| Show APPEAL TO T THE COURT Bartch and His Selectmen Proceed Pro-ceed Against Clerk Meloy BEFORE THE SUPREME CQUET r Tho New Court Meets and Transacts Important Business Annual Reports of the County Treasurer County ClcrU and Poor House Su perlntciiclent Kartells CouIt Also Meets and Adjourns In the territorial supreme court yesterday yester-day Attorneys Brown and Henderson submitted sub-mitted a petition for a writ of mandate in the case of George W Bartch Harvy Hardy and John Butter together with J P Cahoon constituting the county court of Salt Lake county vs H V Meloy The petition sets out that George W Butch is the duly qualified judge of the probate court of the county that Harvy Hardy and John Butter were elected se Jectmen in August 1S91 for a term of two years etc That said Meloy was elected county clerk and exofficio clerk of the said court at the November election and that the said Meloy is now the acting clerk of said county and court that after his election qualifying and introduction into said office he refused to and i still refuses to recognize the plaintiffs I when so organized sitting and acting as the county court and that he refused on Jan 3 to attend the said court and upon the same day refused to read the minutes of said court and declined to produce for their use the records of said court and that he refused and still refuses to recognize recog-nize the orders of said court within its jurisdiction and to obey the same as he is bound and required to do that the said Meloy pretends and assigns as a reason for his refusal to perform his duties as clerk that the said Harvy and Butter are not legal members of the court aforesaid and that although duly elected in August Au-gust 1891 for two years they have been legislated out of office by virtue of an act of the legislature whereas the saidHarvy and Butter are still in truth and in fact acting members of said court no proceedings proceed-ings Having been taken to determine their rights to the office but that they are now in possession of said office and performing the functions thereof that the said Cahoon has declined to join in the application for the writ prayed and hence is not a party thereto Wherefore plaintiffs demanded for themselves and the county that their writ of mandamus directed to sfjd Meloy be granted commanding anC frecting him to perform MB duties as couuty clerk and exofficio clerk of said county court in obedience to the commands of the said county court when in session composed of the said plaintiffs and the said Cahoon or of the majority of them and to recognize recog-nize the said Hardy and Butter as members mem-bers of said court and to command the said Meloy to attend the meetings of said courtand produce the minutes and records of the same and to obey the commands of the said court with the jurisdiction thereof there-of and for further relief The writ was issued as prayed and was made returnable Friday morning at 10 oclock I PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT ii i i Reports of Several County Officials Sent to the Now Court The new selectmen met yesterday morning morn-ing at 10 oclock in the probate courtroom court-room and in doing so they anticipated the old board which had arranged to meet at the same hour Selectmen Cahoon Bamberger and Morris were present and after they had taken their seats a resolution was passed in which Clerk Meloy was instructed to notify Judge Bartch that court wan in session His honor was accordinglynoh r fied but the clerk returned with the information in-formation that the judge was engaged but suggested thathe presumed the board was willing to wait for him After a delay of a few minutes the judge not having materialized the selectmen thought it best to proceed without him and Mr Cahoon was elected chairman I The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved and business was proceeded I pro-ceeded with I withTHE THE PROCEEDINGS Ed Nancarrow 56 years of age who was discharged from the county infirmary a short time ago sa able to work appeared ap-peared in person and asked that he be returned re-turned to that institution Superintendent Superinten-dent Hinman was present and stated with reference to the matter that the county physician had examined Nan carrow and thought that he sfionld be discharged The superintendent also stated that Nancurrow was too high toned for such an institution anyway When he was first taken there objected to bathing where the other inmates bathed and he also objected to having his clothes washed with those of the other paupers Nancarrow denied this and stated that he would rather be shot than to suffer as he had since he was discharged His petition however was denied and he was told to call on the county physician again and if the latter recommended his retu rn to the infirmary it would then be so ordered orderedFUNDS FUNDS < TDENED OVER C E Allen requested that an order be made authorizing him to pay over to his