Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-02


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se3fh Vusss Fnslaesk. Yours. Respectfully,
JOHN Il. SHERMAN.
Hefs ii wiIl ha seen, tat NJ. Sher-
mans placing hlmaelf apcn .
lsvel Wild ne ssa payers SOD saanikass.
ing aiaposiaioa 10 sstisfg ahe apxspns
enquiries IL those who had bna i azsSus
tias psaors smpieyed aim - their sas-
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) sslsgaglp sansaEanAsd srsbanal.
Ne csalsd the sssenaion cf these gsn~
slemea Il shs tssa. sndby shars shroagh
he public press, tie people vsra infora-
al, ahaa sAs Diasxiea 0osrs would b u
seaslon 90 The relieving Monday, aad
the people would hare ~ opportunity 10
bring Ahair somplaiass before thAA ri.
banai and than shsy eonld ssbs prssant-
a, beard and adladged, In = proper
zaaansr."
Thisrekpsas upon The part of AEr. shas-
| nan 10 let she TAX papers know hew thay
sssea upon shssssprd, could, Ia heopin-
iou IN Your eommissaes oniy have sen-
deaoy u increase ths settlement 81 tha
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Hsing - aing cialasns h0wsvss,
aad wisAin noshing rashiys altho'
ais refusal - pals ths committee 10
| girs them ~ desired information, oSald
hare NJ aEhsz sAscs than 70 confirm Ia
Ia thsir miada the runured charges pre-
fered agasast Mr., shssmAns as being txus
shsy dst&minsd to await the action Of
Ehe sssahd Jury, 10 which body he had
via sueh magnificent display Of self as.
suranes referred them. @
Y0sr eommittsa would further state
that, notwithstanding tho high state Of
feeling upon the subject, the people qui-
ELY waited throughout the sitting Of that
body, until the 18th day of the present
month, whan tAs following pEesensmeni
was 6led in open court
Stats on Iowa. 4.
PstlatsastsRais CeRHts,
To the Honorabls, the District Caur,
in and for p0ttawattamis County, Towa, at
the February Tern thereof, A, d. 1859, ].
L. Fetter aud colleagues, aceussFs, agaInal
John Il. Sherman, County Judge, accused,
most respectfully charge that the aaid aeca-
sed is guilty of giilful mRladminissration
in 0faee. That Is TO say:
That the said John Ii. Sherman. present
County Judge Of Pottawatt&mle County.
Iowa, as the said aecussrs verify believe,
has, during his administration as County
Judge Ia and fer said County, ts-szii from
the fourth (4Gh) day Of May, A. D., 1855,
to the 18th day Of February, A. d. 1859,
issued County Warrants 10 the amount Of
Thirty-ons thousand and NInety-thfse IS
100 dollars { s3i ,093 26l, Of which amount
the SUM of Rosrteen Hundred and Thirty
foaT 36-I00 dollars { 81 yo34 800 is marked
cancelled; leaving balance of County Or
daEg, or Warrants, yet outstanding 10 the
amount of Twenty mine Thousand Six Hun
dEsd nd Fifty-eight and 9Qzlo0 Dollars,
$50 ,65S %. ......
The said aceusgTs represent, also, that
large amounts OF County Orders have been
issued to persons for buildlng bridges, in
eass where no contract, verbal or written,
was made with the County Judge, as 10
price foE said bridges. An that large a.
mounts Of Warrants have been Issued foT
greater amount than the bills rendered;
that Is to say Ia come cases three dollars
Tor one, and la ore caSs four dsIIags for ora;
that In the majority Of cases, two dollars
foe cess BESIDES kheS@ WaszzsskR- aaazanA "a,
Towaship Trustees Certificates.
The said aesusers further represent and
charge, that the Books and PAPERS Of the
County Judge, the accused aforesaid. are in
a sery disorasred and aeF&nged condition;
50 mseh 90, that, owing to the limited time
which die said acGasers have TO act, they
are unable 70 make full FspaEt on thea,
but have found enough to show that there
has been much negligence on the part of
the said accused IN Keeping the Books Of
his said Otiiee, fs-sEifs That. in oae place
theg fad about two hundred Warrants OF
duplicate numbers, besides other instances
Of Que CT more numbers duplicated
The said aeeusers also chargs, gls-s, s'ss
said accused has issues D#5-~voF " 2STahts
payable 70 hins~~t<s
EuerefoTs, In consideration Of the above
and foregoing st statements, the said accaaars,
whose names are hsTeunto subscribed, the
same constituting So many Of ths Grad
Jury in and for The County and State afoEa-
said, and being electors therein, hereby
represent that they verify believe the in
teTesis Of the County require tina. Johu II.
Sherman, County Judge, accused, be sus-
Penaed fram office until full and Impair
tiai Investigation Of his books, papers, and
administration, caa be LnaAeg and that it
would farther tend 10 that purpose to ex-
anime and investigate the books, papers
aud administration Of the Office of the
County Judge, commencing with the term
hiied by Frank Street, And hereby prax
this Honorable Court, to grapl tisg means
therein vested so 10 do Said aceasers here
BIZ subscribing tBsfr signatures, that the
above charges are tFae, as ther verify be-
iieve.
J. L. FETTER, JEO. HUNTINGTON,
IRA PLATEER, WI. FOLSOM,
h 2. WARREN L. W. FRANK,
JAsWALRkR, GEO. DOUGHTY,
z. GARTER JOSEPH ]. TOWN,
VIM LYMAN JOHN HAMMER. ,
sabssfbsd and swara to, before me. this
18th day Of Feb, 1880. '
c. P. KELLOGG.
Clerk Of District Court.
Upou che presentation Of these sharp.
es by twelve Of your best citizens aeGIsv
Hs Grana Jurors Of Jour County, under
their solemn oashs, the people, a large
number Of whom wsrspresent in The court
room at tue time, began 70 feal some
whatFelisysd Of the apprehsaaioas andar
whieh they had been laboFing for soms
weeks, upon this, to them, all important
-sas5iess; believing 81 sisry ala, sAss = sop
woald nov be pat 70 ths rsprsAsastblo
eouxse Of thsis County Jadgs.
His Honor, Mr. Sears, the Judge Of