St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-11-20
FlOyd County Court House.

At the Session Of the District Court,
held here last week, Moses Conger,
ESQ.,, of Floyd, in this county, intro
duced petition from large number
of the voters of Floyd county, praying
that the County Judge be enjoined, or
in some manner restrained, from pro- |
ceeding with the building Of the Court
House at St. Charles. + In introducing
the petition, Mr.. !Conger said that he
did not do so with the utmost conf
dence of success; but that, as the ceun-
sci for the petitioners, he felt bound to
do all that he could to secure it's sue
cess. He then proceeded to state to
the Court, that although the citizens
of St. Charles would gladly pay a large
tax in order to secure the location Of
the Court House at this place, yet {,
majority Of the voters of the county
would have to borrow the money to
pay the tax; that # the Court House
should be built here, it was not certain
that this place would be definitely and
permanently the county seat, and that
in case of it's removal it would be a
foolish expenditure of money to have
the Court House built at St. Charles
and then be obliged to sell it at auc-
ton and build new one at some other
point in the county. After tribute
to the fairness and legality of all the
acts Of the County Judge in reference
to this matter, he left the case to the
decision of the Court.
| Judge Murdoch decided that, mas
much as there was no charge of ille-
gality preferred against the County
Judge, he had no jurisdiction in the
matter. He then remarked that he
had seen a great deal of trouble aris-
ing from the location of county seats
that it was the cause of continual
pickering and jealousy among the in
habitants of the county that he
had determined to keep his court clear
of all such quarrels; and that in this
he was sustained by the decisions OF
all the District Courts and the Supreme
Court of the State. IN ..
l We are rather surprised to find that
any one who has attended the Court
here, and experienced the inconvcn
fences and unftness Of the room
where our District Court is at present
held, should wish to postpone the
building Of the Court House. W.
think Mr.. Conger, himself, will, after
the lastrterm's experience, be a deci
ded advocate of the Court House. )a
/ The question Of the policy of building
a Court House is now the only thing
4 in issue. Is it better to build a cheap
and miserable apology for one, which
will last but few years, and then
have to be replaced by new one; OF
to erect good and substantial build.
ing which will be, not only an orna-
ment, but lasting benefit to the
county? For our own part we have
always found that one good article is
worth more than two poor ones, and
we think that the present place of
holding our court, or even cheap build
ing as substitute, would be sadly
out of keeping with the resolute and
energetic character Of our citizens.
Without doubt the Court House can
be built according to the proposed
plan and the inhabitants of the county
never feel that they paid any extra
tax for that purpose; therefore let us
by next Spring see that the buildssg
be commenced, and we warrant hear.
ty turn out of the citizens of Floyd
County to attend the ceremony of lay.
ing the corner stone. a
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