successor 44960 being the amount held by him to pay D P Benson for certain cer-tain contract work So ordered John Woodburn natural gas inspect tor reported that he had visited the fields several times but that his services were not required further than to make a cursory cur-sory examination The report was filed Justice B B Quinn of Bingham petitioned peti-tioned for leave to obtain a docket to use in his official capacity The petition was granted The county physician reported the following fol-lowing patients in the city hospitals St Marks 8 Deseret 13 total 13 Received and filed J Hanson petitioned for relict on account ac-count of an alleged wrongful assessment on certain property which said property was advertised for sale on January 12 The matter was referred to the county attorney at-torney and the collector notified not to make the sale until the attorney had made his report COUNTY TREASURERS REPORT ExConnty Treasurer Toronto sent in the following report Funds on band not subject to warrants ot county clerk or county superintendent ot schools Dec 311892 Cash on band to the credit of estray account collected by predecessorS 639 93 Cash claims standing to the credit of private parties part receipted tor the redemption of property sold to private pri-vate parties at tax sale and part the amounts paid over and above tho amount of the tax sale 533 CS Total Dee 31 1892 31178 C7 In regard to the f63993 to the credit of estroy account I would recommend that the matter be looked into and tbat some disposition be made of it Respectfully J B TORONTO Treasurer The bonds for liquor licenses of Riley H Graves of Sandy and JamesP Mother well of Bingham canyon were aDProved The bond of Fritz Miller of Bingham was referred back for moro specific location loca-tion of said saloon SCHOOL FUlfD EEPORT J B Toronto sent in the following report re-port on school funds for the year ending Dec 31 1892 CASH RECEIVED Balance Jan 11892 S 5212 10 County school tax 4985065 Total 865102 73 DISBURSEMENTS Paid out on county superintendents warrants and en expense account93861 58 Balance county school tax on hand Dec 31 1892 3124l 16 1 J B TOSONTO Treasurer J 0 kio > P S The amount expended on superintendents super-intendents warrants for the last quarter October November and December was 1727594 Clerk Meloy announced that the Deseret News Kelly it Co the Irrigation Age and the Tribune Job Printing company had sent in sealed bids for printing blank books for the recorder for the year No action was taken in the matter On motion the appropriations were postponed until the next meeting POOR HOUSE REPORT Superintendent Hinman of the county infirmary submitted the following To the Honorable County Court GENTLEMEN With the close of this day 1 have acted In the capacity of your superintendent superintend-ent of the county Innrmary iltieen months and I herewith offer you the following short report covering that time to wit When I took charge of the place there were 33 inmates 21 of whom are still here 7 have died and 3 hare been sent to the insane asylum There has been 95 admitted during the fifteen monthsrmaking total number of 133 that have been under my chartre of that number 13 have died 5 have been sent to the insane asylum and 8 have been ticketed friends in the states 01 the total number 7 were born in Utah 36 In tho states and 89 or 67 per cent were j foreign born Two wore 2 months old 1 was 93 years old 1 was 89 7 others above 80 15 between 70 and W 22 between CO and 70 27 between 50 and 60 and the balance between the ages of 19 and 50 At present there are 45 Inmates which is all the house can accommodate 2 of those we have are totally blind Us a helpless cripple and 1 an imbecile During the fifteen months there have been numerous improvements made in and about the place among which is the replumbing of the entire house on a modern plan putting new and larger drain pipes from same putting In new bath tubs and adaing basins and traps repairing the building throughout putting in a new double Steele range laying linolium on the floors of the entire house putting in tire extinguishers ex-tinguishers etc etc while outside additional i shade trees have been planted the yard and lawn beautified by the planting of shrubs and flowering plantsthe walks and drives graveled a barn and shed built and many other needed Improvements Received and filed THE TREASURERS REPORT FOR THE YEAR The county treasurer made the following follow-ing report for the year ending December 81 1892 CASH RECEIVED Balanca January 1 1890 5361201 Poll taxu 159 OJ Liquor licenses 18OOJ 00 Walter Murphy charges in suit on I special school taxes 1830 91 00 < i g l Roads 374754 Pauper 36 lO i Real estate 620i 00 Taxes 1891 4977001 49X gg Butchers licenses 6ia 50 Merchants licenses 2681 25 Estroys u 101 9J Personal property 157 50 Effects of Fred Hannnok pauper t 83 35 Forfeiture bond People vs M D OBrien 20000 Compromise of O L > Green vs Salt LaUe county 15 95 Fl