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be able to get the cooperation of the
cities, which he declared would be nee
essary TO make the institution a sue
cess. 1t was arranged to make the re-
port of the committee special order of
business for Thursday morning.
Want Union Labor.
Communication was read from union
carpenters, protesting against the en-
plovment of non-union labor on the
Colona bridge. F. ]. Carlson addressed
the board, stating that non-union car
penters were being worked 10 hours a
day by the Gould Construction COM
pany, which has the contract for the
work 1t was arranged to have a mem
Der of the Gould company confer with
the labor delegation this afternoon rel.
alive to the matter.
Report of the fees and salary COM
mittee relative to the distribution of
the Schoessel reward money was
adopted as follows: States Attorney
F. E. Thompson, for expenses, SOS;
officer R. S. Berry, s25; Detective Tom
Cox, S25; Chief Phil Miller, $26; Dav-
export police department, S25.
Supervisor Grafund reported that he
had filed bills amounting to sS11.30 for
coroner services against estates. On
motion of Supervisor Daley, H. Z. Sur.
man, district engineer in charge Of
state aid road Improvement in this
section of the state. was invited to ad-
dress the board on Thursday afternoon
at o'clock.
Refuse Information.
The board by official action this
morning refused to give Supervisor
Edward Bakersfield information which
he sought relative to the cost of legal
services Of Searle & Marshall in con-
nection with the Jail litigation. He
offered a resolution directing that
Searle & Marshall be asked to submit
at once to the board an itemized &C.
count of their bill against the county
| and this move drew the instant oppo
/ sition, especially of the members O
/ the building committee, who held tina.
/ it would be unfair. both to the boarC
| and the lawyers, to ask counsel II
| place figure on their services at thi!
! time while the litigation is still pend
/ ing. Supervisors kerns, Griswold, Bur
/ goyne, Weckel and Wadsworth led il
/ opposition to the adoption of the reso
! luton. They insisted that the lawyer
would not be in a position to give TIT
| information desired. Supervisor Bau
ersfeld declared that he was entitlet
to the figures sought and moved tn
adoption of the resolution
Supervisor kerns moved as a substi
tute that the matter be referred to tn
Jail building committee to report at thi
meeting, but after opposition from 9th
er members of the committeewithdre
his motion.
Motion to simply receive ~the com
munication and place it on file wa
made by Supervisor Schroeder. Su
pervisor Bakersfield insisteCLon a ro
call and the substitute motion carried
% to -, so that the board refused t
give out how much of the taxpayer
money has already been spent on tn
Jail litigation.
Magill Seeks Settlement.
L. NJ. Magill, former states attorne,
appeared before the board yesterda
in behalf Of his fee claim c
$lO,8393O against the county. He il
: sisted that the county still owed hi
/, two months back salary and he aske
that the matter be referred to a con
mittee for adjustment On motion
Supervisor Daley the bill was turne
, over to the fees and salary committe
to report at this meeting.