The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-12-08
JUDGE Conner DOCKS
JOE DOLIN $27S ON
TAX RECEIPT CLAIM
County Attorney Erickson Stops the Loong of the Treasury
By the County Printer By Means of Injunction-Judge
Reverses the County Commissioners.


Judge Conner, in decision, rendered
Monday, December 4th, issued an in
junction upon the petition filed by
County Attorney Erickson last sum-
mer and answered by Dolin on the
18th day of September, directing
County Treasurer Olson not to pay
Warrant No. 1896, in the sum Of
$416.5O, issued to him in payment of
printing six thousand tax receipts for
County Treasurer Olson last fail, de-
claring the said warrant null and
void and directing Dolin to return the
said warrant to the court for cancel
lation, when in the place of it he will
receive what his contract allows,
namely. the sum Of $138.50, together
with interest at the rate of six per
cent from December 9Th, 1921.
In other words Judge Conner held
that Dolin had collected from the
county on this JOB alone, $278.5O
more than he had coming, and it.
means that the taxpayers through
the activities of County Attorney
amount. It will be remembered that
when the county commissioners allow
ed this claim, the Producers News
to the fact of the graft, and County
Attorney Erickson and Clerk and Re-
corder O'Grady objected to the pay
ment of more than $138.50, but the
commissioners allowed the same, Civ
ing as their excuse that they would
be through with Dolin in the spring
and it would be cheaper to pay his il
legal claims than to hire lawyers to
fight them. However the Co. Attorney
ney has demonstrated, after the new
contract was given to Do1in that
money can be saved by litigation.
There are still large number of
warrants for sums in excess of what
is allowed by the contract, issued to
Dolin, and County Attorney Erick-
son will bring an injunction against
the whole bunch and see that they are
cancelled and new ones in the pro-
per amount issued. Only last meeting
there were number of fraudulent
claims railroaded through by Dolin,
but the county commissioners have
promised to see to it that this game is
not repeated again in the future.
DOLIN'S CLAIM
The warrant which the court at
Erickson's behest, cancelled was is
sued on a claim filed December the
5th, by Dolin, for the printing of 6,000
tax certificates for the treasurer's Of
flee, which are printed, according to
the requirements of the law and by
Dolin's contract for $29.75 for the
first thousand and for s21.75 for each
thousand Of the remaining five thous-
and, or for the sum of S138.5O for
the job. However, DoliR insisted that
he had coming the sum of s138.30 for
the printing of the duplicate 5000 and
/ the triplicate 5000, in spite of the
fact that the law says tax receipts:
printed in triplicate, per thousand,
bound in books of SO each, to be
S2975 per thousand for the first
thousand and S21.75 per thousand for
each successive thousand. In other
words, instead of having coming
| $416.50 for the job, Dolin had $138.50
coming and that is what he gets, thus
sustaining another contention Of the
Producers News.
DOLIN WILL APPEAL
It is reported that Dolin will appeal
this decision to the Supreme Court.
Paul Babcock is the attorney for Mr..
Dolin. Mr.. Dolin's contention being
that the Court cannot review an ac-
ton Of the Board by injunction.
Mr.. Dolin will have to pay the cost
in fhic action