The record-union., 1899-06-06
NO MORE A COMMISSIONER.
BOOTHS OFFICE DECLARED
VACANT.
Board Of Supervisors Vote for 9
Change in the Conn
mission.

| officers of the company VIII De pres
emit to confer with them.
| III. A. Weaver, proprietor Of the sac
ramento County Ledger" informed the
| board that under a misrepresentation OF
the boards rates for advertising ne
found that since the first of this veal
he had been charging less than the reg
ular schedule The difference between
what he had asked and been paid, anc
what the boards rate allows, is So 70
He wished to know if that sum Were
collectable
! Supervisor Morrison said the law was
very plain on that point. 1t declared
that after claim had been allowed an6
accepted the board could not make any
further allowance thereon.
| Mr.. Weaver expressed his satisfac-
| ton and withdrew with the grace of 6
Chesterfield.
| Victor Mariana, a Riverside saloor
keeper whose place was burned severa
months ago, asked that $40 of his Ii
cense be refunded to him.
The matter was referred to the Lii
cense Collector
| AUDITORS REPORT.
! County Auditor Cohn presented his
report, showing the amounts in the DIFF
ferent funds as follows:
State fund, 81, 1000; general fund
$12,951. 10; hospital fund, $9,S0S. 16
school fund, $50. 570.O2; general road
fund, $7,29S.4S; sinking and interest
fund, 81 1854. SO; bonds Of 1892 fund
| 81, 094.39; bonds Of 1898 fund, $94S. 20;
bonds of 1888 fund, ST, 1920; bonds OF
1895 fund, $1,531.5S; salary fund
$1A 9S; swamp and overfiowed land
fund, $3,71033; law library fund.-
$10S.94 unapportioned fund. $2.502 81
estates deceased persons fund, S163:
fire department fund. $13S.24; total
$50, 534. IS.
! In the fund Of Road District No.
there is a balance over warrants. out
standing of 81 ,620.71 and in the Road
! District No. ) there is 81 1880
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
A resolution was adopted ordering an
| election of Trustees for Reclamat ton
| District No. SOL and the election was
called for July 18th, at Houston's Hail.
with o. r. Runyon as INSPECTOR and
Dwight Hollister and Arthur G.. East
| man as Judges.
BOOTH WAS BOUNCED.
The matter of the charges against
Horticultural Commissioner E. Booth,
the hearing of which was postponed
from former meeting, was taken up.
Commissioner Booth testified that he
was one of three County Commission
ers, the others being George Cutter ana
ex-senator Johnston. The three ap-
pointed five inspectors and their re-
ports were made to the board, which
took such action as it deemed necessary y.
He never had acted on his own author
ity, but always with the concurrence
of the other members. He had never
personally inspected any other orchards
than those Of Murphy and FahreE-
baker. Murphy's case was discussed
in the board twice. He had hoped in
the case of David Reese, to make a
peaceable settlement of the affair, as
many residents in the vicinity of Flor
in had declared they would do nothing
unless Reese did. The latter, however,
had declared he would do nothing and
there only remained for witness to do
his duty TO the county.
He presented to the Board of Super
visors a lot Of apples taken from The
| Murphy orchard that were wormy. He
said that, owing to his suspension, the
| orchard had not been sprayed for cod
lin moth and the orchards in the neigh
borhood are now in the same condition
they have been for years past.
| In respc0se to a question by Super
visor Morrison, he stated that he had
not had the orchard sprayed, as the
| law provided might be done, because
| there was no money with which to pay
| for it, and he could find no one who
would do it and trust to luck for his
lpay. He did not feel justified in put
| ting his hand in his own pocket any
further. as he had already spent be-
tween $500 and $500 of his own money
Secretary Cutter read the minutes of
several meetings, showing that Com
| msisdoners Cutter and Booth had been
instructed to consult with the District
Attorney as to whether, instead of MAX
ing arrests, the Commissioners could
spray the trees where owners refused
and the Supervisors would pay for it.
They did SO and the District Attorney
advised them not to do So as it would
lead to interminabl litigation ard the
claims would take long time to col
lect. The cases of Mr.. Murphy and
others who had refused to spray were
considered collectively and all were
treated alike.
In answer to questions by P. H. Muir
ply, Commissioner Booth said he Wis
tied the Murphy orchard after the in
spector had reported it, in order to
satisfy himself as to it's condition and
foundsthe scale so thick that he could
sscrape them off, He was spraying
his own orchard the second time when
Mr.. Murphy began to spray his. There
is woolly aphis in his own orchard but
he had not sprayed for them as it was
useless, his neighbors' orchards being
similarly infected
Commissioner Cutter testified that the
neglect of Mr.. Murphy to spray his or
chard was discussed in the board sew
eral times, being reported by Inspector
George Booth. The Inspector had
stated to the board that he had notified
Mr.. Booth to spray, but he had not done
so. Other cases were discussed. but
they complied with the law and arrests
In those cases We're not made The
board decided to arrest all parties re-
fusing to spray and no discrimination
was made. He and Mr.. Booth carried
out the instructions of the board and
followed the advice of the District At
torney, who, after careful examination.
decided that the refusal to spray consti-
tuted a public nuisance. One arrest
was made at Folsom, the owner was
fined and given a certain number OF
days in which, to spray
After the matter had run along until
March It'll witness did not favor spray
ing the trees with sulphur, salt and
| lime, in his district, at least.
Commissioner William Johnston testi-
| fed to the action Of the board, corrobo-