The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-02-13

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SATURDAY, :::: HEBRUARY Is, 1858.
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n another column we have attempted to
show up some Of the mismanagement Of our
lass County Omoials, in regard to the imam
sial condition Of the County, and have also
sssayed an exhibit Of the populations upon
tie Swamp Land Fund. We should have
besn content with the aforesaid statement, at
this time, had not the oficial( y organ, in her.
aiding forth to an unappreciative public,
the "report'' under consideration, and in its
seal to subservs the interests, and shield
from public censure, the late incumbent Of
the Couasy Judgeship, gone out Of it, way
to tsAduce the Official conducs Of all Of
Judgs NYE's predecessors. We are assured,
BY those competent to judge, that the official
records Of Msssrs. BuRDIcK and SrExEr, will
admit Of the closest scrutiny. OF the ad-
ministration Of the latter, We shall have
something to say before we close this article
however, be the smars's nest" large or
small, there 10 no alternative left NJ, but to
take possession Of the eggs, and examine
their contents. Az We supported Judge NrE,
in the canvass which resulted in his election,
We feel perfectly free to canvass hls official
acts, and that, too, without being told by the
organ that s'thers are always some croakers,
either from jealousy, ignorance, or the mere
love Of mischief, that must End fault. -
Without further circumlocution ws will
pitch in medids res:
The intent Of the FIRST paragraph Of the
report is not quite clear-we infer, however,
that he meant the finances of the county
and not Of the finances Of the Swamp Land
Fund-but it il not 30 stated.
In the next paragraph Of remarks, the
Judge is not more happy and fortunate in his
expressions. He says he has copied some
thing, " making complete schedule Of all
in the Office" and admits in same paragraph,
that there was nothing to copy from. Query.
What did he copy9 The last part Of same
paragraph has no meaning whatever, that
We can divine.
Again, he says he has Hattempted to elias.
lily the expenditures Of the several admins.
trations, but (that) it is impossible to do sc
,rith any degree Of correctness or satistac'
ton" Then, the statement given is al
guess work, and not reliable at all! Valua
bic, very. ... ~. -..
Again-he found, by some means or 9th
er, ssthat the Warrant Book in the Office die
not show complete schedule Of all tn
Warrants that had been issued" Why die
hc not say that the Warrant Book kept b,
Judge BrRDIcx, and also during part oil
Judge SrREEr's administration, was lost b.
one Of the subsequent administrations? II
consequence of this loss, he says he had te
refer to the Treasurer's Warrant Book fol
Information. We would ask if he could moi
have gained the same information from tn.
Minute Book? But, if the Minute Book
docs not show for what every order was is
sued, and tho amount and date, why don't
he "blurt' it out at once, and tell whose
administration is at fault in this particular.
If Judges BuRDlck, STREET, HALL, or LARI-
nrs, have issued any Warrants incorrectly,
or without making complete schedule
thereof, (as he calls it, publish the fact to
tho world. In behalf of Judge STREET, We
challenge Judge NYr to name single war
rant thus issued, and to whom.
Next-We should like to know the num-
bers Of the Swamp Land tracts, to which
more than one Certificate has been issued,
and who issued them? Are oil the former
County Judges to blame in this matter? If
not, why not say 80, and let the blame rest
where it belongs9
Are VIC correct in supposing that the &c.
$50 issue Of warrants by Judge JAMES, for
Court House Lot, is included in the $l4,-
sO7.34, issue by him9
We should also like to know whether the
sum Of $1,000, of the Swamp Land Fund,
purporting to have been loaned to JAMS
PoxrERrIELD, was not actually loaned to
Judge JAMES, by himself, through PORTER
rlELD2 And, if so, was section 26lS Of the
code meant to apply to such cases:
~" an o,cer within this State charged with the COLI
lection safe-kceping. transfer disbursement OF pub
lie money, uDlawfully convert to his own use in
way whatever use by OF investment in kind
Of property. loan without the authority Of law any
portion Of the public money entrusted him. for ooliec
ton sae-keepins transfer or every such
taken, converted invested loaned unaccounted
and upon conviction thereof he shall be imprisoned in
the pcneniiary not exceeding Ave years. and fined in
. sum equal I" the amount Of money embezzied; and
moreover he is forever aftorward disqualified from
State"
Again--pcrhaps the people would like to
know what became Of the two lots, on the
Public Square which belonged to the county?
The people would also like to know wheth-
Or the $500 acres of Swamp Land, entered
Of W. G. JAMES, by THOMAS A. WALKER were
entered with bona-fde presumption ccrti6-
Gates? or was fraud practiced BY JANIS, in
permitting those entries?
Finally-what is the reason Judge NYE
cannot tell what Judge JAMES owes the
county? Did JAMES keep no account with
the county, ...-...-- r....
Singular as it may seem, with all this dis
play Of figures, and random remarks, but
little Information that the people wanted, is
vouchsafed in the report under considera-
tion, and from the appendix to this docu-
msnt, We infer that We should not have got
what We have, had not the services of an
assistant boon brought into requisition. This
10 the way the pledges made in August last,
during the canvass, have been redeemed
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