The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-05-12

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ion" the court says that $50 far as
can be gathered from the proof, both
parties acted honcstlv." Is it acting
honestly for one party to purchase
stock as stock of a certain size, print
on it and bill it to another as lust
twice that size?
II. That besides the blanks above
mentioned the defendant also fur
nishcd the county 1000 tax lists,
each continuing six quarter sheets,
printed on both sides, which were
charged to the county and paid for
as half sheets at a cost Of $3.50.
II. That this amount is $:I3 90
more than should have been paid BY
the county for the same under Il
proper construction Of the statutes.
the terms Of the contract being the
same.
l3. That this amount OF S5S0.OO,
however, with tho amount actually
paid for blanks, including the
S2S3.2G> were the correct amount to
be paid under the contract as the
statute was construed by the PARTIES
We would like to see how any
printer or contractor for printing can
figure out that 1000 half sheets
printed on both sides can come to
$3.50 ut even Il onc-third discount on
statutory price, to say nothing Of a
tWo-thirds discount. Statutory rates
ut that time for half sheet blanks
printed On both sides, as we have
shown before, were 81 for the first
one hundred copies and 50 cents for
each additional one hundred copies
The first one hundred Of these tax
lists, at full statutory rates would be
ST. and the remaining lime hundred
in the | 900 would be, at SO cents
per hundred, S7.20, making 4 total Of
1920 per thousand. There being
six sheets in each list made 5000
sheets in each 1000 lists, which
would amount to 81 1920 per 1,GOO
lists. Adding, according to the
statute, so cents per 100 for binding,
which would be 50 per 1000, it
would bring the total price per .O0C,
at statutory rates, to Sl2O,2O. AS
there were 1000 furnished, the stat
utory full price would be *lsO.SO, or
800 less than the court says would
understanding" Of a onc-tllird dis
count instead of Il WO-thirds dis
count. Discount oncthird from
$3.50. SO, the full legal rate for 1000
tax lists and the. price TO be paid
! icvcn under the understanding
| would have been 1920 53A. Discount
two-t thirds, as. should have been done
under Il correct Interpretation Of the
statutes, and the price would have
been l6O.265. And yet the court
says that $3.50 is only ''$132O more
than should have been paid by the
county for the same under 4 proper
construction of the statutes, the
terms Of the contract being the
same" The truth is that $3.50 for
t 900 tax lists is S992O more than
full legal rates, $lGO.2 2G2 more than
should have been paid by the county
for the same under the "'undcrstand-
ing" and 1920. 53d more than "shOuId
have been paid by the county for the
same under q proper construction Of
the statutes, the terms, Of the CON
tract being the same" In this con-
ncct!on we wish to remark that the
Times bid 1T the same time was SO
per cent. discount from statutory
prices, and the Western News was JS
per cent. discount from statutory
prices. Under the Times bid, Which
W;ts Il bona idc bid, and without any
understanding attachment, the
1000 tax lists would have cost the
people Of Ravalli county just S2ll T.
55.2. Under the Western News bid,
also free from Notwithstanding" the
| ! 600 would have cost the people Of
l>ayalli county just S2Ol $40. Un-
der the Trbune,s bid Of GG$ per cent.
discount without any ;'undcrStand-
| ING: the total should have been
$l6O.2G with the ''undcrStanding'
the people all the time thinking and
| being led to believe by the '.fricnd Of
the ta&payers' that the contract was
let to the lowest bidder: the total
should have been :32O.J3d, and yet
the charge, according to the court,
was $3.50, and again, according to the
court, only 1920 more ''than should
have been paid by the county for tho
same under a proper construction OF
the statutes, the terms Of the con
tract being the same" The truth is
that $3.50 for I 900 tax lists is just
&4l9. 133" more than should have
been paid by the county for the same
under proper construction OF tho
statutes. the terms Of contract being
the same