El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-21
EsoLUTIoNs were Introduce

EsOLUTIONs were Introduced and
passcd by the county commits
IL sioners Saturday morning at the
first meeting Of the Pew board aooI-
isbinr the office Of assistant county
auditor the night Waterman at the
court house. the court interpreters and
ali workmen employed on the county
road work. ..7.-.7 IN,
Thcs. resolutions were introduced by
Sch Ornoorft George y ne .s'' arin;
Wauing. James Clltiord' lhe me
member OF the board reelected, dlQ hoe
cast q dissenting vote against tne IesO-
Iutions, but both he, Roy nsLl n ui4l'
county auditor. and sheriff Peyton D.
Edwards made addresses before the
commissioners in which they proLesleu
against adopting the resolutions CUT
ting off the heads OF MANY OF ~ ~
office holders and employees, on inc
county highway, all faithful ring
men. - g..
The new commissioners and county
nudge Admin Pool took the oaIn OF
Cffiee ana Nh. pool was presented with
a handsome boquet by the chilofen OF
ii'''' - Salaries Arc Cut.
Seth Orndorff then introduced lhe
following resolution:
s'Be ii resolved by the commission
ers' court OF the county or I'll fasot
on this the 21st day OF Noyemeleer' 1 l9l4t'
"That on and after NOV, ~ III p
all orders resolutions, or acts Of TINS
court which either directly or lnnlfect-
~ fix, grant, or allow any sataflsh. III
or compensation to any officer, elmer
an officer Of the state, county or pre-
cinct, whose duties are fixed py law or
who is required TO be elected IN a gen
eral election, be, and are hefepy re-
scinded set aside and held for naughL
sfBe IL further resolved that the Ottlce
or position Of night Watchman at tne
, salary of SIS a mOath Is hereNllh dDOl7
ished and dispensed win rom s az
COO f.f =
that the duties Of head janitor VIII
further include that OF night Waterman
for which he VIII receive no iutlh0s
commentator: that every officer OF
the county shall report to this court
on the first day of DCccmnef, ISIS 10
show the manner and number OF en-
ployes in his different departments anu
also the salary they receive Lhlt noun
ing herein contained Ghau apply TO or
affect the office Of librarian OF the olh
court Of civil appeals or affect any en-
ploye or officer or said court OF ely"
appeals or of the county poor farm
Road Employees Discharged.
Mr. WaIling then presented resolu-
Don which in effect discharged all en-
ployes working on the county ROADS:
This resolution provided that Work OF
every nature will cease upon the cOun-
" roads upon its passage. All the en-
pIoyes were summarily discharged ana
all teams and equipment hired by the
county now at work upon the highways
-
The resolution Of Mr.. Wauing ere
agted the office of county road superin-
tendent and David NJ White was ap-
pointed to the new office by power OF
the resolution, with a stipulated salary
of $3.50 a month. The superintendent
was authorized to make an inventory
Of all property owned by the county
In speaking for the resolution, Mr..
WalIing and Mr.. Orndorff said that
much OF the property owned by the
county and used on the roads is now
being used by private individuals.
while other implements are allowed to
rot by the roadside where they have
been abandoned.
County office Abolished.
Mr.. Orndorff then introduced a res
1.-THE office Of assistant county auditor.
THE resolution takes effect November
30, 1914.
A. S. J. Eylar. retiring county Judge,
then addressed the commissioners, in
(which he said he believed the commits
tBioners now had an excellent OppOrtu-
nifty 20 dispose Of the county court
house and Jail bonds. which amount to
sSbO,OQO. Judge Eylar read kilograms
from the Vim. r. Compton company, OF
: St. Louis, No, saying they were will
ing to make a tempting offer for the
fbOnds and that they now have a repre-
sentative en- route to this city to con-
Ter with the commissioners. ". A.
" yrick, Of Beaumont, Texas, also
} wired that he was en- route here to
make bid for the bonds. The Curtis
Manning company, of El Paso, an
uOunced that when the matter Of SELL
ing the bonds was to be taken up by
the county commissioners, this firm
also desired to submit an offer.
Bills Must BE Sworn To.
Mr.. Walliug introduced a resolution
which provided that hereafter all per
sons submitting bills for payment to
Athe county must first submit their bids