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‘ and betel? and t3 Ferreet 39 Short?
~ County Attorney of Floyd nounty, and
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Floyd donuts, suing in hie official
capacity as Geunty Attorney of Floyd ‘
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' The defendente? Beaver valley.ﬁoeeital, at L. Stunts and
' ~Annie Ltembo, are hereby notified that the eboVe named eleinttffs
did on the let any of June9 lﬁEe, file their petitieﬂ in the “
Fiscal Court of Floyd Sweaty seeking tte Vneetion, ennnilment and
cancellation by eaid court at certain fiecei eeurt warrnnte to and .
in fever of the Banter Valley ﬁcepitel and to and in fever of no i.
Stunts as in'enie petition set forth; and to Vacate and set eaide
the nrders and proceedings of the Fiscal Genet of ?lnyd Connty
appropriating or allowing to the eaid ﬁesver valley Eoseitel tte
amounts evidenced by the said fiscal court warrants sought to be
cancelled; ,For greater certainty a copy of said petition is attached ,
hereto and made a part of this notice which copy shows the warrants
Seught to be annulled and cancelled by said petition.
You and each of you are hereby further notified that on
_ the 11th day of June, 1954, at or about the hour of 10 o’clock
A. 3., the plaintiffs will enter a metion before the fiscal court of
said county at a session of said court to be held at the court

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County Aﬁtcrney
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. ' County Attorney
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Fix???) Gigimi‘i’, suing in its own news
and behalf and by Forrest he Short,
County Attorney of Floyd Countys and
FoRRjST D. 5913?, county attorney'of
Eloyd sznty, suing in his official
capacity as County Attorney of Floyd '
County and for and on behalf of Floyd
Sounty, “ PLAINTIFES
vs: Jinx: end/or ENS
”Elms? “‘Jﬁiiilf?! 522353815“??? AL 9 13‘. 31.. Qﬂ’CJmCBG '
and Aﬁhls STUMBO, DEFEEDAETS
The plaintiffs, Floyd County and Forrest E. Short,
County Attorney of said countyg state:

- That the plaintiff, Floyd County, is a territorial
division of tho'ﬁtate of Kentucky, organized and existing for local
public purposes and a political division of the State of Kentucky,
paisessing all the powers giVen to counties by the constitution
and laws of the State of Kentucky, including the poser to snag

That the plaintiff, Forrest D, Short, is new9 and at all
times since the first Honday in January, 1934, has been, the duly
Ielected, qualified and acting county attorney of said county, he
having beanie candidate for said office at the regular movember
election held in said county in 1933 for the election of county
officers, and having been awarded the certificate of election to
said office by the Board of Election Commissioners of said county
‘ at said election, and qualifying for said office by taking the oath
required by law. , i
That the defendant, R. L. Stumbo, was the duly elected,
qualified and acting county judge of said county for the period he-

 ‘ ginning the first monaay in January? 1950, anﬁ enélng the first 4
4 Monday in January» 1%349 ho having been & candiaato for saiﬁ office
I at the regular Eavember elaeiioa bola in saiﬁ oomnﬁy in the year
1939 for the alontion a? oounﬁy officergg ﬂﬁﬂ having been awarﬁea
tie certificate of election to Said office by the Boara of alaotion
‘ Commiagionors of ﬁaié county at saiﬁ ﬁlactiou, anﬁ'haviug haen
‘ duly .oommiasionad aa suohv aaﬁ qualifying by exeeuting bona aha
taking the oath requiroﬁ hy lawa
. That 3S Such county Judge aaé during the aforesaid
period oaia defemiant was a member of and the presiding officer of,‘
. the fiscal court of saia csumty, which during saiﬁ period was comp
posed of saiﬂ éefendant, as county juage aforesaid, and the Justices
, of the Peace of said countyg namalyﬁ Re L. Spraalin, A“ B. Flanary,
' Monroe 1::—3.11, Jag-axes {2111, Robert alone, Harm Spears, .5:.“ 3: Allan and
_ Dewey Roberts; the aforesaia Justices of the Peace having recaiveﬂ
' oertifioatea of election £30m ﬁhe anrﬁ 3f Elootion Commissionera of
said aounty to saia office in thoir resﬁootivo districts at the
regular Rovember election, 192%, helﬂ in 331a county for the aleotion
of county officorgg having been commissioned as such 13 ﬁheir ,
reS§eotive districts, anﬁ having qualifieﬂ by exoeuting bond and tak—
ing the oath required Ry law.
. That at the regular Envembervaleetion, 1333, hela in
V said county for the election of counﬁy officers, the éefendaﬁt,
‘ ‘ w. L.Stumbo, was again a candiaate for said office of county judge,
V and at said election he again received the certificate of election
from theBoard of inaction Commissioners of said county, and was
duly commiséioneﬂ, and qualifieé by executing bond and taking the
oath required by law, and assumed the duties of said office on the
first Monday 1n January, 1934, and since said last named date he

 has been and he is new the duly elected, qualified and acting judge
of said county.

