Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-01
Finds Weber County officials
Technically Guilty.
HAD MISINTERPRETED Law
McDons.. Found Guiityof Fagraney-
Delinquent Tax List OF weber county
shows Increase over 1901,
Special to the oNews.")

Ogden, Dec lat the meeting Of the
board Of county commissioners held this
morning. State Auditor c. s. Tingey
was present and submitted his findings
and conclusions respecting the alleged
Irregularities IN the Offices OF the We
Der county treasurer and assessor.
lie stated that he had found
some irregularities In these offices, but
believed they were the result OF a mis-
Interpretation Of the laws Of the state
IN respect to the salaries Of county oillc-
er& The law provides that in each
Of the Offices named the state shall pay
one-half Of the salaries OF the employees.
The Weber county officials have main
talned that the county officers should
receive a full half of their salaries
from the state for all work done In
these Offices, and accordingly had
charged this amount to the state At
torney Gen. Bishop, however, has re-
Gently handed down an opinion In
which he holds the law TO be that no
deputy In any Of the county offices
named should receive more than two
thirds the amount OF salary which the
principal draws, and that therefore the
state Is only chargeable with one-half
OF the salaries to that extent. As the
county had charged up more than this
wound amount to against the
state, the auditor holds that 70
that extent the charges Of ir-
regularity are sustained. The au-
ditor has therefore presented an ac-
count against Weber county In favor of
the state for the following amounts:
For the year 1898, s370,3s. for 1899,
SiS5. so: for 1900, s23i09 for 1901, s4S7S5;
for 1902 1857 He also finds that the
county had paid out s45 IS which the
state should have paid, and gives the
county credit for this amount. which
leaves n balance Of sl,922 due the
state from Weber county, This SUN II
IL expected the county viii be obliged
10 pay, Mr. Tingey says there Is mani
testify no fraudulent intent on the part
OF the county officials, but simply q
wrong construction Of the law,
MCDONALD FOUND GUILTY.
In the police court this morning in
the case Of ogden city VS. j. w. Nc
Donald, charged with vagrancy the de-
PENDANT was found guilty and sentenced
TO ten days at hard labor. The city
was represented by Judge Bagley and
the defendant by County Atty. Halvor-
sen. The latter at the end Of the hear
Ing expressed his intention of suing out
n writ OF habeas corpus In the district
court TO secure the freedom OF his
client The evidence was most con-
elusive against Mcdonald, and surprise
and indignation are expressed In some
quarters at the county attorney taking
such active steps to secure the release
OF q criminal. whom naturally he should
desire to see punished for his offense.
DELINQUENT TAXEs.
The delinquent tax list of Weber
county will be published today, and as
there Is no competition here for the
printing the county will be required 10
pay the limit allowed by laws cents
for each name published. There are
$500 pieces OF property on the delin-
quent list, just 500 more than last year.
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