The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-07
SUED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Three suits were filed in the county
clerks office last Friday by H. w.
Kiefer to enjoin the county commits
sioners from paying certain claims
against the county allowed by the
board at their July meeting.
Jones-Stultz Bill
One complaint was that the allow
ance to j. E, Schultz of $3.50 on
the contingent fund to pay for SER
vices rendered the sheriff in three
criminal cases was not for work done
according to the statute under which
action was taken. First: That the
claim was illegal and not a proper
charge against the county.
That the services claimed to have
been rendered were rendered the
sheriff and not the county attorney,
and no part of said claim was for ex-
penses incurred in the trial and pre-
paration for trial of criminal cases,
nor for conducting investigations by
a grand jury.
The complaint goes on to enumer-
ate that the claim as shown by the
vouchers attached was for $50 and
not for $72.50; that it was presum-
ably for work which ought to have
been done by the sheriff and his
deputies; that the prosecuting attor-
ney had no right to incur such ex-
pense until he had authority from the
district Judge empowering him to in
cur such Indebtedness to j. E..
Schultz; that the county attorney did
not exhibit a detailed statement of
the accounts duly verified as required
by law; that such expense list was
not filed with the clerk as the law
requires; that the claim was not
presented to the clerk prior to the
meeting of the board as the law re-
quires. 4as 80
The claim of A. s. Dickinson for
$125.80 for money claimed to have
been expended in perfecting the ap-
peals of the commissioners against
the five deputies whose salaries werc
cut, had no warrant Of law; that the
bill of the Hayes Printing company
for $50 for printing Ave sets of briefs
for A. s, Dickinson in conducting such
appeal was unlawful, for the. reason
that A. s. Dickinson was not an
authorized agent of the county, he
having been appointed at a special
meeting of the board called for the
single purpose of canvassing the cleo
ton returns of special elections held
in the Aberdeen school districts.
Prison Board Bill
The claim of w. r. Jones, sheriff,
for boarding prisoners for the quarter
ending June 80, was contested on the
ground that it was not accompanied
by any vouchers to show that any
body furnished anything to the
county at any given time. 1t was
simply demand for $241.S5 for
boarding prisoners and was allowed
in violation of law.
The Surveyors Bill
The claim of E. A. Christensen was
contested on the ground that 1t was
for $40 a day for IL days survey
ing and the statute provides that the
county surveyor shall receive $6 a
day.
Macadam Road Bill
The claims of 81 persons and firms
for interest on the maca lam loan
notes, are contested on the ground
that they are Illegal; that the claims
are not made out in proper form;
that the legislature is the only body
having the right to appropriate money
for such purposes; that they were
voluntary loans and the interest a
private debt; that the claim Of e.
M. Kennedy in such list is in violation
of law in that he being one of the
members of the board is prohibited
by law from presenting any bill, di-
'rectly or indirectly for the opening
or improvement of a road.
The complaint was filed by John
w. Jones, attorney for H. w. Kiefer.