Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-03-13
The Fins nciai S3tnfai I1l11 Y

The Financial 9tntoiiIne ut. q
Below ii printed Tho bill hersto fcr,
referred to III these columns, which
lsgalizes the publication Of the finaa
cil statement Of Morrison county
Snads IN These columns 4 yearaso: Il
~ AN ACT
To Aegallze certain public printing 81
the. county Of Morrison and to author.
ize the payment of the same.
/ Be It enacted By the Legislature Of
the state Of Minnesota. r. 4. assas #
WHEREAS, A statement Of tho re.
sceipts and expenditures Of the county
Of Morrison for the year ending Feb.
ruary twenty-ninth l29th3 eighteen
hundred and eighty-four (lSsI), hay.
ing been published in the Little Fails
Transcript, \ newspaper then, pub.
lished weekly in the Engllsl, language
in said coxnty, for three successive
weeks. the last Of which publications
being on the fourth {4th) day Of April
eighteen hundred and eixhtysfour
(1884), the said publication having been
made by virtue of a statement in writ
ing furnished the publisher Of. said
newspaper by the auditor ofsaid co,In.
ty purporting to be the financial state.
ment Of the county ofMorrison for the
year ending February twenty.ninth
Goth, eighteen hundred and eighty.
four (l8s4), made by the commission
ers Of said county as by law required,
and no other statement. purporting IL
be the financial statement of said coun.
ty Of said year having been published
in any paper in said county vt any
time, therefore 'a~. :. x
Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the state Of Minnesota. -.
SECTION /. That the said publication
Of the said statement is hereby legal
ICED and declared to be the lawful
publication Of the financial statement
Of the county of Morrison for the year
ending February twenty-ninth (29).
eighteen hundred and eighty four
(lSS4), and the board Of COL .nissioners
for the county of Morrison are hereby
authorized and required to appropri-
ate sufficient funds from the treasury
of the said county not otherwise ap-
propriated 10 pay for said publication
at rates not exceeding the. maximum
rates now allowed by Jaw in publica-
tons of like character.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 3rd, A. u. 1885.
There is, in Morrison county, much
misapprehension and consequently
numerous misstatements concerning
the matter Of making and publishing
in the columns of the Transcript the
financial statement for Morrison county
for the year ending February 20, 1884.
It is probably as well for the people to
receive a little correct light on the sub
ject. At be January meeting of the
board of the county commissioners in
1854, a resolution was passed concern
ing the fnancian statement for the
year ending March l, 1884, and it reads
on the records as follows:
''On melton duly seconded, the au
ditor was authorized and directed to
make the financial statement for tile
ynar ending March l, 1854, and to have
the sauna Published for three weeks in
n some newspaper printed in the
county"
The resolution was so published in
both the local papers Officially inthe
Transcript and its correctness Was
never questioned until it WAS found
Auditor Lachance had given the pub
ication of the statement to the Trans
script instead Of the Sun, as he did
sne year preVlsOuSiy. Il. ~ g
The law requires that the board Of
county commissioners shall on the 3rd
Tuesday in March Of each year make
! financial statement Of the county,
md cause it to be published Last
year the board met on that day, bat no
lction whatever was taken in the mat
or. On the following day the board
net and asked Auditor Lachance for
he statement, but he said he had con-.
racted for its publication according to
heir orders. They then asked for
bids tor it's publication. For several
'easons we thought best not to put in
bid. In the first place We would be
bidding to publish.a document Which,
according to the commissioners did not
Exist, and which, according to law, had
% be made on a certain day, which.
lay had passed with no action by the
board in the matter. Certainly to have
hen put in bid would have been
,hild's play, and could have had no
significance whatever. We knew that
The county auditor: had for years made
The annual financial statement Of the.
county, and the board had always, paid
therefor. We knew that the year pre-
vlous the auditor had made the state
ment, given it to the Sun for publica
ion, that the board Of county commits
'ioners had paid over 500 for the
publishing, and that the Sun expected.
he statement again Int year. ..5
Atthe time Mr.. Lachance gayskus
he statement TO publish we had NJ
ioubt but the board had authorized
him to make and publish it. and it was
not until we had went to nearly al the ]
expense % Publishing it thatwe hsard
HE corrsetns1s Of the reco: d disputed.
When IL Was disputed. II vae to- Ate RS