Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1907 — Ex-Sheriffs Sue for $16,000. [ARTICLE]

Ex-Sheriffs Sue for $16,000.

Sheriff John B: Ray aud ex-Shei-iffs George B. King aud Joseph B. Foresman have made a| formal demand on the city of Lafayette for about $16,000, which I they "say is due them for boarding and keeping cty prisoners in the county jail dariDg their terms of office. The cmnty board, under a recent decision of the supreme court, has refused to pay the bills presented by the sheriff aud ex-sheriffs, and the city has been held liable under another high court decision.