Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-29
BIG RUSHFOR THE WARRANTS
Crowds Throng County Clerks Office Taking
Them Up.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE COUNTY TAXES
Court Expenses, Jurors Fees and
Other such Bills Are Include
in the Large As
sortment.

In Saturday evenings issue The Bee an
nounced that 5000 Of the e~ounty's general
fund warrants would be ready Monday.
morning and the result is that since a very
early hour the county clerks office force
has been as busy as so many haymakers
waiting on a crowd that lines the long
counter with few gaps. Clerks Frank
Dewey and Dan Butler have taken Oaths
enough to supply a steamboat captain for
a full week, II properly misapplied.
These warrants tell a tale Of finance.
They show what becomes Of the taxes that
the county board levies for, the county
treasurer asks for and special collectors
finally have to go cunning for.
In this batch OF 5000 are some TO cover
part Of the court expenses that have piled
up since July Of last year.
For instance, for the October term OF
district court 4he fees of the petit Jurors
amounted to $7,735, and for the talesmen
S272, making a total of SS,007. For the
February term the petit jurors cost ST.
1870, the talesmen $3.50 and the special
Jurors SCI, or a total of S7,S63.20. For the
May term, which hasn't been considered
by the board and will not BE- for some
time, there is entered $4,144.1O for petit
Jurors and STA for talesmen. or a total Of
81, 25S.10. These three totals make the
grand totals for jury service through three
terms of court $40, 1880 ar there must
be added to this sum this year a total of
50. 065. so for the services OF the grand
Jurors. This makes the great grand total
for district court jurors look like s22,-
1880, and the purse of the taxpayer locks
like it had been hard hit.
other Minor Funds.
To this might be added the fees for the
county court jurors and the coroner's jurors,
but the former amount to practically moth
ing and the latter to too little to be wor-
ried over.
Witnesses cost some money. too. Those
In district court during the October term
nave a bill against the county for 1887. 80;
those called during the February term for
1852. 90, and those of the May term, not
yet allowed, $1,0O1.10, or a total Of s4,s01.90.
Add to this $1.676.1O for witnesses called be-
fore the grand jury and the total rises to
S6,47S, still exclusive Of county court and
coroner obligations. For Ave justice courts
the total Of witness fees is given as s235.40,
the first bill being dated November.
The county, however. does not pay these
sums in full, as many who serve as wit
nesses or jurors owe the county for taxes,
and this indebtedness is always subtracted
from the face Of the warrant issued. The
county gains immensely by this and its Off
cials marvel that the city does not adopt
the same system.
Justice Altstadt put in a claim for $121.70
and has been allowed $3.50 Bryce Craw-
ford. $57.75; Justice Foster, S41.75, and
Justice Baldwin 1870, making a total Of
$435sS0 for the justice courts. IL there be
included the $235.40 for witness fees.
The coroner, serving from January to
July, puts in ffty-eight payrolls, totaling
$772 for witnesses and jurors. and a bill Of
$435.75 for himself, or a total Of S1,206.76.
Expense for Insane Gases.
Insanity cases are another considerable
drain upon the county funds. The consta-
BILE and witness fees are recorded as only
$50, but the total to be paid out Of this last
appropriation lis S2.346.10. This includes
three bills of DR.. George Tilden. filed oc-
tober II, February 6 and March IS, for q
total Of $747.50; two bills Of j. l.. Haley
for a total of 1898, and a total of $1.166.6O
for Frank A. Broadwell. clerk Of the dis
trict court. He filed a bill as commissioner
March 2S for $276.S0, one for $260.90 and
another for $334.70 on April Is, and to this
total Of $s72.40 as insanity commissioner
and clerk Of the board he adds S294.20 for