The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-11
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PAIL Geo. l.. 'Cirrk. late Deputy
Treasurer, SIC, nj time, or forfeit
ire 81 lin 10 their lands. We have
A." desire IL prejudice the matter
pEc way or tic other; but as,
when writing our first article on
tie subject, we were not fully in
formed as 10 the I els, and he the
nif lr is one in which every CITIZEN
Of Lake c,unty is interested, we
give tho following:
II seems that Treasurer Bisbee
has never seen the agents OF the
Lumber Company, at either of the
times they visited Chase. The
first ri,tt~was On Saturday, April
1lth. As they rrrivcd late in T. &
afternoon, Di9bce bad left his Office
and gore II me (ab.u: a m le f!onn
town.. The Object Of tie agent,
or member Of TIC Company, was to
redeem lands which had been sold
last Fall. Tor tax S OF 1872. the
former owners If tie lands thus
sold for taxes have one year f'oin
the tirsi If the months during whicl
tic sale takes place (Oc' obeD in
which to redeem, by plying pin
cipIe, penalties, interest, &r
March 3lst the whole amount r
'qnired to I've paid was about $1,000
Had the Lumber Company sent it,
agent there Me0, ov,r one hundred
dollars in interest world have been
saved. But as The agent did not
arrive until the 18th, the law re-
CURED interest to he pail for the
entire quarter, or, mp to July 1st,
1871 We are informed that the
matter was discussed by tie agent
Clark and Prosecuting Attorney
Warner, the law looked up and
explained. 1t then appears that
the agent refused to pay the in'er-
est for tie third quarter, MS he con
sidcred the Company might as well
have the use Of tie money until
flc close of said quarter; and be-
sides he lad no authority TO pay
the interest. CLARK then went to
Bghec's house, and talked with
linn in regard 10 the matter; bu:
the latter declined to accept moncy
from the agent, unless the int, resi-
was paid according 70 law.
From the statement OF the agen,
we learn that Clark told hun pre-
vious to setting O1t for Bigbcc S
honse, that he (Clark) would see
Blgbee and Lathrop, aud, if pos
s.5lr, get their signatures to II re-
ceiot which wouI show rl,at inter
est had been paid for only FL ven
days of the third quar:er. The
agent was not t, await Clark's re-
turn, hut was to retire, and if Clark
succeeded the exchange OF money
and receipt would take place on the
following Sunday morning. rs the
agent wished to leave for home III
:rly rs possible. The next NOM
ing Clark reported all right, ana
the business was closed up in the
sitting room of The hotel. The
amount paid by the agent was
81 300, which, we are informed, does
i OF include interest for tho entire
third quarter.
The receipt held by the Lumber
Company bears the names of Big
bee aud Lathrop. Both are rea ~
to swear they never sisncd such
receipt. If it cannot he proven
that they did sign tho receipt, Of
course the fact OF forgery having
been committed is established. As |
we understand the law, no agent
can bind the principal by attaching
to any article of agreement the
name Of said principal without the
name or initials Of the agent, also.
Ths receipt in the hands Of the
Lumber Company bears neither
the signature of Deputy Treasurer
or Deputy Clerk.
Another fact wh'ch tends rather
against The Mani'tcc parties, is that
when they pail tho money and ac-
cept,d tue receipt, they mnst have
known it was IN illegal act, the law
requiring interest to bo paid for
a fl.ll quarter, and not for any frac
ton thereof. There are other mat
tiers which might be brought for
ward To show that neither Biglsce.
nor the county shonld lose the
amount above referred to; bnt ms
oar olj.cl in again referring to the
affair Was Simply to show the poo
rle how tho matter now stands (ac
cOrdii gto statements Of parties
most interrsted) We omit them
We do not wish to be understood
in this article as aiming to cast any
suspicion of criminal intent upon
the agent Of the Lumber Company,