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Show THE COUNTY COTIRT. Attorney Murphy Renders an Opinion on the Claims of Burt and Kuuiel. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWABLE. Report en the Infirmary Liquor Bonds-Petitions for Tax Relief Contractor Bowman Objects to Having? Warrants Worth Only 05 Cents on the Bollar Issued to llim Other Business. County court met this morning, with Se-ectmen Se-ectmen Ba itch, Hardy, Cahoon and Butte present. The following business was transacted: trans-acted: COCXTT INFIRMARY REPORT. The report of J. H. Hlnman, superintendent superintend-ent of the county infirmary, for the month ending September 30, was ordered filed. The report shows four admissions to the infirmary infirm-ary for the month of September, making a total of thirty-six now provided for at this institution. . A. Pettigrew, Joseph Meyer, Andrew Jamison and James McKinney have been discharged from the infirmary, and Charlotte Sainsbury, aged 67, has been sent to the territorial insane asylum. PROPERTY OP DISTRICT THIRTY-THREE. Roswell Hutchins, supervisor of district No. 33, filed a list of tools belonging to said district. LIQCOR BONDS. The following liquor bonds were filed: Allen Hall and Charles Aner, for Allen Ilall for a liquor license for a period of three months at West Jordan. Charles Tripton and W. T. Vincent, for John H. Withey sureties, for three months at Sandy. PETITION FOR TAX SALE RELIEF. Hattie Pecot filed a petition for relief on 1 account of tax sale on a certain piece of ground situated in Pauline county, it was referred to the county attorney. CLAIMS WOT ALLOWABLE. The following opinions of County Attorney Attor-ney Walter Murphy on the claims of Andrew 8. Burt, sheriff, of $93.20 expenses, and of J. H. Rumel, jr., were read and the claims denied. 8ai.t Lake, Sept. 22. To the County Covrt of Halt Lake Courtly. Gextlejiek : t'pon the claim pf A. J. Burt for expended in obtaining evidence in the case of the People vs. K. L. Gee, charged witii grand larceny, 1 report that the same is not allowable. This is to bs claeed under the head of expenses incurred in prosecutions for violations of the criminal laws of the territory, which, as 1 have repeatedly re-peatedly stated, are made payable by law out o the territorial, and not out cf the county treasury. I desire to fnrther state that the statement ia the claim that these expenses were incurred "on order of the county attorney" is a inisuke. I made no such order. The claim of the county recorder for $93 "for I time spent in correcting errors and omissions in I the abstract record for business prior to June 1, 18H8," is not allowable. Bv the fifth subdivision of section 145 of the compiled laws the recorder is required to keep an abstract book, the character charac-ter of which is descriDed. Section 151 provides thet when such books "cave not been kept in any county up to the time of taking effect ef-fect OE this act June 1, 1SS8, the county court of such county shall procure such abstract books to be made at the cost of the county.'" r?alt Lake county caused such an abstract record of all instruments recorded down to June 1, 1888, to be mode and paid for it out of the county treasury. No order of the county court has been since made ordering any errors or omissions omis-sions to be corrected or supplied by tne present recorder in the record as delivered under tbe original contract, aud no compensation is provided by law for making such corrections or supplying such omissions or for keeping np such abstract records after June 1, if it was no part of the official duty of the recorder to enter such corrections, etc., he did so purely as a volunteer. volun-teer. If it was a part of his duty, the law entitles him to no compensation, save such as may be included in the fees of the office. An officer cannot "recover extra compenea.ion for incidental or collateral services which properly belong to or form a part of the main office. An express contract to pay such express allowance of it is void." Meachem on public officers, sec. 6, art.. 2. Kespecrfully, Waltkb Murphy, County Attorney. CONTRACTOR BOWMAN'S LOSS. The -following communication from City Recorder C. E. Stanton was received: Salt Lake, September 20. To the Honorable, the Vovnty Court. Gentlemen: Gen-tlemen: At a meeting of the joint city and county building committee, held on the lfith inst., the enclosed communication was presented to the committee by Mr. Bowman, and 1 was instructed to refer the earns to yon. Very respectfully, C E. Stanton, Secretary. The communication was as follows: Salt Lake, Sept. 1(5. To the Honorable, the Joint Committee on the City and County Building Gentlemex: One-half One-half of the last two estimate that I received on the city and county building, amonnting to S'JO,-145.4, S'JO,-145.4, and for which I received county warrants, is still unpaid. The former estimate is now overdue about forty-five days and the latter abont fifteen days. The value of the county warrants is 95 cents on the dollar, or a loss of 6 per cent. I respectfully request that you have the warrants war-rants issned to me at their market value or provide pro-vide money to meet the payment of the monthly estimate made for me. Yours respectfully, J. H. Bowman. County Attorney Murphy resorted on the communication that tbe county cannot pay except by warrants and at the face value of the contract. The board adopted the attorney's attor-ney's report and Contractor Bowman will lose 5 cents on the dollar for every dollar paid by the county on the joint building. |