The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-12-28

true. Although we have before this clear
~ proven that we were justified IL our
charges for Job Printing against the
county and still believing that there is no
sufficient evidence yet that we were
wrong, we will now state fully and for
the last time, the whole matter wherein
these Democratic sheets are trying SO
hard to make political ca pital against US.
A year ago last November the contract
for the county Job Printing was awarded
to US, and contract entered into,
ccording to which We were to do all the
Job printing for this County at discount
of 60 per cent. from the rates fixed bs
act to amend Chapter 1872 Of the general
laws of 1865 In relation TO public print
ing, as published in Chapter go of the
General laws of Wisconsin Of 1870
The said Chapter 60 of the General
Laws of 1870, fixes the price of Blanks
per quire as follows:
Note, Letter or Cap $l,25
Flat Cap 1,50
Folio Post 200
Ruling extra 10
etc. Now as none of the blanks were of
less size than note paper and there being
no price fixed lessthan 81 20. | still believe
that am entitled to that rate, of course
with the discount of 60 per cent. On
making out my first bill, l obtained the
advice of member of the County Com
mittoe on Claims, who is practical prin-
ter, which am not, and his opinion was
that according to that law, [ was entitled
to 81. % per quire for blanks Of the size
of Note paper, and my bill was allowed
at that rate. [ again presented my bill
for work at the special session last sum-
ner. The Committee then thought it
was too high, and it proposed to lay it
over until the annual meeting; to this
| objected, being entitled to my pay at
each session of the Board, and to obtain
it, L agreed to abide by the decision of
the State printer at Madison and to make
good any error that he might point out
In my bill. At the last annual session
| last month, [ was notified that informa-
ton had been received from Madison and
that special Committee had been ap-
pointed to settle with me the difference
caused by the decision received from
Madison and the amount of my bill. On
meeting that Committee, was shown,
with the Committee on Claims report,
letter reading as follows:
The law allows an addition of 80 per
cent for printing on both sides, but "a
of the blanks you sent are only one-half of
one quire. The blanks make twelve to
the sheet ''Folio Post" and 28S of them
make one quire.
Respectfully Yours,
j. b. PARKINSON 4 20.
Now there are two contradictory de-
cisions In this answer. first, that Note
paperisto be counted as double (although
we and others have bought lots Of Note
paper in single half sheets y and second
ly, that 2S8 of the size of the blank sent
would make one quire Of Folio Post"
This latter decision had 10 connection
with the question at issue, as we had
charged-as we had right to-ths size
CT Note paper according$to the law. But
the Committee on Claims did not only
take the latter decision as their guide, but
they even gave me credit for only $l,25
per quire, when [ was legally entitled to
$500 per quire for Folio Post" The
gentlemen who were to settle with me of
course took the Committee report as
their standard, but readily saw, acknowl-
edged and corrected the mis- statement Of
that Committee, and then brought the
amount which [ had accordingly been
over paid to $246,72. As I had agreed
before. that L would abide by the decis-
ion from Madison, l was in honor bound
to accept the result. and [ did so, al
though it was contrary to fair and hon
orable construction of the law In ques-
ton. This is the swindling / am charg-
ed with by the Democratic hirelings of
Manitowoc; but l will tell now where
theiswindling really comes in, if there was
such thing premeditated:
The decision obtained from Madison,
was not from the State Printer, but from
the Madison Democrat and neither of
| the gentlemen who settled with me, nor
L myself knew it at the time of settle
ment. The letter containing the decis-
ion was so ingeniously folded into the
bundle Of reports, that only the lower
part of it, containing the decision, was
readily visible and neither of the parties
ever thought of the deception.
This is all we have to say on the sub
ieot; the Pilot and Nord- Westen, either
one of whom or both combined have been
guilty of swindling the County out of
double fees for publishing the last tax
list in english, ought certainly to be the
last to talk about FRA UDS; but they
will Lot escape just censure by falsely &C
cusing others. Their other accusations
are too contemptibly false to deserve the
least response. We shall not notice their |
authors hereafter.
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