The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-10-22

Tie OTpIldu . L1OiIlC AOA 4>OA III AOo-
no, at Lewiston, by the County
Commissioners, contains some in
teresting figures.
This Statement gives the total
amount paid said Orphans Home
during a period of about eight
years, said amounts being itemized,
and totaling the sum of $1,060.15
for the entire period, or about an
average Of $1,000 per year for the
eight year period; the statement
going farther and giving a COM
plete report of all Orphan and
Homeless children taken care Of
for Latah County during the eight
year period, the name and age Of
the children, time cared for in the
Home and the disposition of the
child, or whether still in the Home.
Also carrying out the cost for each
child and the total that would have
been to Latah County had she paid
strictly in accordance with the Sta
tutory provisions, as we have a law
in our Statute books that provides
that the County must pay a certain
amount for the care of each unfor-
tunate child taken care of from
each northern county, through the
Orphans Home at Lewiston, and
had the county paid the full amount
provided by said Statute for the
eight year period, it would have
cost Latah County the total sum of
$2,O75. 90. instead of 81, 060.15 the
amount actually paid during the
entire period, and still our County
Attorney according to the suit just
filed against the County Commits
sioners, would interpret the law SO
that this misery amount could not
even be paid in support of our Or
phans and unfortunate children,
and would go SO far as to try and
compel our County Commissioners
to refund a part of this amount
personally, when they were not even
giving the amount that a plain
Statute Of the State says they must
give, and would even 60 to the ex-
IRENE of shutting Of any support
whatever from our homeless, or
phans and unfortunate children, and
perhaps hide behind the argument
of reducing expenses, or in other
words put himself in the position of
passing upon the constitutionality
of our legislative enactments, a
duty Of our Supreme Court of the
State.
The report of Mr.. Chase covers
work done through. and at, the Or
phan's Home only, and does not in
clude various other work, and help,
to orphans and homeless children of
Latah County that has been done
outside the Home in the way of
looking after and placing children
in homes.
Our County Commissioners are
not supposed to be Supreme
Court and pass on the constitution
atty of the various legislative en-
actments, but when legislative laws
are passed they must fall in line
and obey, and be governed by same
until the Supreme Court sets them
aside, or declares them void or un-
constitutional; thus in the matter
of paying for the care of our Or.
phan Children, as well as helping
display our agricultural exhibits at
the County Fairs, the Legislative
laws were as plain as A B G author.
izing the County Commissioners te
so act. the Supreme Court of the
State had never passed on the legis
lative holding them unconstitutional
County Attorneys and the Attorne.
General of the State had advised
the County Commissioners that the.
were acting wholly within the Law
in helping these funds in the modes
way that they did, even Count.
Attorney Mr.. Moore had just ad
vised the Commissioners that the,
could make such donations, as il
the Commissioners Files above hi
own signature we find the follow
ing statement of his: "A few day
since you asked me whether or no
in my opinion the Board of Count
Commissioners could make dona
tion to the Latah County Fair A:
ISOLATION, and l advised you ths
you could under Section 3O4O 9
Volume l of the Revised Codes c
Idaho, so long as the apr opriatio
made was used by the Association
within the provisions of that Sc,
ton, and following my advice. tn
Board did make an order apprt
priating sum to the FAN Associ'
tion." Still in the face OF this plai
Statute authorizing the Commi
sioners to so act. and the advice (
the County Attorney, as well as ii
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