The record-union., 1899-04-06
WHO MUST SIGN CLAIMS?
SUPERVISOR JENKINS OBJECTS
TO SOME BILLS.
South Yuba Company Will Bid
for a Franchise for Its
Poles.

Inc report of the Superintendent OIL
The County Hospital for the month end
ing March 31st was filed. 1t showed
the number of patients in the instltu-
ton on March 1st to have been 22S; ad-
united during month, 90; died during
month, .; discharged during month";
20; on hand April 1st, 219 Total ex-
penses for the month, including i'm
provements and repairs, amounted TO
$2,971.79.
The Clerk of the board was instructed
TO have palm slips inserted in codes
used by the Superior Judges, to lndl-
cate the amendments to- laws passed by
the late Legislature, at cost not 10
exceed 81 per set of codes
A bin for S6.25 for surgical supplies
furnished the Superintendent of the
County Hospital by G.. H. Remission &
Son of Los Angeles was objecteds to by
Jenkins, for the reason that the firm
had receipted the payment of same with
pencil instead of ink, and for the fur
Their reason that the signature had not
been attested.
Jenkins moved that the bill be re-
ferred to DR.. White, Superintendent of
the hospital, for correction. Lost; Gill
lis and Mclaughlin voting no. Gillis
pocketed the bill, and Jenkins objected,
urging that the bill was the property of
the board, and that no individual mem
Der had any right to withdraw it,
ellis said he was, during the absence
of Morrison, Chairman of the Hospital
Con mittee, and that he had right to
withdraw any bill he pleased.
jenkins replied that Morrison had no
right to appoint substitute, and that
he Jenkins) being a. member of the
committee, had as much to say about
the claim as did ellis.
ellis said his reason for withdrawing
and pocketing the bill was because he
did not want to see a hubbub raised
with DR.. White over a bill amounting
to S6.25. He intimated that he would
return the bill to the doctor for cor
rection.
Jenkins said that as Gillis had gone
on record as opposing a motion to so
refer for correction, it would seem that
there was little reason to hope for such
reference.
And there the matter was dropped.
jenkins was out to act as schoolmas-
ter for the board. Bills aggregating
S2S1 for drugs for the County Hospital
and Ddspensary for the month of March
We're presented for his signature, and he
objected, first, because the bills, judged
from similar bills in the past, were ex-
cessive; second, because one was signed
by the Assistant County Physician and
not by the Superintendent; and third,
because while the signatures were at
tached to the bills, from which they
could easily be torn, they We're not at
tached to the blank form furnished by
the board.
Tax Collector B. N. Bugbee reported
collections for the month ending March
31st aggregating $3.50. The report
was placed on file.
F. t. Fuller, Poundmaster of Missis-
sippi Township reported that during
the month of March he had impounded
one COW, two horses and fifteen head of
calves.
Most of the morning session was given
over to the examination and signing of
monthly demands.
During the noon recess Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Wachhorst was consult
ed in reference to the bill for County
Hospital supplies o. KID by Assistant
County Physician Atkinson. Mr. Wach-
horst was before the board to give ad-
vice when the afternoon session con-
vened, and the facts We're spread before
him.
Chairman Curtis and Supervisor Jen-
kins explained that while the bin in
question called for only $3.50, DR.. At
kinson was appointed by Dr. White
and was not an appointee of the board
that the board had to deal only with
DR.. White and that if DR.. Atkinson
was given a right to o. K bill fol
81, he would have an equal right tc
o. K. bill for $1,000. They claimed
that their contention was merely tc
protect DR.. White, who was under
bond, and accordingly responsible fol
all claims for supplies for the hospital.
Supervisor ellis contended that he
had authorized the payment of the bill
which was all that was necessary He
said that he had given Dr. Atkinson
authority to sign the demand
Supervisor jenkins contended that the
board had nothing whatever to do with
DR.. Atkinson, but looked to Dr. White
to furnish all information relating to
supplies for the hospital
Attorney Wachhorst held that the
board should suit its own convenience
in the matter of signatures attached tc
demands, but Thought it would be goo1
policy to accept and allow demands
signed by responsible parties
Later in the day Dr. White appeared
before the board and said if he was tt
sign all demands he proposed to super
intend the buying of all goods. and
would instruct the dispensary surgeon
DR.. Atkinson, to apply to him when g
fresh supply was necessary He, how.
ever, thought it would be better to lei
the assistant physician take orders from
the Chairman of the Hospital Commit.
tee.
Dr. White said he would compare the
several items of the bill with the con.
tract price list. He also said that hi
would in future, sign the blank form
furnished by the board, as well as the
itemized bill
With regard to the bill of S6.25 fol
surgical supplies. which had caused al
the trouble at the morning session, DR.
White explained that the receipt, which
was written with pencil, had beer
drawn in his Office in this city by the
personfrom whom they were purchased
and that he had paid for them from hi.
own pocket money.
A petition was received from Pete