The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-02

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To Schssl District Ns.s1-s$34.00
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Fractional p :" halls, 8 T!E ads
with Pisas't Plains ~ r. 9.96,
1T is said by some Of the reside ants
that il VA, common talk among the
people who signed the call before
this special tovA. meeting was held
that the object Of Voting that bond
was; that it might % sold and the
money received upon it., and then
that money might be, loaned out to
these several school districts. ta
Now, / desire 70 call tn. atten-
ton of, the gentlemen q connected
with the administrator OF tho law
in that township and also the at
tsntion Of the Prosecuting Atty Of
Lake county to the following lag
found in the Act entitled, "An Act,
to provide for the safe keeping Of
public moneys" which was approved
April q, 1875 % Section 8 Of that
ACT provides that any officer who
shall swiilfully or csrruptly draw or
issue any warrant, order or certi6-
cate for the payment Of money in
excess Of the amount authorized by
law, or for a pisrpose not authorized
By law, shall be deemed guilty Of D.
misdsmesnsr' and may be punished
by = fine net exceeding one thou
sand dollars, or Imprisonment in
the county Jail not exceeding six
months, or both, at the discretion
sf the court. 1, there any law
which authorizes the subtsrfngc Of
issuing . bond to raise moneys for
township purposes and then leaning
il out! Might it NOT, !. as well be
loaned to individuals, as some Of
the officers OF the township of Elk
have herstofyrs loaned money to in
dividuals? L one any, greater vio-
lation Of law than the other? II
should Be remembered that iindivid-
val diseretiOn has no place in the
management Of these matters, ex:
cept' 50 far a. that discretion is con,
fsrrsd by law; and when the law
provides thatamonsy raised Z fer .
particular purpose shall be used only
for that purpose, no matter whatithe
necessity may appear to be, to use
II for any other purpose il . viola
ton Of law. q Now, section three
of this same public msney Act pro-
vidss that no officer charged with
the receiving and keeping ofrublic
moneys shall allow, any such mon
eys, to be used under any prstsxt
for any purpose other than, ia ac-
cordance with the provisions Of law.
Now the sflicer who drew this war;
rant TO get this money cut of the
treasury (if any such warrant was
drawn, and | am Informed such is
the fact) and the officer who paid
thst warrant, if he paid il knowing
the purpose for which il Was dra wn,
simply come within this statute. If
the t0wHship did not need this thou.
sand dollars for contingent expen-
sss IL was q, fraud on the tax yers
to vets it, Hthsy did need IL for
contingent expenses il seems to be
~ fraud on the Law that it was not
used fer the purposs for which il
Was raised. The money being
raised for . public purpose, when
itlcams into the hands ofths Town
ship Treasurer, within the ) provis-
|isns Of section one Of that Act Of
1875, came int his hands ~ sspub-
.licsuoneys,y % the money Of the
township, and Was 10 be used only
for the contingent expenses Of the
township, and cannot DO used for
any. other purpose without . viola
siSa not osly Of the oath ofo1ice OF
every party csnhectsd with the an
lawful appropriation of it, but also
q the law which Aatjects such off,
Ger to penalty WA sFl-nsg
n csnnot AK more or your space
this week. I read your editorial Of
last week with interest and was
glad 70 see that you Invited oil whs
wished - reason together concern:
ling those subjects 70 1 fr4e nss Of
your columns. We are seasoning
concerning public insttsrs and there
fSrs We may reason IN public. II
theirs 10 any feeling Of hostility in
ySuf vicinity ~ ainst the Railway
Company Or rsgsiast o'h0n resident
| land holders there nuSt b some
reason for il. That rssr0n must
consist (I) Of some oct Of omissica
or eommission Of which the Il Rail-
wy Oonpany sf the ? non resident
land holderi AZ gaiity in xhich
case the act ,oan b. pointed oAky or
| (2) Il Nest csvsist Sf'si disposition
/ SS Ina part Of some Of your citIxens
Its avail themselves Of the I pssitisn
| IN which they, 6nd thenscavss placed
Lte put monSyIiH thsk pschetAWith-
| CIV iabDf .sNa t3thcut tgfsrSSSx 70
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