The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-12-26

entitled to count each fr..s
1000 ballots furnished for '' snn
cinct as 1000 and to rpcoiva
ment therefor. For instance : Y
Precinct No. 8 he furnishes P p
lican sample ballots to the r l''
of 92,, and. Republican oficis H. h.
to the number of 90, maxine ,A "
Republican ballots furnished 4, 4
precinct Defendant CONTENDS H. II
he is entitled to consider the ~
cinct as a unit and to receive M u
ment as though he furnished lis 4
ballots (RepubIican) instead d ii +
[ do, not believe this conteutar !,
be sustained upon any theory WI /
may be presented to sustain il r.
law is plain in its terms and un
biguous, and. admits of only M
constructions, and that is that il
maximum amount which the COUNT
commissioners; may allow for N
furnishing of ballots for tie COUNT
primary, other than presidental rs
maries, is Twenty-Five and 1lR
Dollars (S22.5J} per party for IL
| first 1000, and. Twelve and ala
Dollars ($T2.50) for each addition
1000. A case similar to this R
was decided by the Supreme Coutt
| Kansas in 1902: Honey V. Board d
County Commissioners Of Jewel
County, 70 Pac. 3SS3. In that case@
court said as follows:
| plaintiff IN error entered in.
| to a contract with the cOmns.
sioners of Jewell county for the
| printing of the ballots to be used
| at the general election Of l@
and did print 1920 Thereof
| There were six tickets printed Oh
| each official ballot, for use IN o
| townships. He was entitled 70
charge S13 per thousand, or ttaF'
! ton thereof. Gen. St. 1901, Sec
! 2708. He printed less than = 4
! thousand for use. in each Of the
townships, except three tol
these three he printed and iI-
nished 1,150 each. In peeses,
| ing his bill for the county i 10
| the work THAT is, 50 mEh 10
so many thousand ballots, Or l!sS
ton of thousand}, but dlVlas y
the ballots UP between the ~
different townships, and ddqbe
his claim by charging for ll ~
ton of 1000 for each seps'sstt
township. Thus, he cllargee ,H y
for TOO ballots for jackson 'os y
ship. the same amount tor tor y y
for Sinclair township. $40 -, l
11.15O ballots for Buffalo Io4 !
ship, and the same amO@ ,i !
Center and Burr Oak to"n sas
He was allowed by the i Ssa
therefor and paid by the c'l =
treasurer, This action on, y
brought, under Gen. St. l9oL, ,s =
1919, to recover back the ANU n
of the illegal allowance stlt;t that t
claimed by the county t;t
Jofondsn+ below was entl'leu
be paid the sum of sl8 per rd fnp
an and for 1900 tickets, and ,
more for 200 additional, OF n
m raa was was entered agaiia.st; !,
defendant below (plaint1lIhl or ~
ror here for $3.50, toget ltayD "
! $3.50 penalty and $50 9e, a'' If
Fees, under section 1649 o.
statute supra" Live.
i's 1--WE HeD are clear that time t9s
efaraiis against "a the county Il :
not separate t4io =, ,+aWnS1l
by charging to each sJNI bsI
) fraction of a thousaaa ~, sscI
and receive $13 pay I Iof Ga "a
s sosans t that if, in the ,.s
number of ballots fur MS It
thes county CLERK lO[ W frst
e efiG a thousand Sl over the ss,up
t GumD the Of printeP shall receive tstrs
, for that fraction, when 'HT mi
as many as six tlckS''
,, on the ballot" stat
Of 4 fecfs' the defendant fa 4;nn
81 9e2 '@ ballots is. at this ele ecu opi
Republican party. IN 4 tSe ST
IS entitled to receive am SlG palio
niJ,e9 AN and &c compensation a; 81,
l Of S8.75 for tha rem ma aI1 Of t
!. a total of S29545, IO 10, shed J
R Enp to- the Stipulated factf5 for
: ber of ballots Furnished ded Nat
m mo Socialist anu nooe Fl
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