The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-28
SALARIES ARE FIXED
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TOOK FINAL ACTION YES
TERDAY
TOTAL SLIGHTLY INCREASED
Heads of Departments Receive
$4,000, and Allowances
for Clerk Hire
Vary.
TOTAL SLIGHTLY INCREASED

The county commissioners met at the
| court house yesterday morning at 10
| o'clock, the most important thing conSid-
| cred being the report of the committee of
| the whole, fixing the salaries of county
| officers and allowances for clerk hire for
| the next year.
The county auditor is to have a salary
! of $4,000, and may pay for clerk hire the
following sums: In January, $1135 in
| February and March, each, 1896; in April,
| $685.; in May and June, each, 1856; in July,
! 1895; in August, September and October,
each, $685.; November. $1,015, and in De-
cember $1,075; making a total allowed OF
| 81, 16O
The county treasurer is to have S13, SIS
in ALL divided by giving him salary of
$4,000, and allowing clerk hire in the sum
CT $9,525.
The county assessors salary is placed
at $1,000, and is allowed, during the year,
the following sums in the months named:
January and February, $275; March, $575;
April, $500; May, $500; June, $1,000; July,
$1,000, and during the remainder of the
year $275 per NJ nth. In total his clerk
hire must not exceed $1,000. In the odd
year he is to have in January, February
and March, 275$; April, $40; May 81, $50;
June, S2,025; July $685., and during the re-
naming months, each $275, with a total
not to exceed $500.
The county attorney gets $4,000 salary,
and his assistant is to receive $1,000, while
no clerk is to receive more than SIPS per
month.
The salary of the judge of probate was
placed at $1,000 In all the. new scale of
salaries and clerk hire exceeds the old
one by only S400.
ing to $S25.SO for July and $14S4O for Au-
gust, were allowed. DR.. Miller's orig
inal claims called for 1852 for July and
$l6l.9O for August, but Assistant County
Attorney ONein made the reduction
named. The reductions We're made be-
cause on several occasions the coroner
viewed a body and held an inquest on the
same day Some of the board were ill
favor Of allowing the bills as originally
presented to stand, but the vote finally
Went the other way. DR.. Miller may
take the matter into the courts, but WIS
not prepared to state finally whether he
would or not
William Richardson's IS bill for a head
light for the morgue wagon was again
passed over, though Commissioner Lott
and Wright thought it should be paid at
once.
Eyesore to BE Beautified.
In answer to the letter received from
Z. +. Noyes stating that he thought the
stone used and the stone work on the
new Jail was not up to standard, Super
lntendent of Construction O. L. Rheaume
said that those portions of the walls crit
icised by Mr.. Noyes would be covered by
an earth filling and window sashes maxi
ing what is now an eyesore beauty spot
The alterations in the jail plans were
discussed at some length and the COM
mlttee of the whole was given till JAN 8
to investigate. One of the changes de-
sired by the state board of corrections
and charities is the addition of layer Of
Bessemer steel in the foundation of the
cells on the main floor.
The board will employ two men for
four days, at S.75 per day, to check the
number of teams crossing the 500 lines
track at Rice street. This is done at the
instance of the county attorney so that
suit may be brought against the railroad
TO compel 1t to improve the crossing bv
tunneling or bridging. The two men so en-
ployed will be used as witnesses. the
county surveyor having already made a
survey of the location to be used In the
proposed action.
The board will meet in committee of tho
whole ON Jan. 9, and the next regular.
meeting will take place jan G.