Show rocilar A MILE CHARGE NOT SAYS ATTORNEY the county commissioners were advised by deputy county attorn attorney durham morris at their last meeting me e it that th t there is nothing in fit the statutes to justify a charge by the county physician ot of a mile tolien lie he la is called out of the city to investigate a case mr air morris promised a month ago to look the matter up for or tire commissioners ners who had before them for or consideration at that time a bill tor for 52 for or a trip from cedar city to modena by county physician J W bergstrom to investigate a case 0 of contagious cont ageous disease tho the attorney took the position at that tinto that there was no cause to justify such a charge in these days of 0 good roads and automobiles but promised to check carefully and it seems to have been a thing lor for doctors when they have been tailed called away from home and their local practice to base theirl their charges on tile the number of nines traveled one way at a mile at any rate tho the county has been charged on that basis for or many ears by its county physicians who have received no salary and who llave leavo made no other charge lor for the call such charge seems never to have been seriously questioned and probably was justified in the days 0 of team and buggy travel muddy roads and easle easier r financial conditions whether it 11 Is now when public officers are allowed six to eight cents a mile actual traveling distance or whether a new basis of charging should be worked out is a question which may call for a discussion as a result of the attorneys report |