The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-05-14
To the People Of
ChiCkaSaw County:

times why do not serve as Attor-
ney for the Board Of Supervisors. !
would ike to make this explana-
ton to this question. On December
80th, 1911, just three days before
went into Office and before the
present Board went in, filed and
had set down on the Board Docket
the following petition:
TO The Honorable Board Of Su-
pervisOrs Of Chickasaw County:
Whereas / was duly elected
County Prosecuting Attorney Of
Chickasaw County at the last regu-
lar election, and whereas the law
creating the Office Of county prose-
cutting attorney recommends that
he be the attorney for the Board Of
Supervisors Of his county and pro
hibits him from taking any litiga-
ton against the State or County ana
specifically makes it his duty to
represent the State and County in
such suits; because his interests in
his other duties are in direct liOe
with the work of the Board inter-
est Of the county, l respectfully pc
tition this Honorable Board of Su-
pervisOre to make it a part Of my
duty to attend said Board and be
their regular attorney in addition to
the other regular duties Of the
County Prosecuting Attorney Of
Chickasaw County and to combine
thesalary Of the attorney for the
Board with that Of the County
Prosecuting Attorney.
Respectfully submitted,
JEFF BUSBY.
On the back of this note is the
following: NO SIS. jeff Busby.
Retition. Filed Dec. 30th, 1911. H.
Z. Brannon, Clerk" Dismissed" "
] wonld be glad to show you the
original petition
You viii notice that mentioned
no amount, for the Board has abso-
lutte control over the salary Of the
County Attorney anywhere between
S60O0O and 100000 a year, but |
do ask them to combine the salary
and make one salary cover every
thing and to pay nothing extra for
the Board work.
On a vote to select the Attorney
for the Board the vote stood two
for me md two for hiring Mr.. Har-
rington at $4,000 and the Presi-
dent Of the Board cast his vote to
hire Mr.. Harrington. This was no
fault of mine; | did all ] could to
get them to use me and save this
money for the taxpayers.
The people kept asking me why
the Board was spending this $780,
90 a year for an attorney, and |
told them l could not tell, that it
was the easiest and simplest part Of
my work. Invent before the Board
again the first part of this year and
told them that the people we're ask
ing that do the work and save the
money that was being paid to the
Board Attorney; / told the Board
that / was ready, willing and want
ed to do this work, and that with
out a cent additional pay, for I felt
that it was a part Of my work and
my duty to do it, and urged them
to use me and save this S3OO.OO a
year they we're paying out, but for
some reason they continued as they
had been before.
The members of the Board are
the only persons who can say who
the attorney for the Board viii be
they have absolute control over
this and no one else does
understand that Mr.. J. E. Har-
rington is promising that if you
elect him County Attorney that he
will do the work for the Board and
and save this SSOOOOO he is now
getting If he should be elected h:
would have no more control oveI
~, 4he .,#torrexT for the RnnFd