‘ That at all times since the first Yondey in January,
1930, the defendant has been, and he is new. the other of a hospit~
al at hartin, in Floyd ﬂounty, Kentucky, known as the Beaver Valley
hospital, the defendant during all of said thee having been a duly
authorized practicing physician and surgeon, and at all said times
he has been managing and conducting said hospital under said name.

‘ The plaintiffs state that for tie period from and in-
aliiﬁing the month of E’ebmary, 19230, to and including the month of
December, 193$, and while the defendant was county judge of said
County and the sole owner cf said hospital, and while operating
the same in the name of the beaver Valley hospital and engaged in

‘ practicing medicine and surgery therein, the fiscal court of said
county, composed as above set forth, ceased to be entered on the
order book of said court orders of allowances or appropriations to
and in favor of tie said Beaver Valley Hospital to the aggregate
amount of $5§,110.00.
They state that said respective appropriations or allow-
ances were made to and in favor of said Beaver Valley hospital
with the exception d‘ two thereof, one for $40.00 and one for I
$15.00, for alleged medical and/or hospital services, but without
any explanatory statement or information in said orders of appropri-
ation or allowance, shotdng the nature of the medical and/or _
n hospital services rendered, or the persons to when hiey were render~
ed, or the amount charged for each person and without any itemized
statement having been rendered or filed or furnished by the said
Beaver Valley Hospital shoeing such information; and plaintiffs
are tithe t any information other than die statement on the order
book of the fiscal court appropriating said sum as to what said
. -5- _ -

 alloWanocs rcprcccnﬁa or what conoidcrotioma if our” tho convoy
fﬁﬁeiVQi for ﬁho roowccﬁivc amounts co clicwoﬁ, bmﬁ plaintiffs '
state that each aha all of %ho caiﬁ ayﬁyoyriatious or oilowaﬂccc
7 were and are illcgol$ null cné Vmid for the yoacons ﬁovoincftor
set forth:
' £13 Qhﬁt caiﬁ aopropriationo ago allowancoc wore caused
to bo ané woro maﬁa by'fxcud oné colluoi n baﬁwocﬂ tic defendant
Stumbo and tﬂo thon‘momborx of soié fiscal conro pycocnt and acting
at tho:mocﬁiogs at Wﬁiah maid a9o?0ﬁriations anﬁ aLIQWauces woro made.
That cy likc fyauo cod collusiong illegal and Void appropriations and
allowonooc weromoﬂo %o oua in favor of cash ana all of the eight
- Justicec of the iooco of acid county who parﬁioiooﬁoﬁ in said moctings,
moﬁ that if any Serviccc worm roudoreﬂ by the Beaver valley;ﬁospital
for %kﬂch the plaintiff cocnty woulﬁ bc liable, ﬁho amoont of the
appropriations aha allowances to and in chor of said ﬂoaVer Valley
Eospital woo grossly ﬁisproportionatc co tho Volua of ﬁhc services
actually rcuﬂcreaa so much so as to import franc, and the acmbcrs of
oaiﬁ courﬁ ca coiﬁ meetings at mﬂich saia apcrogriations and allowances
‘ woro made frauénckmnly cod collusivoly cookincd together to favor .
the mombcrs_of saia court by making illegal, fraudulonﬁ ona excessive
allowances to and in favor of each oﬁher.
(2) Because the saia appropriations at allowances and
- ' ggg‘ each and all thereof were in zilgtion and contrary c: tie pro-
v 'visions of section 1844 of Kentucky Statutes yroviding that no
member of the fiscal court shall be interested, directly or in-
‘ directly, or be concerned in, any contract for work to be done or
material to be furnisheﬂ for the county, or any district thereof;
the said ﬁefcndant, W. L. Stumbo, having been the county judge of
said county and a member of the fiscal court at the time each and
-4-

