, 1876-12-28
COUNTY BONDS.
An Agreed Case Made Up to Take the
Matter to tho Supreme Court.
A County Contractor Kindly Consents TO
Allow Ills Name TO Be Used.

Allow Ills Name TO Be Used.
What the Bankers Think the Value Of the
Bonds Will Be,
The Board Of County Commissioners. having
been cfIectually thwasted IN thelf desire 10 get
hold Of public money by the praiscworthy action
Of County-Trcasurer Huck In refusing to sign
any Of the proposed Issue Of 81 600 900 OF eoun.
ty bonds, wcre necessarily constrained 70 tluu
some new method Of satisfying their itching
palm. The action OF Mr. 1Iucx seemed TO be
effective for the purpose, but tic Commsstots-
crs aru likely to get point ahead by their de-
vice Of yesterday.
For some days past unty-Attorney Roun-
tree and Commissioner or two have b0en tray-
cling over the city In search Of some weak.
minded brother willing to allow hts nauc to he
used In putrup case to be filed In court, and
taken, by agreement, to tho Supreme Court IN
JANUARY 30 that an early decision could be had.
This, It was hopcd, would satisfy Mr. Hucls's
scr1ples aud enable tho Commissioners 10 ret
hold Of tho bonds. Finally sfr. Marcus A. De-
vine consented to allow bis name to be used as
complainant, and tho bill ras filed yesterday
morning. Tllo friendly relations between MIR.
bly, indicated BIZ tic Endorsement On the bill
ssCllargc to Cook County BY order Of
County Attorney" Thus is 50 saved to
tho generous milkman and ex-Aldcrman. Mr..
Devlnc Is, md has been for some years, con-
tractor with the county for furnishing milk to
tho Hospital aad wherever else tho fuid Is uscd
Ills headquarters, when not at hts place Of busl.
ness haze long been ut tho Office Of tho County
Attorney. and 30 claac have been hts relations
With the Commissioners that he has always been
able to have hts contract renewed, year after
| Jcar, without opposition.
THE COMPLAINANT STATES
THAT the Boaz,l of County Con1ntsssoncss lu1t
Tuesday passed q resolution to issue g, ,o0otooo
per cent, with which 10 bnlld q Court-Hnuse.
liz aitnits that Cook County has over 100, 900
Inhabitants that 1t is building q Court-House
md sna s;5 oDt s % RHSe apa age
been mudo With Mcneil 4; Son for cut-stonc
work TO the n,nount Of SSH 500, on wh!cA has
becn paid 5000; another has been made with
columns and pl1asteTs to The amoantuf sl39,ss4
| and third with +. j. Sexton for masonry and
brickwork to the amount of f:}228, lG3, Sexton
has also other contracts for the County Hospi-
There Is likewise balance Of s27, 1880 due
| Henry Harms on his contract for building tho
foundations Of the Court House.
I It Is further admitted that the Commission
|
sufficient to pay tho principal and interest on
property 4 tho county for is7i i rated At
while T. n p6es1s1ps 11 ,ndeeteasess ,ba, e.
issuing md negotiating d s1, ooo,ooo u bonds
| will not Increase tho aggregate Indebtedness TO
an amount exceeding per cent Of the ynluo of
tho taxable. property as above tsated Although
l Rll these things may be SO, Mr.. Devtuc pro-
fcsscs that tic Boartiof commissioners ea1inot
Issue such bonds without submitting to the le.
gal voters Of Cook County at some general
election tho questonof the t:sung q = sush 81 bonas
vlscl Statutes. They have not as yet submit
ted, nor do they intend to submit, such question
to the taxpayers, bat claim they have tue right
ennte
TO enable counties having over l0o,ooo lnhabl"
tants to issue bonds and borrow money for coun-
ty purposes"
81 Of the Revised Statutes repcals tho net un.
der which tho Doard ciams to act; that their
action Will, II successful, tnjurc him natsE!a'ly,
he being taxpayer md owner OF sn,No OF
property: He, therefore asks for an Injunction
Tho County Bonrd, by C. G. r, Holden,
Chairman. aud john NJ. Rountree, nttoFney,
admitting tic action Of the Board on Dec. 2d
pop popu1ation aao t''De ot Cook County and tic
iiYcra Court House contracts: Il nlso
kindly admits that the princlpa! and intorsst
are to be paid in twenty years. In fact, gu tue
admissions of tho bill are rcatmlttcd By the an
swor, with the exception Of the allegation that
the County Commissioners should stptuit to
tho people the question is to tic pr0prlety Of
issuing the bonds. On th!s sole point air.
Kountrce takes Ills stand and waves defiance at
a very aimsy foe, denying tue necessity q such sHet
proceeding and nrhod!ng thn , proposes act,on ION
bath written IN q peculiar blue Ink, which
stamps them rs productions Of the Bano oice,
II not Of the same brain. -. :,
cut and dried, sir. Lcakc, on behalf Of Mt. De
ye aud Mr. ESnnreH go On 81 MRPm. Rn5. o. stote eS
their case, and asked TINT decree DO entered
could bc taken 1T oncc to tho January term Of
the eunsemu Court at Springfield. The parties
having consented, tho Judge could do nothing
hut cftcr decree as asked, and 1t was dong. A
record was Immediately made up, and VIII bo
aent to Springfield to-day.
| COUNTY TREASURER uUcK
was seen during the day, md said he had no
reason 70 rece from s aeton iew asys afo
tho Boards authority to issue tho same had
been tcst0d In tho courts.
"Ihen you wI'l not Sign thcmr
II low win thoy beIssucd thcnl''
d" They canuot be issued at all.h
"Wcfe you conaulted With reference to tho
action Of tie Board In tie matteri"
"Ep. thoy have given 1ne tho cold shoulder
since our interview OF few days ago."
You feel slEghtcd, Of c0urseW
"Eot BY any mcans. propose to do my
duty, and whateyer can In my humble way for
the projection OF tho public interest. II the
County Board was Inclined to do the same thing
It would not hesitata for moment, In 80 grave
d matter, to submit the question OF Issuing
ponds to 3 yote Of the people,"
TIE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
A reporter OF IHK TRIBUNE called on Murry
Nelson mud John g. 6horta!1, Of the Citizens'
| propuscd to DO, II anything, IN regard to THO
issuing Of 81 ,000, ,000 bonds by the County Board
Mr. Nelson said there liaa been some earnest
But as rel no definite plans had boon set on foot
It was possible that 4 meeting to consider the
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