The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-09
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS !
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY"
Board Fixes Salariss of County Off,
Gals Routine Business Being
Handled Very DeIibera teIy.

or county commissioners proved
to be tedious affair and the trans
action of business is not being expid-
itated very materially:
Tuesday afternoon the commits
sioners took up the matter of award
ing the county printing for the en-
suing year. Two bids were sub.
mitted, one by the Bemidji Pioneer
and the other by the Blackjack
American. There was considerable
difference in the bids, but after due
deliberatiou the board voted to re-
ject both bids, and called for new
bids to be submitted at 4 O'Clock
Wednesday.
The commissioners discussed in
formally the matter of employing a
county physician and passed a reso-
luton to advertise for bids for fill
ing the office of county physician
and health Office, bids to be sub
mitted later.
The board then took up the matter
of fixing the salaries of the county
officials for the ensuing year.
The salary of County Attorney
Henry Funkley was fixed at $4,000
and he was allowed the sum of $500
for the contingent fund.
The salary of County Superin-
tendent of Schools Stewart was fixed
at 81, 200.
After reconvening yesterday morn
ing, the board fixed the salary of the
janitor of the court house at $50 per
month. ~ =.
The matter of clerk hire for the
county treasurer was taken up. and
discussed but 10 formal action was
taken. .sr'. - 49,.
A bill was presented by the Village
of Nymore in the sum of 1927 for
the care of the poor, in which it was
claimed that the county should re-
imburse the village in the sum
stated.
1t appears that the village of
Nymore cared for several poor
people under the impression that the
county would reimburse the village,
when as a matter of fact the indi-
gents should have been sent to the
poor farm, to be cared for at that
institution.
A full discussion of the bill
brought out a motion to reject the
same, which was carried.
Yesterday afternoon the board
again took up the matter of the
county printing and but one bid
was submitted, that being by the
Bemidji Pioneer, which agreed to
circulate supplements containing
practically all of the legal notices,
etc., in every legal paper in the
county. The bill was rejected.
The board voted the sum of 5000
as an incidental fund, the same
being for payment of postage, ex-
press, etc., which is incurred in the
transaction of the county business
during the year.
J. M. Phillippi, superintendent of
the poor farm, submitted an annual
report, which was accepted.
The various county officers made
report as follows of the amount re.
ceived by them during the past
year, as salary and fees and other
emoluments:
John Wilmann, county
auditor .$1568.5C
DR.. Marcum, coroner ...... $375.7C
J. H. French, treasurer ...$1535.3;
M. A.Clark, court CON-
missioner ...............$ 25.5<
F. w. Rhoda, clerk of
court .$2138.9S
w. B. Stewart, superin-
tendent of schools. .$1176.61
]. O. Harris, register of
deeds .$3411.5 81
M. A. Clark, Judge of
probate .$1O55.5C
J. M. Phillippi, superin-
tendent of poor farm. .$115(
Board adjourned at $50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon to reconven.
this morning at 9 O'clock.
The commissioners did but little
this forenoon, but "spar" on mat
tiers in general, awaiting the devel
opment of routine matters. Their.
was. no bid for printing submitted
this forenoon.
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