Show 1 C COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ANDrI rI I f S 1 1 dl TELEPHONES ors Mr Hansen Is paid to be attorney fI roV for the county count but we wo dont don't entirely I 3 1 adopt adopt tho the theory that that his opinion is I conclusive even in m a matter of law Jaw 1 f Ho IIo has held that the the county commissioners commis commis- i r J stoners must pay par for their telephones That is If they ha have e a telephone into their homes they must pa pay for It out l of their own funds and not maintain Y That convenience at the cost of or the county C S 'S Well ell as us th thO gentleman said mid of ot the i i. i shingle there are two sides to that of A county count commissioner Is on duty tv i all the time He is called up at his home on county business more than anywhere els else He does more county R. R e bu business iness over his home telephone than 41 Jt q t b by that at the office in the county i building and If ir he lie didn't have ha a telephone tele tale n i phone in his home tho the taxpayers 11 I would blame lame him very bitterly We realize reaUze hat that if he has a tele- tele telephone p phone one at bis at his residence it be used for something other than public busi busi- I r I 5 ness There will wm be some domestic use of it some ordering of oC groceries f y maybe ma be some social chats over ther the theline r line line Une some making of appointments that have nothing r to do with the public pub pub- c. c lic lie business But the fact remains Much l of the jL use of or that telephone in a county commissioners commissioner's house is county business busi busi- 1 P ness and he must have it there The entire thing is a very eIT matter We dont don't believe the rule 4 requiring them tp to pay ay Is wholly just I. I s' s JV l But we certainly congratulate the St com commissioners that the worst thing fA t that can be brought against them is the tho charge that they ask the county ty to pay par for foI their house telephones Of or w h r course if they had been doing anything any any- r thing thins worse they would have beon been 1 J charged with it |