The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-31

and Office of commissioner aforesaid
contracted with himself as owner
and proprietor of the said Demo-
cratic Sentinel for the publication of
the election proclamation. That it
is true that the sheriff of the said
county published in said Sentinel,
owned and published by the re-
spondent, the said proclamation for
the year 1899, and that the sum of
$25. 90 was paid by said county to
the respondent for the said publica-
ton. And the respondent further
says that the publication of the said
proclamation and the payment of
the same as aforesaid were made
prior to he first Monday Of January,
1000.
That it is not true as set forth i'll
the said suggestion, that in the
year 1900 the respondent while
exercising the duties and Office OF
commissioner of the said county
contracted with himself as owner
and proprietor of the said Sentinel
Tor the publication of the sheriff S
election proclamation. That it is
true that the said sheriff published
in the said Sentinel the election pro-
clamation for the year 1900, and
that the said sum of $3.50 was
paid by said county for the publish
ing of the same to the respondent.
That it is not true that the re-
spondent as set forth in the sugges-
ton, while exercising the duties
and Office OF commissioner of the
said county contracted with himself
as owner and proprietor Of the said
Sentinel for the subscription of the
said county to the said Sentinel for
the term of three years, em-
bracing the years 1898, 1899,
and 1900. 1t is true that in ac-
cordance with the Act Of April IS,
1898, OH January 9th, 1897, the
three commissioners of the said
county made selection of the three
newspapers to be taken at the ex-
pense of the county, that John N.
Gordon, one of said commissioners,
selected the said Sentinel, Nehemiah
Kitchen, another of said commits
sioners, selected the Republican,
and the respondent, the other COM
missioner, selected the COLUMBIAN,
newspapers published in the said
county. That this selection was
continued during the years 1898
and 1899, embracing the three years
the said commissioners held Office.
and that the subscription price for
the Sentinel, amounting to $500,
was paid by said county to the re-
spondent. That when the respond
end entered upon his second term
of Office on the first Monday of
January, 1900, new newspaper
subscription was made by the COM
missioners of said county under
said Act, as follows: Nehemiah
Kitchen, one of said commissioners,
selected the Republican, w. H.
Fisher, another of said commission
ers, selected the Sentinel, and the
respondent, the third commissioner,
selected the COLUMBIAN.
That the respondent in answer to
! the charge of ocing a stockholder
of the Bloomsbury Water Company,
which furnishes water to the public
buildings of the said county as set
forth i'll the said suggestion, says:
1t is true that the respondent is
stockholder in the said company,
and was for many years prior to
his first election to the Office of
commissioner of the said county;
that when he entered upon the
duties OF the said Office in 1897, the
said company was supplying water
to the said buildings generally and
have continued since that time to
furnish the said water under its
meter rates, for which it has been
paid the sum of $5S6.o7 to October
80, 1900. And the defendant fur
ther says that he is a minority
holder of stock only in the said
company, owning $50 shares of the
par value of $1,000 each out of a
total issue of $4,000 shares of the
said company, and that the other
two commissioners of said county
are not and never have been stock
holders or members of the said
company. or in any manner inter
ested therein.
That the respondent in answer to
the charge of being a stockholder
OF the Bloomsbury Electric Light
Company, which supplied the said
county with light during the years
1897 and 1898, says that on or
about the I9 day of September,
1899, he sold and assigned all his
stock in the said COMPANY. and