Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1884 — What the County Auditor Says. [ARTICLE]

What the County Auditor Says.

In a public letter on the school fund matter, printed on the 28th day of August, the County Auditor says: ****** The County Auditor is a creature of law and finds his duty marked out in the Statutes, and the present Auditor finds his duty in the case referred to in section 4,393, Revised Statutes of Indiana, to-wit: “In case of no bid for the amount due, the Auditor shall bid in the same on account of the fund, and as soon thereafter as may be shall sell the same, having first caused it to be appraised by three disinterested freeholders of the neighborhood, on a credit of five years with interest at seven (now eight) per cent per annum being payable annually in advance, but no such sale shall be for a less sum than the appraised value thereof." These requirements of the statutes have been complied with by my predecessor, as shown by the records in this office, and I have endeavored to sell the land as required and directed by law, but have been unable to do so.— Lastfall, Major Calkins, the mortgagor, was at my office, at my request, and I then proposed for him to find a purchaser for the land, as I had been unable to do so; and I stated that the only move I could take in the matter would be to have a reappraisement of the land. Mr. Calkins assured me the matter should be adjusted, and requested me not to take any further action ; but he has not yet had the matter ad-

justed.

A. C. HALL,

Auditor LaPorte,Co.