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proper disehargea ol the duties of the ,said office." Then follow allegations that the de fendants, by their acts and threats, are seriously interfering with the discharge of his duties as county auditor. On the 6th February, 1909, Mr. Chief Justice Pope granted an order, requiring the respondents to show cause, before the supreme court, why they should not be enjoined. The respondent L. I. Feagle made return as follows: "That he is the duly elected, qual ified, and commiissioned county super visor of the county of Newberry, State aforesaid, and that as such of fEcial, in connection with the county commissioners of said county, it is his duty under the mandate of the law, to furnish the probate judge and county auditor of said county, and other county officials, office room, to gether with necessary furniture and stationery for the same, and that soon after this defendant entered upon his duties as county supervisor, as afore said, to wit, on the thirtieth day of January, 1909, the same being the first regular monthly meeting of the coun ty board of comniassioners recently commissioned, and of which board h'e is chairman, the matter of furnishing -offieas for the said probate judge and eourty auditor, came up for consider aden and determination, and that at said meeting it was decided and ad judged by the said board, that the room or office then, and now, in the possession of and occupied by said county auditor, in the new court house, should be the office for the pro bate judge, and that the room or office in the southeastern corner of said court house, should be the room or of flee for the e>unty aua:tor f;. iid county. Of this action tn the .art of the said county board <-f commesio.: er. the said count- :Lrtoi, the n1ain tiff herein, was duly notified, and a day was appointed with him by this defendant, for the removal of the books, records, furniture, and other things pertaining and belonging to the office occupied by him, to the office in the rear end of the building, as aforesaid: that at the time appoint ed, and agreed upon by the plaintiff and this defendant, for said removal, -this defendant. as county supervisor, as aforesaid, was present and ready to carry, and demanded of the plain tiff to be allowed to carry, into ere eution said decision and judgment of the county board of commissioners, but he was prevented from so &ing by the said county auditor, the plain tiff herein, obstrueting said erention, by locking the doors of the office oe cupied by him, and by refusing to al low this defendant to remove the books, records, furniture and other things pertaining and belonging to said office -ther!efrom, and by tbhe fur the further obstruction on the part of the plaintiff, by carrying the matter into court and obtaining a tempo rary order of injunction.'' The other respondent relied upon the facts, set out in said return. The petitioner introduced in evi dence the following affidavit of Geo. S. Mower, Esq.: "That pursuant to the terms and provisions of an act of the general assembl'y, of the State of South Car olinafi entitled, "An act to provide for the erection of a new court house in Newberry county,'' approved the 17th day of February, 1906, depo rient was appointed and constituted one of the commissioners of the commission, to prcure plan for and erect a new court house for Newberry c-ounty, and that upon the organiza tion of the said commission, he was elected chairman thereof, and Otto Klettner was elected secretary; that pursuant to the provisions of the said act, the commission procured *plans for the said building and in' said plans, as originally adopted, the office of the probate judge, was to be the office now occupied by the county aud itor, and the county auditor was to occupy the room, afterwards assigned to 'the probate judge; that thereafter, and before the completion . of said building, and just prior to letting the contract for the furnishings and eouipment of the offices in said build ing, the commission was made aware of the fact, that the original plan could not be carried oult, onl account of the fact, thart the office originally intended for the use of the county auditor, was not sufficient or suitable office room, for the accommodation of the~ new county auditor, nor could t.he necessa ry furniture and ineiden t.als as are necessary to the proper transaction of the legitimate business of the County Auditor be furnished in said office as or:iginally planned; that the commission found that 4the office originailly planned for the County Auditor was sufficient and suitable office room, for the accommo datio,n of the P;robate .Judge, and wvas a mp le fo r thle necessa ry fur tu ,.mmis.ion ethanged its original plans. so hat the count y auditor, vas assigned to the office originall; lanned for the probate judge. and :he probate judge was assigned to the >fice originally planned for the coun :y auditor; that thereafter, and on :he da yof July. 1908. the con nission received a coninni-ation Erom Frank M. Schumpert, Esq., pro aAte judge. asking. in effect. dhat the contemplated ehange be not made. ind that he be allowed to occupy the >f)ice originally intended for him; this communication was received as in formation, and the request was not ,ranted by the commission; that prior to said communication, the said two >ffice rooAas so assigned by said com mission, had been equipped by the ommission with furniture specially adapted to the needs of these respec dive officehs, both in the office rooms ind vaults or record rooms connect ad therewith, the latter beingequipped 6vith steel furniture designed and idapted, for the use and needs of :hese respective officers." Also the following affidavit of J. Monroe Wicker: "That he was a nember of -he court house - commis ion for the erection of a new court iouse for the county of Newberry, ind at the time, was also county su >ervisor for Newberry county, and as such was chairman of the board of sounty commissioners for Newberry ounty; that he has read the affidavit >f George S. Mower, the chairman of he said court house commission, and hat the matters and facts stated herein are true of his own know edge. "Deponent further swears