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

In the Common Pleas Court
Columbia County.
COMMONWEALTH OF
| PENNSYLVANIA, ,ex
relatione, john G.. nooo,,ho,
| HARMAN, District Ter,n 80
| Attorney. NJ 0
VS..
WILLIAM KRIcK-
BAUM.
| The respondent excepting and
reserving, all manner of exception
to the errors both in form and sub
stance, makes answer to the said
suggestion.
That it is true that he became
surety at the time and in the man
ner suggested upon two certain
bonds Of the Treasurer of Columbia
county. And he further says in
relation TO the bond filed with the
commissioners Of the said county
that the same was approved by the
said commissioners, as is shown by
the following minute:
BLOOMSBURY, Pa, Jan. a, 1900
The commissioners all present
Minutes of yesterday read and ap-
proved. Treasurer's bond present
ed. Whereas Jeremiah Snyder of
Locust township has been duly
elected Treasurer of Columbia
county, and has entered into bond
to the county i'll the sum of $6o,-
900. 90 with c. A. Klein, Yelling
ton Yeager, VIM. Adams, S. R.
Carl, David Beaver, VIM. Krick-
baum and L. c. Yeager as sureties,
and presented the same to the board
for approval. The same was ap-
proved this 4th day of January,
1900, and filed IN the commits
sioners' office"
And he further says that at the
time said bonds were signed by him
as one of the sureties, T. J. Wander
slice was the attorney for said treas
urer, and also private counsel for
the respondent, he raised the ques-
tion as to whether it was proper for
him, being county commissioner
to become one of the sureties on the
said bonds, whereupon he was ad-
vised and informed by said 7. J.
Vanderslice, That this made no
difference and it was all right"
And he further says, that he
entered upon the duties Of county
commissioner, and duly qualified as
such on the first Monday of Janu-
ary, 1897, and that his term of Office
] ended OH the first Monday of
January, 1900, and that having
peen reelected, he entered upon
the second term of the said Office on
the first Monday of January, 1900.
And he further says, that the
said bonds were signed by him as
one of the sureties aforesaid upon
the nth day of December, 1899.
That the respondent admits the
passage of the Act of Assembly ap-
proved March 81, 1860, cited in the
said suggestion, but he is advised
and believes that its provisions are
not applicable to the facts set forth
in the said suggestion, relating to
him being one of the sureties of the
said treasurer.
That it is not true that the re-
spondent while exercising the duties
and Office of one Of the commission
ers of the said county, contracted
with Krickbaum and Greasy own
ers, proprietors and publishers of
the Dem0keahr Sentinel, a weekly
newspaper published in the said
county for the publication of the
annual statement of the finances of
the said county from January 4th,
1897, to January 4th, 1898, as set
forth in the said suggestion.
That it is not true that the re-
spondent while exercising the
duties and office Of commissioner of
the said county contracted with
himself, as the owner and proprietor
of the said Democratic Sentinel for
the publication and printing of a
certain order of court and blank
forms amounting to $o.75, which
were paid for out of the funds of the
said county, as set forth in the said
suggestion.
That it is not true that the re-
spondent in the year 1898, while
exercising the iaties and Office of
commissioner of the said county
contracted with himself as the own
er and proprietor of the said Demo-
cratic Sentinel for the publication of
the Sheriff S election proclamation,
and the printing of marriage license
blanks furnished to w. H. Henrie,
clerk Of the Orphans Court. And
it is also untrue as set forth in the
said suggestion THAT regular
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