The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-18
NEW FEE AND SALARY BILL
County Officials are Not Pleased with
Its Provisions.

Sedgwick county officials are not overly
pleased with the new fee and salary bin
and its relation to their respective offices
here. Many of them condemn it bitterly,
and heap all kinds of hard things on the
legislators who passed such bill. In The
rounds Of the court house yesterday il was
hard 10 find any of the county officers
who expressed any liking whatever for
the new law.
Mr.. Denny, county clerk. condemns the
law for the reason that it makes an ar
bitrary classification Of salaries and clerk
hire based upon population instead OF
grading the salaries and allowance for
clerk hire in accordance with the actual
amount of work necessary to be done in
each county.
Mr.. Denuy's dislike is also borne by the
treasurer, whose work in this county is
enormously greater than in any other
county in the state, Notwithstanding the
population is not as large as in other coun-
ties.
They say that persons not acquainted
with the run Of the county business have
no idea as TO its enormity in comparison
with other counties of the state. For in
stance, of the five most important coun-
ties in the state Wyandotte has the largest
population. the late census giving II
1882, VIE SedgWick has only 291GS. This.
according TO the new law. would give Wy
andotte county q greater allowance of sal
airy and clerk hire than IS given to Sedg-
wick county, which has nearly twice the
work, as the following figures will show:
WyauGOtte has an area Of only 153
square miles, while Sedgwick has l.00S;
Wyandotte has only congressional town
ships, while Sedgwick has .; Wyandotte
has only S2.f26 acres while .Sedgwick con-
tains 6l&G72. The number Of tax rolls are
| the same in each county, but the number
Of Quires IN these TAX rolls are almost as
| much again in this county. Wyandolte
| county has had an average of only 65t3
tax sales within the past eight years.
/ while Se5Swick county has had an aver
/ age of 1S25S. Wyaud3tte issued in 1895
/ only 80 tax deeds while Sedgwick county
issued IA
/ These comparisons. the officers say.
/ show conciusively thar the new law. which
/ regulates salaries only according 10 r00u-
I iaJiou. Is an injustice 70 SedzOick county.
/ inasmUch rs II makes no provision for ex-
/ ira clerk hire necessary 20 transact the
! immense amount Of business which this
! county has over other counties wiki double
I the population.
\ COPY of The new bin has not been seen
/ by any Of the county officials, therefore
/ they cannot give an accurate opinion as
/ 10 it's merits. but none Of them feel sa lis
/ fed with X.
Mr. simmons says he Is not certain how
I IL VIII affect tho Sherin'S salary. aut hz
/ understands # VIII not raise 3. cent.
/ II IS understood that the salary Of -As
! county attorney wiz he enhanced 10 the
amount Of. about Ssno annually.
ar. Carnahan saws he is not familiar
/ enough wi,h the provisions If the new AK
+ e. comment on its relations 20 his o@r-e.
The offices mentioned are the o1-v ones
/ which are peculiarly affected isv the rev
/ law and the officials mentioned are tb7s-
+ who are most interested in the law a-7 r..
I provisions.
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