Show TREASURER EXCORIATED Idaho Supremo Court Reads Riot ActS Act-S to County Officials TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boise Ida Dee 17Tho Supremo court In tho most Important t cases decided today to-day takes occasion to excoriate Count Treasurers and Commissioners who allow the public funds to be hoarded In bankIng bank-Ing Institutions to be used for private purposes The first case Is entitled J J Chambers appellant vs Cuslcr count Chambers held warrants of Custor county and being notified they would Uo paid on certain days ent them on Tho Treasurer mailed In payment checks on tho bank of BuntIng Bunt-Ing Co of Blaclcfoot uhcro tho money of Cuatcr count won deposited Before tho checks came back for payment tho bank failed Tho District court sustained the county on tho grounds that dud dlll genco had not been used In presentation of the checks rho SupReme court revises tho judgment judg-ment of the District court In a rather vigorous opinion by Chief Justice Quarlbs which says In part The Board of County Commissioners I have juipcrvlslon and control over tho office I of-fice of County Treasurer and should seek ns It Is I their duty to do that tho public moneys of the count applicable to the payment of Its debts should be paid thereon there-on and not reported In banking Institutions Institu-tions to bo used for private purposes The other case Is cntlllcd Lawrence Green appellant vs Cuslor county and was similar In Its opinion tho court says saysThe action of tho County Treasurer In depositing moneys In said bank unless ho did so upon special deposits was con rary to the criminal statutes of this State Tim County Treasurer acts under the general supervision of thO Board of County Commissioners I Is the duty of the County Commissioners to see that the public moneys of their county arc not deposited de-posited In banks or used for private purposes pur-poses otherwise than upon special de pOll for safe keeping |