The Glenwood post., 1915-10-30
hdge Shumate IS Asked to Remove
Town Beard and Put Receiver IN
Charge Of Municipal Affairs
MOTIONS ARE HEARD HERE

Caa a board of town trustees be dis
missed by court order and enjoincd
from serving in the capacity for which
they were elected by the citizens Of ths
municipality! 1t is generally es.esdeA
that the ordinary legal proesedinss
which apply to Al ordinary citizen DO
not obtain ~ to e4icials elected by
the people to serve in q public espse-
ity.
However, this was ose Of the ques-
tioss which Judge shumats Of the dis
in esssideriag . very drastic com
plant in which the mayor, the
board of trustees and other elected AMI
appointed s2ieers Of tie tswn sf Oak
Creek in Routt county, are made de-
fendants.
II petition alleges the grosssst of
nalfsasance in Office Oh the part Of the
dsfsndants, and asks that tAOse now
sssving the town In IN officiAi capacity
b eajoined from further attempt in
that direction and the town affairs b.
placed in the hands of a receiver ap-
pointed by the court.
The complaint is among the most
formidable and sensational ever filed
in ROutt county and covers eighteen
typewriter pages. There are addi-
tienal pages of corroborating afidavi.s
charging the members Of the town
board with being in league with crim-
i.als, nisappropriatiag the funds Of
tAs town, accepting bribes, entering
isto collusion with the keepers Of .
hspss Of prostitution, and numerous
other illegal sets.
TAs case is brought BY large mum
~ sf the taxpayer Of the town, ssns
u business fifns and corporations AL
II iadividaala, whils tAs town itsslf
aaa 10 elieers and sx-e6ieefs are made
asfeadants.
TAs rather usesnasa thing in eea-
asetiea With IL Psssaiass is that
Mayer Cisavsr a.d Trustees Eller n l
Ra.sy, being . nissrity Of the present
beard, have filed separate answers in
which they admit the allegations made
in tie complaint, except as 70 fraud
having been committed BY themselves.
II complaint covers towa matters
fer four yean back. 1t gees into tie
natter for each of these years respect
ing the fetal valuation, the taxes levied
aad the amount collected. Then it
takes up appropriations, showing that
three times o. mach was appropriated
- there were funds available. It AYERS
that thers are now eststanding and nm
paid warrants Of the town in excess Of
$l5,eOO. In addition to this tAefe is n
Aggregate bonded Indebtedness Of &C.,
900 for water and sewer purposes. 1t
is alleged that the sinking fsnd fer this
bs.Aed i.debted.ess has disappeared.
WAile the water system 10 not paying
expenses it is averred that The member
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