 all of e35a anoroorietions and allowances were attemptea to be made.
3 {$3 Plaintiffs state that the ewe of $20,326.80 of ﬁie
330333333 eon of iﬁeglﬁﬁ.00 wee eﬁgrogriateﬁ or alloweﬁ to the eaid I
‘ﬁeﬁVSP Valley Hoepital by an Greer cooeeﬁ to he enteroﬁ oh the I
[Greer book of eeio fiocel court at e porperted opeoial term thereof
hole on the 3th ﬁey of Doowmoer, 133% ﬁ 33% Sum 0f 520,325.80 is
repreeohtec and ovidoeeeo in the followihg.lgot h? hoe oiho items
for 93,300.09 oval onﬂ the one ito$.for $2,336.:C. gleintiffs *
State with reeoeet to eoiﬂ eopropriation or allorueoo of $20,326.00
‘ that the some wee and 13 illegal, vote enﬁ of no offeet To? the
' further and eﬁﬂitienol reaeons. '
(a) That the same wee in excess of the amount
of taxee enhuolly leviea and eolleoteﬂ by Floyﬂ County for the year
1333 or the year immediately preceding or eucoeeding said year; in
violetion,ef ﬁection 4281u-4, Kentucky Statutes, and of Bastion 157
am& Eﬁetion 158 of the Constitution of the State of Kentucky.
Plaintiffs further state that the seia fiscal court hrovioue to the
Said eﬁeoiol term of December e. 1933, and iv the year, lﬁﬁﬁ,
had controotoo inﬂobteﬂnese to an amount exoeediog the Luce o ené
revenue of said county provided for eaio year 193$, witheot the
assent of twoathirde of the voters of said eouhty voting at an
election to be held for that purpose; one further, orior to eaiﬂ
meeting of December 4, 1935, said eoﬁnty had ineurreﬂ indebtoaness
.to em amount in the aggregate exeeeéing two oercentum oh the Value
of the taxable nroﬁerty therein estimate& by the aseeesment next
before the last assessment previous to the incurring of such in-
debteﬁness. V
(b) That the prooeeéings cf said purported special
term of December 4, 1933, with respect to said appropriation or
-5. -

 allowance thersst of p8093ﬁﬁaﬁﬁe to and in fats? of the said

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asavsr Valley hospstal acre furthsr Allﬂmﬁlﬁ Vﬁaﬂ and cf no effect
bananas the piss was orasiéiesi over at the “t :13. a as“? sjismfopri ration

3r ullonancs was main and the minutes of said fast:nﬂ were signed

by ans Ssott Hashing, whﬂ was nut s manner of said court, nr a

33.253‘ti1at2s of ti: o 3"“ {3'3 as: $3. neunty,

Fin ntiffs frrtﬁsr state that pursnant to tho above
mentioned orders nus ﬁrnesediugs mf tls said fiscal cs rt, the
Slork at said cunrt issued and dsliserod to the dsfeudant, ﬁt I.
thnbo,=mr sr swan for him.arders an the trnneury of said county,
known as a Eiscal smart aarrant, anthnrininﬁ ans directing the
treasurer tﬂcssof ts pay to the Eonvsr valley Hospital the orc—
cscds of said appropriaticns cr allowances, and nsrsuast thereto
the treasurer of said c nnty has hsrctcfsrs and at different times
paid to the said defendant, it it ﬁtnabo, as the osssr of said
Essvsr valley Wospitsl the aggregatn ssn sf $13,226.00, and that
thers are was issued, outstanding and in the hands of ﬁrs said do»
fendant, swing business in the name of Easter Valley hospital,
fiscal oeart warrants, part of said total of jb&9110.00, as follows,
to the aggregate amount or isl,8&&.oo, that is to say:

3 ' was“ 3351‘). “1‘
sass ‘ vocab
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dﬁﬁl . 3000.G0
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v sass 8000.66
@635 2000.00
$53? 8060.90
4&38 ' 2226.00
Rani 1618.00
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Plaintiffs state that each and all of the foregoing out-

standing and unpaid fiscal court warrants and each and all of the

 0rdars and proceed;ngs 0f gaid coayt allswing er ay§ropriating
the amaunts aviﬂenned by said warranﬁs ﬁrs illegal, null aha @?
m0 lagal affeet and same shamiﬂ he vacaﬁeﬁe smnaclled anﬁ ﬁeld far
naught.  
9 £1}? 32,33}? APEE‘ "i 31;
‘ :.‘jlﬁr?.:'2.i:j.3?fs¥ f‘e.:4;a:"i;imr $538230 thais EM}; {Lai‘mzdmltf :9. 32. Stumbo
récmiveﬂ a maiary a3 Gaunt? judga mfuwemﬂiﬁ aﬁ thw rate m‘ $500.05
36? manth ﬁuring his ﬁﬁﬂﬁ Hf office beginning ﬁhe first Randay in
Jaﬁuaryg‘iﬁﬁﬂa mad enﬁiﬂg the first Ronﬂav in Eanmary, lﬂﬁé, that
being the ammunt of his aalnxy as fixed %y ﬁne figcal smart 8f said
county for his seraiaes as awunﬁy juﬂgg; that f%r tha fortv~eight
months 9f big incumbendy aﬁ the raﬁe 0f ;sma.oc per manth.his tgtal
salary ammuntad t9 the sum 6? ;légéﬁGeﬁﬂ. Plaintiffs stata that
"there ware igsuaé to him,by the clerk of gaid aourt fiscal cormt '
‘ Warrants dﬁring his said term, for ana representing his salary, to
ﬁne aggregate amnunﬁ of ﬁlé,8§ﬂ.ﬂ§, or warrsnﬁs in axcesg 0? his
L salary ts the amauntof $450.00; that 0? the fisenl court warrants
issuaﬁ tn him as roprasamting his galaxv, bﬁihﬁ erﬁars an %?e
treasury auﬁharizing and directing the treasurer t0 nay ﬁn him the ‘
. anaunta inﬁieateﬂ therahyy thare are warrants mitstanﬂing and unpaid‘
t0 the numbar and in tha amouﬁﬁ as fallmws:
I‘PTW": ;rsr AJE’NT
5573 Q 500.00
3455 300.00
4125 . 900.00
4535 1,300.00 ‘ »
4561 500.00 .
. 4861 300.90
4981 150.00
4982 300.00
That one of said warrants for $300.00 and one GE
said warrants fOr.$150.00 are illegal, void and of no effecﬁ as in
V -7”

