Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-09-28

was not signed OF sworn ~ by anyone
and shows no record OF filing by the
clerk 81 the board OF county commits
siuners. They show that the bill OF
Tucker i Pierce. presumably for ncr-
chandisc furnished 10 the county, was
allowed January 8, 1900. In the sum u
500 81, without having been signed or
sworn 10 by anyone. Which goes TO
prove that the lax and Illegal methods
tended a great deal farther than the
| fusion commissioners personal deal
ibGs with the county, and that fur
tber Investigation would disclose the
far; :.:a. the same methods were OK
tended to every department ~ county
government.
Record copies Of the bills above re-
ferred to, aggrcgating s3,7l0W, were
published in The Republican In It's Is
sue ~ September II, 1900, and yet Hon
est Joseph Il. Scott, editor Of the
Occur d Alcnc Press. fusion candidatc
for the legislature and aspirant for
register Of the United States land Of
flee, blandly informs his readers that
all that, has been found Is zone Of y.
G.. sisson : bills as county commissioner
| has been allowed without being sworn
| to-" Great Scott . what did you cx-
pcct would he found Did you expect
| the safe in the county trcasurer's Of
ice to turn up missing? You have
certainly pretended 10 hold IA higher
opinion than that Of fusion officials.
Further along Ia the article from
which we have already quoted, we
find this gem:
Now, II John had gone back ~ the past two
years he might have found where the ex
nuditor's cash book went tn and he might
have discovered several thousand dollars In
Fees Illegally appropriated 10 the use Ut the
officer who extracted The cash book.
The Occur d'Alcne Press and the 10
cal fusion organ have been deyoting
columns to scurrllous articles reflect
Ing upon the Official integrity Of Il. S.
i w
challenge either Of them to show one
line Of authority for making the
iibeioiiS statement that any book
which properly and legally belongs TO
the auditors Office Is missing. We
challenge them To show where eX-
auditor Hragaw Illegally appropriated
t. his own Use one dollar Of fees. Why
do not these worthless, these reform
"a editors publish record facts and
quote statute law and supreme court
decisions In support OF their asser.
tlons? why do they not do as we dc
IN showing up the incompetency and
corruption OF the fusion county com
misloners !
Az our authority for stating that the
fusion commissioners have violated
statute law In allowing bllls that wer,
not signed or sworn to, we quote the
. following section from the RcyiseC
Statutes uf Idaho
SEQ i11a Tho honrd of commissioners
must not hear ar consider any claim Ia favo
of i'm individual against the county. unless II,
Uccount properly made out giying all Item,
~ the rlalm. day verified ss to Its correct
Mess, nnd that thu amount claimed Is Justl,
due T. presented "a the board within yen
after the hst item ~ the account accrued
As our authority for stating that
the fusion commissioners have violate,
the Law In the matter OF allowing bill.
IN which the expense accounts wer,
not itcmkHd, and Ia which board /.
charged for, W. quote from decision
by the supreme court Of Idaho. or
February \, HOO, Ia the ease Of Clyn,
W, bingham county, the court decideC
as follows:
tlrst. Under nct March Z 1890 II Is IN. du
~ ~ every county officer tn prepare his quar-
tcrls statement ar account showing each item
uf eSpcn>a necessarily incurred In the per,
farmhncV or otiieiNl duty and each Item -
fe,'a received durlng the quarter at the end o
each quarter. accompany the same with fur
, thor vouchers. verify the same with his oa IN
and hr the SAINT with the rlrrk of the boar,
~ county commissioners for his cansitl.rn
ttun such statement under said aet must b,
fnil and eomplrtc.
ruth Items IN a elaim ar account agains
+ We county must ." specifically set forth Will
such e"rtaints thai each Item can b. identl
, hed and any item Tor expense incurred hy IA,
ei'leet must IL ~ set forth that IL can II. a.
, c.rtAlned fr'tm the statement thcrvof that !
wns NECESSARY fhe law casten,platrs, and ~
1air'~ this for the parpea, of protecting tn,
p1hsie and to cpahr any taxpayer who ma,
T tssirv ta Ito Va, Ia investigate and ascertai,
the cortectnoss ~ any and all items.
NeNYuth living ,,xn.pS..a ,xhiah -, -,
m"rvty Incidental H. the performance ot ~
oi'itlal act snch as ITEMS TOR bed ana boar,
Were not legal chargoa against the count,
aud the loard of commissioners have M au
: thuFtts e. ailp~ such ttvmS
In the course az the opinion tn,
court Say.
Arr itsiaW eNp.esrs such as charges for ~,
: httd lsAFd ~ ceanty of,,cinls unsior IN. sta,
ate ieS1 eharss against thc county Ne
think ha 'aaa NUS, eat and siecp whetl,
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