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Show I COMMISSIONERS I FIX PENSIONS Urn -"S- m Children of Dependent Mothers May Re-I' Re-I' ceive $6,00 For First Child, $3.00 I; For Each Additional I' STATE LAW MAXIMUM IS $10 AND $5 I Strychnine Instead of Bounty for m 1 Rabbits S. W. Leigh Appoint- I , ed to Attend Course "l i m, ,The county Commissioners It were in session at the County I Seat last Monday, Chairman I" Wm. A. Evans presiding. I' The first business to receive k attention was tho selection of a if suitable person to attend the m . week's horticultural course at M- the Agricultural. College, Logan, 1; Utah, and Samuel y. Leigh of s Cedar Citv was given the ap-. wL pointment, with an allowance J of $25.00 to assist in defraying Wj his expenses. Mr. Leigh isat present the county horticultural I, inspector, and takes a lively in-I' in-I' terest in this class of work. Acting in conformity with the IT state law, which provides that a Fi. r maximum pension of $10.00 per Wf month for the first child of dell de-ll pendent mothers, and $5.00 for 1 each additional child of such lif A . family, shall be paid by the TajB---' -jZ, various counties, the commis- mj "" ing tho maximum to be paid M. such dependent children in Iron w county, at $6.00 for the first and 1 $3.00 for each additional child 1J? in such family. Six applications If for pensions were before the yv commissioners for approval, I four of which were passed and ,., ' two referred back to the ..clerk j. with instructions to obtain more I specific information. I The treasurer's financial state- j ment for the year was submit-T" submit-T" tQ& considered and referred m back with the request that the f ' "" sundries account be itemizedi h It was decided by the Com- IK . missioners to purchase and dis- Jr&ej , tribute $100 worth of strychnine m to be used for the extermination t of the rabbits, instead of paying Hi a bountv on ears as has been done in the past. ' The budget of claims was not a large one, and received due at-Jm at-Jm tention. |