What is Board of Commissioners associated with?

Documented relationships include: authorized, ordered, witnessed. 5 claims extracted from primary sources.

What sources cite Board of Commissioners?

5 primary sources cite this organization, including: For the past two weeks this city and Grant… (1890); No greater outrage upon the tax payers of… (1890); That this county has been shamefully, wan-… (1890); and 2 more.

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Board of Commissioners org

id: o_board-of-commissioners_014898

also known as: board of commissioners, county commissioners, commissioners, the board, the board of commissioners

Probable 70%

Summary: The county governing board that authorized warrant issuance and ordered destruction of old records.

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Claims (5)

authorized

unauthorized and unlawful tax rebates— 1890-09-05

cited from No greater outrage upon the tax payers of… (1890)

e board of com- missioners fails to show any order of the board allowing such rebates and they are clearly un- authorized and unlawful, and the grand jury recommends that action at law be at once insti- tuted against these parties for the c…

destruction of paid bills, cancelled warrants, and warrant stubs— 1890-09-05

cited from For the past two weeks this city and Grant… (1890) · +1 more

pectfully submitted, D. P. Carr, Foreman. Enterprise Editorial— September 5, 1890 THE REPORTFor the past two weeks this city and Grant County has been enjoying an excitement the like of which has never been experienced here before and it is …

rebates to taxpayers amounting to more than $100,000— 1890-09-05

cited from This, in our humble judgment, is one of… (1890)

ruction of accumulated “rubbish” which included principally the bills which had been paid, cancelled warrants, and even stubs of the warrants issued. It is seldom that men in an official position become so very honest that they wish to destr…

ordered

destruction of all old cancelled warrants, bills passed upon, and coupons— 1888-12-12

cited from That this county has been shamefully, wan-… (1890)

d for such ex- change and cancellation. That this county has been shamefully, wan- tonly and systematically plucked, ’plundered and robbed, the evidence is direct, positive and conclusive. The absence from the vaults of the office of all materi…

witnessed

duplicate warrants issued, warrants raised to larger amounts, warrants issued without board approval

cited from We further submit the report of Mrs… (1890)

a- tients in the Sisters of Charity Hospital. We further submit the report of Mrs. O. S. Warren, secretary of the Ladies Hospital, as to financial condition of same, and also the statement of the Sisters of Charity. William H. Durkee John …

Mentioned by (2)

Frank Silvear sold_to Board of Commissioners— 1889-02-13

Tom Cobb worked_for Board of Commissioners