The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-02-22
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board Of County Commits,
sioners Of Ward County, N. D.

OF the Board Of County Commits
sioners Of Ward County, N. d.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Feb s, 1905.
The board of county commissioners
met as per adjournment with all the
members present. Com. Black in the
chair.
Com. Richardson moved that the fol.
lowing warrants be ordered cancelled
and destroyed according to law, viz;
Ward county warrant No. 1898, dated
January 10th, 1899, for the sum Of $3.50,
for witness fees, issued to Joseph Mar,
tell, and also one Ward county warrant
No. 1878 in the sum of sl.1O. dated Jan.
18th, 1889, given to John Harris for wit
ness fees, which motion was duly second
ed aud carried.
Com. Swanson moved that the bill of
"A. S. Blakey for room rent for the Public
Administrator of $500 be allowed at
5000, being the payment for two in
.stOad Of three months. which motion
was duly seconded and carried.
The bill of Lewis Haker of $1,000 for
nursing of one W. Atkins was on motion
duly seconded allowed at S235O, carried,
Com. Carroll moved that the bill of
the Knight Printing CO., of Fargo, for
the printing of certain ballots be allowed
in full the amount being S1,O54.OO and
that the opinion Of the Dep. States Atty
with certain affidavits relative to this
bill, be spread on the minutes of the
proceedings, which motion was duly
seconded by Com. Richardson and de.
clared carried, CONS Carroll and Rich.
ardson voting in the affirmative, CONS.
Swanson and Torbenson voting in the
negative and the chairman decided in
the affirmative, and declared the motion
carried. The following is the opinion
and affidavits:
Feb. 8, 1906.
County CONS. Ward County,
Relating to bill of Knight Printing
Company.
! am of the opinion that this bill is a
valid charge against the county for the
reason that, from the proof now before
the board, it is nantes that the Nov.
1901 general election in said Ward
county would have failed for want of
official ballots, had they not been pre-
pared by the knight Printing co. The
services rendered was service of most
vital Importance and of value to the
county at large.
STATE OF NohTH DAKOTA,
County of Ward. %
"A. j. Drummer being first duly sworn,
says: that on Tuesday the first day OF
November, 1904, he was IN the City OF
Fargo, North Dakota, for the purpose OF
having printed, at the instance Of the
Republican County Central Committee
OF Ward County, official ballots for the
November, 1904, election, in accordance
with the writ of the Supreme Court, is
sued on October LIST, 1904, commanding
the County Auditor Of said County to
print the official ballots Of said county
in certain form; that on said LIST day
OF November, 1904, the County Auditar
of Ward County was present in Fargo
at the Metropoie Hotel and stated in t6e
presence of this affiant that il the off,
cial ballots for said Ward County could
net be printed and delivered in time for
Supreme Court would be of no effect for
Counsel for said County Auditor make
4 similar statement. and it was at that
time manifestly the purpose of said Au-
ditor not to make any further effort to
have such ballots printed; that about
that time and in said Metropole Hotel
the affiant heard the Attorney for the
relator in the nandamus proceedings,
say to said County Auditor that it would
make no difference whether he caused
the ballots to be printed or not, that the
same were then being printed in proper
form by The Knight Printing Co., OF
Fargo, and that the same would be de-
livered at his, the said Auditors office
in Minot, N. d., in due season for proper
distribution.
That thereafter and on the same day.
the said County Auditor and also rep
resentative of the firm of Walker Broth.
ers and Hardy, printers Of Fargo. North
Dakota, stated to the atfiant that the
official ballots required by Ward Coun-
ty would be printed and delivered by
said Walker Brothers and Hardy in due
season.
That the said Knight Printing Co.
did, however, print and there was deliv.
cred under the supervision of this affi-
ant 3O0OOs official ballots for Ward Coun,
ty, such ballots having been printed and
delivered by the order of the Repub-
lican County Central Committee, as q
precautionary measure to avoid failure
Of election in case the ballots should not
be furnished by the County Auditor
himself or properly distributed by him,
and it was regarded by this affiant and
by the officers Of said County Commit
tee as an absolutely necessary precau
tisnarv measure that the additional bal
lots be printed as ordered BY the Knight
Printing Co. OF Fargo.
lSigned) A. J. Drummer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9Th day OF February 1905.
JOHN +. GREENE,
Notary Public,
State of North Dakota
STATE or NORM DAKoTA, -
County Of Ward.
John E. Greene, being first duly
sworn, says: that he was the attorney
for the relator in the proceedings in SUI
preme Court of the State OF North Da-
.kota, to compel the County Auditor OF
Ward County to publish corrsct Of
fetal ballot for said County at the No
vember, 1901, election: that a preemptory