Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-07-11
SETTLEMENT
NOW IN SIGHT
Nez Perce and Shoshoae coeaa
ties Win Soon Adjust Annex,
? siioa Accounts

:. IN, stioa Accounts
Leslie Thompson has gone 70 wal
lace where this week he will meet wieA
the accountant from ehoahcns :couner
and readjust the annexation accounee h
in accordance with the supreme court i.
decision recently given In the caeet--
The net result will be . good r0u1q
sum. nearly $4,000. which win b DA36
by this county for the section q 0ho-
shone which was annexed bys the hee h
election. In conformity with the leg-
islative enactment two accOuntane9,
one appointed by shoshons and 60 ~ ]
Nex Perce county, met at Wa1lAOo 1Aae
winter ana mdde an app0rtionI1ent ~
the indebtedness Of Shoshone botNooonA
this county and Mes Percs ccuntys 80
cording to the ratio Of indebtedneae tAs<s
annexed section bore 70 shcsAonss
county. nA
Acting upon instructions from the
county attorney OF Mex Perce county
the accountant appointed BY The com~e
missioners Of Nez Perce county rec
fused to certify to the stateuAents e3 ]
the findings. An application was thoss !
made to the supreme court Of the staxe.
by Shoshone county to compel the4 NO
Perce county accountant to. certify to-
the figures as found by him ond the
other accountant. and by this n1oArs
the matters In dispute were broughrs
before the court and settled. }. p. Gyees
the attorney for Shoshone county, swas
sustained by the court In nearly every
one OF the contentious involved.
All the tax sale certincates and pro-
perty In the annexed section for which
shoshone county held title was figured
by the accountants as belonging 70 Nex
Perce;s also that all the delinquent
taxes of the annexed, diatrict belonE&d
to Neg Perce The court decided other
| wise.
Nsx Psree Contention.
| II was contended by Neg Perce conIls-.
| ~ that the s2e5.ooo yaluation of e.
/ Clearwater Timber company, the pre-
| perty Of which is in the annexed dio~:
! trict, should not he considered IN the
total valuation of that section. Il was
on account Of this item appearing II
| the valuatio that the Neg Perce ac-
ment. The supreme court held that
this valuation should not be elimfha.sd
| from the rolls. Had the decision bssn
otherwise Nez Perce county would have,
only been compelled to assume .5sS1
per cent OF the Indebtedness uf Srn-
! ! shone instead Of 1921 per cent
| Nez Perce county win receive from
shoshone $as12.1s. being the apportinn !.
ment OF the moneys on haud At tine.
time the act went into effect.
1 II Ia expected that the accountants
will not be long IN readjusting tlle
4 statement A warrant will be drawn by
! Shoshone county for the amount due
Neg Perce and another win be drawn
by Nez Perce for Shoshone.
According to the figures Of the ac--
countants the Indebtedness OF Shoshons'
county November 49, 1904. upon which
date the court held the annexation act
took effect. was ssGs.373.04. It was
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position Of this sum was 1921 per cent,
making 1t necessary for Neg Perce
county to assume nearly $4,000, which
must be paid to Shoshone.
It was held by the court that from
the total Indebtedness the actual value
Of the tax deeds end tax sale certif-
Gates owned by Sheshnne should be de-
Quoted from the total indebtedness
This decision win decrease the amount
due Shoshone from Neg Perce by q
considerable amount. the e1s ct sum not
being known until the accountants
examined all Of the deeds and. tax sale
certificates The gain for Neg Perce
will he 1921 per cent OF the total valu-
alton of the two items. This was the
only favorable decision acquired By
Nex Perce county In the controversy.
The accountants in their statement
gave Nez Perce sls.s7s.l3. the amount
collected by Shoshone county from the
annexed district since November -.
1904. The court held that Nez Perce
county was not entitled to this money.
j They also gave the school districts in
the south end s1S.1s2.2s. The court
decided that the most of this sum be-
; longed to Shoshone county. SO that the
school districts vii, receive but little
Of the amount.