i8 Fines 82710 Taxes 1592 7414468 Special school tax paid by clerk of Third district court 2270 J 52 Deposit for lease of school lands 80 J CO Mnps and plats 33tj3 85 Total WioyaO 14 CASH PAID OUT On county clerks warrants Roads 850 821 f2 Pauper 324J5 21 PJ son v 4536 OS Espenbe 8o9 28 Stationery 258J 80 Criminal expense iJ 15 Inquest 740 80 Infirmary 2C75 Si Jail 20J 17 Relief huh 71349 Compensation 3D 503 99 Courthouse and land OiOSG 43 Total 8213900 81 Balance December 31 1892 80i9 30 J B TOHOKNO Treasurer THE COUNTY CLERKS REPORT County Clerk Allen submitted his annual an-nual financial statement of Salt Lake county to the county court as follows 1 LEDGER BALANCES L G Hardy collector 18925 7450 01 J B Toronto treasurer 37320 46 Revenue act deducting appropriations ap-propriations 1892 20884 06 County schools fe93C9 63 Order act outstanding warrants war-rants 162077 8111820 4C51II80 46 RECEIPTS J B Toronto treasurer 1 ami on hand Dee Sltlti 3 Wf8 11 1u G Hardy 0ye for 1891 i F4631 6J J LGUnrdycoL for 1832 r 19tGM 48 Liquor licenses uoo 1890000 > Fines covered into treasury by justices jus-tices etc 00 1027 10 Poll tax n 19 0 Reduction from lax s31esoo 6C8G 65 Butchers IIctJnses 0000 512 Sm Pauper account uoo 119 33 Esirays 10190 Compromise suit Samuel Green vs R County 15 91 Special school taxes of 1690 2361 52 I Merchants licenses 00 268125 I HoadB 3747 54 I I Sales of real estate 114 so J Plats appiopration by legislature 3363 851 I Lease of schoul lands deposits 80 00 Sale of pe sonal property 157 ad Outstanding warrants u 16M 77 I Warrants canceled hy court 5 lo Poll tax pad In labor reported by supervisors nU 6083 50 135139 31 DISBURSEMENTS Appropriation account to Inquest account S 771 1 40 Jail account un 16342 Pauper and insane account 00 22775 21 Criminal exuense account 133 40 Roads rivers and bridges 51418 37 Stationery account 258U SO Infirmary account 2675 32 Court house and land account 00096 18 Prison 00 454458 Relief account hn 71834 COMPENSATION ACCOUNT G W Bartch services from Nov 13 1891 to Dec 11892 S 1618 CO C E Allen clerk services from Dec 1 1891 to Dec 1 1S92 3499 93 W Murphy attorney services from Dee 1 1891 to Dec 1 1892 2499 96 J B 7orontotreasurersprvicesfrom Oct 1 1891 to Oct 1 U9 nu 1000 00 William J Lynch assessor for as essment lt9J onehalt paid by territory ritory uu 400000 For collccllng statistics and taking census William J Lynch 32400 George Bcatty h 7000 J P Meakia ItO 00 CEOffenbach 6800 C M Jackson ICO 00 LSDyltcs h 10400 John E Busby 19600 G E Poage 19600 MJ OMahoney n n 8800 E Pickering 160 00 M H Taylor 12 00 W Bartlett I 84 U L G Hardy collector onehalf salary sal-ary 1891 181250 X G Hardy collector onehalf salary sal-ary 1892 1812 50 A rI Butt sheriff and assistants A J Burt services from Dec 1 1891 to Dee 11892 u 3375 OJ J W Bun jailor services from Dec I 1891 to Dec 1 1892 1200 OJ B W Elliott night guard services from Dec I 1891 to Dex 11892 960 00 Joseph Dorsley janltorssrvlces from Dec 1 1891 to Dec 1 1892 900 03 CP Brooks surveyor services from Dec 11891 to Dec 11892 I 2049 45 Harvy Hardy selectman services from Dec 1 1891 to Dec 1 1892 1141 00 lilrlS9 frI John Butter selectman services i from Dec 11591 to Dec 11892 1964 40 J P Cahoon selectman services from Dec 1 1891 to Deo I 1892 747 60 J M Barrett fish and game commissioner commis-sioner from April 1 1891 to April I 189 500 CO EXPENSE ACCOUNT Restoring old records 9020 Bond elect on 621 85 Rent and care of assessors office b35 00 Safes for probate judge and assessor 9J2 00 Plumbing 11759 Lists of cnaceled mortgages from records re-cords l0i2 07 Furniture and repairs in county offices 721 IlL Fuel 18800 Light gas and electricity 367 99 Plats for collector and assessor 1035 00 Telephones 2432 Insurance 257 45 Sundries 2355 8G L G Hardy collector 1892 balance of taxes 1892 general county fund 2267777 Balance of taxes J892 county schools 51522 33 J B Toronto county treasurer balance bal-ance on hand Deo 31 1892 general fund 3079 30 Balance on hand Dec 31 1892 county coun-ty schools 34241 16 Treasurers report of Dec 31 18D2 208ai 59 Poll tax paid in labor 6083 50 Total 354309 31 In submitting this statement I would ask the court to appoint a committee to audit my accounts ac-counts for the year 1892 as soon as possible I am about to retire from office and wish to finally close my connection with the office which I have held since September 1893 If I can render any assistance in this work I am at the service of the court Yours truly C E ALLEN County Clerk 3 Adjourned till Thursday JUDGE BARTCHB FAROE Judge Bartch exSelectman Hardy and Butter and Clerk pro tern Thomas met upon the supposition that they were the county court in Judge Bartons office at 10 oclock yesterday morning No business busi-ness was transacted further than to meet I and adjourn except making the arrangements arrange-ments for the application for a writ of mandamus which was filed in the supreme I court in the afternoon |
