The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08
WRANGLE OVER OFFICE ROOM
TAX COLLECTOR TO OCCUPY
LICENSE OFFICE.
Ehexa& johnson f. Allowed to Re-
tain His Inner and Outer
-, Rooms.

Yesterday was a busy day with the
Supervisors, and everyone OF them
earned his salary. Some days things
run nice and smoothly in the board
room and on other days everything
seems to go awry. Yesterday was one
Of the latter kind.
The forenoon session consisted or
wrangle over the contract made with a
Law firm for collecting certain moneys
from the State. Then, when the after
noon session opened, County Detective
Fishers demand for services rendered
the District Attorney in December was
taken up, and after a long discussion
In which some feeling was manifested,
the matter of Tax Collector Bugbey's
application to have Sheriff johnson va
cate the room heretofore occupied by
him as Tax Collector was sprung on the
board, with the result that the session
was a warm and prolonged one.
Lawyer c. H. Dunn, Bugbey's coun-
sci, addressed the board, saying that
Sheriff Johnson declined to give up the
room heretofore occupied and known as
the Tax Collectors room. The room
contains the safe where the books and
money are kept, and had always been
used by the Tax Collector. He thought
it a matter of prudence for the board
to allow the Tax Collector the use OK
the room for the present, at least IN the
interest of the public, and the matler
of selecting a room for the Tax COL
lector could be determined after the
taxes are collected. He asked the
board to allow Mr.. Bugbey the use OF
the room for the present, at least.
Sheriff Johnson said that with one
exception the offices of Sheriff and Tax
Collector have been in one and mas
used both rooms. The Sheriff has very
valuable papers to take care OF and
needs a safe. He had always used the
front room for his deputies to do their
writing. The front room is used by
the Sheriff as an entrance to the court
room and to take his prisoners up
stairs The remaining rooms are not
adequate for the Sheriff's use and the
main work of the Tax Collector was
done in the collection of the first Install
ment of taxes, and the remainder or
the collection is light. He thought II
for the best interest Of the county that
he should retain both the rooms.
Supervisor Jenkins thought that the
Sheriff needed both rooms and that Mr..
Bugbey, as License Collector, should
use the room heretofore used by the LII
cense Collector and keep his books and
money in the Treasurer's safe.
Mr. Bugbey said he was fully ac-
quainted with the Sheriff's office. The
back room had always been used for
the Sheriff's office and has good safe.
He wished to ask for nothing but safety
for the peoples property. As the front
room has always been used as the Tax
Collectors office, he could not see why
1t should not be used by him until the
collection of taxes is finished and the
board can provide an office. if it wishes,
for the Tax Collector. He wanted har-
mony, but the License Collectors office
has not room enough for the Tax Col
lector and besides the Supervisors
themselves often want to use it. All
he asked was to be given possession of
the front room temporarily.
Deputy Sheriff Reese said the front
room was much used for the Sheriff's
Office and the blanks are kept there. To
give it up would much cripple the Sher-
IFS office. The back room is often
much cluttered up.
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books are large and much room is
needed for them and the safe in the
front room is prepared for them. The
License Collectors room is far from
being large enough for the business
connected with collection of taxes. of
which two-flfths are yet to be collected.
He thought Mr.. Bugbey should be al
lowed the use of the room until another
is prepared for him.
Supervisor Morrison said he recog-
nized the fact that the License Col
1ector's room is not nearly large enough
for the Tax Collector. He thought that
by another election the offices of Sheriff
and Tax Collector would be properly
consolidated, and the board has no
money to go to the expense of fitting
UP another room. He moved Mr..
Bugbey be allowed the use of the room,
at present.
Jenkins thought it better to leave the
Sheriff in possession of the whole office
than to be forced to fit up a room for
him. He thought the License Col
lector's office would do for Mr.. Bugbey
at present
Morrison's motion met with no sec
ond, and Supervisor Jenkins moved
that the Sheriff be allowed to retain
possession until the next meeting, and
that the Tax Collector use the License
Collectors Office till further order Of
the board.
Supervisor Mclaughlin thought the
License Collectors Office was entirely
too small for the Tax Collector, and
asked IL the books were to be thrown
out into the street.
Sheriff Johnson said his office was one
that demanded secrecy. and he wanted
q place where he could keep his affairs
private. He thought it his right to
have it So His papers, also, he wanted
to keep in the big safe.
Morrison said his motion had been
made only because the board could in
cur no Indebtedness at present to fit
up another room. He did not want to
harass the Sheriff and conceded that he
should have a separate office, but the
License Collectors room is really the
room Of the Board Of Super
visors.
Jenkins said he considered the Sher-