, 1876-03-29

on motion Of 1uatica soully the Board then
kd1ouruod.
AN INJUNCTION REFUSED.
Titg Latest fowH BOARD TuoUnt.E.
The motion for an injunction In tho Case Of A.
J. Galloway and J. @. ahortall W. tho Town OF
South Chicago and tho Town board and officers,
camo MP before Julyo Williams ycsterday morn
ius, having beeu postponed from Monday. Gen.
Thompson, on behalf Of tho comp1ainants. road
the bill, an abstract Of which was published Sum
day in Tna tribune.
atr. Cloudy, WHO, with Mt. Tulov appeared for
the dofondants, thon road afltdavts of uoarsy oil
tho defendants denying the main allegations OF
tho bill. and showing them 10 bo, In their opin-
ION, most immaculate sot Of mou. It Will DO
noticed, however, that thoy left = convaniont
loop-holo by stating that thoy would only tako
what tho law allowed, but leaving It doubtful ~
10 who uaa to eonatruc Tho law.
MICHAEL EyAaB
IN tho affidavit fnd by hlIn Bot out that I'm ts tho
Collector OF thc Town of South Chicago; that
at the somi-annilal 1neotinR OF tho board of
Town Auditors hold Aug. a1,. 1876,
thoro waa allowed .$l2,09p to him, Of
which s1,600 waa for lila soryices and
tic remainder WAS Tor clork hiro aud contingent
expenses necessarily incurred in tho collection
oE town taxes. Tho Common Couucil by an Or
dlnanco passed Tub. 2B, 1876 allowed him per
cont on ill collections Of atty taxes aa lna com-
t,allBnt!on for that service. The Collector fur
tlor states that h!B exponscs for clerk hire. dop
utics, and contingent clatnB amount to large
suul. bnt he cannot state how much. llo alao
denteB uiRt he Is about to appropriate tue SUM
Of s2l.000 undor tho uamo Of conpenaa.ion and
expenses, Rs charged In tho bill, but claims lie
proposes to only take auch s1l.a or snmB 40 ho In
by Law entitled 10 receiya, md which may bc a.
lowed by tho board Of Town Auditors III tho dis
Charge Of. their duty imposed by law.
IT, HtN& tr TrtRk% Tirh~ t]
bo hold yesterday full acco,,nt Of aIl his OK
pnnseB and oxpendttnroB, aud did not propose
to mako fictitious ciai1H for oxpenaea or dapu-
ti0s, and dcneR TINT h0 had coufodorated With
the lIoard 70 bring about any Misrepresentation,
or that ho Intended to seeu1e aud eunvort To hts
own uae, under color Of an appropriation, any
sum III violation OF Inv.
Finally. E,aus den!cs that ho haa boen guilty
Of any fraud, aud aHHorsH that he docs not
claim, and hRu mover caitnoL, that liz IL Gil
titled an compensation from tile town for hia
BerviceA as Collector, To more than IL 600, aud
expressly denes all allegations to tbs CON-
tEary.
THE JCRIICEA
composing tho ToHn Haas1. j. Chlr}eB Haines.
0corgo 4. Moec!,, Logan u. Wallace, Josuph
Poilak. and Potter Foolo, alHo flled m affidavit
denying thattthsy Ind over oonfednrated or
oonnived with Micl.aol Evans, tho Collector, or
With tho Supervisor Assessor, Of Town Clark,
for tho Misrepresentation Of any Of the funds Of
tic town, or 10 allow an illegal componsatloh
for tho COLLECTORS SERVICES. They further Btato
TINT thay do mt consider the Board bound to
ntow tho Collector the sl1n cstimatod by tho
Hoard Aug. 81, 1876, aa necessary for tho yoar'A
expenses, nor DO they coneidar such amount to
havs hccn actunlly allowed. but only madc NJ
On estimate, nor even IN tint light do tluy
consider TINT estimate aa any basis Tor thu
amount to DO audited by. tho Board.
Collector presents his bill, thoy viii only givo
him what tho law allows, and will make no al-
loHsnco nor audit ANY claim except for work
actually done or o1pensoB incurred according to
fraud.
EpwAnD ru1LLIps,
tho Assessor, also testified In his affidavit that
ho presented an application to the Town Board
in August last Tor 81, ,ooO, which Was allowed bv
1t, and that he roceved town orders for that
amount, which he has long since disposed
Of. Ho was alao allowed forty doputieH, who hnyo
been paid BY tho Town Board. Phillips also
says that tho town orders wore unmarketnble,
owing to tho indebtedness OF tho town, and he
$4,000 and dispose OF tl,em to tho town for
$1,000 cash. Though Ae had conplctNl hls
assessment in August last, And whs plid IN fu]l
at that time, yet he llaA s.nce bean Obliged to
former Office.
7. X. Nyan certified that he bad boon allowed
"a, 600 for hts Boryices by tho board In August
last and llaa no further claim against thu To- VII
oAEep' !oa Vaeo A0nts H., -, ,
bia AFFIDAVIT dcnying that he had any claim
esa.pst tno s9"n' ~. 1nst III 'eoo.ssu vt,ouu ~ hu
g gus: aaat nuu ~ 'no osuoan "so oSp" Rss' ho
.u'nhs 40 % "na NV 20 .ns"BaniJ PAU ., IN !on o.
seIs 10 sat3eouef mn 'o"h ofaess 1os tos
@'''sAs'' orx ruonpaos
then orened tho argument Oh the part OF the
oonpsan' .a, clsnf ~ IT. @ W. au.nostea @ 20 cup
~ss @ne n Igt Snn ~ 10y W. o 1o m nnsa s IN 1 shea
oase ;a, anu !oaanS se a.ataLo VI tuoa aao saia.
los; m "un nIa c1IItssss nhos IT, IT, s9unts 70 be
patu sE"I 81. ~ Sa." ~. a!laa'e WIN
a,d ,e s.,;st.a - ta .5a,.asn, s 20; H. sau 10
WI wo1l t;s,ss. 70 snea ,s .o uosenu.me 'aa 'ot-
LIN ,is"t'., 40 "eo'o 'as'as Gu
~ 'o1NN'''0n' ,u norrv
1olio"ea lot the aoianaahth' MA claimed that,
W wv tn Or |nso .,,s M.n tno
inft l.; t.;r III se+o,nn ~ "at .,la 70 W.
.nt e4o @ sout& oi Gtuay Mo9la
to;,tno' eI1ont nu sa1s mas uny ptongat !ol
t,otrt"r m nm t'ct,, s~s,,':} 1,nu saoa'u .ot
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