Show commissioners balk at sheriffs sheriff s naming janitor though the lie present members of the lc hoard board of 0 county commissioners mere kere responsible for or combining the slown ices ol of deputy sheriff and care tiller akar at the court house two or three years ego lit in the interest ot of cc conomy nomy they balked at 1 ill the idea ot of conf me holding will both jobs when the lie newly elected sheriff lewis R fire fife asked them lit their meeting on monday ot of this week to continua the arrangement by making his appointee tor for deputy sheriff the caretaker also As aa a matter of fact they anticipated hla his relue request st by asking him early lit in the meeting about his hig appointments point ments and informing him that it was his hia right to name his blis deputies but that the janitor was waa their appointee and ana they proposed to retain him for the present at least As a result merrill 0 mitchell was named deputy sheriff and alvin ben son roil was retained as janitor the sheriffs plea that economy in county government as well wall as aa efficiency fici ency in his office demanded the combining of the two jobs availed him gotling various excuses were made tor for not complying with hla his request among which were that hla his appointee had had no experience as aa a janitor the chairman of the board acquainted with him mr benson had bad given very good satisfaction he would be turned out of a job etc mr benson undoubtedly voiced the real reason however when he be said he would withdraw only that the question was nothing but politics the salary for the combined office has been 75 per month but under the new arrangement the janitor will receive 56 a month tuo the deputy sheriff 60 a month as jailor so long as there are prisoners and pay tor for other services actually rendered on a per diem basis the board intimated that there might intent be a change in the arrangement at their next meeting however they confirmed the sheriffs appointment neut ot of Al mitchell itchell as deputy for or radowan parowan ra Pa rowan moroni corry tor for cedar and J W tor for Parag onali all to be paid for servi services serviced cei rendered the sheriff stated that he was wai not 1101 ready to appoint ait polut anyone for or kanaris at the present time almo other deputy appointments were confirmed tor for the various officers at the monday meeting as follows for the county attorney II if C parcells tor for the county assessor wm win J gurr of parowan carowan pa rowan john 11 tullis continued to back page PT commissioners BALK AT SHERIFFS NAMING JANITOR continued from first page of it newcastle and zesta dalley dailey ot of cedar city for or the county recorder eva taylor and hillman dalley tor for the county clerk roberta B rowley other othe business tra by the board as revealed by the minutes of 0 the meeting is as follows two appropriations appropriation ns ot 0 f 2500 each were made irom from the indigent fund on oil motion ot of commissioner williams seconded by commissioner sevy one to the cedar city welfare organization to help with necessary charity cases in that part of the county and the other to mrs airs kose gardner ot of cedar to help defray her expenses es in taking a special course in charity work county treasurer clair hulet sub emitted tor for the boards approval a trust certificate from the deseret national bank showing that they held as security for or the county tor for moneys on deposit in the bank ot of southern utah in municipal bonds this arrangement in lieu ot of the banks giving a depository bond the certificate was approved by the commissioners and the attorney J clayton mitchell Ml of the bank of 0 iron county appeared and explained that to secure county funds deposited in that bank they were getting a surety bond tor for and purchasing municipal bonds to the amount ot of more that though neither ot of the deals were completed they would be as quickly as possible AL L was re appointed as county bee inspector to be paid for services rendered rather than a flat salary ot of a year as has been given him in the past the clerk was instructed to notify him of 0 this arrangement and to explain that the board would like a report at it least every three months on motion duly passed the rate per mile to be paid county employees and officers for use ot of their automobiles to on county business was reduced from 12 cents to 10 cents effective immediately the county auditor was instructed ted to purchase and make up a property ledger to contain an inventory and record of all county pro perty each officer was instructed to inventory and report to the auditor all the county property in his possession and then to account tor for all ot of it whenever required to do so the appointment of della delia dell as registrar of vital statistics for the beryl zane precinct was approved and her oath of office ordered filed the treasurer was instructed to make tax refunds for given reasons to the following dan U webster 1675 on account of taxes paid in nevada union pacific system for over payment two years and to P J donoval tor for a small amount erroneously collected on mining claims an appropriation n ot of 21 per month was made to mrs iva E smith of cedar from the dependent dekende nt mothers fund on a showing that she is dependent and has six minor children john G C pages request for or some work on the road between Wool ranch and the page ranch as far as the forest boundary was heard slid and action was deferred until the work could be done to better advantage on account ot of frost the road supervisor was instructed to put two cu lverts in the most needed places on the road between beryl and lund the auditor was ordered to make demand on adjoining counties tor for our share ot of taxes on livestock assessed assessed by them and grazed a part of the year in this cou county n y the months claims against the county were acted upon and the meeting adjourned until february ath present at the meeting in addition to the three commissioners were we the clerk treasurer assessor re at attorney t orney burgess sheriff fife ann ana road supervisor simkins PT |