The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-09

claimed by your auditor and chair
man to be proper legal charges, O
substantially to such amounts.
For the purpose of securing set
Element and compromise on the item
contained in my original bill O
$752.40 I ask that the present /:
bills now submitted by me, and ag
gregating the sum of $556.45 in lier
of said bill of s752.4O, and in case
of such action on your part at youl
present November, 1911, meeting
agree to waive and surrender any
claim I might otherwise have against
the county on account of any of the
items included in my original bill
SO allowed by you on June 18th,
1911.''
Board Accepts 5000 Cut.
Commissioner Fellows presented
the following resolution and it was
adopted:
whereas on the 18th day of June
1911, A. B. Hazen, as sheriff of Bel
trami county, Minnesota, filed with
the auditor of said county his bill
against said county for the sum of
$752.40 for services rendered as such
sheriff during the months of Febru-
ary and March, 1911, in subpoenaing
witnesses, grand and petit jurors for
the February, 1911, term of the dis
trict court of this county, and other
services in and about the holding of
said term Of court. and
"Whereas said bill was allowed by
the county board of said county at
said sum of $752.4O, and
'Whereas thereafter the chairman
of this board and the auditor of said
county refused to sign a warrant to
said A. B. Hazen for said bill, but
contested the validity of the same,
and claimed that the same was ex-
cessive, and
"Whereas, thereafter the said A.
b. Hazen Instituted an action in
mandamus in the district court of
this county to compel said chairman
and auditor to issue to him a warrant
for said sum of $752.4O, and said
chairman and auditor interpesed an
sWers in said action, and upon the
hearing thereof said action in man
damus was dismissed by said court,
because it appeared that said bill
contained items of charges that were
not legal charges against said coun-
ty, being for bringing prisoners into
court, attendance upon court and
mileage in so bringing prisoners into
court, during said February, 1911,
term of said district court, and - -
Twelve Bills Accepted.
"Whereas said A. B. Hazen has pre-
sented to this county board at this
meeting twelve (12) bills, aggregat-
ing the sum of $556.45, being for the
same items of charges contained in
said original bill, except that the
items expressly found by the court to
be illegal and the other charges
by said chairman and auditor
to be excessive have been withdrawn
and
"Whereas, said A. B. Hazen has,
by written request, filed with the au-
dltor, and by way of compromise and
settlement of, the matters in dispute
growing out of the items contained
in said original bill, asked that said
II bills so now presented be allowed
and paid to him, in place of and as
substitutes for said original bill, and
in consideration of such allowance
and payment that he will waive any
and all claim or claims might he
might otherwise have on account of
the items contained in said original
bill of $752.4O,
Nov, therefore, be it resolved,
that said twelve bills so now pre-
sented by said sheriff be and the same
are hereby allowed and approved, and
that the action of this board in al
lowing said original bill of $752.4O
on June 18th, 1911, be and the same
is hereby rescinded and vacated.
The following is a statement of
said II bills so now allowed:
Serving grand and petit jurors,
subpoenas and court orders for Feb
ruary, 1911, term of district court.
$16.e0, $17o.7o, $11.90, s1O.60,
$105.90, $46.50, 1920, $26.60,
$4,000, $4,000, $1,000, and seO.45,
making total of s556.45.