The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-15
AFFAIRS OF COUNTY
Organization of the Board Of Health
Confirmed.
MORE DEPUTY ASSESSORS
COMMISSIONERS CONFIRM AP-
POINTMENTS BY QUINN.
Constables As Deputy Sheriffs-Sev-
eral Petitions Sent In-Liability
of the County and Canals-Two
Claims Passed Upon Routine
Business Transacted.

Old1InS FdSSeQ ODOn - hOuI11lc
Business Transacted.
The board of county commissioners
at yesterday afternoons session dis
cussed the advisability of organizing
the county board of health and ap-
pointing district health commissioners,
in pursuance of the requirements OF
the new law. The county commits
sioners expressed the desire to have
! the Salt Lake county organization
completed by the time the recently
organized state board of health makes
| the inevitable inquiries of Salt Lake
! Attention was directed to the necessity
of an early movement in accord with
the laws mandates by the knowledge
that in several of the outlying pre-
cincts several cases of contagious and
infectious diseases had recently be-
come prevalent because of the lack of
enforcement of quarantine regulations.
However no definite action was de-
termined upon, but the matter will
probably be taken up again next week
CONSTABLES AS DEPUTY
SHERIFFS.
The county attorney reported on the
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Mill Creek precinct for appointment as
deputy sheriff, the applicant having
proffered to turn into the county
treasury all fees earned by him as
deputy sheriff in the service of civil
papers from the district court in his
section of the county if he be allowed
to retain for his compensation the fees
earned from the service of papers from
justices courts.
Deputy County Attorney Putnam
held that there was no legal objection
to making the appointment, provided
that the appOintee paid to the treas
ury all fees earned by him as deputy
sheriff, and in such case the county
would be bound to pay him fixed
compensation.
The matter was referred to Sheriff
Lewis for his recommendation. Incl
dentally. the Sheriff was directed to
state whether any of his deputies
served civil process from justices
courts and retained the fees therefor,
as the board had been informed. After
the session Sheriff Lewis announced
that his reply would be that all fees
earned by his staff were always
promptly covered into the county
treasury.
MORE DEPUTY ASSESSORS.
County Assessor Quinn's appoint
ments of the following district deputy
assessors were confirmed, each to re-
ceive a salary of SO per day for the
time actually employed: Martin earn
for the 29th, 4Cth and 18th school dis
tricts; John Halt, DIST, 9th and 35th;
William Horne. 32nd, 18th. 53rd and
18th; Walter S. Reid, 47th; George
Taylor, 31st and 18th; Isaac Brock
bank. 2Sth and 37th Thomas Cook, jr.,
3sth and 64th: II. II. Hallstrom, 4lst;
2~I and STth- T..
Miller, 24th, 25th and 18th; w. 3.
Ennis, 22nd, And and 67th school dis
tricts; Milt Barratt, special.
THREE PETITIONS.
The petition of Hyrum Lancaster and
a large number of other residents Of
Sandy and Crescent precincts for the |
re-opening of road between sections |
/ and II in township south, range 1 |
west. running west of State road IN /
Sandy precinct, which is now OBJ |
structed by a wire fence, was referred /
TO the road committee
The American District Telegraph |
company, by A. A. Moulton. manager. |
asked for the privilege of placing sig |
nal boxes on each of the floors in the /
Joint city and county building, near
the elevator. for the public convenience (
in calling messenger boys Referred
to the committee on buildings and
grounds with power TO act.
Stephen L. Moyle petitioned for a
license to conduct an abstract business
and tenderet! the requisite bond in the
sum of $4,000. with James H Moyle.
oscar w. Moyle. Thomas p. Lewis,
David c. DUNBAR and George w. Meyer
as sureties The petition and bond
were referred to the county attorney
for examination and report.
Of THE COUNTY AND
CANALS.
In response to a question by Commits
sioner Hall, the county attorney rem
de~ed an opinion to the effect that ii
is the duty, under the law, of owners
Of canals ard bitches, to maintain and
repair bridges and fumes over such
where they intersect the
public roads. In the absence of
statutory provision the attorney holds
that in cases of construction of roads
across existing canals it would be the
,ounty's duty to build and maintain
such bridges and fumes.
VALIDITY OF TWO CLAIMS.
Reporting upon the claim of the D. o.
Calder estate for a refund of $50 paid
FOR lease of school land, under the il
egal territorial act, the county attorney
the granting of the de-
sired relief. Adopted.
The county attorney approved the
claim of Justice Gee for conducting the
nquest over the remains of the late
Peter Brown. The attorney
leld that under the new law the county
S liable for such claims.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
Commissioner Hall reported he eX
,enditure of $29550 from the i auper
contingent fund. The report was re-
The clerk w<s directed to advertise
or bids for sprinkling the main trav-
led county roads for the season, either
" sections or the entire work.
A large number of current expense
laims were appropriated and the board
adjourned.
M. 7. A Lectures.
Lectures viii he delivered as below I
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