The Dickinson press., 1912-12-28

Kilmer Bond $4,000. Leutz' 5
Last Meeting. Little Over
$4,000 Paid Back on Seed
Grain Contracts.

The meeting of the county commits
sioners on Monday was for the purpose
Of closing up the business of 1912. and
was the last session which Herman
Leutz Of Taylor will attend officially.
Mr.. Leutz has served full term of four
years for the third district and has
made q good official. He has kept a
close eye, on road work in bis district,
and especially is this true with respect
to the roads leading into Taylor.
In addition to regular routine work,
the board considered bids for premiums
for surety bonds for officials for the en-
suing two years. Bids were submitted
ON bonds aggregating 500. 600. includ-
ing $50, 900 bond for Treasurer Geo,
Kilmer. the amount for his Office hav-
ing been raised from $50. 600 to $780,
600 in compliance with law. based on
the collections of his Office The vari-
Gus surety agents of the city made the
same bid. namely $796. 10 for the 500,
600. The board accepted the bid of
the American Surety Bond Co., w. L.
Richards local agent, for treasurer, and
rejected all bids for other officers. This
is taken to mean that the vsIious
officers, other, than treasurer. will have
to pay the premidm on their own bond
or secure personal bond that will be
acceptable to the board. The law says
that the county shall pay the premium
on surety bond for the treasurer; it
also says that the board may pay the
premium on a surety bond for the other
oHicials.
Under the new law the treasurer does
not take Office until the first Monday in
May. Another law says that the
county treasurer cannot hold Office more
than four successive years. Geo. W.
Kilmer will have served four years the
1st of January, 1915. and his successor.
who will be elected in the fall of 1914,
cannot qualify until the following May.
Hence, it will possibly become neces-
sary for the board two years from now,
to appoint some one to%fill out the .fom
months. In getting the bond for treas.
urer the board provided for the fou
months. by lenethening the two yea,
period this much. =.
County auditors take office the first
Monday in April. but there is no statute
Limitation to their tenure of office. All
other county officials take office the
first Monday in January following their
election.
The Northern Pacific has rebated the
seed grain freight. amounting to S.,
s79.0l. This amount will be apportion.
ed to the various seed grain borrower.
as soon as their accounts are finally set.
tied 90 that Auditor Hughes can figure
the amount due the various individ.
uals.
Treasurer Kilmer has collected a little
over half the seed grain contracts up to
this time. There were about 400 appli-
cations. amounting to nearly $54, 600,
and the treasurer had issued FOG re-
ceipts in settlement of contracts up to
Christmas. One man had to be arrested
for trying to get out of paying the
county for his grain. but outside of this
the officials have not experienced any
difficulty in getting the seed grain con-
tracts settled as fast as the farmers
marketed gram. A time limit of jan
uary 18th has been placed on the out
standing contracts.
The county board will meet next on
January 9th, 1913.