Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-15

800, they considered were well paid for their services F. H. Walker, an interested taxpayer, protested against the allowance of the claims.
 District A torney Nixon, who re- sisted the allowance of the claims. raised three questions fin opposing their approval One was the fai,rre of the physicians, after disallowance by Judge Gould, to appeal to a high CT court, and contended that spe- cial act of the Legislature could lot revive the account. so far as the county court was concerned. He op- posed the claims on the ground that the physicians had not itemized their accounts and filed same with the County Board of Health for approval or disapproval, as provided by law. On this one ground, the District Attor- ney said, the account should be dis allowed MT. Nixon gave as another reason why the physicians were not entitled to recover. He said the phy- sicians had already drawn more mon ey than they were entitled to in com- parison with the service rendered. The county he said, was not indebt- ed to the physicians one cent.
 MT. Can't contended that whatever might have been done and paid for at former se dement's had noth. Ing whatever to do with the present claims for the reason that all the services rendered, for which they now ask pay, had been performed since the last settlement with the county. Because the county corrt had no authority under the statute at the time the first service YVES rem dered and claims disallowed by Judge Gould, he argued that the county court had no jurisdiction to allow or disallow the claims and that any ac- tion taken by the county court at that time could not be urged against tie present claims. The special act. he said, invested iii the county judge special authority to pass OH these Far- ticular claims. He declared that tie services were rendered, that was ad- mitted. ard the claims were re- son. able tnd should be allowed.
 Dr. CIark's Statement
 In discussing the matter last night Dr. 0. ". Clark said: The appoint ment on the County Board of Health was unsolicited on my part, having been appointed by County Judge James Gould. In accepting same 1 promised him that I would endeayor to the best of my ability to protect the health of Jefferson county. Dur- ing this time We had quite an epl- demic of small pox, especially ill tha northern part of the county
 ''In suppressing this loathsome dis ease and protecting the public from it's ravages it became necessary for the members of the Board to leave our practice early each morning, pay our own expenses, ride to SherriN or some other way station and hire a team, ride all day long from house to house and quarantine the cases as r2- ported and found. We jeopardize1 out health in drinking swamp w. t. CT, eating canned goods for dinner, subiecting ourselves to this dreaded and lOatlhsome disease risked bringing it to our dear ones at home and have the censure of our patrons for haVin 3 come in contact with such con tageous disease and then coming to their homes. We returned home at n,sht all tired and worn out, of ell to find that some of our best patient, had called someone else during our absence.
 "The loss of one good family meant more than we had charged the county for that days service. My charges were made in accordance with what l would have charged an individual tor the same time from my regular prac- tice.
 q believe that any other physician would have made a charge in accord auce with ours. Our claims were thoroughly investigated by the Judi- ciary Committee of the House When the bill was pending and it's members said the claim was just one anu should be paid"
 -Messrs Rseop and Hardin, o1