The diamond drill., 1919-08-30
TO ASK INJUNCTION.
Restraining Iron River and Mansfield
Townships From Issuing Orders.

The Diamond Drill learns that pa
pers are being prepared to be sub
mitted TO Judge Flanagan asking
that he restrain the township boards
OF Iron River and Mansfield town
ships from issuing any more orders.
The reason for this is that the boards.
In both townships, so II is claimed-
have issued sufficient orders TO take
up all OF the taxes levied for 1919
besides being considerably in debt
from previous years
The exact figures. so II is cTainredi.
show that Mansfield township has
overdrawn its accounts over and
above the cash available from next
taxes the sum OF s5.SS6.OS. The fig
ures on the different funds show as
follows:
Poor find ss7s5. contingent fund
si.ssS.5l, road repair. $5.7s4.ss. The
only fund that Is not overdrawn is the
highway Improvement fund which has.
sl,o3O16 to its credit. but that IS
swallowed up by the volume in the,
other funds.
Reports from Iron River townshipa
show as follows:
Total amount overdrawn sTf,00403-.
This is divided as follows: Poor.
$l27S6, general fund s6.105.06. nigh
way Improvement $4.1l927, road re-
pair s1,s6s.s4. hall fund s7197.sf.
The application for restraining
order against Iron River township Is
said to have been asked for by Peter
Andreason, farmer residing outside
OF the village OF Iron River. Just
who Is making the application I'D
Mansfield township has not yet been.
learned.
In this connection II is claimed that
Stambaugh township is saved the re-
straining order only because or thes
fact that on August /, 1919 there was
cash available I'm that township in the
sum OF $i.sil77 In this township the
poor fund shows an overdraf, of ST.
5000. the general fund an overdraft
OF $2,35s.40 and the road repair fluid
. ~ t<.x.
overdraft OF sl9,75144. but against
this overdraft there is on hand In the
cemetery fund s722.S2; hall fund
81, ,s69.60; highway improvement fund.
sis,520.79 or total OF s2l, ,663.21.
Hematite township Is another mum
Icipality that Is in jeopardy. so II M
claimed and the condition OF thiS
township is about the worst. ALI
things considered, OF any OF the coun--
ty municipalities. The figures show
a total overdraft OF i1,693.s9 divided
as follows; Owing school district
81. .27oO9, general fund s7.049.s5; FIRE
fund sl7,9li.94. total OF $96.23f.6S.
Against this total there liz credit 10
the funds as follows: Poor. S765.l0.
highway Improvement si3.772Gs a to-,
tai OF Si4.537.7e. which gives NET
overdraft OF sll.G9s.S9. II Is not YET
learned II action Will be taken against
this township.
1t must not be concluded that all or
our townships are in bad. Crystal
Falls township and Bates townships
are In excellent shape So is Mas
todon township. Crystal Falls
township had on hand August Ist
the sum OF $l7 7,90497 including the
tax levy OF this year not yet collected
Every fund has money on hand az
Poor $4,000. interest anf
sinking fund $4,000, general s2.s3e50.
highway Improvement ss.oGS.47. ROAD
repair $4,000.
Bates township has ON hund a fD-
tai OF siG.39927 divided as follows:
Cemetery ;263,2G, general $s1s. higl-
way Improvement. $b.o4a.So. road re.
pair s9.al02l
Mastodon township has en- hand
iotal OF sS,2i7.o6. divided as followr:
highway bond s3.oe505. eugergl 81.
Ii6,lG, highway Improvements si,o4SCr
.oad repair si,2s72o
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