| Show AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY OPINION REGARDING APPOINTMENT APPOINT-MENT OF THREE INSPECTORS John T Sorenson Selected Clerk Dunbars Report Statement Prom Several County Officials Another meeting of the board of county commissioners was held late yesterday afternoon at which the following fol-lowing business was done The county attorney sent in an opinion opin-ion In the matter of the appointment of a fruit tree inspector saying it was his judgment that the statute was mandatory and an inspector must be appointed when 100 freeholders and owners of orchards so request by petition pe-tition In this case the petitioners were defective in their language as they had not said they were free holders although I al-though it was shown they were owners of orchards I this board is satisfied they are free holders i is Us duty t grant the petition Mr Armstrong thought it was to late to begin spraying at tms time Hall thought there was a good deal in the argument In favor of stimulating stimulat-ing the fruit industry and the reason we dont raise fruit is because the pests are not kept down I a wise man was appointed It would be a good thing Armstrong said the only way was to get a man who would not neejl watchIng watch-Ing The abuses which had crept In disgusted people I was agreed that the Inspector should be appointed to work two months in this year and on motion of Hall John T Sorenson was selected ala al-a salary of 52 per day to serve In July and such other time as the board may direct Clerk Dunbar submitted his statement state-ment of fees received in June a follows fol-lows District court departmentS 614 50 I Marriage licenses 27 S 50 i Incorporations 122 10 Probate fees 11730 I Merchants licenses 406 25 Miscellaneous 69 10 Total 1607 93 In the matter of the Judgment against L G Hardy on motion of Hall the j judgment was ordered satisfied and the amount charged against the state and board of education Some time ago the health department I of the city ordered a cow killed The animal was afflicted with tuberculosis The owner a widow petitioned the board to buy her another When the mater came up yesterday Hall declared the city ought to pay the loss I was liable The city is not doing right said Hal I is driven to such straits it throws everything on the county I quarantines a poor mans family and when he can get nothing to eat turns the case over to the county to take care of I has a city physician who never visits a case or draws up a prescription The system is not harmonious and Is not right The clerk was Instructed to notify the widow that the county was not liable The sheriffs report for June showed fees collected amounting lo4S722 and was filed The report of the infirmary showed 63 Inmates Five were admitted during June and five discharged One died This report was also filed |
