Show FORMER PROTEST AGAINST I BEING FIRED County Clerk ClerIc H Homer mer Is Criticised in Letters to Commission Ch Claiming iming they were not fairly treated in the matter of their d dismissals from the the theoffice office of County Clerk Thomas Homer Mrs Kent 0 O. Keyes and Miss Phyllis Lynch filed with the co county nty commission this morning written protests protests protests pro pro- tests against the the manner In which they i I I I were removed I iid r Mrs Mrs Keyes made demand erit for Iwo days days' pay and for two days' days time shew she w worked rk d In getting checked out after her dismissal dismiss l and nd this was allowed She also put In a claim for typewriter typewrite rent for about ten months month at 4 H a month claiming that she had to fur furnish fur fur- nish fish her own machine because e Clerk Clerk Homer would not furnish on one The matter of th the county's liability in this item was referred to the county attorney attorney attorney ney for an opinion Her Tier claim for two days days' salary was allowed and she was ordered paid v i Committee t to Act c In her pr protest test lest Miss Lynch said that she had been assessed 96 96 by the Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- party with a promise of at least two years' years work and ana four years' years without additional assessment if the I Democrats won again The protest was referred to the committee of or the whole for tor consideration To the county attorney was referred the matter of whether or not the coun county ty commission has any legal right to pass on the dismissal o of any department department depart depart- ment The question was raised when Miss Lynch demanded to know by what authority the head of ot a department could discharge an without notice save through the press The TIle board took the stand that thata a department de tie- head has a right to dismiss any anyone one not satisfactory to him and the clerk explained that a resol resolution passed by the board required that all dismissals be submitted to the board for approval val The county attorney said he did not know kulow whether the law authorized this action or not and and the matter was referred to to him for an opinion |