Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-17
A HAPPY GANG.
The push Boast That the County
Printer Has Lost His Money.

The "Organ" was "too full for utter
ance" last week because it thought it
had discovered scheme by which it
could, with the aid of few of it's sat-
elites, beat the county printer out of
his money due for publishing the de-
linquent tax list. It cites the fact that
the printer has failed to file An affidavit
of publication with the county treasur-
er as provided in the general statute, to
convince itself that the printer is ''up
against the teal thing" never for one
moment dreaming that the printer was
elected under special statute and that
he is bound to follow its provisions.
To prove what our duty is, we pub
lish below the provisions touching on
the question raised, taken from the law
under which we became county printer:
Sec. 8. SAID county printer shall
promptly publish all proceedings OF The
board OF county commissioners, the list
OF county warrants issued, the reports
OF county officers required by law 10 be
published, annual financial statement
OF the county commissioners, notice OF
tax sales and redemptions, and all 9th
er matter that IS now or may hereafter
be required Dy law to be published in
the official county paper. Said publi-
cation shall be made in a newspaper
published in said county having all the
qualifications required by law for the
publication of legal notices Said
county printer shall also furnish
promptly the official ballots and all the
stationery, legal blanks and blank
books which the county officials of said
county may require.
Sec. 4. The county printer provided
for in this act shall be allowed by the
board OF commissioners, as his only
compensation for the services herein
designated, 25 cents for each tract of
land and 10 cents for each town lot ad.
vertised for tax sale or redemption, and
IS cents per square OF $50 ems for first
publication and 40 cents per square of
25O ems for each subsequent publica-
tion for all other matter required
by law to be published Proof of
all such work shall be sworn to
and flied with the COUNTY CLERK
within 80 days after the completion of
such work. The county printer shall
be allowed no compensation for any
work performed for said county until
the proof of such WORK is filed as herein
required.
Sec. S. All acts and parts of acts in
conflict with the provisions Of this act
are hereby repealed.
n reading Of these paragraphs will
convince any man that our affidavit
must be filed with the county clerk,
and when that Is done our duty is per-
formed and We are entitled to our com.
pensation. The old statute stands re-.
pealed 80 far as Barber county is con.
cerned. If we had filed our affidavit
with the treasurer instead of the clerk,
under the old law, they then would haYe
had Us, and deprived US Of our money.
because it would clearly have been our
duty to have filed it with the clerk under
the statute which created the Office. If
we hadfiled an affidavit in both Offices we
would have been open to the charge of
swearing to two bills for the same work.
The Index is we'll aware of the fact
that it has weighed heavily on a num-
ber of machine men" that the present
printer defeated the editor of the Cres-
set for this Office, after that gentleman
had made the law co order for his bene-
ft, and it is no surprise to us to hear of
this dirty little scheme. We know the
purpose of the gang who have this trick
In hand, but this Is to serve notice on
them that the Index is not to be CO.
creed even if we are robbed of all that
Is due US. We will receive our money
If We get the justice to which all men
are entitled. If we do not, it will be
because of our political convictions and
because we are making a relentless
fight on republican tactics and ring
politics.
We are not on our knees begging.
Gentlemen do your worst. We have
the same respect for you that we would
if you lad attempted to hold us up in
the dead hours of night. We rested our
case with the people once; we can do 1T
again.