The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-03
WHAT IS It, GRAZ
OR |AC0MPEIEl
What Becomes of Fees oiII
uty Sheriffs Who Ser
Without Pay? llnI
FACTS AND FIGURES
FOR SHERIFF TO CON II
Likewise Board of Count
missioners and CounSl
Attorney. ]a'

II shall bc tho duty of every ono
tl,le t homed, who Ia authorized ,o -
Ior o"lclai services or himself Oil
10 Keep n zee book, in which hc 81 ~,
exact and full account. In de,on li
commissions or compensations ottll
nature or Kind. by him or his III. y.
oollectible or chaTgcabIe, with da,a
or the payer and tho nature no az =
each case If any person shall hold
oe oItSe, ne may Keep n scparato h,
eaoh office. and may make ner.arn,a !
for each, or he may keen q lii,
make Joint statements, ut his discrs,lI
Thus reads section 1929 chans
the Revised Statutes OF Utah "a,
that section, 1t Is alleged. lg bs
lated by c, Frank Emery, Shcric
Lake county and system ~
grant Is being practlced. 1t is said
with his permission, which. aside
lllegality, is tyrannical onnref
tho citizen. ppi
Charles Bell is deputy sh1
pointed by Sheriff Emery ana
by the Board of County Commi,
The record shows that HeIj acts 4
pay. but Bell. II Is said, is TeaI,f
ceipt OF double pay. Ii is alieS
he conilscates the fees which 4
belong to the citizens OF Salt 7 al
". and II is stated that IL is a
misc that he also draws ~
stipend from a local collection
and for every act performed b
Sheriff Emery is responsible.
Appointed by Sheriff Emer,
Sheriff Emery appoints a deputv
TO act without pay and in rat,,r.
deputy acts In the capacity OF an,
OF the private citizen while ne ~
the county treasury OF the fees NH
long 10 the people. In other words
uty Bell presumably receives a
from the collection agency. pocke
fees which belong TO the county m
for tho service OF the papers. amo
to $40 per case. That sum liz the
mum. and all this Is done. IL /,
through the conniyance and acouic
Of c, Frank Emery, Sheriff OF Sal
county.
Does Not Turn in Fees.
II is admitted at the Office Of IN,
IN OF this county that Deputy q
never turned in one cent OF fees Q
and collected by him, and for Il
linquencys this nefarious system oI
Sheriff Emery Is distinctly resp|
and an explanation Is due. All
done in the name OF law, but it
law, The whole process is entiI
legal. And the following facts. n
from the records, are sufficient &
the allegation.
What the Record Shows.
On January 3. 1905, when C. Fra
cry. for the second time, assumed
OF the county judiciary as adml1
from the Sherlff's office. Charles B
appointed as jailer at salary OF
month. Bell only appeared once
payroll and then he resigned.
disappeared for a time, but on
Is, 1906, he again appears on the
of the county At that time Sheriff
appointed him deputy sheriff 70
creek. Ito act without pay" AM
efficiently he has acted many citiz|
testify, and as to the money he Z
for such acts, which rightfully bel
the public treasury, Sheriff liner
ord is silent.
Who Got the Feesp
For the serving of papers in
action the legal fee is sl.iO A siml
ls also allow sd for the service {
cGtlon. The Tribune has In its pos
u
appointee of Sheriff Emery, serv'
rnpers. but for the service rende
that deputy sheliff-an appointed
people of Salt Lake county-the
cxcheuuer has not received one ceI
withstanding the plain langragc
law as quoted above. and OF the.
iors OF which Sheriff Emery is ful
nlZant. Who received the feesE
I'M Emery received them. the recol
not show IL What has he done y
money. II he received il? These az
arc nertinent. They must be an
Shall the people be defraaded ana
cl;ted by one OF their own SCI
Under present conditions such IS tn
Is it not time to call a halt
A Tribune reporter called al tEe 2
Sheriff Emery Friday afternoon. %
gentleman had gone 10 Bingham;
lev White, under sheriff, cordlal
ceived the reporter and In oonyers4
stated that MIR. Bell still held ~
Inission as deputy sheriff; ne y
that the collection agency PAID nv
Mr.. Bell had never made any 80
az tho fces-public money-receis
him to the Sheriff. And pecu,1
suggests Itself to the mind IN ,'
noctIon. on the official bona OF
Emery appears the name OF
Bell as one OF the sureties. ne
and the deputy are evioehtl! "
the same person
Incompetency and lnefncien
Enough has been said for ne
The facts ara kindly commenuso
attention Of the County Attorney
County Commissioner Tor lnveSs'
AS presented they show on the.i th
Sheriff c. Frank Emery is eitnsl
10 graft or hopelessly ineompe.S,n1
n deputy sheriff under MS o,Lec. ,ie,as'
With his knowledge Is daily Vi9iA'
statutes which he is sworn -
and the people desire to KNOW ,r,s ny
these lllegalities are 10 co an nv,
County Attorney ChrisIehse"
Sheriff c. Frank Emery!