Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-06
County Treasurer Bradley and the
County Funds.

County Treasurer Bradley and the
County Funds.
At .heir session last Monday the
county commissioners adopted the fol-
lowing:
Moved that the chairman of the
board is hereby authorized to purchase
a fire and burglar proof safe, suitable
to be placed in the vault in treasurer's
office, and that he is instructed in the
mean time to secure a suitable fire
and burglar proof safe and place same
in the treasurer's office as custodian of
the county funds, and the treasurer is
directed to keep the county monies and
funds in the safe in said Office for safe
keeping" Carried.
In keeping with the above motion
Chairman Powell had two teams and
six men employed Tuesday in getting
the discarded State Bank safe iato the
t~reasurer's office. The commissioners
want the cash in that safe which, evil
IDENTIFY. wasn't good enough for the
State Bank, and they propose to hire a
man to Sleep in the treasurer's Office
with the money every night, which. of
course, would only cost about So a
night. This they would not object to
paying out of the county funds so
long as they might be able to satiate a
spirit of petty animosity. If the
county treasurer must be responsible
for the money entrusted to his care,
and must give bonds that he will do
so, it seems but reasonable that he
alone should have the right to say
where such funds shall be kept-and
he alone HAS that right.
Yesterday afternoon several gentle
men, including the county treasurer,
deputy auditor, commissioners, repre-.
sen.atlves of the different papers and
the bondsmen of the treasurer assem-
bled in the treasurer's office, for it was
understood that the treasurer wa;
going to produce the funds on hand
that the commissioners might see that
his accounts were correct. When TIT
money was produced to be counted
Chairman Powell, on behalf of thu
board, ordered it to be placed in tin
safe as the commissioners did not carr
to count it just then. He also desired
to explain to the treasurer how tn
combination on the safe was manipu
lated. The bondsmen of the treasure
demanded that the money be counted
in order that the board and themselve
and the public might be satisfied. Tn
commissioners were requested to coun
the money but this they did not dc
whereupon the deputy auditor, VII
Dudley, and Mr.. Bradley proceeded, il
the presence of all, TO count the none
and found that there was on han
$4,000 which was 1928 more than til
treasurer's accounts showed there la
been deposited IN the First Nations
Bank. The commissioners evidentl
did not dispute the count at leas
they admitted that that amount wa
there. Some one then proposed tha
the money that had been deposited i
the Mlnnekahta bank he counted. TIL
suggestion caused much mortimer
but since the commissioners did not az
pear to be in a mood to act on the sns
gestlon, nothing came of it. I'll
bondsmen of Treasurer Bradley the
objected to the money being kept j
the safe-wNich is a very cheap an
poor concern in which to keep so muc
cash. The funds we're thereupo
taken in charge by the treasurer an
brought back to the First Nation;
Bank, notwithstanding the injunction
OF the commissioners to replace I'll
money in the safe. The COMMISSIONS
after removing MIR. Bradley, have no
recognized him as treasurer. We
our county board have a record for il
consistency.
The treasurer alone is %responsib
for the funds of the county. He
under bonds while the commissions
arc not at all responsible. 1t is f,
the treasurer to make good any 10
that the county funds may incur viii
entrusted to his keeping. In refusn
to allow the commissioners to dicta
to him, Mr.. Bradley has the earne
and hearty support of every ia
minded man in the county.