Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-18

LOT ile just what He tLuWSOn) was
selling them at, and that if did no.
agree to the arrangement when 1 got
home, that he would pay ME the face
of the bonds. Under this agreement.
as Lawson and Albin both Informed
me afterS us, lawson got the
bonds, and give Albin the check for
the money mentionA by st. Jos
eph.' Albin paid the money over to
me- immediately afterwards.
] come now to the charge that the |
bonds were illegally issued and to the
prejudice of the county. l utterly |
deny both propositions. The ques-
ton of taking $4O0, 900 of stock in the
ST. Louis and ST. Josep,. railroad !
company was fairly and constitution
ally submitted to The qualified voters
of Buchanan county, on the Tuesday !
after the first Monday in September. /!
1868. AT the election, SO held. and !
upon the question presented, "St. |
Joseph" SAYS lh,r bare conStitu-
tional majority of the votes were cast
affirmatively Q give the substance,
not the words of St -Joseph). The
record shows that 1,96S votes We're
cast i'll favor of the subscription. and
520 against it. So much for the bare
majority argument. Now for my
connection with the issuing of the
bonds by the county court i'll pursu-
ance of the above vote.
The president of the St. Louis and
ST. Joseph railroad company, on the
18th of August, 1868, called at my
Office for the purpose of employing
me to obtain the bonds of Buchanan
county which had been voted to his
company; and upon the terms Speci-
fed in the order which had been voted
upon by the people. He told me that
tie county court had up to that time
manifested no disposition to issue
he bonds upon any terms. and that
he wished legal proceedings instituted
for the purpose of compelling the
county court to act. He moreover
said that the greater part of the road
bed was ready for the iron, and that
if the company could obtain the
bonds. they at that time could sell
them for good price. and get money
enough to complete the road. and that
they W uld complete il in a few
weeks. l Informed him that I sup
posed the county court would he
disposed to carry out the will of the
people at the polls, and that if the
court could be satisfied, that the
county would suffer no loss. and that
the company were entitled to the
bonds, that they would issue them.
He then proposed to me that if
would undertake the case Tor the
company and hav" the bonds issued.
he would pay me five per cent there
on. accepted the proposition, hop
ing to devise some plan that would
be Just to the county and favorable to
the company by which the bonds
could be obtained. Failing in this.
intended applying for IL mandamus
and forcing the cour' to issue the
bonds. When lapplicd for the bonds
the court informed me that the diff
Guilty with them i'll issuing them was
that after they were issued the road
would not be built. The court su"-
gesicd that if they believed that the
road would be built and its builhim"
expedited by issuing the bonds Il,
once they would have no objection Ia
doing Sc. but that the county must hc
made safe and good security given
that the road would be bnilt.
than proposed to the county cour,
that thev issue bonds to the rXtru,
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