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set at s471,7 ,7S9 for 1894, with the
county furnishing 1921 ,444.50 of this
sum and the remainder being sup
piled from State contributions.
The 1884 levy for salaries in the
schools provides for the employment
of "A new teachers required by in
creases anticipated in the county en-
rollment, DR.. Broome said.
Omissions Explained.
It was explained by John B. Dia-
mond, president of the Board OF
County Commissioners. that the SAL
ary ALLEGATIONS for the county engi-
neering department, special clerks
and Liquor Control Board were omit
ted because it is impossible to obtain
comparable figures, while the appro-
priations for the assistant county
agent, the Board of Health and the
home demonstration agent also are
left out of the estimates because the
county only contributes toward the
salaries paid in those departments by
the State.
Comparable figures are not available
on the engineering department, special
clerks and liquor board because the
engineering force helps to bear the
cost of its own operation through spe-
cial work for the State Roads Commis-
sion when its routine permits. Special
clerks are employed only when special
occasions require and the Liquor Con-
troll Board estimates for 1884 cannot
be checked with those of 1888 because
the board was not established until
the Tag end Of the last fiscal period.
Wage Table Given.
Following is the wage table Of the
various county departments showing
the differences in the levies for salaries
as result of the wage cut restorations.
The first figure in each case Is the
1888 levy and the second is the 1884
levy
Assessors and assessing, s2,7o0.
$4,000; States attorney, S2,700, $4,000;
building inspectors, s4,950, $500;
county commissioners, $4,000. s12,-
300: clerk to county commissioners and
assistants, $3.50, S11,700; county
treasurer and assistants, 514,220, $14,-
400; county accountant and assistants,
7S4,590, S7,500; janitors and elevator
operators, S6,480, $1,000; Jail warden,
$1,000, 81 200; Orphans Court, S2,700,
$4,000; Police Court, $4,000. S4.500:
policemen, S43,30253, S49,129.65: su-
pervisor of assessment, s2,160, S2,400;
supervisor of county aid, 50 .430, s2,700;
sheriff and deputies, $4,000.
The salaries of the attorneys for the
county commissioners, Juvenile Court,
county cattle testing. officials at the
County Home and for election en-
ployes are fixed by law and conse-
quently do not change during 1884.
They are: County attorney, $4,000:
Juvenile Court, $2500; cattle testing,
,S2,700; election employees, $4,000, and
County Home. S2.874.
Board Membership Cut.
It was also pointed out that the ap-
preparation for county commissioners
Salaries is lower this year than in
1884, despite the wage cut restoration,
due to the fact that the commissioners
sponsored a bill in the State Legisla-
sture reducing the membership en- the
board from seven to five, effective fol-
lowing the county election this Fall.
Officials also pointed out that the
appropriation for the county treasurer
and his assistants increased only $50
this year because one member of the
treasurer's staff was transferred to
the Office of the county accountant,
thereby figuring materially in the in
crease in the salary appropriation Of
that Office from s4,590 to $500.
Commissioner Diamond said that
among the economies which permitted
the salary restorations. advocated by
many civic organizations, and the "ut
In the tax rate was the reduction in
the number of commissioners, State
control of county roads, revenue from
the liquor dispensaries and the deci-
sion of the board not to replace sew
eral clerks who resigned.