied with by pro-
curing a greater number of suretieS in
smaller amounts sufficient to make
total liability equal to that of two men
of $500, as, for example, four sureties
this way the difficulty might be over
come.
The board then took UP and passed an
ordinance providing for a bounty of
cents per dozen on sparrows eggs, taken
from nests within the county
The sheriff IS made receiver of the
eggs, IN Quantities OF not less tnan nVe
dozen, and he in turn issues certificate
upon which payment is made. The
ordinance repeats the old law fixing a
bounty on heads.
Quite p number of residents of West
Jordan petitioned for the appointment of
a deputy sheriff in that locality. Bishop
Rawlins thought it likely that one could
be secured at nominal salary, and the
clerk was instructed to communicate
with Joseph Allsop, whom the petitioners
suggested. to ascertain if he would serve
at small salary.
In order to remedy the common
practice of merchants VINO pay license on
$500 worth of stock when they carry
much more applicants hereafter will be
required to make an affidavit as to the
amount of stock carried The matter
was brought uD on d letter from Sheriff
Lewis who stated a great many mer-
chants in the county were doing a big
business under small license.
The bond of James Corn. who was re-
Gently appointed fish and game commits |
SiOner was approved.