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Show iwp " What Becomes of Fees fitf! uty Sheriffs Who Sefe Without Pay? .nn FACTS AND FIGURES FOR SHERIFF TO COIj j' Likewise Board of Count missioners and Couifitl Attorney. W . L foii It ehall bo tho duty of cvCry oml tltla named, who Is authorized t .i ' fee for official service of hm..1(f M to keep a fee book. In -which To LLiV1''5 exact ami full ocwunt. In detail. olrtDl commissions or cominiaUon. fflftl nature or kind, by him or Wm ,in?.tr collect.bl, or chaabl0?rw, h dTe'f of tho payer and tho nature To' th.r"" taoh case. If any Dera,m .h.iiV lv5 one offlce. he SS'ralS'fReC each onici-. and may make aeraJ?.ftt for each or ho may kp a joint : f make joint M.itcmenfs, his dlVaSSff1 Thus reads section 102 chanl n the Revised Statutes of TJtah Pir J that section. It Is alleged Ih vT lated by C Frank Emeryherul Lake county, and a system oT graft Is blng practiced. It Is salcLvj with his permission, which, LwSK llega Ity. is a tyrannical oppr tho citizen. yef Charles Bell Is a deputy nhU v po'ntcd by Sheriff. Emery ami aL by tho Board of County Cornmffir Tho record shows that Bell nrtM s pa but Bell It Is said. Is realfe celpt of double pay. It s .-uieJrV hu confiscates the fees which tT-belong tT-belong to tho citizens of Salt La ty, and It In stated that It Is a & mlsc that ho also draws a m ' ntlpond from a local collection'"11 2U(1 ,Xorevcrj" .act Performed Sheriff Emory is responsible. ) Appointed by Sheriff Emeftf Sheriff Emery appoints a denutw tf'J to act without pay and In retui deputy acta In the capacity of oi of the private citizen white he d la the county treasury of the fees wl ii long to the people. In other word U uty Bell presumably receives a' m from tho collection agency, pock ' fcts which bolong to the county t for tho servlco of the papers, am t to $1.-10 per case. That sum 1b th. ii mum, and all this Is done It "! t through the connivance and acqul i of C. Frank Emery. Sheriff ofSa n county. : ig Does Not Turn in Fees; H It Is admitted at tho office of tl f Iff of this county that Deputy 1 never turned In one cent of fees" and collected by him, and for' tf llnquency. thlu nefarious system 'i t Sheriff Emery la distinctly few J and an explanation Is due. All ' dono In the name of law. but'l " law Tho whole process Is ent legal. And the following facts, " from tho records, aro sufficient 1 ?f tho allegation. y. What the Becord Showa l On January 3, 1003, when C. Fni cry, for the 6cond time, asaumw ot the county Judiciary as adm ' 1 from the Sheriff's ofllec, Charles:! 1 appointed as Jailer at a salary a J month. Bell only appeared onca ' pay-roll and then he resigned. Jl" disappeared for a time, but on 'J-15. 'J-15. 1U00, he again appears on tha tt of tho county At that time Sherll! appointed him deputy sheriff ft creek, "to act without pay," ar t ' ofllclently ho has acted many cltlife testify, and n3 to the money he'l,' for such acts, which rightfully .be jk the publlo treasury, Sheriff Emeu P! ord is silent. j ' Who Got the FeesP p For tho serving of papers in? tl action the legal fee Is Jl.itl. A sin Ml Is also allowed for the service? ' cutlon. The Tribune has In its po ft a list of cases In which Charles J appointee of Sheriff Emery, sen rnpero, but for tho service rend !T that deputy shot iff an appolntcaj people of Salt Lake county that oxchoquer has not received one c withstanding the plain languog? -law as quoted above, and of tha Ions of which Sheriff Emery Is fu j nlzant. Who received the feca? 1 w Iff Emery received them, the rq ' not show it "What has he done i monev. if he received if These ,q cd are pertinent. They must be ai e-Shall e-Shall the people be defrauded an) cuted by ono of their ot'n sj Under present conditions such Is t J Is It not time to call a halt? 3 A Tribune reporter called at the Sheriff Emery Friday afternoon. gentleman had gone to Bingham.: w ley White, under sheriff, cordis ceived the reporter and In slated that Mr. Bell still held h mission as deputy sheriff, he 4 that the collection agency paid I ft Mr Bell had never made any acc ju of tho fecs-pubhe raonoy-recel him to the Sheriff. And a pecu w suggests Itself to the mind in t necRon: On the official bon I oj J Emery appears the name of Bell" us one of the sureties. Th and the deputy are evident! , ? S the same person. Incompetency and Inefflciex v Enough has been said for the j The facts are kindly commended . attention of tho County Attorney County Commissioners for Inves As presented they show on their r n Sheriff C. Frank Emery is cither J ?o graft or hopelessly Incompctel a deputy sheriff under his direct g with his knowledge s Jqa"ivI0aj statutes which he , is sw"L . lV. ,' and the people dcslro to know , h b these Illegalities are to continu County Attorney Chrlstcnsen T ft Sheriff C. Frank Emery? 1 |