The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-13
State Supreme Court Makes
New Rule for Control of
County Finances.
MUST MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET
Under a Recent Decision Warrant
Can Only Be Issued When
Money Is on Hand.

WydQGOLIo county COMMISSIONERS anu
the Kansas City board of education,
applies TO every county of the state
The court held warrants for salaries
could not be issued unless the money
to ray them was in the treasury.
Attorneys for both the county board
and the board of education were busy
trying to find some way out. The
county may ask to have the case re-
opened. Attorneys for the school
board were trying to find if it could
slip by $4,000 expense with only
$4,000 in its treasury.
The decision not only stops the is
suance of warrants in excess of funds,
but prohibits the transfer of money
y from one fund to another. The opin-
ion, which was written by Justice
John S. Dawson, says:
That taxes levied for the general
purposes of county for any one year
must be devoted to paying the ex-
penses of that year, and can not be
used to pay the expenses of any pre-
Vious year.
"That the county commissioners
have no right to contract any indebt-
edness in any year for which they can
not reasonably expect the revenue OF
the county to pay.
eff the commissioners draw war
rants for more money than they can
reasonably expect will reach the coun-
ty treasurer within a given year, they
make themselves liable to a fine of
not to exceed $4,000 and custer from
office
The case grew out of the refusal ,of
the treasurer of Leavenworth county
to pay $4,000 worth of scrip drawn
for 1914 out of the taxes that came in
for the following year He offered
to pay $4,000 worth of the warrants,
that being the back tax collections
for 1914, but refused to touch the
1915 money. The holders of the war
rants brought mandamus action.
Auto Turns OVer.-J. w. Russell of
Burlington was badly hurt in an auto
mobile accident near there when the
new car in which he was returning
with Lloyd Taylor from Kansas City,
struck a rut and turned completely
Z over and down an embankment at
Wolf Greek. His lung was punctured
r and several ribs broken.
Found a Body at Pratt-The body
of a man was found at the Rock ISL
and stock yards at Pratt recently He
weighed $50 pounds, was about %
years old, feet 8 inches tall and had
brown curly hair. scrap of paper
with the name Lee Camedy, Guymon,
Ok, was found OF the body.
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Spider Bite Brings Death-A spider
bite caused the death at Independ-
ence of Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Is
years old. She was stung on the
cheek. Her face Immediately swelled
and chiIls followed.
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Successful Tractor Show-Three
thousand farmers attended a big trac-
tor show at Great Bend recently.
Farmers came fifty miles to see seven
teen tractors in a blowing demonstra-
ton. They plowed fifty acres in one
hour, big show for those attending.
Hutchinson Grew 1,o32-Hutchinson
has population of 1927, according
to the figures made public by George
NJ. Lee, county clerk of Reno county.
This is a gain of 1882 over the CEN
sus of last year.
Triplets to Kansas coupIe-Mr and
Mrs. S. N Miller of near Haven, Reno
county, have triplets, born recently
Two boys and one girl make up the
trio. They weighed about eight
pounds each at birth.
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Rushing Feeders to kanasas.-Be-
cause of the unrest of the railway en-
pIoyes the Santa Fe has been notify
ing stock shippers that if they want
rs get their stock to market or to the
pastures they should ship at once. The
heaviest cattle shipments in the his
tory of the road have been made the
last ten days. The most of the stock
is going to the Flint Hills for grazing
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Muscotah Scorched-Three build
ings were destroyed in $4,000 fire
at Muscotah the other night. Several
other buildings were damaged The
origin of the. fire is unknown.
Train Kills Small Boy-A Frisco
northbound passenger train struck and
killed a S-year-old boy four miles north
of Columbus recently. The child was
the son of Jim Morris. a laborer in
the powder works at Turck, and was
playing on the track.
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Girl Dies SuddenIy-Lucy C. Rich
ards of Minneapolis, Kas., a sopho-
more at the University of Kansas, died
suddenly at o'clock the other after
noon as she was leaving Robinson
gymnasium preparatory to talking ex-
ercise.
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Is K. U. oueen-Miss Helen Daw-
son of Great Bend, a senior in the
school of fine arts in the University
of Kansas. has been elected May queen
for the May fete to be given by the
K. o.. women on the green on May
IL. Miss Dawson is a member of the
q Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Easton to Buy Light PIant-Easton,