The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-07
COMMISSION Err NASH
! MAKES SESSION
RIGHT WARM
County Board Holds Another
s Lively Meeting at Which
One Of the Newly Elected
Solons is Called to Order
by the Mayor.

The annual meeting of the county
commissioners yesterday morning was
more exciting even than the one of the
preceding day, and as on the preceding
day, one of the new members, Mr.. Nash
this time, managed to monopolize the
lime light.
One of the first matters taken up by
the board was that of the report of
the board of auditors, designating the
banks (which should be named as coun-
ty repositories. In a number of in
stances, the sureties offered by the
banks, were stockholders or directors
of the institutions.
II won't approve of such bonds"
said Commissioner Nash. 1.-THE law is
plain on the question and we cannot
accept these men as bondsmen. They
might be all right, but how do we know
how many similar bonds their names
are attached to. Then, in addition, they
are liable to the bank as stockholders"
Mayor Smith, who is a member of
the board of auditors, attempted to ex-
plain that the financial condition of the
men offered as bondsmen had been
carefully examined, but the statement
did not suffice.
TT doesn't make any difference what
the board of auditors did," replied
Commissioner Nash. ITS the county
commissioners and not the board of
auditors who are responsible for the
county's funds, and I, for one, am
against any such action. We are here
to protect the interests of the county
and propose to do so, as far as pos
sibIe."
When it came time to vote on the
he IF Se
report, all of the members with the
exception of Nash, voted in the affirm
alive.
Nash Wanted to Dodge.
II want to go on record as not vot-
Ing" said Commissioner Nash, but
this didn't go with the mayor, who
was in a rather bad hunor by this
time.
Does the board wish to excuse Mr..
Nash from voting on this?" asked Mr..
Smith.
81 move that Mr.. Nash vote one way
or another" said Commissioner Wright,
and the member from North st. Paul
was not smiling when he said it. "I
have been member of this board for
some time and I have never yet re-
FUSED to vote on proposition. If
didn't think it was right 1 voted against
1t, and 1 want Mr.. Nash to vote either
yes or no."
The other members were of the opin-5
ION that Nash should go on record, and
the new commissioner voted eyes,"
stating that 1t would be useless to vote
in the negative.
Later in the session Commissioner
Nash again insisted on being heard on
some matter, and was called to order
by Mayor Smith.
Calls Nash to Order.
owe will have to ask you to come to
order, Mr.. Nash,'' said the mayor eve
have business to transact" and the
new member resumed his seat
Treasurer Metzdorf was before the
board again yesterday for the purpose
of urging immediate action by the leg
s1slative committee toward securing the
passage of bill authorizing the treas
urer to issue certificates of indebted
ness to be used in taking up the float
ing indebtedness against the county
the amount of this indebtedness being
about $4,000. If the treasurer is per-
mitted to take up this $50, 900 with Ger
tf1cates the county could do business
on a cash basis, and hereafter no war
rant would be issued unless there was
SUFFICIENT money to meet it.
The commissioners agree with Treas
urer MetZdorf that the plan is q good
one, as the $4,000, now drawing 6 per
cent, can be funded at per cent a
considerable saving to the taxpayers
OIL the county. The matter will be
taken up by the legislative committee
at once, and an effort made to have the