The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-30

OF NOVEMBER 1885, one Peter MAI
ron rendered to the said county
treasurer his check, drawn on the
state Bank of Plentywood in a
sum approzimatlng Sven Hundred
Porty Dollars ($74o.0O), as pay
menf for tho first installment OF
of the 1923 taxes then due Sheri-
dan county, Montana. The check
was accepted subject to collection,
the same as were all checks re-
ceived at said office. The tax re-
cetpts denoting payment were at
tached TO said check and in due
course Of business together with
other checks and cash items for
warded to the Helena Branch OF
the Federal Reserve Bank OF Min
neapolis for collection. In due
course the check was returned by
said bank to the office Of the
county treasurer because Of the
closing of the state Bank of Plen
tywood, which occurred while the
check was in transit for colec-
ton. The tax receipts We're re-
turned to the office togther with
the check. For some time subse-
quent, in fact during the remain
der of the term of D. J. Olson,
the affiant herein, as treasurer,
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tached thereto remained in said
office, held there as cash item.
During that time considerable COR
respondence was had with the
maker Of the check in the matter
and several interviews were also
had with the said Peter Marion.
during which interviews payment
was promised and extensions ask
ed.
The affiant, Eng. Torstenson,
further deposes and says, that In
the spring Of 1895, or late winter,
affiant not remembering the exact
date, but that his memory can bo
refreshed from the records Of
Sheridan county, O resolution was
drawn up and spread on the Com
missioners' Journal, authorizing
and tnstructing the county treas
urer of Sheridan County to re-en-
ter upon the tax rolls Of said
county certain taxes for which
uncol1ectable checks were held by
the treasurer. The taxes Of Peter
Marion hereinbeforo referred to
said resolution.
The instructions of tho Board
were promptly complied with. The
instruction further specified that
the various funds which partici-
pated when said tax receipts were
detached, be charged accordingly.
This was also complied with, and
shortly after the first of the
month following, q memorandum
of the charges as made with the
tax receipts and the check attach
ed thereto, were, together with
cher receipts, warrants ana other
data of the prior months transac-
lions, turned over to the Clerk
and Recorder for his permanent
files. Affiant, Eng Torstenson,
further deposes and says, that it
Is required of the county treasur-
eur, by law and by the state Ex-
aminer, that all data pertaining
to moneys received, moneys paid
out, and to all other transactions
of said office be, at the end Of
each and every month, turned over
to the Clerk and Recorder, who,
in Sheridan County, Montana, is
also ex-officio county auditor.
Affiant, Eng Torstenson, fur
Their deposes and says, that he
during his term as county treasur-
er Of Sheridan County, had at var
ious times occasion to examine the
file containing the data herein re-
ferred to, and It is his positive
recollection that the tax receipts
hereinbefore referred to remained
in said file of the Clerk and Re-
corder during all that time. That
If said receipts are now missing,
or are in the wrongful possession
Of Peter Marion, said delivery has
occurred during the last two
years, and it is atlantis further
belief that said loss is chargeable
to the Clerk and Recorder Of Sher-
idan County, Montana, who is the
legal custodian Of said records.
Further Opponents sayeth not q
this time.
d. ]. OLSON.
ENG. ToRSTENSON,
Before me, a Notary Public, in
and for the County of Koochi
personally appeared d. j. Olson
oath made the above statement
and they declare it is true in ev-
cry particular, to the best Of Their
knowledge and belief.
Dated at Littlefork, Minnesota
on this oath day Of january, 1882
(Signed) CHAS. S. JAMESON
Notary Public, Koochiching Coun
ty, Minnesota. My Commission ex-
pires April 22nd. 1881. (Seal)
The statements Of the forme
farmers officials of Sherida
county are the facts. They wer
made under oath. Frank French
Ed. Iverson and Niels Madse
know they are the facts.
If Peter Marion now has hi
tax receipt it is because Mel
Madsen has given it to him, O
some of the questionable charaC
ters that hang about his offiC
stole it from the files.