Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1905 — ASH FOR AN APPROPRIATION. [ARTICLE]

ASH FOR AN APPROPRIATION.

Newton County Commissioners Will Try to Complete Their New Court House. A dispatch from Kentland says: “The commissioners of Newtpn county have made an order for"the completion of the partly constructed court house at thjs place, work on which was stopped July 1 by a decision of the supreme court holding the contract illegal. The building is completed to the second story and is partly paid for. The. order of the commissioners carries with it a requisition on the county council for $24,500 for the completion of the building. J. F. Wild & Co., of Indianapolis, hold the bonds that were issued for the construction of the building, and though they are said to have been invalidated under the supreme court decision, the commissioners declare the bonds will be paid, and the credit of the county maintained. The legality of the original bond sale and contract for the building of the court house binged on the fact that the council in appropriating the money did so by resolution instead of by ordinance.”