El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-24
COUNTY To SUE
TURNEY-BURGES
Commissioners Order Suit to
Be Filed For Return
Of $4,000 Fee.

Turney & Burgess are 20 be sued by
l tile county for the $1,000 paid to this
| firm for ceTresenting the county in the
TeNas-New Tcxico boundary hearing.
A resolution was offered by commits
cioner J. N. Walling Wednesday morn
ing and passed by the board of com
nissiouers orjering suit to be filed
against the attorneys for the return Of
the 360c1 which mad been paid to them
by order Of the former board of com
missiuuers.
At the Tuesday afternoon meeting
assistant county attorney Frank Feu-
] lille reported to the commissioners that
/ Turney & Burgess had announced their
intention OF not returning the $4,000.
Feuille stated that he had called on the
firm and had been informed that they
had taken no action to return the
money &c the county.
County auditor Roy D. Barnum in
formed the board that by reason of the
opinion Of the county attorney that the
appointment Of county purchasing
AGENT q. N. Mckinney was not legal.
he had been compelled to hold up bills
for purchases made by Mr.. Mckinney.
BaTHum Opposes McI<Inney7s Bills.
Il don't know that Mr. AIcKinney's
appointment was Illegal said auditor
Barnun, but as long as there is any
doubt as TO the legality of his appoint
menL am opposed to paying any bills
contracted by him." The commissioners
ordered Mr. Mckinney to make no more
purchases until the legality of his ap-
pcintment could be determined.
Bids for the county depository for
the next two years were opened, but
action on them was deferred. The bids
follow
I1l Taso Bank and Trust company, 2
percent interest; Union Bank and Trust
Gem pany, 2 1-2 percent; Commercial
National bank, 2 IA percent
The resignation of W. T. Sheffield as
constable Of precinct No. s was ac-
cepted.
! New Clint Justice.
II. ". Wells was appointed justice Of
the peace for precinct No. Z, with office
at Clint
! D n. White, road engineer. was in
{ structeu TO furnish the court with a
/ list of the names of the men employed
/ by him on road work and the amounts
/ paid them.
a petition from residents Of Fabens
( asking for better protection was re-
| ceiyeu and POncianO Gonzales. con-
! stable at Fabens, was allowed an ex-
officio salary of $50 per month, begin
/ ming March 1, for the policing Of that
place and the vicinity
VIII Rand offered the free use Of his
pumping plant for the county hospital
and was accepted with thanks.
A resolution was passed Wednesday
I morning instructing the county attOr-
ney to telegraph the attorney general
} Tor an Interpretation of act 1880 r S
/ and also as to the right Of the commits
sloners' court to appoint a purchasing
/ agent.
To Repair Road.
It was ordered that $3.50 be approbri-
I ated for repairs on the east ditch road
beginning at the Canutillo road on the
east ditch and running south through
| me sand bed south of Coles ranch. and
slOU 10 be expended on the Boulevard
road south of the Cato ranch, and that
me county. judge be authorized to have
the work done
1t was ordered that $500 be appropri-
aled TO clean uD White Park at Canutil-
10 ana that the work be done under the
supervision Of the county judge
me petition Of S. S Carpenter for
ROAD improvements down the valley was
referred to commissioner George Pen
The reports Of J. II. Ware and J. NJ
beaver, justices of the peace, were re-
ceiyed and approved.
! The report Of the county clerk showed
total of $l8 in jury fees collected
The report was approved
To Change Street.
The petition Of the Newman Invest
( ment company to have Courchesne
street changed to North Raynor, Mar
tlnez street changed to San Marcial and
Lowell street to North Stevens street
was. granted The streets are in Altura
Park and Military Heights additions
{ elAU arc Icall9 combinations Of the
sLreeIs after which they have been re-
named. The changes were made on the
RECOMMENDATION Of the pOstoffice de-
partment to facilitate free delivery in
those additions.
Road repair and improvement work
occupied much of the attention Of the
/ commissioners at the regular session
Tuesday morning.
! J. Houston made application for re-
pairs to the road in Government Hill.
opposite block "A. The matter was re-
referred to d. NJ. White, road superin-
tendent for immediate investigation and
report
w. F. Payne appeared before the
! board seeking the Improvement of a
road through Lafayette Place he had
recently dedicated as a public road. The
road extends from the north loop road
TO the county road along the edge OF
the mesa and is 80 feet in width He
asked that the road be graded and sur
raced and trees planted along both sides
where he had not already placed them
at his own expense. The matter was
referred to commissioner George PEN
dell, with power to act
Two petitions numerously signed
were presented stating that the old val
ley dirt road is in bad condition and
properly grade and round and surface
1t and that cottonwood trees be planted
along both sides.
County treasurer J. D. Ponder re-
ported that there is now available for
road and bridge work about $4,000.
The court Of civil appeals rent matter
was discussed at some length, but no
action was taken. It was pointed out
that the city administration had re-
fused to pay half the rent for the MAIN
tenance Of the court in the Mills build
ing.