Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-17
SUPERVISORS CUT BILLS
REDUCE THOSE OF 6IS8EE JUS. TIcEs AND coNSTABLES
 OVER s2,1oo.
lSnecial to ReyieM.l

TOMBSTONE. April l6.-After hay ing spent the greater part of the day reducing the fee bills presented to the board for the quarter ending April 1, 1906, the Board of Supervisors late this afternoon announced the amounts of the reduction they have made in the bills of Justices Murphy and Nc. Donald and Constables Doyle and White. all of Bisbee.
 Though 1t was supposed prior to the boards action today that it would refuse to act as advised by District Attorney Flannigan that constables and justices had made illegal charges. the board, when a motion for the re- duction was put, carried it this morn ing.
 Justice Murphy, who is here from Bisbee, tonight stated that he will return to Bisbee tomorrow and begin the preparation of a case he will file Attorney J. NJ. O'Connell of Bisbee to look after his legal interests.
 In the reduction made in the bills of the four officials named, the Super. yisors cut out fees amounting to S2.. 179.30. The amounts are distributed among the courts in Bisbee as follows: Murphy's Court-Constable Doyle's bill reduced from s345.S0 to S73.90, re duced s27l.90; Constable Whites bill from S347.25 to S99.90, reduced S247.35; Justice MuTphy's bill from S714.45 to S194.45. reduced S520;. total reduction in Murphy's court, s1,039.25.
 McDonald's Court - Doyle from S750.60 to S74.10, reduction $307. 50: White from s361 .65 to s11S.90: reduc- | ed s252-75; Mcdonald. s75O.6O to S579.SO, reduced S170.s0: total reduc. ton in McDonald's court, s1,140.05.
 The board went over the bills care. fully and in each vagrancy and dis turbance of the peace charge cut out the fees These amounts to S4.S0. of which the constable stands S2.30 and the justice s2.50.
 Tonight the Supervisors are going through the bills of Douglas officers, and are making cuts similar to those in the Bisbee courts.
 The board of supervisors were in session today for the purpose of con- zidering the bills of the various con stables and justices of the peace in Bisbee and Douglas. which were held up at the last meeting until the charges in a number of cases made by the justices were made more certain. That is in the case where the crime was entered as a misdemeanor ihe board wished o.have the charge iCai what the actual Offense was.
 Justices Murphy and Mcdonald Of Bisbee came over last evening and spent the entire forenoon in going over their bills and adding the changes on not only theirs but that of the constables. The board. after being called to order, brought up tns niat- I ter
 Supervisor Taylor moved that in support Of the opinion of the district attorney that all misdemeanor charges punishable under city Or chances in Bisbee and Douglas and ether incorporated towns of the county were illegal charges against tha county and that they should be cur of frcm the bills Of the IUstIces ond constables and that the 5oa:i I.rG- ceed to go over tke bills with the view of cutting of these charges.
 The motion was seconded by MT. Riggs, Mir Bowen on the roll call yot- Ing no, while the others voted yea. The board then started in the work on the BiSbee cases, which took them all of the afternoon.
 District Attorney Flannigan and assistant, I'd Flannigan. were present and assisted in the work. They had in their possession certified copies Of the list of persons who had been ar rested and convicted under the city ordinances in Bisbee since January and also a list of the crimes punish able under the Bisbee ordinances as passed Dy the Bisbee council.