Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-15
IMPEACHMENT OF BROWN.
Articles OF Impeachment Adopted by
tho House.

| ance IN oflirp and which form thu ha al. ,f his
trial IN, me senate
! Article m charges that said .J,hp r Rrowr
h,yinc hee, au,v aud legally s,octed ana o,s,
0ea ~ 40, as auditor or stat, and whne In nj.
s,,d ot,,cs and legally onalIaea IN act thcrsIn
anrlnc the wear. isss ami ia rnm,ndrnI q,
hts an,,as In n,,,e. .,a ~ hi. oath ~ ,,s,o
ana In vIo,atIon ~ the cons,itutto, and law.
NJ IN. stote ~ Iowa dIa wn,ful,y inte,,,on.,.
ly ap, eorrunt,y. fail and neglect IN Keen and
make an accurate and partcu,ar account ~ ali
fees received NV him as sucb nudi,or ~ stat.
ond failed ana negIe,,ea ~ yenaer \, IN. ,rn.s
urer az STATE an accurate aud particular mnn,h.
lv renort ~ snch fe,s auIy v,rIaed hv ao,aa,I,
as nrovldea Inv law. thereby b,inc guilty ~ n
malfeasapce In Office and misdemeanor.
Article secona charres failure and ,ey,sct
IN render IN tbs treasurer az s,at, accurate and
nart,cular monthly r,ports az fees received Inv
him In HIS said of,ee du,y verified NV aDaa.
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| ArtIc,, NJ charres faI,urc and ,ecl.ct N "A.
rect proecedlnys against the Bremen Count,
hank. showing the same 10 be Ipsolyent.
| A,tic,, ath charges that he ana an or .hont
thc month ~ November. 1854 falsely wilIfui.
lv and eorruntlv certify 10 the solycncv of the
Rrcmer County bank located NJ W.vcr,v.
Iowa. well knowing that said bank was in an
unsonnd and insolyent condition. and aha
wplf,,lIy and corrnnt,v rec,ly. from said hank
IN, sum nj one hundred dollar, for making
s.Id false and fraudulent certificate.
Article bth charges that Mr. Brown and h,s
ae,ntv collected extortio,ate fces Tor examL
nnt,on Of hanks and that no not only charged
and collected from said hanks and retained ~
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tortlonate fees. hut that he per,n,tted and au.
thorlxed bis denuty Ia charge. collect and ro
tain 10 his own nae ana bene6t sueb illcya,
and extortionate fees.
Article tth charged that no corruptlv drew
his warrants upon the Treasurer Of state 10 be
noId ont NJ Tho clerks, fund apnronrIated fnr
The payment Of clerical force I'm his Office. with
out stalking for sucb wnrranta vouchers r,.
,rircd and proyided nv law aud wI,hont ,,.
nisb,pg or filling any such vouchers as proyId
cd nv law.
Ariel, 7tb ,horces TINT IN tho examination
NJ Insurance cnunanIe, n. .n,fn,Iv Inten,Ion.
tioralIv ,nd cor,nn,Iv ,yr,,d no Ma ,v,,n an.
Van tn CHARGE md collrct frou ,aId Insurance
comn,nics Illegal md cytnr, tomato foes
Article stb cborpes thai . orruntIy .creea
hy AMI Nth s,Id Wan IA ,n.,aa .,J col
icct from sojd i,snro,c, c,,non,es s,ch uI..
ga, and c,tor,,nn.,e fcss tnr the sery,e.s a,
onc Reed ma assIstan, ar c,e,,,
Ar,ic,. OH ,harges that bo ai1 vu,,,uv
eorruntly and with the intention 10 cheat and
defraud such insurance companies, conspiro
aud agree with said II. 3. Vail, TO charge and
collect from said Insurance eomranIes exhor-
bItant and excessive fees aud divide the same
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Brown and II. \. VAN,
Article 10th charges that he did wllfuly and
corruptly and with intent 10 cheat aud dcfraud
the state OF Iowa, fail 10 make or cause 10 be
made aud kent any record or account OF said
fees, or TO report the same to the treasurer Of
state as required by law, but wilfuny and cor.
ruptly retained and appropriated said fees 10
his own use aud benefit.
Article 18th charges that he authorized and
permitted Stewart AS Deputy Auditor 10 charge
and collect from banking associations doing
business In this State, as fees for the cxamI
nation thereof, large sums OF money, aggrc
eating fourteen hundred and tlfty live dollars
(SI 1867. That said charges were made aud
permitted 10 be made on the part OF the said
John l.. Brown, wIllfully and corruptly, and
with the intention to cheat and d fraud said
banking associations.
Article I2th charges that he ala wIllfully,
corruptly and with the intention to cheat
and dcfraud such associations 40 examined
under ana W virtue OF the authority thus vest
oil in him, authorize and permit his deputy, on.
:. i, Stewart to charge and collect from suci
associations, ns fees for such examination.
large sums OF money, wrongfuly and Illegally
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Article 18th charges that he did wilfully, cor
ruptly and with the intention u cheat and de-
fraud the State OF Iowa, draw his warrants OF
the State Treasurer In favor Of s. \. Stewart,
Deputy Auditor, for services as such Deputy
Auditor, In the sum OF ten hundred and sixty
dollars and one cent In excess OF the salary
allowed by law and paid TO said deputy during
and for the same period Of time.
Article 18th charges that he neglected and
refused to comply with the order Of the Gov
ernor OF the State, and did willfully, inten'
tonally, and corruptly attempt to exercise the
functions Of the Office OF Auditor OF State after
suspension and without the same having been
revoked.
Article 10Th charges tnat ne ala wiiiiuiiy, IN
tentionally ana corruptly Issue 10 himself
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gu 'ron' oi'c" anu
two thousand and sixteen dollars and sixty
seven cents (S2,0l667); that when said war
rant was so drawn the appropriation for Audi
tors salary was nearly exhausted, and the
warrant so drawn on Jan 30, 1886, ovcrdrew
the account to the amount OF fourteen hun
dred and ffty-fve dollars and eighty seven
cents (s1, $3.50; thatthe said John l.. Brown
was, at the time thereof, fully cognizant o.
said facts, and willfully, corruptly and inten
tionaliy drew said warrant on the state treas
urer without authority OF law
Article 10Th charges that nc did wiiiiuiiy ano
unlawiuliy absent himseit AT various uinc'
from his said Office and the duties Thereon,
the neglect OF his Official duties ana the aetr'
ment OF the business and the management o.
his said ONCE; that during such tilnes nc, tns
said John i. Brown wiiiiuliy ana uniawiuhS