The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-04
WANTS A MONTHS
PAY FOR rs DAYS
County Auditor Krahmer
Discriminates Between
Himself and Employees.

! County Auditor E. G. Krahmer yes
| terday drew his check for his first
| months salary as county auditor. The
warrant upon which the money was
paid was drawn by Auditor Krahmer
| personally, although this work is gen.
orally performed by Deputy James
Drummond.
1t was made out for full months
salary, Notwithstanding the fact that
Mr.. Krahmer did not enter upon his
duties as county auditor until the first
Monday in the month, which was
I Jan. 5.
The warrant calling for the payment
of $333.33 was cashed by Miss Myers,
cashier of the county treasurers office,
and the matter was not noticed until
| later in the day by Treasurer Metzdorf-
Mr.. Metzdorf Immediately informed
the auditor that his warrant should
have been made out for service from
month, and requested a return of some
$2S, which County Auditor Krahmer
had oVerdrawn.
The request for the return of the
money was refused by the auditor, who
insisted that he was entitled to a fILl
months pay for January, and the mat
ter was referred to the office of the
county attorney.
In the face of the opinion of the
county attorney that the auditor was
entitled to pay only from the time he
entered upon his duties, Mr.. Krahmer
held onto the entire amount, and re-
fuses to make rebate until the mat
ter is decided by the attorney general.
A number of other new county Off
| Gals received their warrants for the
month of January yesterday, but IN
every instance, except that of the
county auditor himself, the warrants
were made out for services dating
L
newly elected officials assumed their
duties. These same warrants were
made out in the office Of the county
| auditor, and signed personally by Mr..
Krahmer.
The newly elected county commits
sioners contend that if the county
auditor is entitled to a full months
salary for January his subordinates
are entitled to the same. The COM
misSionerS, however, received warrants
for a month, short five days, while the
county auditor drew his own warrant
for the entire month, regardless of the
fact that he had signed a warrant
for five days pay in the month of jan
uary for the former auditor, w. r.
Johnson.
Assistant County Attorney ONeiH
says the auditor had no legal right
to draw pay for the five days he was
not serving the county, and for which
time the FORMER duQlUOF Was pdIu, anu
| County Treasurer MetZdOrf says, if
necessary, he viii deduct the amount
| from the February salary of the audi
| tor.
County Auditor Krahmer explains
! the matter by saying that he is en-
| titled to pay for two full years for his
| term of office, and says that if he drew
pay from the fifth of the month on the
| commencement of his term of office he
would be cheated out of three days
pay, as the first Monday in January in
1905, at which time his term expires,
/ comes on the second of the month, and
that he could draw for but two days
in January on his retirement from Of
flee.
The law, however, which is plain,
says the salaries of county officials
shall commence on the first Monday in
January, and if the suggestions of the
county attorneys office are followed,
Mr.. Krahmer will be compelled to re-
fund the amount he has overdrawn