Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-02
THE PEOPLE, 4
OF EN-, ENDORSE
RECOMMENDATIONS
Hoped-for Mass Meeting Of
Taxpayers Attended by Few
Who Nevertheless Adopt
Report Of Committee,

Fourteen taxpayers responded in
person to the call for the meeting
last night at the Commercial club. In
the face of the declaration of A. b..
Stroup, chairman, that recommends
lions from so few might be regard
ed as farcial, they adopted the COM
mittee's report, based upon the con-
ference of members of the legisla-
ture from Bernalillo county county Of
ficers and the committee.
The recommendation were length
ened upon the recommendation Of
Arthur Everitt to include the sugges-
ton that the office Of jailer be sep
arated entirely from that of sheriff;
the jailer to be appointed by the
county commissioners, and that coun-
ty Jail prisoners be fed by contract,
the contract to be awarded TO the
lowest responsible bidder annually.
Mr.. Evertt's motion carried.
Special Report Narrowed.
only one other change was made
In the recommendations so the COM
mittee submitted them and that was
the substitution Of the word "Berna-
lilo" for each" in the sentence re-
ferring to the classificatlons Of coun-
ties. which originally read:
"That in the classification Of coun-
ties each county should be in class
by ITSELF The sentence before 1t
was amended evidently was believed
10 hint that the taxpayers of this
county were attempting TO assert
what should be done for the other
counties. No such Interpretation is
possible under the revised wording.
The recommendations follow:
I'VE your committee after consult
tation with the county officials and
members Of the state legislature
recommend as follows:
81. That the principal in each
county office be paid a salary.
80. That i'm those offices where the
principal cannot do all the work that
deputy be provided for with a
fixed salary, the deputys salary TO be
paid directly to the deputy but the
selection of the deputy and his term
of office to be left to the principal.
90. Whenever additional help may
be needed application shall be made
to the board of county commission
ers and their decision before becom-
ing effective must be approved by the
district judge Of the county.
"a. The office of clerk of the dis
trict court should be created.
%. The surplus remaining in the
funds arising from the payment of
fees, commissioners, mileage. etc, and
now held for the payment of salaries
when the salaries shall be fixed If
any remains after the payment of sal
aries and the surplus so arising from
year to year to be placed in a sinking
fund for the payment of bonded in
debtedness.
"6. Interest on daily bank bal
ances should be provided for
~. That in the classification of
counties Bernalillo county should be
in class by itself for the purpose of
/ fixing county salaries.
Respectfully submitted.
"A. b. STROUP. Chairman"
The meeting was called for s
O'clock The meeting was not called
to order until $50, however, the
, prompt arrivals thinking that others
might not come until later, not know
ing it was scheduled to begin at 8
O'clock.
Mr.. Stroup chairman of the com
mttee, then went to the desk and an
nounced he was through. He was pre-
pared to accept whatever the legisla-
tme'did in regard to salaries and smile
he said He was asked to read the
committees recommendations, which
he did.
A Fleiseher the only other member
of the committee present, asked for
the discharge of the committee This
was granted with thanks