Show PRINTING TO TOBE ToBE BE SUBJECT OF INQUIRY Responsibility for Diversion of Work Is Expected to Be Determined De De- De i 1 ATTORNEY TO HAVE PART I II I County Commission Asks Him to Determine as to Who Is J Responsible o determine where whee le lies the Te- Te re 1 T To I for rOl or the nie alleged eel diver diver- lver- lver Ion sloat of ot county printing from jiom print 1 Ct era holding contracts with wih the county to concerns not holding contracts tho tho county Count commission decided yesterday to employ some nome disinterested person or persons to make complete completo investigation a In alon a- a tion lon of or the handling of or printing and purchases an and make a report to tOr the commission To the he county attorney was referred the matter mater of determining and advis- advis In lug Ing tho the con commission as o whether r or not It Is responsible and liable for the tho profits which printing printing firms lable hol holding ln contra contracts ts with wih the count county lose Jose b by al alleged al- al diversion from them of or the printing print print- jn ing work to which the they were lere entitled actions were taken by hy the th commission on a motion offered red by Chairman halman A. A II 11 I. I Crabbe moton as ns ot an amendment amendment amend amend- ment to a motion offered b by Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- C C. I. I F. F Mr 11 moved that the thc county attorney be di dl directed directed di- di to In c Investigate the awarding of or Printing by the present count county au nu- nu U- U liter Charles Weaver and that he lie in In- In the purchases made by bv th thin tho I auditor he has been In office and report to the commission ant Chairman Crabbe and Commissioner j. j r i. 1 I Wheeler took toole the stand tand that Mr SUlman's s motion moton carried too much In hii 11 of or something criminal In th the matter mater of ot handling printing and count county purchases and objected to it I. I I I 1 do not believe there la Is any calico causa for Cor Insinuating that there has been anything anything e criminal about the thc matter mattert at t all aU said Crabbe and I am not In favor ta or of ot that motion I 1 would moton like tl to submit an amendment to It f. f Object to Wording Mr Ir Wheeler declared that he did not see any occasion for tOl insinuating any criminal element in the tho matter mater and said he was not satisfied with Mr Stillman's Stillmans Stillmans Stillman's Still Still- Sti- Sti mans man's moton motion Mr lr Crabbe then offered the tho amendment amend mend flout ment that tho the matter of or determining the tho liability of the tue commissioners for tor profits lost by printers holding contracts contracts con con- tracts be he referred to the county count ator- ator ney Mr tIr lr Stilman said h he would accept accept accept ac ac- the amendment provided It were enlarged to contemplate an Investigation tion by a disinterested party or parte parties to be appointed b by the commission of ot the handling of printing and county purchases with a view to ascertaining who Is responsible for tor the alleged di diversion diversion diversion di- di version of or business to persons not holdIng holdIng hold- hold Ing contracts I Mr Ir Crabbe agreed that this tItle should be bc Included in his motion moton and the mation motion mo mo- tion was so passed Appointment of ot some person or 01 persons to make mako the tho investigation will vIll wi be taken up b by the commission n at a n later hater time The whole matter maler came before the commission yesterday cst rda through h a re resumption resumption re- re of or the hearing hearing begun a a. n we week k kago ago yesterday on complaints of or several several sev soy eral printing concerns of ot the city that the they had been d deprived of work wort award ed Cd d them under contract last year through the action acton of the tho auditors auditor's year of ot- ot lice fice co In arbitrarily Ignoring the contracts con con- con tracts and g giving the printing to concerns concerns con con- cerns not holding contracts and some sorno of which it I was alleged had not even en submitted bids Weaver ocr Blames Clerk j At the hearing a week ago the au auditor au- au admitted that work worl which was awarded under contra contract t had been heen given JIen out but he that that some of ot It It was b bj oversight o and that other was given I en out because chan changes es had been made in the forms and it had been considered considered con con- that such changes s In form elim mated such printing front from the terms eHm- eHm of ot old contracts 3 1 Yesterday Mr h Weaver informed the commission that In a good many In Instances instances in- in stances he had found orders for tor printIng print print- ing work wok had been given Jhen out b by employees em era- In the various departments departments' wIt without hout consulting the auditors auditor's office In-I In and the first his office knew of ot It was when wheat the tho bills bis came in for 0 O. O K 1 and amt payment He lie said he had had to ap ap prove them because the materials had been delivered ered deJ and Were in uso H He said sai he lie had hind found that some of tho thoi did not know that requisitions through the tho auditors auditor's office otice were necessary 1 cs essary ary for Cor the ordering of supplies J It was to invest investigate ate these things and determine whether the auditor o or employees in departments are responsible ble blat for tho the handling of the printing that thal the Investigation is to be made mache made by one em or more disinterested persons to be a pointed appointed by the commission j j 1 |