The diamond drill., 1915-05-15
WAS TIED WITH ISAAC MONROE
FOR SEVERAL BALLOTS
LOPPED OFF ALL EXTRAS
Taxpayers Assoc. Presented Letter
Obiecting to Officers Extras and
Asking interest on Funds

supervisors, held AZ Ine court nuuSN
last Saturday was a rather interesting
affair. In addition 10 the selection OF
the board received letter from
the Iron County Taxpayers Assn. in
which objection was made to the pay
ing OF extra compensation in the shape
OF Clerk hire. etc to the county OFF,
GERS and this letter caused consider
able discussion and some action
The letter came up first when the
report of the auditing committee was
read. Mr.. Neely was present and be-
fore the motion to allow the bills was
made he asked that the letter from the
association be read.
The Associations Letter
May 4. 1915.
The Honorable Board OF Supervisors,
Iron County, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
We desire 10 call the atten-
tion OF your Honorable Board, at what
is probably the first regular business
meeting OF the present Board. certain
matters having bearing OF County
finances and respectfully request your
consideration in order that proper
action may be taken to improve and
correct the same, IL. in your judgment,
II be deemed advisable. In the matter
OF expenditures, precedent seems to
play an important part, with the result
that new boards have followed in the
steps OF their predecessors and have
allowed claims for which little or no
actual service has been rendered and
which would not be tolerated in pri-
vate corporation. We trust that the
Board and succeeding Boards will act
as its best Judgment dictates and not
as a matter OF following past custom.
We believe the following matters
should receive your careful considera-
tion
1..Extra Compensation TO County
0fiicers. We find claims for extra SER
vices and the allowance of same APP
pearing In the minutes OF the meetings
of the Board of Supervisors from time
TO time, such as back clerk hire to the
outgoing county Treasurer, amount
ing TO Four Hundred ($400.00) dol
lars. back Clerk hire to the Register
of Deeds at the end OF his last term
amounting to Four Hundred and
Twenty ($42O.OO) Dollars. Naturaliza-
tion services, County Clerk, amount
ing to Three Hundred ($30000) Dol
lars, Clerk OF County Road Commits
sion, County Clerk. amounting to Three
Hundred ($SOO00) Dollars. services
for Turnkey added to and included in
Sheriif's salary amounting 10 Fifty
($500O) Dollars per month. Claim OF
the Prosecuting Attorney (disallowed)
for preparing bond issue. Amounting to
Two Hundred (s2O0.O0) Dollars, etc.
All Of these allowances being made not
withstanding the fact that the regular
salary of the official in question was to
cover all of HIS services or OF his
Office to the County. We ale advised
that extras paid the County Clerk are
i'm lieu OF an increase in his salary
which was at one time under consid-
Grafton. We feel that the salaries or
County officials should cover their SER
vices In full to the County. Tn this
connection we might add that a salary
Of Six Hundred ts60oO0) Dollars per
year has been attached to the Office OF
Circuit Court Commissioner during the
past two years. for which salary we are
unable to find where any service has
been rendered the County. We feel
that some service should be rendered
the County for this salary for the re-
mainder of this term OF the present
Commissioner and that this salary
should be abolished AT the end OF the
present term
:. Expense Accounts OF County ON.
cials. We feel that the expense ac-
counts Of County officials should be
audited and paid only on the rendering
Of itemized bills covering the same.
,. County Purchasing Committee.
We would respectfully suggest that one
Of the members Of this Board act az
Chairman Of the County Purchasing
Committee and that a requisition sya-
tenn u ordering and checking County
purchases be adonted.
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