that the )ffices, as assigned .to the respective 3ounty officers by the court house -ommission, have all been occupied by ;he respective officers as assigned, xith the exception of the office as igned by the commission, which de zigned and constructed the said build ng, with the tacit consent and appro 7al of the then board of county com nissioners, the said board entering >r offering no suggestions or objec :ions whatsoever in the matter, as ,hey believed that the. court house !ommission knew more about the mat er than they did." Also the follo.wing extract from the nal. presentment of the grand jury ated 18 March, 1909: "After a thorough examination of he rooms in the new court house, we re convinced that the-office originally .tended for the audtor, is unsuitable or occupancy by said officer, and ree )mmend that he be allowed to retain he room, in which he ,is at present lcated, and furthermre, that the probate judge be required to occupy bhe vacant room, on the same floor sontiguous, to and least-of room oe pied, at present, by said auditor, and, that the room in the old court house vacated by said officer, be put in such condition by the supervisor, to to wrrant its rental.'' Section 3, of the act of 1906, en titled, "An act to provide for the aretion of a new court house, for Newberry county,'' is as follows: "Th-at said commission shall have the power and authority, to provde ror fire-proof rooms and vaults, with m~odern metallie furniture, for the safekeeping of all public books and records of the county, in said new :urt house.'' The "power and authority to pro vde for fire proof rooms and vaults," id not aut:horize t.he commission to designate the room to be occupied, by any particular officer. That duty was impos ed upon the :ounty board of commissioners by ection 812 of the code of laws, which provides: "It shall be the duty of th'e eom mssoners, to furnish the probate judge, auditor, school commissioner, elerk of court, sheriff, treasurer and master in equity of their respective counties, office room, together with the necessary fui-niture and station ery for.,the same, which shall be kept at the court house of their respective ounties: and they shall also supply the offices of the said officials with fuel, lights, postage and oth'er inci dentals as are necessary t.o the prop er~ transaction of the legitimate busi ness, of the said officeers." "A board oft county comnmissioners, )r county supervisors. ordi na rilv ex erise the corr>rae powers of the 'ounty. It is for all financial and min isterial purposes the county, and it is slothed with authority to do. what or the coirporate or political entity ratinany.mih do. if capable of' einlaction, except in respect to matters, the cognizance of which is exclusively vested in some other offi er or person. It is in an enlarged sense, the representative and guardian f the county, having the management nd contro! of its property and finan ~ial interest. and having original and ?xclusive jurisdiction over all matters )ertain!in: to county affairs. anid -ourt will not interefere with such w ord. in the lawvful exCecse- of the ori'sl( !4i mmi?tte~d to t.:em by &As a. _ciivral rule. H ie eart, '11-d utal liag zel '1 ()I all tle propertv of a. eultY, is intrusted by statute, to the board exervises a discretion whieh in all cases involving the location, eic ion, repair. removal, or furnish igL of (unty building. such as court houses, jails, and public offices. the bu) rd exerclses a disireitno w1iich cannot. bc controlled by any judicial tribunal. in the absence of fraud. cor ruption. or unfair dealing." 77 Ene. of Law 996. "It. is the duty of the county, to ere-t an dfurnish a court house. and to provide necessary offices for the several county officers. In perform ing this duty the county acts through its supervisors precisely as a private corporation acts through or by its di rectors, and the action of such board in providing 'suitable room for coun ty purposes,' and in designating tihe particular rooms, which shall be oc cupied by the different o eers, is the act of the county, and this power is not exhausted when once exercised, but is a continuing one. and the as signment of offices may be changed whenever, in the judgment. of the board. public convenience will be pro moted by a change. The authority to provide 'suitable. rooms for county purposes,' which necessariv carries with it the power to designate the room which is suitable, for the trans action of any particular part of the public business, and as below stated, is intrusted by law to the judgment and discretion of the board of super visors, and the judge of the superior court, has no more right to select the particular room in the court house, which he will occupy as his chambers, 1 than has the clerk or the sheriff, to choose the room which he will occupy as his office. The law certainly con fers no authority upon him. to take possession of any room in the court house for his chambers. when such room has been assign-ed by the board of supervisors, to any other county officer. The power of the 'board is necessarily exclusive." See Jonquin v. Budd 96 Cal. 47. The presentment of the grand jury was without binding effect upon the county board of commissioners. , State v. Cof. of Public Buildings 12 Rich. 300. These authorities show conclusively, that the petitioner is not entitled to frelief. It is therefore the judgement of .this court that the petition be dis missed with costs. Lar~ge Fees. After Benjamin Harrison had re tired as president and resumed the practice of law, he found himself as sociated with Mr. Knox, then, as now, of Pittsburg, but carrying no political prestige. "And as to the fee,'' inquired Mr. Knox, " shall we divide it?'' "Really, Mr. Knox, I never divide fees,'' said the former president. "I will make my own terms; you ar range yours.'' T.he case was won. The two again met. "You will understand, Mr. Knox,'' said the former president rather loft ily, "why I did not wish to divide the fees wihen I tell you that my fee in that case was $25,000.'' "Ah, -indeed, most interesting,'' replied the Pittsburger. "Well, Gen. Ha*rrison, my fee was .$100, 000.''-Hartford Times. 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