Show commissioners meet in regular session rass lass resolution against suspension of branch college defer appoint ments transact routine business the board of county commission ers held its regular monthly meet ing on tuesday ol of this oceh eek instead of oc monday which was observed as Lincol ns birthday all members ot of the board together with lite lh clerk treasurer attorney and asses lor were present among the matters first to chaill hie lie attention was the agitation loi 11 reduction ot of state expenditures s which would include suspension rot fo next biennium bienn lum ot of the branch agricultural ri Ti college at cedar city appreciating prec precia lating ting tho the seriousness to tin th people of 0 southern utah ot of such a move the board named county attorney Mat Al lieson atheson and IV IV mitchell of 0 the parowan carowan times to draft ci 1 in opposition to such sus penson pe naion authorizing chairman adams to sign it they directed tha copies be sent to the state legislature A C allner of 0 the alicner corporation and U L S oconner sup etin of operations at deser I 1 round mound met with the board and asked lor for a compromise settlement on taxes assessed against the merc corporation for or the years I 1 is so 1929 1931 and 1932 Support ng e till request mr air alicner said th assessment E against ainest his company for lie nel proceeds from mining property propel ty was vas erroneous or illegal and that court action he felt sure would so prove but that they preferred compromising to court action the amount ia 11 rolled li would be cut ti tc under the terms ot of thel proposal in view ot of the tact fact that the as sMs sess ments menEs were made by the state tax commission lather ieather than the county assessor the board afeei cageful cori consideration decided thi the matter should be referred to the state commission tor for appropriate notion action the commissioners recommending only that any assessment erroneously or illegally made be adjusted the board signed an application tor for relief funds from the reconstruction st Fina itce corporation foi fo I 1 march and april authorized ill alic purchase ol of a small filing case tor for the county attorneys office and directed that fannie n R joness property in cedar city in which the county has an all equity be insured tor for 1000 this action on recommendation emendation men dation clation of commissioner bulloni Bul Dull loci ocl who had been asked to investigate the matter ot of appointing a coun ty physician was deterred deferred until a later date to give opportunity fox foi investigation and possibly poi sibly a meeting with the doctors of the county county attorney Al atheson stated that unless the commissioners thoi it 11 advise able he name a deputy at present it if he be ciscro to name one he said it would be his law partner durham morris chiefly to avoid one member ot of tho the firms being on oil the defense and one on the prosecution side of cases for the present in ill said bo be would as soon handle thi th i office without a deputy and it would please him very much it at j torney parcells might be permitted continued use of the office in the court house under some arrangement satisfactory with the commis until such time as a change night might be advise able in view of 0 the doctors charge of floo 1100 a mile for travel on professional calls the board decided that wherever practicable and part particularly cu in insanity eases cases where the il lairman acts as a committing magistrate the board will go to the doctors rather than having the doctors come to tho the board A number ot of other routine matters were considered and acted up ill tn before adjournment |