Mohave County miner., 1903-08-15
Why the Suit Was Brought.
Kingman, Aug. 18th, 100;

supervisors for moneys appropriated
contrary to law.
Over four years since Mr.. NJ. Scan
lon took his seat as one of the board
Of supervisors. II was according to
law that the District Attorney should
attend the regular meeting Of the
board. He was present. About the
first business called up was by Mr..
Scanlon. He moved to hire an assist
ant recorder The District Attorney
stated that an enabling act should be
passed by the territorial legislature.
He questioned the power OF the board
to create the Office. For near forty
years one recorder had done the work,
and now to appoint an assistant It
might at once envalidate the records.
Mr.. Scanlon replied to the attorney:
"You have run the county too long.
Now the supervisors are going to run
it. When we want your advice we will
call on you" SO the District Attorney
was turned down and out. The assist
ant recorder was employed at 75s per
month. Ii so happened at this time
that there was a large number of alb
stracts to be made. These kept the
assistant busy for several months.
The law directs that the recorder shall
pay into the treasury all fees, and he
be allowed a salary of twelve hundred
dollars per year. The fees for alb
s.racts was never paid in to this day.
They amount to about three Thousand
dollars. The next legislature passed All
act allowing the board to employ an
assistant at fifty per month if it was
necessary. Then there we're two as.
sistsnts employed, aud while these
two competent assistants were en-
ployed one Cf them was allowed one
hundred dollars extra for making a
duplicate assessment roll, and one
hundred aud fifty dollars extra for
making up the great register, and full
wages besides. The law provides that
the supervisors must make contracts
for county work; let the printing to
the lowest bidder. Last year when
bids we're opened for printing, three
bids we're in, the Arrow, the Miner and
Mineral Wealth. The Arrow and
Miner offered to do the work for the
one year at a rate per inch, guarsn
teeing that it should not cost the coun-
ty more than four hundred dollars in
all for the year. The offer was refused
and the printing given to the Mineral
Wealth. In January last when the su.
pervisors met, republican supervisor
bobbed up. He called for the contract
for printing. After much search and
talk acknowledged that no contract
had been made. He then called for
the books and demanded to know as to
how much had been paid for the past
nine months printing. He found that
fifteen hundred dollars had been paid
then, showing that eleven hundred
dollars had already been paid over the
other bids.
Again the democratic hospital is
rather a costly luxury. The best hotel
in the county has been turned into a
hospital. II cost last year near nine
thousand dollars to run it, besides
about one thousand dollars for bury
ing the dead. 1t is reported that only
one republican patient has been ad-
mitted within five years, and he, as
soon as he earned the money, repaid
the county. The law governing the
hospital business provides that to be
admitted to the hospital a man must
take the pauper oath. 1t is reported
that this oath has not been taken by
anyone for five years past. The fact is
the hospital has been run in the inter
est of the party. They want all to
know that the unterrified was very
humane and very benevolent. Why
should ii cost nine thousand dollars
per Year, There is in the county four
secret societies that care for their sick
and dead. There are several miners
unions that care for their sick and
dead. The railroad company care for
their sick and dead. Several of the
mining companies hold out money to
care for sick and to bury the dead.
With all the societies aud aid by com
panies IL looks rather strange that IL
should cost the county nine thousand
year for hospital. IL is true last
| year was election year and voters had
/ IN no hordad g.
VIM. II. HARDY.