The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-05-12
THAT JUDGMENT.
Testimony for the County Cut
No Ice. .. 4
The Court Says Mr.. Faulds and the
Board Made Deal to Give Him
the Best Of the Bidding.
Ix.,e, Tccausc They Did SO, and Thereby
Let the Printing ut What Was i'll
Fact the Highest Bid. Ills
Steal Was legal.

The REPUBLICAN regrets exceed
invly d situation in which, us Il Onr~
nal bound to take cognzancc OF
things affecting the good Of the
county Of Ravalli and its people, it
feels called upon to crticise and dis
sent from an opinion Of the courts.
'Ihc recent decision Of Judge Brantly
in the case wherein the county
sought to recover moneys obtained
from it by J. r. Faulds under his
printing contract, which the county
claimed was obtained BY charging
more for printing that his contract
called for, and, by misrepresentation,
inducing the commissioners to pay
these ovcrcharycs, is the decision in
question.
At the trial of the case in the
February term, it was heard before
J.udgc Brantly without jury, and
the judges. decision, given in full in
last weeks issue, was read at the
opening of court On Tuesday morning
of last week. Judgment is given fol
defendant with costs of suit.
Tn tho opinion the contract let Mi.
E;tulds is set forth in full, as follows:
"Articles of Agreement Between
j. r. l'aulds OF Steyensville, Mon
tana, and Ravalli County, made on
the 2nd day Of May 1893.
"Witncsscth That it is mutually
agreed by said j. r. Faulds and
Kavalli County that said j. r.
fuulds shall have al! the printing
and advertising to do for said county
for Il period Of two years from the
date OF this agreement; that said
printing shall be done in 4 workman
like manner, and that said j. r..
Iaulds shall receive thirty-threc and
oncthird (33j) per cent. Of present
legal rates as compensation for same.
Witness our hands this second day Of
May, 1898"
(Signcd) J. r. FAULDs,
j. M. JOHNSON,
b. S. CHAFFIN,
\. N. MrrToWEE,
County Commissioners.
Continuing the opinion, the court
says that at the time the contract
was let there WAS a controversy be-
tween the board Of county commits
siDucrs and Mr.. Faulds as to the
meaning OF the terms :'half Sheets -
''quartcr sheetS,' etc., Mr.. Faulds
contending that these said terms
meant sheets ''just half the size re-
quircd and meant by these terms and
phrases when properly understood. :"
). That he finally induced the
board Of commissioners, and they
agreed, to accept his Interpretation
OF them, and then altered his bid fol
the printing heretofore put in BY
him SO rs to meet this Interpretation
BY making the price charged for the
printing proportionally less pei
ccntagc Of the statutory maximum
price for blanks described in thu
statute above cited.
From the reading Of the above
quoted paragraph the public Wo'llt
be led to believe that Mr.. Eauds haC
put in Il bid before this understand
ing. There is no record of his eve.
putting in but the one bid, the one
in which he offered to do the count,
printing for G65 per cent. discoun
from statutory rates. However, thi
is not material, except that tht
courts language means that tht
commissioners entered into an sun
Gcrstanding'' with Mr.. Fauld
(Which was kept from the knowledge
of Others who contemplated bddin;
on the Work) whereby he, Mr.
Faulds, was given 100 per cent. th
best Of the bidding, inasmuch Il
they bid on statutory prices ant
sizes while he was bidding for dis
count on twice the statutory price
for the same size Of work. For in
stance: The statutory price 70
quarter sheet blanks printed on boil
sides was, by the law then in force
Sc for the first hundred copies and s.
cents f1r rurh c(1it inna1 hun a rn,