The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-30
Commissioners Proceedings
Proceedings of the Board of County Commits
sioners Of Ward County, Nortta Da=
kota, April Term, 1907.

! Sent. 10. Is boxes Mitval Carbon, 100
sheets per box, at s.. 90 per bax $175.00
l. would consider $3.50 par box a fair
price.
Oct. /. StenograEhers file covers On
schedule $4,000. consider $1,000 a
good price.
Oct. l. 500 linen file covers, without
pirnting, $500. 81 per cent discount
$3.50 a fair price.
Jan'y 9. 400 posting and assessment
notices $4,000. IS per cent discount
$1,000 On fair price.
Jan'y Is. S dozen no. Bat legal blanks
1900. This is . stock blank ana
quoted at $3.50 per dozen in their cat
dogue. According dD the schedule this
hAank should have been charged for At
not ito exceed $3.50 and discounted 1T
In their bill of June Both amounting
h 3371Ds, there was mo discount taken
Is per schedule.
In their bill of June Goth, amounting
IT, $21.25, there was no discount taken
az per schedule.
No election supplies are quoted In
the schedule, and, in my opinion, the
election supplies were charged for at a
high rate.
The following are e few items which
think are especially exhorbitant:
Election supplies not on schedule.
Nov. 1. $50 dozen afidavits Of votes
$4,000. This is 1-S cap blank and
shosild be charged at the rate of $.2s
per dozen, making $3.50.
60 or 70 receipt books for election
SUPPLIES, for the different county Of
ficerh, at 500 per book. In my opinion
IS certs per hook is fair price.
22OS tinted general ballots, $4,000
These should have ben charged for at
the same rate as general 'ball0ts. or a.
bout $500 per thousand.
1900 constitutional amendment bal
lots, tinted, $4,000. Should have been
Gun Sc eQpI emBs 9Ql lg IOJ p93Bqo
regular ballot, or $3.50 per Thousand.
1900 tinted, wunan's ballots, $4,000.
This shottld have been charged at the
same rate as the regular ballot or $Q-75
per thousand.
There is no discount taken from any
of these bills, as no election supplies
were quoted specifically in schedule.
The bill Of June for Primary Elac-
ton supplies was charged at the same
rate as the above bills for election sup.
plies and in comparison the prices
were Just as e1horbitant.
There are a large number of items
that appear on Marty all fthir bills,
puring the year, which though indineet-
~ provided for, in the contract, yet In
SO indefinate a way, that the printing
company has been afforded ample op-
portunity to take advantage this
by placing work of one class under
work OF another class. and reaping the
benefit of the superior prizes on the
same
The foregoing report was given az
ter an impartial investigation and
have endeavored to be fair and unpre-
JUDGED, setting forth tno items here.
in containd, just as I have found them
to be in their bills, and the state
ments which have above made. are
to the best of my knowledge, and as
understand the prices and values to be.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
29th day of April, A. D. 1907.
Respectfully submitted,
Lem Wright.
On motion the Board adjourned until
nine o'clock a. m April 30, 1917.
April 3oth, 1907
The Board met at nine o'clock a. M.
Commissioners Willis in the chair with
all members present
Moved by Black and seconded by
on the above date as per adjournment.
Emerson that the county Auditor be in
structed to draw no auditors warrants
for clerk hire without certified time
check, furnished by the various county
officials, showing the actual number OF
days employed, and that the said time
check be filed in this once. Motion
carried.
Moved by Elliott and seconded by
Black that the bond of the Farmers
State Bank OF Columbus covert NJ soun- !
y funds in The sem Of $5,e00.0o DO ~