Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-09
SIX SUITS
AGAINST
co. BOARD


c. Bradley, two against G. A. Stuck
man. one against N. F. Cooke and one
against Tom Mccullough The ac-
tions include the bondsmen. of the
commissioners mentioned.
The first suit against Mr.. Bradley
is on his old bond. that is. his bond
given in January. 1898, when he was
first elected. This suit has three
causes of action The first Is for
S353.4O for the allowance of certain
road claims. claimed to have been al
lowed without having been formally
verified This cause of action. which
is also found in some other suits, is
simply an attempt on the part of the
Tav Payers League to stop the mis-
cellaneous allowance of road claims
as In all these road claims It is the
practice of the various road overseers
70 issue certificates. These certifi-
cates are paid bv the county commits
Sioners without being verified at all
and 1t is a very loose way of doing
business
The second cause of action Is for
the refusal of the board TO LET the
contract for printing for the year 1901
IN accordance with the bids submitted
nv The Herald. Democrat. and Wage
Garner. pursuant to an advertisement
asking for bids for such printing. and
$1,000 damages are asked on that
cause of action.
The third cause of action is for max.
ing n contract with Mr. Spickard dis
tricf attorney. wherein It was agreed
mat Mr.. Spickard should be paid the
sum of $50 each quarter of the wear
'S99 in lieu of his fees as district at
fornev. and it is alleged that the sum
of $3.50 was Illegally paid to Mr.. Spick
ard during the year 1899 under such
contract The total amount claimed
IN the suit AGAINST Mr. Bradley in the
old bond is s1.S03.4O.
In the suit against Mr.. Bradley on
his new bond. there are seven causes
of action. The first is for $3.50, paid
Nr, Spickard In January 1901. under
contract made in 1900. whereby II
was agreed to pay Mr. Spickard $500
in lieu of his fees for the year 1900
aud this was the last payment made
under that contract
The second cause of action is for
the payment of s25 to c. T. Morgan
for his expenses in attending a meet
ing of the convention of county at
torneys at Denver.
The third cause of action is for a
like sum paid the same party for at
tending another convention of county
attorneys at Denver
The fourth cause of action is for
the payment of s14 for serving notices
OF adjudication Of water rights.
These expenses the statute states
shall be paid by the party moving the
adjudication. In this case It was paid
by the county.
The fifth cause of action Is for the
pavment to the Ranch and Range of
$50. This item has been so often re.
ferred to in The Herald that the peo-
ple are thoroughly familiar with 1t.
The sixth cause of action is an
other lot of road claims, allowed with
out being verified, making the total
amount s436.25.
The seventh cause Of action is for
excessive charges in a claim allowed
the Durango Democrat In January.
1902. 1t is claimed that this claim in.
cludes several excessive items. that
slS6.24 too much was charged for
publishing tax lists. s22OS for pub
fishing statements of county commits
sloners and S54.4S excess charged on
publishing certificate of nominations.
The total amount claimed in the suit
against Mr.. Bradley on his new bond
is s1,OO3.05.
In one complaint against Mr.. Stuck.
man on his bond there are seven
causes of action. The first second
third, fourth. fifth and sixth causes of
action are all for mileage claimed by
Mr.. Stuckman and paid by the board
while Mr.. Stuckman was commission
err. His claims for mileage ran from
100 miles in some instances to nearly
200 miles in others for attending the
different meetings of the board He
seems to have claimed 16 miles per
day for every day he was in attend
ance on the board during the last year
of his term of office These causes
of action cover these claims.
The seventh cause of action in this
suit is for the Spickard claims, which
we're included in the Bradley suit
The Cooke suit includes the print.
ing bill included on the new Bradley
bond with the other printing bills al
lowed during 1901, Amongst the
items included in the suit against Mr..
Cooke, is the item of s144 for publish.
ing the certificate OF nominations in
the Weekly Democrat OF 1900. and
also the Herald excessive charge
for publishing the tax list the same
year.
The suit against Mr.. Mccullough
consists of three causes of action. The
first and second are for claims for
mileage similar to those made by
Mr. Stuckman. Mr.. Mccullough has
claimed and been allowed for attend.
| Ing the January meeting of the board
OF commissioners 2S miles for each
and every day he attended. and for at.
tending the April session almost as
much. His total mileage for attending
the January meeting was 1854 miles
Tor the April meeting 464.