Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-31
SALARIES NOT
TO Be SPECIFIED
BY COMMITTEE
Agreement Reached Upon Rec
concentrations to Be Made
TO General Meeting Tomor-
row Night at Club Meeting.

! Members Of the Bernalillo county
legislative delegation. county officials
! and the committee Of taxpayers. al q
conference held Yesterday afternoon at
The Commercial ciup, agreed upon
recommt ndations which, they believe.
should be Incorporated w tho officers
saiary bill
/ The committee aferwnrd called q
I general meeting OF taEpayers 90 be
hold a. tho Commercial club tomor-
row night The committee then VIII
/ prcfcnt u statement setting forth IFS
ugre, mont with the Officials and leg-
laIature
Judge q. A. Mann, republican floor
lcldcr Of the house, Representative
Ncstor Montoya and Senator J. r.
Suzer represented he county dele
cation County CLERK A. Z Walker
Under Sheriff Dick LOWS. Treasurer
N Mandoll Afseasof Fred lIeyn and
Probate Judge John Baroa Burg were
The on onls. A. r. slronD. Chairman.
Judge George 4. Craig and Don Ran
kin we,e the committeeman who were
present.
Tor sinking Iund.
The committee in the report to be
made tomorrow will not stipulate sal
aries for any ofiieial7, II any Of The
iaxpaycfs believe this should be done
they have the privilege of present
ing = motion 10 thai effect for action
BY the meeting.
One Of the features OF the COM
millee's report will be the indication
Of way to establish sinking fund
and to replenish It at intervals Ta'si
Is to be done ~ turning, the re
mninder the fund into which fees |
are nav turned over to. as a sinking |
funG after Officers have been paid !
thar bnck salaries. The committee !
vim advise that the residue of the Zee /
collections be similarly appropriated /
when all the county salaries have !
been paid thereafter Evidently the |
eonferees believe the amount OF fees |
collected by the officers would be ia |
excess of the salaries. The sinking |
fund would be employed la llquldat- /
Ing the bonded Indebtedness OF the /
county.
NVHiN HfttfHtt 'ttfhN.
The committee also will recommend |
the creation Of the office of district I
clerk, with the approval OF the Of I
Gcals ana legislators The county /
clcrl, now appoints the district clerk. |
Technically he has charge OF that Of
flee as well as that of probate clerk I
aud county clerk. County Cier, I
Walker is understood TO favor the I
plan OF making the district clerk in !
dependent of his office
The conferees favored twenty-six I
county classification That is as near /
~ they came 10 deciding upon any /
that would affect
any county outside Bernalilo and this
was done only because they believed ,
Il affected this county's interests.
The principal officers. such as coun-
" clerk, treasurer, sheriff and the
others. each ls to get a stated salary
and be empowered to employ their
thief deputies, according TO the com
nlttee The chief deputies VIII get
tated salaries. to be paid directly
BY the county. The deputies will be
nbiect TO discharge by the principal
officers.
The officers may gel additional help
through application TO the county
commissioners, with the approval Of
he district court.
A law providing for the collection
II interest on daily balances on
county deposits will be suggested. The
county al present draws no interest on
II bank deposits.
Speaking Of the meeting called for
omorrow night member OF the COM
nttee said;
Any one can make any recon-
nendations he pleases then, If he
las anything in his system that win
70 the time for him to get II oat.
let him come 10 the meeting
would like TO se a big crowd then
these recommendation won't have
much. effect If they come from twerty
'r thirty persons only. If, ON the
ther hand. taxpayers are satisfied
With whatever they may get there II
10 reason for them To come