Show PAID THEIR OWN BILLS Selectmen Get in Another Large Graft on Public Funds ROBERTS AND HIS ACCOUNTS THREE POLICEMEN APPOINTED FOR BIXGHA3I FOR THE FOURTH Ioor Farm Superintendent and Meat Inspector Make Reports Hill of the Onyx Company is Rejected b y the Count Attorney on thc Ground That it Resembles nn Account Ac-count Vliicli Was Declared Invalid In-valid Other Appropriations Made Yesterday Yesterdays session of the county court was a busy one the selectmen having a whole lot of minor business to attend to in addition to passing their own claims It Is a noteworthy fact in connection with the allowance of the accounts of the members of the court that there has never been a kick on any bill filed by any of them This rule may apply to the sheriff and to the other parties who have served the county in various capacities but the selectmen never The Herald some time ago called attention at-tention to the fact that the members of the county court were using the poor farm wagon to assist them in the accumulation of mileage Whether this had anything to do with the action ac-tion recently taken or not of course is a question which can be answered only by the men themselves But suffice it to say the taxpayers have 15 more in the treasury than before owing to an act on the part of the selectmen in paying that sum to the treasurer for the use of the conveyance The proceedings of yesterdays session ses-sion were as given below Bingham must be contemplating a high jinks celebration on July Fourth one of those gay old times where high wine flows like water and tincture of gambrinus is deep enough to swim in The following resolution was introduced intro-duced by the member from the Old I Reliable and carried of course Whereas It is the sense of this court that additional peace officers are necessary neces-sary at Bingham on July 3 4 and 5 I therefore be > it Resolved That L C Jeffrey J C I Morrissey and C J Funnell be and I they are hereby appointed peace officers of-ficers for Bingham precinct on the I dates aforesaid and that the compensation compen-sation of such persons shall be 5 per dayAs stated in The Herald would be the case Tyson the Third precinct politician has discovered he has an elephant on his hands in the contract for correcting the collectors plats He notified the court that under the contract con-tract the court agreed to furnish the assessorss plats and has not done so that he will present a claim under said agreement and ask its < allowance This is exactly in accordance with The Heralds prognostication The court could have let the work for a reasonable figure to competent men those who could have obtained the plats from the assessor without trouble and saved money It is now a case of go back and begin over Tyson has the court fast and hard He had his contract drawn right as far as he is concerned and the three selectmen select-men having danced can now pay the piper P1Tne selectmen filed their bills the same showing about the usual amounts Roberts is over the 200 mark his average wages being < 11 per day gross Mr Roberts travelled 490 miles last month showing plenty of recreation on his part He made seven trips to Mill Creek at twelve miles per trip In the 11th IIi June the occupations of the selectmen were diversified Geddes was at Mill Creek building shutes Christopherson was there inspecting material while Roberts was there on road account But the mileage was the same Ged des bill is 18240 Martin Christopher sons 15980 and Roberts 202 Total 54420 Other accounts must needs be cut in order to even up for this The clerk was authorized to make deeds to three pieces of property in section 26 Township 3 south range 3 i west which was advertised for sale for delinquent taxes as the property of Davfd H Bentley Jonas Erikson and Harriet A Vandercook and not bid in to the probate judge Charles Wright filed an offer to furnish fur-nish his new relief map of Utah single or in quantity which was referred to the selectmen Harry A Keepholdt who filed a water claim on Spring creek some years ago presented a copy of the filing and asked for a date tp prove up and get a certificate The matter was fixed for Monday next The claim of D R Allen county superintendent of schools for 39650 salary and expenses for April May and June was presented and allowed County Clerk Stanton sent in a report re-port on sale of real estate for taxes amounting to 6360 which was filed M V Clays meat Inspector filed his monthly report of inspections as given MurraySheep 547 beef 191 veal 342 hogs 22 total 1102 Big CottonwoodSheep 159 beef 66 veal 182 hogs 8 total 415 BinghamTotal 114 Draper 42 Bluff Dale 32 Grand total 1705 The report was filed Boman Cannons requisition for supplies sup-plies for July used at the infirmary was referred to the selectmen Mr Cannon also filed his report for June showing number of inmates June 1 54 admitted 6 discharged 6 The superintendent suggests the discharge dis-charge of H Hoffmaster Walter Por cher Charles H Sweed J E Leathers and Carl Burgmier He also reports Mrs Currans a lunatic as getting worse all the time and recommends an early visit to the institution in order that a conference may be held Charles Auer was granted a license to sell liquors at Saltair County Attorney Whittemore recommended recom-mended quit claim deed to Phyllis Lynch as prayed The sum of 1840 was appropriated D M Griffith on account of error in tax sale and 1664 to Frank McBroom on same account The petition of the board j > f education educa-tion for 4248 on account of tax sale of site of Franklin school was granted On the claim of the Salt Lake City Onyx company or 168080 balance on contract was reported back by the attorney at-torney with the recommendation that no action be taken on account of its resembling the Inter Mountain Electric Elec-tric companys claim recently declared Invalid Sheriff Hardys claim for 7565 incurred in-curred in caring for six insane cases was referred to the county attorney Julius Meyers claims of 8177 300 and 200 were similarly disposed of The following sums were allowed on account of the various funds Stationery 5 29300 Prison 67220 Inquest 16175 J C and C Boo 13115 Compensation 153390 Pauper and insane 77020 Expense 21808 Roads and Bridges 269334 Total 685362 Court then adjourned until Saturday at 10 oclock |