The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-12
THE FIRES STILL SMOLOER.
THE SUPERVISORS EXCHANGED
AMENITIES YESTERDAY.
Oak Park Sanitary District Move
ment Gets a Temporary
Setback.

At yesterdays meeting of the Board
OF supervisors, Chairman Curtis called
the attention of County Expert Ahern
10 the fact that owing to the rain roads
Were all nicely wet on August 4th, and
instructed him to strike out any item
Tor road sprinkling on that date, if any
such were presented.
Supervisor Jenkins said he would like
to know the number of miles of road
IN the Fourth District which were being
sprinkled.
Chairman Curtis said it would take
some time to give the desired informa-
ton. but that there were less miles of
road being sprinkled in the Fourth
District than in the Fifth.
FOR REVENUE ONLY.
Clerk Hamilton reported that in ac-
cordance with the instruction of the
board he had presented the lease for
the pumping plant on the M-street
road, approved on Thursday, to Re-
corder Cohn for recording, but that the
latter had declined to record the same
unless there was attached to it a 81
revenue stamp, as by law provided. He
wanted further instruction.
The general opinion was that mas
much as the lease had been spread in
full upon the minutes of the board
there was no necessity for recording the
same-that the minutes We're sufficient
record. So it happens that the Federal
exchequer will not receive the dollar
from Sacramento County.
SOME CLAIMS REJECTED.
On motion Of Supervisor McLaugh-
lin, the claim of James Touhey of $16O
for rent of a lot back of the County
Jail from April 1st to August LIST, was
rejected, for the reason that the board
prior to April list vacated the lot and
gave Touhey notice of that action. 1t
was explained that Touhey claimed
rental because he held that the county
had used the lot for a dumping ground
for old tin cans.
On motion of Mclaughlin, seconded
by Jenkins. Coroner McMullen's claim
of S14.15 for holding an inquest upon
the remains of Joseph Roca was re-
jected. District Attorney Baker gave it
as his opinion that the claim was not
legal one, inasmuch as DIR. Sutliffe
had issued a death certificate prior to
the holding Of the inquest, and that
there was no reason to believe that a
crime had been committed.
On motion Of Mclaughlin, seconded
by Jenkins, the claim of J. n. Larkin
for S12.I5 for advertising the meeting
of the County Board of Equalization
without proper authority, was rejected
BOND FURNISHED.
Miller & Matthews, who on Thursday
E1-l I
ing an operating room at the County
Hospital, presented a certificate for a
bond of $1,000 from the United States
Fidelity and Guarantee Company. The
certificate was accepted and the bond
Will be on hand in about two weeks
Treasurer Greenlaw, however, informed
the board that the certificate was a suf-
ficient guarantee and the check of
Miller & Matthews was returned to
them.
GRAND ISLAND BRIDGES.
Messrs. Stewart and Hall of Grand
Island appeared before the board and
requested that steps be taken to con-
struct three necessary bridges on the
Clark road on the island. In June of
1898 the bids received for construct
ing the bridges, were on motion of Nor
rison. rejected. Mr.. Stewart explained
that the road was partially graded, but
that harvesting machinery could not
be transferred across the sloughs with
out bridges.
Action was postponed until the after
noon session.
ANOTHER BREEZE.
Auditor and Recorder Cohn appeared
and requested the board to grant him
authority to appoint a clerk for max
ing abstracts of mortgages and of prop
erty sold to the State, such clerk being
provided for by statute. He ex-
planned that Assessor Berkey was in
need of new and complete records OF
mortgages and property sales to the
State in order that he might have some
data by which to levy assessments. II
had been the custom, he said, to en-
ploy such clerk for about two months
in the year, but that now the Assessor
wants the complete records dating back
as far as 1886, and that he was unable
to estimate how long it would take to
do the work
Mclaughlin moved that the Auditor
and Recorder be authorized to employ
such clerk.
Jenkins said that on Monday last
three clerks were discharged from the
Recorders office. because. he under
stood, there was no work for them t.
do. and among the clerks disposed Of
at that time was one whose duty it was
to make abstracts of mortgages, etc
He wanted to know why, if the alb
stract clerk was discharged at tha
time, there was need for another be
fore the week was out.
Chairman Curtis said he understood
the clerks We're discharged because
they We're Objectionable to the Re
corder.
ellis thought that the Recorder
should be permitted to employ sucf
clerks as he saw fit. and not such a:
other officials desired.
Jenkins said the Recorder was un
doubtedly the best judge of the person
to be employed, and should be giver
authority to appoint an extra clerk i
he thought ii necessary to transact tn,
business Of the office.
Chairman Curtis said that in Febru
ary last he had requested the Record
err to appoint a certain young lady t.
a position of clerk for one month a
ST.. and that Mr.. Cohn had promised
so to do. Such a 'stew'' and kick
had arisen that in the end, he (Curtis