Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-06-25

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pnbllc; hut puhlic afhsers. 20 fAr -
their olIlc1al aets are c0s,carnaas are
pnhlie property, and with this sazs-
dentaadina - propose - have .
fsw r0o<e words 10 ny about the re~
ports ora =. Hanna, - one Of the.
eoanmlttae 10 Investigate the ofiisial
condues and affairs Of I'd. Harsiick,
and Ia rasasiosa 70 Haana's dasy 70
make q report a. County Judge. IA
the arss place Mr. Hanna. ~ enc OF
che comm iseee 10 aavessagata fhe af-
iairs or the County Clerk olIlco, acs-
81 with tie balance OF the Cusanait-
10, and agreed 10 ths rapass waiea
Wassnafae 20 the Rssard 0f 5aperyI-
sdrs; In iacs We are informed ae DID
the figuring and the pgiac.pal part OF
the looking, and ssxiging the ba4-
ans, w4aiSa ssaa vel L.. 11gliesS II
De in aaiaals 70 ~ aEnolnt near
10000. That report he agTeea to
and scors to Is cosTsc mesa, with the
exception Of the Item Of s577, re-
esived for marriage Licences, and
there being sonle doubt in h.s MIND
relative TO charging that item 10 the
clerk, or Ia other words there Icing
no positive proof that the CLERK haa
received tha full amount Of S57T
gur marriage licenses. Mr.. Hanna
made q reservation In his cath rela-
tive to that pprtlon Of the raport, but
In other respacts, he sscors to the cor
reasness Of Tho report. A few days
after making and swearing to the
report above refaFrsd TO, AIr. Hanna
made another report which he
did MOI swear to, for publication IN
the Nosssspsil, In which he fixes the
balance against Mr.. Rurdicg al
sll II. Now, If Mr.. Bardick had
the vouchers for the amount with
which Dir. Hanna credits bin In
she report, which he asd not swear to
why were they not presented 20 the
committee and allowed by them p
ii these vouchers asapposing Bur
dick had theml were proper and
should have been allowed, why did
not Hanna make an exception In
their fryor as In the case OF the Ii
censa fees In his oath attached to the
report of the committee 2 These are
questions that arc easily answered,
and no special pleading OF Dir. Han
ma, relative to oar abuse or persaea-
ton OF bIr. BIrliek, OK OF our re-
marks in relation to the late County
Judge, can or shall draw LIS or the
people from the Investigation OF
| the matter. And VIC viii say right
here that ii Mr. Bardick's or Lr.
/ lIaana s accounts 40 public o.hcecS
with tlaeis private aElairs we have
aosiiag to do,l shall prove 70 be
! eoFge.t, and shall be settled up hoa-
esgly and squareiy we viii DO among
I the frs. TO give them credis for 50
icing.
/ La relation 20 Ar. ILannass re-
mars in his communication In the
Noaporsll, insinaating that he was
not required 70 make report Of the
less coming lato his hands, we viii
simply remark that the law raqaiFas
certain fees asld N soaies received BY
the County Judge to DO paid into
the county treasury, and, in order to
comply with the law, 1t aast strike
afae iass County Judga ss o self eg..
ieat proposition, that he must re-
port and pay over lees ID reeaiveei
20 the treasurer OF the county. This
is the kind OF report that we sag
sested the pruprsoky oil Mr.. Hanna, !
making. HAS he made any such
report 7 lie says he received sJ1
II marriage license fees and that he
has accounted Cor and paid over tbs
anne. TO whosn did he account,
and to svlaon WAS the ana0ant paid
over 7 MF. Iianna has not stated