The San Francisco call., 1899-07-27
WELLS HOLDS Up
HEALTH BOARD
SALARY CLAIMS
Employees Must Go to
Court for Pay.
STATUTORY WARRANTS PASS
NO MORE CASH UNTIL THE LAW
DECIDES.
Health Officials Claim Right TO Make
as Many Appointments as They
Like, but Auditor Does Not
Agree With Them
STATUTORY WARRANTS PASS
NO MORE CASH UNTIL THE LAW
DECIDES.

Last week the Board OF Health served
notice on Auditor Wells that - wouid
hire all the employees it wanted 70 and
that under the law he would De coTnp7lled
10 honor their salary claims This MORN
ing Auditor Wells will inform the Board
of Health that he declines 70 audit any
OF the months warrants save those cr
statutory employees The horde Of para
sites that has fastened itself 10 the board
for no other purpose than 70 collect sal
ary and az the same time political IeprS
viii be forced 70 wait OF the slow opera
ri0l OF the law for payment II the law
eventually decides that payment : just
and due and the appointments legal
IN line with the careful policy he has
been pursuing Auditor Wells called II :
attorney. General Dickinson, and asked
for his opinion upon the question OF TIE
right Of the Board Of Health ID hire AZ
viii other than employees specifically pro
vided for in the statutes, Ih6 Hea-th
Board people contend that the law SlVeS
sons as t1ey may nave n@@1 LGI anu 80
sisteu- with their belief they have hIred
IS many assistants as Lhey could lIlI
comfortable chairs Tor n C15ir O[Ilce>-
The Auditor. however, has not c0I1cI1eI
win them II this belief and pending 4
decision BY the courts has held up
bunch OF salary claims that VIII o-11g woe
70 the claimants as well as z hair dozen
aCQuisitive brokers. HIS acton viii com
pei the board 70 bring uandaEnuS proceed-
ings 20 take the initiative IN the legal coH-
tr0VeESy that viii elsua.
Following IS & list q the warrants that
have been held UP:
Health inspectors. NJ ". Cofey. J ",
Grove. W E Ager. John :. Day, W uLIarn
E Stuart James E Johnson. T. Z, Ben
jarnin and H. T. Smith, $40 each. captain
Of quarantine launch. P N MCCfOwan-
$50: messenger OF Quarantine Depart
uent J. :. wilkins, $50; deckha1d. J G
Johnson, s75: engineer. R T Cousins, 800;
bakery inspector, John T Washington,
800; isniCOr, J. Berlirer, $50 chief food
Inspector. L. !. Devote. 800, lanltor
Health Office. P. L TyTreI. So inspect
0rs Of garbage transportation, W. Gregg
and =. CuCeO. 800 each, veterinary sur
ge0n. 7 ". O'Rourke $3.50; chemist. \
Gould, $IQ0, clerk 10 Health ODC5r- r NJ
Jones 500. assistant market inspectors.
L W HOIIiCg CgswCrCL. E H Barrow, d
Powers and 5. Brunswick. S75 each. as
sis-aut plumbing inspectors J D Nolan
W .. HObrO Jr.. ". H. Kelley. J. J.
Cour0iy 500 each; Clerk % Vital Stats
ties Fred c. Borcknan. 800; sta-IstlC-a1-
z. 3. Carroll, $50; srenOgrapher, Miss u
Turner. 50, chief Plumbing Inspector ~.
W Bavreuther. S-25, bactertOlCgist. DE-
". 2. Barbat, $3.50; vaCCinat0r, George f
MACPHERSON. 800, assistant police sur
geOns ". r Dorr. z. B Robinson, W g
Hopper and I 2 Stephens. S15 eaCn; am
bL-laucs drivers. y. !. Peudergas-- George
Lilly, J. ". Kelley, Charles hzpLn and
CetVi1g Hospitals, Mrs 3 b Raed- ELI7L-
SWEET Nellie Wynne and Mrs Bessie J.
Eddy, 500 each. assistant food inspectors,
John T. Murray John J. Sullivan, John
Thomas. J. \ BrieZe, c N E6s0u, ). r
Laho1sy and George H Ryan, 50 each