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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
JAMES W. WALKER, J. ELMER JOHNSTON, W. A. BARNES, COMMISSIONERS
Office of the County Commissioners
Washington,Pa. , January2, 1928.
Adjourned meeting of County Commissioners at 1:30 P.M. , members present
being Messrs . Walker, Johnston and Barnes.
1( Motion by Mr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Johnston, that Norman E. Clark be
elected county solicitor. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr. Johnston, that Adolph Zeman be retained as special counsel
to the County Commissioners . There being no second io * this motion, it was losti.
In conformity with 'a petition presented to the County Comr4issioners from
the Clerk of Courts , Prothonotary, Coroners Register of Wills and ex-officio
Clerk of the Orphan's C6urt, Treasurer and Recorders which said petition is to
be made a part of the minutes of this meeting, asking that an attorney be em-
ployed by the County Commissioners for the above named offices and by verbal
request from the Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts , 'Coroner, Register of Wills and
ex-officio Clerk of the Orphan' s Court, which said officials constitute a maj-
ority of the signets of the above mentioned .petition, that George I. Bloom be
appointed to the positions motion made by Mrs Walkers seconded by Mrs Barnes ,
that George Is Bloom be appointed *solicitor for the above named offices .
Question called i'or: vdting "Aye"s Messrs. Walker and Barnes ; Mr. Johnston
not voting. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr. Barnes , seconde'd by Mr. Johnston, that Board adjourn until
Tuesday, January 3 , 1928, at 1:30 P.M. Motion carried and Board stood ad-
journed.
To the County Commissioners ,
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen:
The undersigned, public officers of Washington County, PenAsylvania,
respectfully represent:
That, commen,;ing with the first Monday of January, 1924, the offices
held by the undersigned were assigned by your body, a lawyer to act as
counsel for the offices referred to, said lawyer being paid monthly by the
county, and the proportionate part of the salary so paid was charged against
the offices held respectively by the undersigned.
That, after consideration of the effect of said services of counsel,
so designated by your body, the undersigned have come to the conclusion to
request the County Commissioners to again employ some lawyer, of whose abil-
ity they leave the Commissioners to be the judge, at a salary to be fixed by
the salary board, whose term of office is to run concurrently with the terms
of the^ undersigned: to-wit: 'geginning the first Monday of January, 19280 -and
continuing ior a period of four years ,
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
JAMES W. WALKER, J. ELMER JOHNSTON, W. A. BARNES, COMMISSICMERS
That the salary thus paid to such lawyer shall be apportioned and charged
to the respective offices in such proportion as the salary board may deem equi-
table; such salary so paid shall be in lieu of all other fees to be received by
said attorney for any service he may be called upon to perform for any of the
undersigned officers.
Respectfully submitted,
John N. O'Neil
County Treasurer#
R. J. Coulson,
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Register of Wills and Clerk O .C.
L-Frank Baker,
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Recorder of Deeds.
E. G. McGregor,
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Clerk of Court -of quarter Sessions.
Etnest T* McNary.'
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Prothonotary.
William B. Baker,
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Coroner*
Washington, Pa,
Dec. 23, 19270'
(SIGNED)_
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