Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
Red Eiot Resolutions.

county's present board of commits
sioners have heretofore employed
and still have in their employ for
the county 8. B. Kingsbury as their
attorney and legal advisor in GER
tain matters, the following resolu-
tions adopted by the Blaine County
Taxpayers Association, at their reg
Eular annual meeting, and published
in the Bellevue Leader of last Sat-
lurday, may prove interesting read
ing for the taxpayers of Gilmore.
They are:
"1st-Insomuch as one Selden B.
Kingsbury did cause to be pub
lished statement Of deliberate
falsehoods about the Tax Payers
4 Association of Blaine county, and
misrepresentation about the county
indebtedness; and whereas this is
the same s. B. Kingsbury that was
disbarred from practicing law In
the courts of Idaho on account of
unprofassional conduct, the same
s. B. Kingsbury that was indicted
by the grand jury for selling house
and lot in the town Of Haley that
belonged TO another party and APP
'tpropriating the proceeds to his own
use, and acknowledged his guilt by
pleading the statute of limitation;
the same most pitiable Kingsbury
ON account of his most undesirable
reputation for truthfulness, honesty
and general uprightness, and as our
secretary is willing to prove the
truthfulness of this statement at any
time to the satisfaction of any tax
payer of Blaine county. And
whereas we the members of the Tax
| Payers Association who are here
1 present, would not believe the said
Selden b. Kingsbury under the
most solemn and sacred oath or
affirmation that could be couched
in human language. Therefore be
it resolved, That the article he may
have heretofore written, or that he
may hereafter write, are not only
unworthy of reply but are not
worthy of the attention of true Am
erican citizens and liberty loving
patriots.
2d-That a committee of three b.
appointed to recommend Legislation
that will tighten the burden of tax
alton recently levied, also to recon-
mend legislation IN regard to tax
ing. stock that grazes in our coun
ties during the summer season, and
report the same at our next meet
ing.
: 3d-That the taxpayers associa
ton, through its proper committees
should use all diligence to protec
the people in the county's fnanc,
and take such friendly steps as may
harmonic differences, reduce ex
peDses, foster confidence, settlement
on increased assessment roll tina
our burdens may be lighted and I'll
timately wiped out. And we re
commend that appeals be made tt
the courts, if necessary, to remint
officials of their public duties.
Whereas. It is the sense of this
: Association that the county affairs
have been shamefully and recklessly
: managed in the interest of the few
: and against the interest Of the many
and that Doodle, dishonesty anc
> Encouragement, have combined
( with efficient laws to saddle ou
county with debt SO great as tc
/. border on insolvency.
, And whereas, Our present boart
of county commissioners have, il
our opinion, disregarded our stat
utes prohibiting them from inoreas
! ing our current indebtedness by is
suing over $4,000 in warrants dur
ing the first year of our county
= existence, which are now outstand
ing and unpaid. Also those statute
prohibiting compound interest b,
allowing our bondholders interes
Q upon codpons at the rate Of s pc
7 cent per annum, which is interes
!, upon interest--thus increasing on
Q refunded indebtedness more tina
$50, 900, and in our opinion hav
l. also disregarded the provisions {
h our state constitution in employin
II attorneys and paying thousands {
d dollars for services that should hav
been performed by our district a
r. torney and attorney general, an
! have extravagantly employed e.
it Eperts and paid them large sums
7. money for reports which are NJ
available for taxpayers TO examin
70 y Resolved, That we Il
y members of the Taxpayers Associ
3 ton of Blaine county, Idaho, {
10 hereby give notice to the county {
. fieers of Blaine county that unle
they furnish our committee wi
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