The record-union., 1897-02-02
LOCAL DIARIES PROTECTED.
No Infected Products From Other
Counties.
Supervisors Refuse to Pay for Clean
ing Out the Drainage
Canal.

Canal.
All the members of the Board OF Su-
pervisors We're in their seats yesterday
when Chairman Jenkins called lhat
body to order for its February session
The usual prelimina1leS were solN
through with, such as reading OF nllh-
utes, etc. which Clerk Hamilton man
ages to invest With more or less inter-
est.
City Trustee Mckay appeared peiore
the board again in relation TO lhe llh-
provement of the drainage canal lof
short distance south of the cfty, q
matter that has been discussed at va
rious meetings of the board MT. NC
Kay said the city had expended some
$1,000 to clear out that portion OF the
canal within the city, and the Trustees
thought the Supervisors should pay
one-half the cost of extending the work
of freeing the canal. The latter had
agreed to pay $500 of the 5000 to be
expended, but a majority OF the Irus-
tees Thought the county should pay at
least one-half.
Supervisor Curtis said the water is
uOW running III d Iet1E DodS CCAO" 'iiN
point where the city had cleared ii out.
The money expended by the city would
NOT be thrown away even though the
work asked for We're not done. He
Old not think the county should be
called ON TO spend any money on the
canal.
Mr.. Mckay said the City Engineer
had assured the Trustees that unless
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the work done by the city would be
for naught He desired the board to
take some action at once, one way or
the other
The Supervisors declined to take any
action, however, and Mr.. Mckay de-
parted.
PROPOSED WHARF.
r. II. Hawley appeared before the
board on behalf of the California
Transportation Company and asked for
a franchise for a wharf to be erected
on Grand Island, opposite Trask's
Landing.
The application was laid over tenn
porarily.
CAPITAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
County School Superintendent Howard
asked the board to set a time for hearing
a petition for the division of the Oak
Park-Capihal School District and the es-
tablishment of a new district out of a
part Of Capital District.
Thursday next. at > p. m, was fixed
as the time for the hearing.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
w. D. Coons. Health officer of SUIT
ter Township submitted his report for
January. The general health Of the
township is good. One slaughter house
is in need of a little regulation, which
will be made.
County Veterinarian Fox submitted
his report for January The report
stated that the Veterinary had tested
1o2 COWS for tuberculosis, and had con-
demned fifty-two Of them. He slaugh-
sered twelve and found them all to be
thoroughly diseased and the others will
be killed as rapidly as possible. He had
found one glandered horse and ordered
it killed. Five visits had been made
TO slaughter houses. and some 300 cat
tie, 800 sheep and 100 hogs examined.
PROTECTION FOR DIARIES.
Supervisor Morrison submitted a res
clution for the protection of the
dairymen of Sacramento County against
tie importation Of dairy products from
adjoining counties.
Mr. Morrison said the dairymen Of
this county are obliged to comply with
the ordinance against the sale Of milk
and its products from infected COWS.
while milk and butter are brought In
from dairies In contiguous counties.
and these should be submitted to the
same regulations that are imposed on
local dairymen The resolution provides
that all dairieS the products Of which
are sold in this county must be sub
jected to inspection by the County
Veterinary.
The resolution was adopted unani-
Bnously.
INDECENT POOR.
Supervisor Morrison called the boards
attention to the case Of a poor woman
whose room rent the board had been
paying. Another months rent is now
due. The expense to the county this
month, for charities dispensed through
the Howard Benevolent Association.
would amount to $500 and a line has
TO be drawn somewhere. People were
coming to his place of business like
blackbirds to n rooSt If a halt were
not called the county's expense would
soon be $1,000 month. For himself.
he wished that all deserving poor could
be helped, but it was becoming
matter 50 serious that the board should
take decisive action one way or the
pnother
He believed It would be cheaper TO
provide FOR these indigents at the
County Hospital than in the manner it
Is now being done.
The Supervisor had no sooner finished
his remarks than sjckly young man
presented himself and asked 10 be sent
to Dunsmuir. Siskiyou County. where
IN. has friend He was assisted TO
Sacramento from Oakland and was
fold there that when he reached here
he would be sent on by the Supervisors.
He was afflicted with consumption and
WAS unable 10 do anything.
The applicant was directed to be sent
Temporarily to the County Hospital
THE FOLSOM ROAD.
C. 4. Humphrey of Mayhem Station
anneared before the board and said
he had heard that 1t was proposed to
have. the read from that place to Fol
som plowed up and graded. If SO. he
wished TO object to any such work
especially at this time Of the year.
The people out that way, said Mr.
Eugnphrey. are very much interested
in having that road treated in a spe-
cfaI manner whenever anything is to
b. dons, with IT. and certainly were
opposed now to having 1t plowed up.