Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13

DciOW VIC punish the amended law. as
passed at the last session Of the legislature.
In reference to unorgsnizrd counties. The
bill as passed. annexes Comanche county |
to Barbour as one Of it, municipal town
ships. We called attention to this matter |
some three months since, and warmed the
citizens of Comanche county rs well as the
Barbour county officials against this
scheme. The matter was suggested to the
officials here by an agent Of Bond Symli-
cate, and the inducements held out were
that it would benefit Barbour county. This
was only TO induce them to give 1t attcn-
ton. As will be seen from the bill, Bar
bonr county received very little or no ben
eft from 1t, and the only real object I'm
view is to obtain q show of organization,
that suit may be brought against that
county when officers are once appointed.
The bonded debt Of that county is about
$4,000 which was fraudulently heaped up
on 1t bya set Of as systematic bond thieves
as eNertnfcsted the country. There never
were enough actual settlers In Comanche
county to effect Nm organization; there
never was dollar expended for court
house, bridge, or n road in The county,
and yet there is u debt of from 100000 to
500 900 standing against it.
| Why the Cresset takes such great inter.
est in this matter we are mt loss to know.
They say in their issue of the the eth inst,
that they presume the people of CoInancile
county will willingly ply the slight Tux
that may be levied, As 1t will give them the
advantage Of full set Of township Offices
and school facilities. Now the fact of the
business is, Comanche county has fewer
actual settlers than it had three years ago,
and her people have never asked for school
facilities as offered them by this bill; nor
have they solicited the support the Crcs-
set seems so DESTROYS Of giving in this mat
ter.
The article In question smacks consider.
ably Of paid literature, like another eff.,s-
Ion In the same Issue Of that paper, rs it is
neither in the interest Of Barbour or Com
anche counties to have an organization ere.
ated for the sole purpose of directing bond
suits against. No good can come out of
giving these men an opportunity to test the
yalidito of debt known to have been Gre.
ated through the worst kind of rascality
and fraud by a set of thieves, debt created
) entirely without the county recovering a
cent Of compensation.
Should the people of Comanche county
, ask for the organization Of their county OF
did we believe the organization would be
beneficial to Barbour county. We would
, gladly saw amen; but when it is potent
that the scheme is but for the purpose OF
giving eastern capitalists show to collect
an unjust debt, cypress the people and
create discord generally, we consider tn,
organization bad policy.
Here Is the law as amended:
SkCIIoN l. That stctIon 30 of chaptc,
~ Of the SESSION laws of 1873 be amended
: 30 as to read rs follows:
SIC. 81. That whenever any inorganic.
ed county is attached for judicial purpose,
to an organized county, it shall De the duty
OF the county commissioner Of the county
to which it Is attached to order special
election In said mnorganzed county for the
election Of township officers, notice OF
which election shall be given BY posting
said notices i'm ut lrast 1--WE different places
in such tnorganized county for at least two
weeks prior TO said election. Until sucl,
election is held and township officers ART
elrcted and qualified it shall b. the duty OF
the board of county commissioners of such
organized county to appoint all necessary
township officers for such Ilnoryanizer
county. who shall hold their offices. until
the officers elected at such special election,
: shall have qualified. and the officers elected
ut such special election shall hold their Of
flee till the regular township election; and
township elections shall be thereafter held
In such unOrganized county mt tire regular
time for holding township elections, and
: the deputy county officers and the town
ship officers provided for by this act shall
keep an office ut some convenient place in
such unOrganized county. to be- prescribed
by the board of county commissioners.