The Ward County independent., 1905-12-27
WILL GUST COMMISSIONERS
FROM THEIR OFFICES
Twenty-six Charges Preferred Against Com
nissioners Carroll, Richardson and Black
Many Believe That These Men Wa
Lose Their Jobs.

/ Of North Dakota that the above named
defendands, William Black, s. s. Rich
ardson and L. r. Carroll now are and
have been ever since the third day Of
January, A. D..19O5, dulyselected, quail.
flied and acting members of the board
of county commissioners of said county
of Ward and state aforesaid and con
stitute q 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 incompetancy and Of
charging and collecting illegal fees for
services rendered and refusing and neg
lecting to perform the official duties
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 fret 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 1852 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 as
certain from the tax records of said
county if the person, corporation 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
tion of the provisions Of the same have
allowed claims against the county in
favor of persons who are indebted to
school Districts aud municipal corpora
tions in said county and state for per-
sonal taxes.
IL. 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 q majority Of said board Of
county commissioners did designate the
following banks as repositories: Sec
ond National bank Of Nlinot, Minot Ma
| tional bank, First Nationa! 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, Donny-
brook State bank, Glenbnrn 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 banks
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 SUBJ
mitted to said board of county commits
sionsrs for its approval, bonds payable
to the county conditioned for the safe
keeping and repayment Of any funds de-
posted in such banks, and in this the
scid 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 to the county OF
Ward were deposited in said bank by
the treasurer of said county of Ward
and that thereafter and on the eigh,
| ,eenth day of September, A. d. 1905,
said Minot National bank failed, aud by
reason of the neglect of said defend
ants as said board of county commissi
oners to require said Minot National
bank to furnish good and sufficient
bond for the safe keeping of said funds
as required by law, the people of said
county of Ward will lose large sum oil
money,
". Your informant gives this cour,
to understand and be informed that
said defendants acting as members OF
said board of county commissioners
aforesaid, did unlawfully on the seventh
day of March, A. D. 1905. designate the
Farmers aud Merchants bank of Sher
wood as county depository, and on the
fourth day of September A. d. 1905, did
unlawfully designate the State bank oi
Bowbells as county depository, and
on the 4th day of October, A. ID. 1906
they did unlawfully designate the Firs,
State Bank Of Carpio as county deposi
tory in violation of sections 2939 and
1910 of the Revised Codes Of North Da
kota.
Il V. Your informant gives this court
to understand and be informed that
heretofore, to-wit at the April meeting
Of the board of county commissioners
aforesaid, the said Defendants acting ae
q majority of said board without any
authOrit, Of Law established q dipping
tank near Logan in said county of Ward,
and without any authority OF law ex:
pended S342.82 of the funds of said
county OF Ward in building said tank.
4 vi. Your informant gives THE court
to understand and be informed that
heretofore to-wit, at the July meeting oi
the board of county commissioners, the
said defendants acting as majority oi