Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — The Iroquois. [ARTICLE]

The Iroquois.

The county the petitioners for the Iroquois improvement, applied fpr Oct., 7, 1892, ordered made April 12, 1893, and the work abandoned May 10, 1894. The county seeks to reimburse itself for all money paid to the viewers and their employees in übout the sum of 53,800, SBOO accrued before April 12, 1893. and $3,000 between that time and May--10, 1894. The petitioners have spent time and money to prepare and present their application, put the reports of viewers and orders of the Board in due form and have also paid all costs not paid by the county. They are appearing to this suit without process, some have done so and the others will no doubt so do and act in harmony. The friends of future drainage improvement will watch this effort to reimburse the county out of the petitioner’s pockets with interest. The statute of March 7, 1891, provides for such reimbursement out of the first money received from the sale of bonds or collection of assessments, the county’s account being kept with the improvement. The failure of the Board to make the proper order on May 10, 1894, left the county’s debtor insolvent. The question raised by this litigation is whether the petitioners are bound to preserve the friendly intentions of the members of the County Board at all stages of ditch construction or repay to the county all expenses to the date of such Board’s refusal to proceed further with their duties in completing the work unkertaken as in this instance on April 12,1893.