Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1920 — SATURDAY CLOSING CAUSES FRICTION AT LAFAYETTE [ARTICLE]

SATURDAY CLOSING CAUSES FRICTION AT LAFAYETTE

A spirited fight is on between the commissioners of Tippecanoe county and the various county officeholders. The county commissioners at a meeting held this week ordered the county auditor to notify all county officers to keep their offices open on Saturday afternoon during the months of July and August. For some years past it has been the custom to close the offices on Saturday noon during the extreme hot weather. According to the law the offices must be kept open, say the commissioners. To retaliate, the various officers are calling upon, the board of commissioners to hold their sessions according to the’ law, which specifies the commissioners shall meet the first week of each month from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. The practice here has been to meet Monday and Tuesday from 10 a*, m. until noon and adjourn. The officeholders demand that the commissioners stay in session as prescribed by the Jaw. . William W. Johnson, county clerk, said today he was taking no orders from the commissioners and would continue to close his office until mandated by the court to keep it open.