The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-12-27

knowing that said William Murray was
in tho employ of the Great Northern
Railway company as foreman in it's re.
pair chops at Minot and that his time
was taken up with bis said employment,
and that thereafter said defendants un.
i lawfully and corruptly allowed said
Murray the sum of 10000 for his SER
vices as such inspector.
XVII. Your informant gives this
court to understand and be informed
that heretofore to wit, at the July, A.
D. 1909 meeting Of said board of county
commissioners, the said defendants act
ing as majority Of said board unlaw.
fully and corruptly approved and al
lowed claim of the Minot Optic against
said county of Ward in the su n OF
$3.50 81 for 200 court calendars. That
said bill of fine Minot Optic for said
court calendars was excessive and OK
orbitant, and that said defendants were
we'll aware thereof. That thereafter
they recinded their action and allowed
said bill for said calendars at the sum of
$3.50 90, whereas in fact and IN truth
the real value Of said calendars was not
more than the sum of 5000, all OF
which said defendants we'll know.
! XVIII. Your informant gives this
court to understand and be informed
that heretofore to wit, on the 18th day
of July, a. d. 1905, the said defendants
acting as members of the board of
equalization Of said county OF Ward ar
bltrarily raised the value of all the real
estate and personal property in the city
Of Minot in said county fifty per cent,
and that thereafter and on the 14th day
July, A d 1905, said defendants acting
as members of said board of Equaliza
! tion unIawfully and corruptly reduced
the assessment of one &. Fl. Parker re-
siding in said city of Minot on real es-
tate owned by said G. H. Parker in the
city of Minot from the sun! Of 527, $50
to the sum of 5l9,5OO
| XIX. Your informant gives this
court to understand and be informed
that heretofore to-wt. the board of
county commissioners of said county of
Ward in the month of July, A. D. 1904
made levy for bridge purposes in the
SUN Of $4,000 and for road purposes in
the sum of $4,000, making total levy
in the sum Of SIT 900 for road and bridge
purposes, and that not withstanding the
! fact that these defendants as members
of said board were we'll aware of the
amount Of said levy, they caused to be
drawn upon said fund for road and
| bridge purposes from the first day of
Dece mber, A d, 1904 to the first day Of
December, A. D. 1906 the sum of
s39,17l.3S.
NX. Your informant gives this court
to understand and be informed that
hereto fore to-wit, in the month of July,
a, d. 1905 SAID defendants acting as a
majority of said board of county com
missloners of said county of Ward made
a levy for bridge purposes in the sum of
$4,000, aud notwithstanding such fac.
said defendants unIawfully let contracts
tsor bridge purposes in the sum OF
/ S35, ,4l6.
XXI. Your informant gives this
court to unders' and and be informed
that heretofore ro-wit, at the January,
A. D. 1905 meeting o. SAID board of
county commissioners, said defendants
acting as d majority of said board un
lawfully allowed to one Louis A. Larson
the sum Of $1,000 for wolf bounty, d
great many of the bills for said wolf
bounty not being verified as required by
law and not being signed by the parties
from whom said Larson received said
|
verified as required by law.
XXIl. Your informant gives this
court to understand and be informed
that heretofore to-wit, during the sum-
mer of 1905 said defendants acting as a
majority of said board of county COM
missioners advertised for bids for the
building of the DeLacs bridge. and that
pursuant to said advertisement the fol-
lowing bids were received: The Mime
apolis Bridge and Iron Company to dc
all the work and furnish all the material
of every description requisite and neces
sary to complete 10 workmanlike man
uer and ready for travel for the sum OF
sl9,75O, approaches and specifications
to conform with those on file. The
Northwestern Bridge Co. of Moorehead
Minnesota, bid for plan No. l, SlS,5O(
and plan No. ?, $4,000, and on motion
of defendant Richardson seconded by
defendant Carroll the bid Of the North
western Bridge Company tor plan No. |,
at Sl8, 500 was accepted. Your lnfor'
mant alleges the fact to be that the con
tract between the Northwestern Bridge
Company Of Moorehead, Mimi, and the
county of Ward, North Dakota. does
not comply with said advertisement for
bids IN this: that in said contract the
county of Ward is to furnish piling for
said bridge and that the material was
to be transported ever the 500 line rail-
way, free Of charge to said Northwestern
Bridge Company of Moorehead, Mimi,
and that If said Northwestern Bridge
Company should have to pay freight on
said material that the county OF Ward
was to reimburse them for the full
amount Of such freight, which changes
from the advertisement will impose up
GU the people OF the county OF Ward as
the cost OF said bridge the additional
sum OF 81 900, being $1,000 for piling
and at least 81, 900 for freight on mater,
ial; and your informant alleges the fact
to be that these defendants in their
official capacity as majority OF the
board Of county commissioners OF SAID
4 county OF Ward unlawfully and corrupt.
ly awarded said contract to said North:
! western Bridge Company. Your lnfor-
mant further alleges the fact to be that
said defendants had no authority to
award contract for the construction OF
bridge, for the reason that the cost OF
said bridge was greatly in excess OF the
levy for bridge purposes for the year
1905 and for the further reason that the
petition praying for the construction OF