The Glasgow courier., 1915-09-10

of county commissioners Of said coun-
ty, and evidenced by warrant duly
drawn by the county clerk Of said
county on the treasurer of said coun-
tv: that each item of said indebted
ness represents a claim duly verified
as to it's correctness and duly pre-
sented to and legally Investigated, ex-
amined, inspected, audited, allowed
and approved by the proper officer
of said county, who did endorse his
approval thereon as and in the manner
provided by the laws Of said state;
that said warrants were duly issued,
numbered consecutively in the order
of their issuance, and registry there
of made by the said county clerk, all
as and in the manner provided by the
statutes of said state; that all of said
warrants were at the time of their
issuance delivered to the payees there
in named, respectively, and that prac-
tically all of said warrants have here
tofore been presented to the county
treasurer for payment and paylnens
refused for want of funds and are
now outstanding, due and unpaid, to-
gether with interest accrued thereon
from the date of their regi stration at
the rate of six (6) per centum per
anlIum.
g. Thai attached hereto, marked
Exhibit A" comprised of 20 typewrit-
ten sheets, to-wit: sheet lettered
and 29 sheets numbered from. l to
20, both numbers inclusive, and made
a part of this report, is a true and
complete detailed list of the warrants
hereinabove mentioned, showing the
numbers thereof, the names Of the
person or corporation to whom issu-
ed, date Of their issue and registry,
respectively, the amount of each war
rant, the total aggregate face value
of such warrants outstanding, due
and unpaid as aforesaid, and the cer-
tificate of the county treasurer veri-
flying as to the correctness of this
report and the statements appearing
herein; and that appearing as sheet
20 of said exhibit A" and being a
part of this report. is a true and COM
plete summary of the warrants of said
county which were issued prior to
March 16, 1915, and which are now
outstanding and unpaid. together with
the interest accrued thereon, as set
out in detail on said sheet %.
4. That all of the warrants in this
report mentioned evidence general
outstanding Indebtedness of said coun-
tv lawfully incurred only for the Or
dinary and necessary expenses OF the
county authorized by the constitution
and general laws of the state; that in
the issuance of the said warrants,
the said county did not for any single
purpose incur an Indebtedness or IL
ability to an amount exceeding $1O,-
600; that in erecting any bridge, and
building the approaches thereto, or
in erecting any county building, or
constructing or providing any road or
highway, payment for which was
made by any of the warrants men,
toned in this report, the said county
did not for any single purpose incur
an indebtedness or liability to an am
ount exceeding $4,000; and that the
validity of the said indebtedness, or
of any of said warrants, or any or
either of them, has never at any time
or in any manner, been questioned
contested or made the subject of &C.
tual or threatened judicial inquiry
action or proceeding; and that at ne
time, since the organization of the
aid county, has the total outstanding
indebtedness thereof exceeded five pei
centum of the equalized assessed valu
alton of the taxable property of tn
said county.
5. That the total bonded indebtedness
of said county now outstanding !
$2O3,OO0; and that the total indebted
ness of said county now outstanding o
every other kind and character, in
Guiding all contract. warrant or othe
obligations and floating indebtedness
amounts to the principal sum of $17O,
281.13, exclusive of the interest &C
crued thereon, and which represent
the warrant Indebtedness hereinabov
mentioned, and to pay which, or an
part thereof, there are no funds avail
able in the treasury Of said county.
6. That the total valuation of al
taxable property in said county, a
shown by the assessment roll com
piled in the year 1914, as finall
equalized by the state board of equal
ization and the board of county com
missioners of said county for stat
and county purposes, is S7.756. 6.446.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
have hereunto set my official han
and the seal of Valley County. Nor
tana. at my Office in the court hous'
in the city OF Glasgow, the count
seat of Valley County. in said cit.
county and state. the 3rd day of A,
gust, A. D. 1915.
(SEAL)
w. B. SHOEMAKER,
County Clerk in and fl
Valley County, Montar
CERTIFIED TO UNDER OAT
before me by w. B. SHOEMAKE]
who is personally known to me,
the city of Glasgow, Montana, the 81
day of August, A. D. 1915.
!, (SEAL)
WALTER STANLEY,
Clerk of Court, Twelfth Jud
. dicial District in and for Va
ley County, Montana.
BY o. S. CUTTING,
Q Deputy.
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