El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-06
COLLECTOR Will
MAKE NEW BOND
Bondsmen of Will I. Wat
son. County Collector, Get
Off His Bond.
lContinued ION paee ID


by R. NJ Dudley. Lee H. Orndorff. Il.
p Jackson. Charles DeGroff. H 6
Schneider F n Murchison. J. J. H
l Stein. g. r. Jones and also by !. F.
Woodson and G.. H Jones as agents
and attorneys for A. a. Escontrias. II.
Roman Gomez, N B. Davis. H. W Pea
cock. r. ". Long. r II. ThOrne and Hy
Seggerman-
20 Days To Give New Bond
bonds that Mr. Watson gave
when he took office are said 10 be
one On favor Of the state for Sl41.OvV
and another i'm favor of the county for
s2T4 600 a total Of $4,000 Unless
the collector furnishes the same bond
within 20 days he is. in the opinion Of
legal advisers OF the commissioners.
who quoted from the statutes at the
meeting. automatically suspended from
office. In the meantime Mr. Watson
has. by order Of the court. reen barred
from the performance OF further duties
as county tax collector, although he
Is held responsible for all business up
to date.
F. C. MaSoueIette. OF the firm Of ex-
pert auditors now making the period
cal audit OF the books and accounts
Of the county. was directed by the
commissioners on the motion of Setl,
B. Orndorff. 10 see that no business
is transacted in the office or the tax
collector until Mr.. Watson. or n sue
CeSSOrs mas deposited Lut ItAulLtu boAA
and TO take charge OF all cash on hand.
and deposit IT, The sum OF SIP was
reported by Mr.. Masquelette to be in
the office and he said that the bal
ance in the Texas Bank & Trust com
pany in the name Of Mr. Watson was
about $500
The commissioners present were
George Pendeu. Seth B. Orndorff and
James a Clifford. County judge. Ad-
rian Pool presid ed. J. +. WoOdsOu
represented the retiring bondsmen and
assistant cOurty attorney Frank
Feuille the sta-e.
Who VIII deceive Liquor Money!
Some discussion was raised by the
commissioners on the query OF judge
Pool as TO whom the liquor licenses.
due after July 10. would be payable,
but no definite action was taken to
specially provide for the receipt OF the
payments. should a collector for the
county not he on hand It was stated
that there Will be more than 100 sa-
looms TO pay licenses and that the sum
for each VIII be S562-50- Auditor Mas
quelette said that the record for July
1915. showed the receipts OF the office
were about $4,000 and that they should
be approximately the same this month
The Herald made every effort this af-
ternOOn, following the meeting Of the
commissioners. to locate Mr.. Watson
for a statement
VIII Not Pave Maple.
The commissioners passed q motion
by Mr.. Orndorff. seconded by Mr.. Pen
dell, which rescinded the resolution OF
the court Of March IS. ordering the
paving Of Maple avenue The passage
OF the motion was opposed by Mr.. Cliff
ford. who said he wanted to see Maple
avenue paved with either concrete or
bitulfthic because il is the most fea-
sible road TO Fort Bliss. in the opinion
of army officers who have 10 do with
the movement Of troops and supplies
This action OF the commissioners leaves
the matter OF the improvement OF the
street where il was before the contract
was allowed for paving IL with btu
lithic.
Mr. Penden gave notice that he would