, 1924-02-06
PARK COUNTYL|BRARY WAR
BROUGHT TOSH0WDOWN BY
THE COUNTY Commissioners
Temperamentally Unfit, Say Officials in Nine Spe-
cific Charges of Misconduct Brought Against
Mesdames Goppert and Peterson


When the county commissioners
met in regular session on Tuesday
they passed the following resolution
which was prepared by their attorney,
f. j.. McElvain, making charges of
misconduct against the two remaining
members of the library board who re-
fuse to resign and giving them formal
notice of a hearing when they will be
given the opportunity to reply:
Whereas certain charges and infor-
nation has been presented to the
Board of County Commissioners, of
Park County, Wyoming, upon their
WI examination have found that
there is a reasonable cause to believe
that there has been misconduct and
neglect of duty by certain members
of the Park County Library Board,
to-wit: Mrs. E. J.. Goppert and Mrs.
L. f. Peterson, and are the following,
to-wit:
That due to the personality
and temperament of the said
Mrs. E. j. Goppert and Mrs. L.. E.
Peterson it is and was impossible for
the directors of the Park County Lii
brary Board to transact business and
perform the duties required by law
of the directors and further that the
board of directors of The Park Coun-
ty Library Board could not work har-
m~oniously for the best interest of the
public due to the action of the said
Mrs. E. Jf. Goppert and Mrs. L. E.
Peterson.
That Mrs. f. ]. Goppert and Mrs.
L. E. Peterson constituting the ma
jority of the Board of Directors on
the first day of January, A. d. 1924,
failed to file with the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Park County,
Wyoming, a report of the important
transactions of the previous twelve
12) months which said report failed
to specify the sum of money received
from the county library funds; the
money and property received from
other sources; the use and disposal
made of such moneys and other pro-
perty; the number of books and 9th
err publications then in the library;
the number of books and other pub
lications added by purchase and gift
during the year, as well as the num-
Der of books lost and missing; the
number, title and cost of books, maps
and charts purchased out of the coun-
ty library funds; the number of books
loaned out with the general character
of such books; the number of persons
who have drawn books from the Ii
brary during the year and the number
of visitors thereto, and said reports
failed to state other facts deemed of
public interest, said report failing to
state the things required by law.
III.
That subsequent to the first day
of July, A. D., 1923, the said Mrs.
E. ]. Goppert and Mrs. l.. f. Peter
son failed and refused to perform the
duties of the County Library Board
by neglecting, failing and refusing to
hold meetings of the directors of the
Park County Library Board for a
period of three months and failed, re-
fused and neglected, from the first
day of July, A.. ID. 1923 to the fifth
day Of November, A. d. 1928, to
properly supervise the library and
ptIlOIh lItlI uull'0 as hlIttlpI0 VI
the Park County Library Board, by
failing and refusing and neglecting
to pay outstanding bills of indebted
ness against the library board and
blu further failing to take sufficient
interest in said library whereby GER
tain bills of Indebtedness against the
library association were permitted to
accumulate without cause or reason,
there being sufficient funds at the
disposal of Mrs. l.. Il. Peterson, the
treasurer, to take care Of all indebt-
edness ut any time.
".
That subsequent to the first day
Of July, A. d. 1923, and for three
months thereafter the said Mrs. l.. +.
Peterson failed, refused and neglect
ed to perform her duties as treasur-
err Of the Park County Library Board
by failing, refusing and ~neglecting to
pay certain items of indebtedness
against the Park County Library
Board and further failing, refusing
and neglecting to give her attention
TO the meetings pertaining 10 the
management and control of the Lii
brary Board Of Park County, Wyom-
ing.
V.
That subsequent to the time Mrs.
l.. f.. Peterson was elected treasurer
Of the Park County Library Board
she failed, refused and neglected to