The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-15
MANY THOUSANDS INVOLVED
I'm CASE NEARING A CLOSE
Betrami Suit Against Clearwater Commissioners For Over
$4,000 Started in 1908 and Now Coming to Trial
on Merits...Complete History Of the Case.

POAuICO EAACS OAoAulCICSlCu pcISOuS,
in accordance with the provisions of
law at that time existing, to appraise
the buildings possessed by said Bel
trami county; that pursuant to said
appointment said appraisers duly
qualified and duly made and certi-
fed in writing over their signatures.
and duly filed with the auditor of
said Bettrami county, on to.wit, the
5th day of January, 1908, their Ger
tificate of appraitalof said buildings,
which said appraisal is in the sum of
$7O,756.75.
vi. That at the time of the d.
vision of said territory and the
creation OF said Clearwater county
as aforesaid, the floating indebted
ness of said Beltrami county am
ounted to the sum of SIS, 2O4, which
said amount was represented by
warrants of said Beltrami county
outstanding and unpaid, bearing 6
percent interest: that said sum of
$53,204 reduced proportionately by
the amount of the appraisal of said
county buildings aforesaid, left re-
naming a floating indebtedness of
S31,718 to be apportioned between
said counties of Beltrami and Clear
water: that the proportion of said
$31,718 for which said Clearwater
was and is liable, according to said
last assessed valuation. is $4,000.
VII. That at the time OF the d.
vision of said territory and the, Gre
alton of said Clearwater county as
aforesaid, the outstanding bonded
indebtedness of said Beltrami
county amounted to the sum of
S122, 900, which said sum reduced
proportionately by the appraised
valuation of said county buildings
as aforesaid, left bonded indebt-
ness of $3.50 remaining to be
between said count
les of Beltrami and Clearwater.
That said bonded indebtness
consisted of various issues of
bonds duly and legally issued,
sold and transferred by said
county of Beltrami.
That the first of said bonds so
issued as aforesaid and outstanding,
which said bonds are known as
Becker County Indebtedness bonds,
were dated June 80, 1897, and were,
by their terms, due on June 80, 1907,
bearing interest at the rate of per
annum, interest payable semi
annually, in the sum of $4,000;
that reducing said sum of $4,000
proportionately by the appraised
valuation of county buildings, there
remained the sum of $7,154 to be
apportioned between said counties
of Beltrami and Clearwater, and
that the proportion of said $7,154
for which said Clearwater county
was and is liable amounts to the
sum of $1,804, according to the
aforesaid assessed valuation of said
counties.
That the second of said bonds is
sued az aforesaid amounts to the
sum of $4,000, bearing date June
80, 1899, and are by their terms pay
able in twenty years from the date
thereof, and were issued for the pur-
pose of funding certain other bonds
of Beltrami county at the time they
were issued; that said 2O-year fund
ing bonds bear interest at the rate
of S per cent per annum, interest
payable semi annually; that reducing
the said sum of $4,000 proportion
ately by the value of said county
buildings, as fixed in said appraisal,
there remained the sum of S14. 3O8
to be apportioned between said
counties of Beltrami and Clearwater
according to the respective assessed
valuation Of each as aforesaid, and
that the proportion Of said sum of
$14,308 for which said Clearwater
county was and is liable amounts to
the sum Of $3.6O8.
That the third issue of SAID
bonds amounts to the sum Of
100000, bearing date June u,
1901, and are by their terms pay
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