The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-04-09
One
MUST LOOK FOR
new JOB
Also Crafty Crowley and
Creepy Vines. A. G. M.
Payroll Will Have to Look
After Dead Ones.

About 100 city office holders, as
sistants, clerks and employees OF The
city of Butte are subject to dismissal
or reappointment at the pleasure oil
the mayor elect, William Stodd2n,
who will take office May .. MIR.
Stodden refuses to divulge the names
OF any one whom he intends 10 ap-
point or say whether he will make
changes in the city hall, but it is free
ly predicted that many office holders
will be seeking new positions within
so days and it is limited that the a.
c. NJ. payroll will have to look out for
a new list of dead ones.
The city treasurer and the police
Judge are elected and the assistants
and deputies or clerks of the former
are usually selected by the mayor,
who recognizes the treasurefls right
to make these appointments only
through courtesy.
Among the offices which the new
mayor will fill at his discretion are
those of the city clerk and his as
sistant; the city engineer and assist
ant, together with half dozen
clerks and draughtsmen; city attor-
hey and assistant, the city physician
and nine subordinates, city auditor,
assistant and two clerks. More than
| 60 employees Of the city at city cor
ral on the ashes and garbage depart
ment, are also at the disposal of the
new administration.
Members of the police department
are wondering how many salary war
rants can be got out OF the 100000
appropriated for this department
when the department with lower sal
aries to pay and at least three fewer
members last year, had S125, 900 up
on which to operate.
Besides raises in the salaries of
policemen from $685. to $3.50 a
month several weeks ago the last
| of the council announces raises in
the salaries of the chief from $3.50 to
$500 a month, captain from $3.50 to
$500 d month. detective from $50 tC
5000 a month, lieutenant from $150
to 5000 month. The salary OF the
chief of the fire department was also
raised from $3.50 to $500 month and
that of the first assistant city treasur-
er from $1,920 to $4,000 a year.
Salaries of various employees haC
been raised during the last winter
The salary of the city electrician wa:
raised from S2,100 to $500 year
that of the clerk OF the department
of public works from Sl,So0 t'
1920,
In the health department the sal
airy of the meat inspector is increased
from 81, $50 to $1.S00, as is also tn
salary of the milk inspector. On
! fumigation officer and two sanitar.
inspectors are granted raises from
S1,560 each to $500 each a yea,
Matron of the emergency hospital i
\ given raise from 81 500 to 81 $50
year. Custodian of the night so1
plant from S $50 to $500 year
+ The juvenile director of the liDrar
was raised from 81 500 to 81 $40
6 year and the assistant custodian frol
5000 to ,O50 year.
The salary of the foreman of stree
s work is raised from ST 500 to $2,40
a year. The wage of the poundma
: ter from $4.25 to $5 a day. The sd
airy of a janitress for the city hall
raised from 81. $50 to $500 a yea
Changes made in the appropriate
of the various funds show changes
: all except those of salary and fl,
J funds, which remain at $4,000 f,
salary and 100000 for fires. tt
budget for the light fund shows Il
d following for 191S-19: Light, S27
n 600; water, $4,000; police, s12s
J. 600; street and alley, $4,000: pu
II lie Improvement, 800; healt
< S1A3o0; engineering fund, $1,000
d general expense, $4,000; cash enc
gency, $500.