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Show COUNTY WAGE CUTSHELDUP Wage cuts ordered by the county commission in a minute order passed some weeks ago cannot legally become effective until March lt according to a ruling submitted sub-mitted to County Auditor Amnion Tuttle, -Monday by I. E. Brock-Ijank, Brock-Ijank, county attorney. The cuts which effect 11 deputies and custodians at the city and county building, were ordered in the-minutes to he effective as of February 1, although the minute order providing for the reductions was not passed until several days utter that date. iIr. Brockbank holds that wage nuts cannot be made to apply on payment for services already rend- ''An a result of Mr. Brockbank's opinion, Mr. Tuttle presented the corn mhsi oners, Monday with an order for the amount of the reduction re-duction already made on the February Feb-ruary salaries. A copy of the opinion opin-ion accompanied the order. The cuts range from $10 to $15 ind apply to deputies in the offices .if the county clerk, recorder, and treasurer. Several of the janitors were al?o reduced in pay. |