People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-19
VOL. III.
WEIGHS REPLY.
He Defends Himself as Judge Rays
StelOgrapher.

Ah Dh'ADhNh; Nol'' uudg LIZ oO'
EDITOR VOICE:-Although Mr..
Rays letter of May lst is addressed
to you the greater part of it seems to
be devoted to me. Your excellent ed
itOrial in reply to it is a complete de-
fence in itself. At the same time, |
wish to say few words. The letter
which | wrote to Mr.. Ray under date
of May 20, | REPEAT as being a state
ment Of the facts as | understand
them.
Without descending to notice the
apparent exaggeratiOn of the points
in controversy, the wholesale Charac-
ter Of his method, and the evident
temper with which the letter was
written, | will pass at once to what
seems to be the chief points as far as
they relate to myself. He says:
Under the LAW the county COM
miSsiOnerS have nothing whatever to
do with the allowance to a court Ste
nOgrapher."
1t would be preSumptuOus in me to
attempt to instruct the able and
learned Judge as to what the law of
the state of Kansas is in regard to
this matter. But / call attention to
the following passed by the legiSla,
ture of 1891;
Ah Act to govern the issuing, regis
tratiOn and order of payment of war
rants OF counties, cities, township,
school districts, and boards of educa-
tiOn, and to repeal sections 1896, 1897
1923 and 7O99of the General Statutes
of 1889.
SEC. l. All warrants shall be drawn
to the order of the persons entitled to
receive the same, and shall specify the
nature of the claim or service for
which they were issued and out of
what fund payable, and the term war
rants, as used in this act, shall be un-
derstOOd to include all orders of any
kind or description authorized by law
to be drawn on public treasurerS for
money payments.
SEC. 3. County warrants shall be
signed by the chairman of the board OF
commissioners, and attested by the
clerk; city warrants shall be signed by
the mayor, and atteSted by the city
clerk: township warrants shall be
signed by the township trustees, and
atteSted by the township clerk; schoo
district warrants shall be signed BY
the director and attested by tie clerk
board Of education warrants shall bC
signed by the president, and attesteC
by the clerk.
SEC. 10. Any officer of any county
city, township, school district or bOarC
Of education who shall sign or attest
any warrant not duly authorized By
the proper board or city council, anC
any treasurer who shall cOuntersigI
any warrant not Heretofore SigneC
and atteSted by the proper officers a
required IN this act, shall be liable tt
the county, city, township, school dis
trict or board Of education in the sun
OF such warrant; and any such office
who shall violate any of the prOviS
ions of this act shall be deemed guilt,
Of miSdemeanOr, and upon cOnvic
tiOn thereof shall be fined in a sum O
not less than $50 nor more than $500.
SEC. II. Sections 1896, 1897, 700
and 1899 of the General Statutes O
1889 are hereby repealed, and all act
and parts of acts in so far as they ar,
Inconsistent with this act are re
pealed.
Approved March 10, 1891.
"The county commissioners hav
nothing to do with the allowance of
court stenOgrapher!" When there i
no appeal from their decision it seem
they are about the only ones tina
dO have anything to do with it. Pre-
yiouS to the passage of this act tn
cOuntyclerk had authority and dit
issue warrants to me upon the count
treasurer upon the certificate of tn
Judge AT ANY TINE that would pre-
sent bill with such certificate. Bu
in accordance with the above Statut
the county clerk has all times sine
its passage refused to issue warrant
upon the certificate of the Judge
The certificates of a hundred Judge
would not alter the case. Hence. i
is plainly immaterial whether a iudg
certified to bill or not, since tn
final decision lin the absence of an
appeal) as to whether. a warran
should be issued or not was trans
ferred to the commissioners. At tn
same time, | continued through wha
thought was an abundance of eau
tiOn" to get the Judge to certify +
my bills, with two exceptions, when
asyOu correctly say, he was not get
at-able."
My attention was called to the ney
law, about the time 1t took effect, b
the comfy clerk or his deputy. The
were both in the Office at the time
recollect it quite distinctly, as W
had discussion over it. As the boy
say, | made big kick" for the rea
son that it would be impossible 70
me to get any money except ever
three months which is as often as tn
commissioners meet for the pupose O
allowing bills. So, instead of collus
ion between myself and the commits
siOners to 'lOOt" the county, | wa