Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-03-13

nave nero " the LemD0rn HOSPITAL. IN.
smyth has cared for the foot since came
here, and ssys that II will be . long time
before can use It. Il 10 now IN Q plaster.
of.Parls cast, and the doctor says II must
remain there for dve or slx weeks. III.
II. Howard left the hospital last Thurs
day to visit friends in Msndan."
The Constltutional Liar.
It hardly seems possible that any one
dependent upon the reading public for
support should. week aftsr week, insult
the intelligence Of his readers by pubs
fishing statements we'll known to him and
to them to be untrue statements that the
least bit Of investigatien would prove TO
be false. 1t is the province Of . NEVIS
paper to speak boldly and openly regard
Ing public matters 7; but, when mistaken
and shown to be mistaken, an acknowl.
edgment Of the mistake should be made
at once. It is the failure to do this that
has made the Winona Times and it, ''sd.
itor". objects Of contempt oil over tho
county, and to greater degree IN his
own town. He has been shown to.he :
liar regarding his statements % to wit
ness fees and jury drawing; but he makes
effort neither to furnish prosf nor 70 cors
rect his falsehoods. Now he CLAIMS that,
the tax-list matter was wrong. and even
misquote the law that he claims to have
read regarding 1t. He says: ss9
"The board struck from the minutes Of
the previous meeting the record Of Street.
er's bid to publish the tax-sale list at 8
csnts per description, and allowed him
tract [tractsl Of land and ten cents on
town lots. thus making HIM present Of
about 500 of the peoples money,
The facts are these If Patterson knew.
anything he would know that in order 70
make the tax levy legal aud collectable
especially where big corporation tax
payer watches for every flaw the auditor
in preparing his list and the board in ar.
ranging for it, publication must comply
absolutely with the letter Of the law.
In letting the list to bidder the commiss
sioners did 1t under the following section
of the laws Of 1890. chapter 1879:
Sec. 96. The county commisslonsrs
shall let the advertising Of the delinquent
tax list to the publisher or proprietor Of
newspaper having not less than four =
pages Of five columns to the page. each
column to be not less than two inches
wide and not less than seventeen inches
long. printed or partly printed in the En-
tion.
The commissioners proceeded under
this Law of 1880 and let the tax list at 8
cents per description to the Record, the
only bidder.
But, luckily for the legality Of the tax
sale, it was soon after discovered that tho
legislsture--lsws Of 1891. chapter 100.
had repealed the foregoing section and
substituted another In its stead, ~ fol-
lows:
Sec. 90. The county auditor. under tho
direction Of the board Of county commis-
sioners or q majority thereof, shall give
notice Of the sale Of real property by the
publication thereof once week for three
consecutive weeks, commencing the first
week in November preceding the sale. in
;oeh Se ,b: bnsvsD:pss as may b ID. TSSSn;ssa Ssl
shall add 70 each description Of land %
advertised the sum of twelve cents for
each description other than town lots,
and for each town lot the sum of ten
oents. TO defray the expenses Of advsrtis.
ing, which amount shall be paid by the
county commissioners at the expiration
of the sale. upon the affidavit of the pub
Usher. Provided, That in no case shall
the property 90 advertised be charged for
such advertising an amount exceeding
the sum paid for the same.
Sec. .. Section 05, chapter 1872, laws OF
1880, is hereby repealed.
Now what would Patterson have had
Commissioners McLain. Wolf and Mar
gach do, with the Law Of 81 staring
|thsfn In the facet They did just what
Etheslaw said they should do, and just
what the law said should be paid for pub
lication Of the tax list was paid. And
10 cents per description (instead of 90, %
stated BY the Tmes,) was the amount.
It should be borne in mind that the
tax.lisf:publlcation fee Of 10 cents per
description Of acreage property was put
upon the land described and became
part Of the amount to be paid to the
county when the taxes were paid or the
land redeemed. The amount specldsd BY
the law Of 'o1 TO bs paid to tho printer
could not, wholly or in part, be diverted
in another direction, any moro than the
statutory rate Of 70 cents for hrst and 80
cents for subsequent publlcationsof other
legal notices required by the county can
be diverted. Furthermore, to legalize
the publication Of the delinquent.tax list
or any other legal notice required BY the
county, On AFFIDAVIT containing the fol-
lowing language must be given to the
county ofnosr, required By law - publish
such notice,
That the full amount Of legal fee for
the publication Of the annexed notice tn-
ures solely to tho benefit Of the publtiher.
In addition to which, the onicer fur.
nishing the copy for the notice must
swear that he directed the publication
Of the annSxed NOTES; that the full
amount prescribed by Law, and % appsarsi
BY the foregoing affidavit (of the pub
lisherl, for the publication Of such mo-
tice, has been paid"
Patterson knows-or ought 70 know1
he can rsad-that the county could NOT
pay OF the publisher receive less than ths
legal rate for printing the tax list Of any
other public notice. Why, then, doss 10
say. virtually, that the commissionsrs
robbed the county Of 800 and gaze Il o.
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