The Dickinson press., 1896-09-12

Der 2, less than two weeks before
the time of publication required
by law, and in the meantime all
members of the board, including
treasurer and auditor, agreed that
there was no necessity for calling
a special meeting for the purpose
of designating a paper, providing
that a majority of said board sig
nified their preference in a man.
ner satisfactory to the treasurer
SO that he could be justified in
furnishing copy. 1t was for this
purpose that Ayers saw Commits
sioner Nc Clure-not at midnight
but in the morning. No prom
Uses we're exacted. Mr.. Mcclure
is not the kind of a man to do
anything that he does not think
is right or that he need be
ashamed of. Commissioner Lee
is another man who stands above
the reach of any scurrilous insin-
uations.
Carter says that we have stolen
$40 from the county. This can
not be, as the delinquent tax-pay-
ers, mostly the N. P. and land
companies, are charged with the
cost of publication and not the
county.
Carter had the tax lists for the
years SO and ga and his con-
science was not troubled about
taking the legal rate. Now,
when his is not the official paper,
he quietly slips in a bid and cuts
rates, Of which we were officially
notified about two hours before
the meeting of the board. No
bids were expected. The price
is fixed by law and is made man.
datory. Read sec. 1855:
''The treasurer shall give notice Of the sale of
Tor three consecutive weeks preceding the sale,
IN = Newspaper in hie county: to be designated
by the board Of county commissioners q a ma
1ority thereof, II there is one, and II there is no
paper published in his county, shall give notice
BY q written or printed notice posted on the door
Of the court house or building in which courts
are commonly held or the usual place Of meet
ing Of county commissioners for three weeks
previous to the sale; In counties having daily
pape e., t the d tax list sd i shall be be published n IMa din. in one i il:
the board. Such notice shall contain a %notifca-
ton n that al all lands on which taxes are a lien,
naming unpaid will be sold, and time and place
Of sale, and said notice must contain a list Of the
'ands to Be }s SOLD ssss. name eG Of person PER- am to whom on such
due. The treasurer shall charge and collect in
addition to the taxes, interest and penalty, the
81 sum mo q t twenty aay, cents y ION on each aohI tract let Of real proper.
sale, which sum shall be paid into the county
ire asury and the county shall allow and pay the
f fSe 1. Ss P pS6Ys n4oY;a % eGbm nl Ie na cs Of SAME Sc a;f at at
county be liable for more than the amount
vertising."
No county in the state takes
bids under the law; the attorney
general says that the commits
sioners are not expected to re-
ceive bids; States Attorney Bur-
nett says that the law is manda-
tory, and any good lawyer will
say the same thing. The law
would be void and imperative if
construed otherwise. But there
is another thing, Carter has not
the material with which to do
such a job. The years that he
had the tax list his office did not
turn out the work, and his scheme
this year was to get the work if
he could and send 1t to St. Paul
or some other place to be done,
which, owing to short time,
would almost certainly have re-
suited in an illegal publication,
giving a chance for a cost to the
county of thousands of dollars.
The PRESS is equipped to do
the work at home, and every dol
lar of wages incurred in doing the
job is paid to property owners
and taxpayers of Stark county.