, 1860-01-04

In the veur 1853. the pcop1c Of Stark County
vated ID favor Of taking Stnck TO tile amount OF
fifty Thousand dollars in III. Western Air Line
Kairoad, aud in due tinic after lhis roto was
taken. the Supervisors, ut onc Of tlleiz regular
meetings, passed I'LL order fur tl,r execution of
bonds tor The umonns, Pnyabl: in twenty years
from date. will. Interest payat's annually: The
bonds, with interest coupons. nnde payable in
New York, attached, were cACcnted and tlci'y-
cred to the Cons!'aay, and by the Company as
signed TO O'oil. johnson, w!" toos the contract
fur grading aud preparing the read for the iron,
through this county. After va, 'ns slie interest
for two years, anI seeing but little progress
nude m the road, our Supervisor rc1lscd pay
the third years interest. TOR "l,ic!3.h .h,s ac'ion
was commenced by Mr.. johnson, in The Circuit
Court in Peoria County, wlic!' resulted in aver.
dict for the defendant.
The defendants occupied several grounds Of
defense, {the details Of which We wall net
trouble our readers with II. presently, but the case
Was decided in conformity With recent decis-
iun Of the supreme Court, based uls'n an nct III
the Legislature passed iu lS4y, to the effect that
the inhabitants Of no town, city or county
should be authorized to subscribe more thai,
<l0p,001 TO tho crpital stock orunY railrcad.
To 'llis extent ,hev mgl, 20 hy the vote. 81
a majority Of the citizens Of such l,lace; hut
the act did not specify stArT either principal Or
iuteycst should be pai1. Upon this point the
case was dcc.dcd that. the LEGISLATURE not l4v-
coupons in New Yak, the c,nnty MAS not lia-
bic, the officers executing the bonds and cou.
pons having had no authority to do 50.
We learn thAt the ca4e il 70 lc appealed 10
the Supreme Court, where 4 linal disposition
will be made Of it *o0aeiime-
The expense incurred by the county, in cur
rying on this suit up to the present time. is
$2,::5s.9l. About one 1l,ousand dollars WINS
paid out previous to Cur last Supervi>nr's S
Court, and the bulanec at the December term.
About seventeen hundred dollars Of this
amount is for lawyers fees. At the last tern,
one thousand lollu1s WIS demanded fns each o'
the Attorneys engaged on behalf Of the county,
but us our Supervisors are in the repuliutiu.
business, Of course tho claim wns net allowed
cue thousand dollars WAS appropriated, howcv.
or, aud q committee appointed 10 make the bes
bargain they could for the county. III addition
to tie above BUNS paid Out, ii il presumed tina
ubout three hundred dollars will be required u
each term Of the Court hereafter, to dctray in
cidcntal expcnacs in the trial of this suit,
Ever since the commencement Of this Aut, ",
have regA1 dtd the spirit tiut actuatcd it i'll
polite, unwise, and cmpl,atically man, q,
The pnrt of the defense. 1t is involving tlu
County in not 0nly a pcrIlcxirg I'M
almost intcruioable lnwsu:t, but Is sul,ieciin
her to aa operation IDENTICAL with that Of draw
ing blood from the Lumun bo!r by the applies
tim Of lccches-let them get Il hold, o.ce, an
they will stick to you as loas as - drop Of b!oo
remains. lfthis is to be the policy OF our cout
ty, we may as well prepare ourselves ut ono
for exorL!tant taxatiou, 10 keep up the currr1
expenses. But our board Of Supervisors Is M
made up Of au doughtuccs. To his honor he
said, VIC have ono man on the Board who vi
not countenauce these proceedings; and wi
kno@s but he may, slsroug gh lis unti11nS enerG.
bring them out right yet: