The record-union., 1899-06-21
NO JUSTICE WAS ELECTED.
SUPERVISORS Lay THE MAT
TER OVER.
Lunacy Commission Urging the
Cornty to Pay the Claim Of
the. State.

a. JCSlSIudy meeting VI lHC Aos-N~
OF Supervisors. at which all the mem
bers except Morrison were present, =.
f. Blanchard of the County Board OF
Eoucation was granted sixty days
leave of absence from and after July
1st. Mr.. Blanchard will go East.
Supervisor Mclaughlin said he sup
posed it was understood that success
sor to George G. Davis. deceased, late
City Justice of the Peace of Sacra-
mento, was to be elected. but that SO
far as he was concerned he had given
the matter but little thought. He had
not considered the fitness of the several
candidates, and would rather have the
election postponed for several days. AT
the suggestion of Chairman Curtis, he
moved that when the board adjourn 1T
do so until Monday next at p. M, out
of respect to the memory of the late
Judge Davis, at which time the board
should proceed with the election of his
successor.
1t was so ordered.
The bonds of Joseph Wicker to con-
duct saloon on the M street road, near
Brighton; Jacob Garragher to conduct
one at Twelfth and l streets and P.
Siebenthaler to conduct one at Twen-
tieth and H streets were approved.
George L. Hughes. attorney for the
State Commission in Lunacy, appeared
and requested that some definite action
be taken on the claims against the
county presented by the Napa and
Stockton Insane Asylums for the care
of insane persons committed from this
county, aggregating $3,O1S.33.
Chairman Curtis said the claims had
never been passed on by the District
Attorney, and that the board had no
right either to approve or reject such
claims until they had been properly
passed on by him.
Mclaughlin said that some of the
claims were four or five years old, and
had laid with the County Auditor,
never been called for and had lapsed.
He did not know what action the board
could take, inasmuch as the State had
allowed the claims to lapse. He did not
care to move to reject them, and he
did not care to approve them.
Supervisor Jenkins said that if the
District Attorney had not passed on
the bills the board ought to wait until
he did so. He thought the claims. if
just, ought to be paid.
Supervisor GilIis said he understood
that in some of the cases there was no
record that the patients had been COM
mitted from Sacramento County. He
had been so informed by the Sheriff.
Jenkins said there ought to be rec
ord of every patient committed-that
the lunaey examiners ought to keep
such record.
Mclaughlin did not object to paying
just claims against the county, but did
object to the slipshod methods employ
ed by State Institutions in presenting
claims against which the statute of
limitation had run.
Attorney Hughes assured the board
that records of all patients committed
from this county were on file
On motion of Chairman Curtis all
the claims were referred to the District
Attorney. with instructions to indorse
ON each his opinion as to its validity.
One of the claims for S645 was for
the care of Simon Raten, the murderer,
and another Of $3.50 was for the care
of a Chinese murderer who was found
to be insane
Assessor Berkey appeared before the
board and requested that he be allow
ed $500 for preparing. two years ago,
city valuation block book He ex-
planned that the actual expense of MAX
Ing the DOOk was ABOUT Ss)tTD, ana mat
while the law provides that the Coun-
ty Surveyor shall make such books,
he had not. as a matter of fact, done So
On motion of Chairman Curtis the
claim was allowed by a. unanimous vote.
Chairman Curtis. who had been fa-
vored by a letter from Mrs. L. j. Nus
baum, presented the epistle. which is
herewith reproduced verbatim:
CO. ~ III y.
Street in god in god, in god in god in
god in god Sacramento County William
Land Sac City Informs me that I can
have all the bonds and scrip belong
ing to the State of California
''You forward them in god to me
Thursday a m address Mrs. L. j. Nus
baum"
The remainder of the session was
given over to the examination and ap-
proval of bills. The board then took
a recess till Monday neyt