The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-12-27
WILL GUST COMMISSIONERS .
FROM THEIR OFFICES
Twenty-six Charges Preferred Against Com
missioners Carroll, Richardson and Black
Many Believe That These Men Wal
Lose Their Jobs.

Of North Dakota that the above named
defendands, William Black, s. s. Rich:
ardson and T.. r. Carroll now are and
have been ever since the third day OF
January, A. D.-19O5, duly elected, quail.
flied and setting members of the board
Of county commissioners of said county
of Ward and state aforesaid and con-
stitute majority of said board of coun-
ty commissioners; aud your informant
hereby accuses said defendants of being
guilty of malfeasance and misconduct in
Office, of gross incompetsncy and of
charging and collecting illegal fees for
services rendered and refusing and neg.
lecting to perform the official duties
i pertaining to their Office as county COM
missioners of said ,untv of Ward, to-
wit:
l. Your informant gives this Court
to understand and be informed that
heretofore and ever since the first day
Of January, A. D. 1905. said defendants
as majority OF said board OF county
commissioners have persistently refused
and neglected to perform the duties re-
quired OF them by chapter l62 Of the
laws of North Dnkota for the year 1901,
in this: that they have refused and neg
iected when any bill or claim was pres
ented to them to be audited in favor of
any person, corporation or society, to ae
certain from the tax records of said
county if the person, corporal ton or So
ciety to whom said credit originally ac
crued or presenting same is indebted to
any school district, municipal corpor-
alton, county or state for personal taxes
due or delinquent and if such indebted
| ness should be found to exist. to deduct
the same from the bill as presented;
| and your informant alleges the fact to
be Notwithstanding the provisions Of
said law, the said Defendants in viola
| ton of the provisions of the same have
! allowed claims against the county in
! favor of persons who are indebted to
school districts and municipal corpora
tions in said county and state for per.
sonal taxes.
II. Your informant gives this court
to understand and be informed that
| heretofore, to-wit, on the ninth day Of
January, A. d. 1905, said defendants
acting as a majority of said board Of
county commissioners did designate the
following banks as repositories: Sec
ond National bank of Minot, Minot Ma
tiona bank, First National bank of
Mohall, Bank Of Donnybrook, State
bank of Berthold, Security State bank
Of Stanley, State bank of White Earth,
First State bank Of Bowbells, sDouny-
brook State bank, Genburn State
bank, Portal State bank, Citizens State
bank Of FlaXton, International State
bank of Portal, First State bank of Nc
| Kinney, First National bank of Ken
mare, State bank of Bowbells, Lincoln
State bank, Kenmare National bank,
Sawyer State bank and First State
bank of Sherwood. That said hanks
were designated as county repositories
in violation of law, in this, that at the
time said banks were designated as
county repositories, they had not sub
mitted to said board of county commits
sioners for it's approval, bonds payable
to the county conditioned for the safe
keeping and repayment Of any funds de-
posted 10 such banks, and in this the
seid defendants were guilty of gross in
competency and Of neg!ecting ard refus-
\ ing to perform the official duties of their
said office.
III. Your informant gives this court
to understand and be informed that
| thereafter and in pursuance to said de.
signation by ssid board of county com
missioners of the said Minot National
bank as one OF said county repositories
monies belonging sto the county OF
Ward were deposited in said bank by
the treasurer of said county of Ward
and that thereafter and on the eigb.
,eenth day of September, A. d. 1905
SAID Minpt National bank failed, aud by
reason of the neglect of said defend
ants as said board of county commissi
oners to require said MiIQt Nations
bank to furnish good and sufficient
bond for the safe keeping of said funds
as required by law, the people of saiC
county of Ward will lose large. sum o
money,
| ". Your informant gives this court
to understand and be informed thai
said defendants acting as members O
said board of county commissioner
aforesaid, did unlawfully on the seventh
day Of March, A. D. 1905. designate the
Farmers and Merchants bank of Sher
wood as county depository, and on the
fourth day of September A. d, 1905, die
unlawfully designate the State bank o.
Bowbells as county depository, ant
on the 4th day OF October, A. D. 1906
they did unlawfully designate the Firs,
State Bank of Carpio as county deposi
tory in violation OF sections 1899 ano
1910 of the Revised Codes of North Da
kota.
V. Your informant gives this courl
to understand and be informed thai
heretofore, to-wit at the April meeting
of the board of county commissioner
aforesaid, the said Defendants acting as
q majority of said board without any
authorit, of law established dipping
tank near Logan ID said county OF Ward
and without any authority of law ex
pended S342.92 of the funds of said
county OF Ward in building said tank.
vi. Your informant gives this court
to understand and be informed thai
heretofore to-wit, ut the July meeting o.
the board of county commissioners, thu
said defendants acting as majority o.