Salt Lake Herald | 1899-12-31 | Page 1 | Carbon County Bonds

I CARBON COUNTY BONDS i Delay Caused By Alleged Negligence of Secretary Hammond I Special to The Herald i PrIce Ut1h Dec ZOAbout three i months ago the board of county commit slonels of Carbon count met and passed a resoiution to bond the county In a sums sum-s Ices than 7 > the object being to take A P up the outstanding warrants of the county coun-ty at the time sthtehood was granted I The loan was negotiated wIth tho state I land board at 3 per cent The bonds were to be prepared by the secretary of state I James T Hammond and were to conform con-form with the other bonds in wording alrcud owned by the board and which the board had bargained for for the future The ceunty commissioners met yesterday yester-day and the bond matter cameo U for consideration when It was discovered that the secrelary of state had fallen I down on the work and the matter will now have to go over until such time as the bond are receIved from the lItho < glaph after the secretary or someone alto has filled olll the fo1111 These warrants war-rants or rotheI the most of them are drawing 8 and 10 per cent and the cOSt to thE count Is a conildemble Bum be sjdcs keeping the holders out of their nwrrey One of the county commissioners in eeaktsg P the action T the secreiary of state In overlOQklng the preparation or the oonis said he imagIned the secretary of tate was too busy working Up his con I J1essfonal bbomlet and aiding the storm I starters bureau to give the matter the 1 attention It should have I