Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-02-14

TO the enormous sum of $40; there is to-
be paid Tor lathing and plastering the
school house, S75; to Mr.. LITTLE, for
his devotedness to the interests of the
district, $500; making an aggregate of
1895, to be paid from the fund of $500.
Now by what process of reasoning can
you sustain the statement that "the Di-
rectors had not sufficient funds for the
one and none for the other ?'' ai- la,t
Let us now turn, for a few moments to
the examination ofthmgs OH principle"
1t is asked, if the sum voted by the dis
triet had been found larger than was nee
essary, and they had deducted therefrom,
DC, whose principles would have risen
up in rebellion against the deed Doubt
less there would not have been such a
unanimous rebellion. If I.should give
my agent $500 to procure the perform
ance of a certain piece of work, and hav--
ing accomplished that object should re-
turn to me 800, il would be very natu-
raj 10 exclaim "well done good and .taith-
fill servant !" but if, on the contrary, he
had expended the $500 in manner not
authorized, and attempted surreptitiously
to procure more funds, the exclamation
would be" depart from me We worker
of iniquity."
Most certainly, if the Directors had
ascertained that $500 was all that would
be required to fulfil the wishes of the
District, and had assessed accordingly,
there would not have been that cause for
complaint. Why? Because it would
have proven that our agents are honest.
But when we discover them attempting
by fraud and deception to obtain more
money than was voted, then it is, and
rightly, too, that the mind is aroused to
open rebellion. And why =? Because ii
provsr@t our agents are dishonest.
ButN4s said the district elegated to the
directors the right to levy taxes in ac-
cordance with certain provision i'll the
Code. In enumeratlng the powers of dis
tricts in See. ll45, it says They shall
have power toby such tax on the taxa
BILE property of the District as the meet
ing shall deem sufficient to build, rent, or
purchase schoolhouse and to keep in
repair and furnish the same with neces-
sary fuel, appendages, &c., DC Then
we find in the 9th subdivision of the
same section, that all the powers vested
in the district by the aforesaid section
may be delegated TO the district board.
Now what is the fair construction of this
Statute ? In my view it is this. For
instance: This district should have site
to purchase, scbool-house to build and
furnish, de-; this district might delegate
to the board of directors the power of lay
ing such tax as would cover the whole
expense, reserving, however, the right of
designating the objects for which the
same is raised, and the amount for each
object, in accordance with Sec. 1116,
which reads as follows In levying a.
tax, the district meeting shall designate
the respective objects for which the same
is raised, and the amount to be raised for
each object; and the aggregate amount
shall be assessed and collected by the Sec
rotary as herein provided" Is it not
perfectly evident, from The reading of
this section that there is a power vested
in the District which cannot be delegat-
ed ? The language is Imperative, and is
not susceptible of misconstruction or mis-
understanding. If the district must ex-
ercise this power, of course it cannot del
egate it. This section goes to show con-
clusivcly what construction must be plac-
cd on sec. 1115.
Thus / have given, in as brief space
as possible, the facts as l understand
them. And in bidding Zebulon farewell,
allow me to say, that aside from falsehood
and Misrepresentation, l consider your
position one that exhibits much Joldaess
of thought and conception, and is en-
bodied, Tin sp5s) in language at once
elegant and powerful, and should, as it
doubtless will, raise for you monument
ON which the majority of the inhabitants
of this district will gaze with the most
supreme contempt. 1t is true, it was
with some difficulty that could preserve
an equilibrium in It's perusal. AT times
] would fancy myself sailing on some
haunted stream, on which, ever and anon,
would fit before my vision some Lapland
witch or Head-less ghost. And then
again would be borne, as it were, upon
the wings of sublimily to that nucleus
around which revolyes the ever shifting
phanioms, DC. And then, in flash, my
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