 exeees of the ealery legally earned by the defendant and owing to
him by said scanty: and of the abuVe lieted outstanding and unpaid
warrants in Lee fevers tee thereof, deer $332 and £981, to the
aggregate ﬁgment Sf {$50.00 should he Veeated, set aside. cancelled
and held nanght. ﬁlaintiffs state that maid warrente were issued
to late Ed“ the cgenﬁa of :nxid eennrt mitlnort an (radar sf ttmg fiseal ‘
court being 1130 vie. reference therete other than the Hyde? fixing
I hie 3&1 ;; a? the rate hf 5303.0ﬁ oer ﬂmnth. ,
Qleiutifie fwrtheretnts that the order book of the
fieeel court of said eventy when on the aforesaid appropriations ,
and elleeeneee to and in feVor of the teaser helle¥.des;itel Were v
entered, shone thet the defendant, Annie ﬁtumbo, die, at all the .
1 dates and tines herein set forth wee. and 5&6 new is, Wife of the v
V defendant; 3. L. stumbo; received from the clerk of said court all
for e gart.of the warrants or orders on the treasury of said county; l
directing and huthoriging the treasurer to pay the respective
amount: approyieted or aligned to said ﬁasVer Valley Fosﬁitel, for
whigh reason the said Annie ﬁtumhe is made e defendant n rain and
axe is called upon to show oeuse, if any one can, why the prayer
of the petition ehould net be granted. ‘
egnﬁﬂﬁeﬁh, plaintiffs pray that the aforesaid outetend~
ing, unpaid warrants above listed and set forth as made payable to
and in.fevor 0f the Bearer Valley Hospital to_the aggregate amount
. of $21,8ed.00 and $450.00 of the abOVe listed outstanding and un~
paid warrante to end in favor of the defendant, W. I. Stumbo, to-
gether with the orders and proceedings of the fiscal eourt of said
county appropriating and allowing the aforesaid warrants to and in4
favar of the EeaVer Valley Hospital, and under which the said out-
standing and unpaid warrants sought to be cancelled were issued, be
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That the ﬁei‘endant, ”11'. 1.. Stumbo, was the duly elected,
qualified anﬁ act ing; county 3121ng of said county for the 11122-11211 be-

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ﬂinhing t?z*3liret :Anrtny in érntxaryg ltﬁx,, uni enéing fxerzfiret
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1989 fur the ninetémn cf eouwty eftieerag net hat??? teen eﬁnrﬁeﬁ
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. the fieeul e art w? :eiﬁ afretgy thieh ﬁrrieg set? marina wee Gem» '
aneeﬁ sf 333% ieieeﬂehtg an nannty juﬁge e? reeniﬁg and the Justieee
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gene? Heberte; the afﬁreeuié Jugtieee ef the Peace hating receiveﬁ
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said eennty t0 safe effiee in t at? reeneetive ﬂietriete at the

5 regular.¥etewher eleetienz lﬁﬁﬁj halt in Sﬁiﬁ haunt? for ﬁﬁﬁ nieetien
cf Gaunty effieerng hetirg heem ﬂﬂmiiﬁﬁiﬂﬂuﬁ ﬁﬁ etwh in their

‘ reeﬁeetite Qietrieteg enﬁ Haring eunlifiei hy ereeuting hone ﬂﬁﬁ tak—
in‘ the oath reQﬂireﬁ 33 let“
that at the regular Estether electinn, lﬁﬁﬁﬁ held in

‘ said eeunty fer the electien_0f eeunty officers, the ﬁcfendant,
5. 3.3tumhe, wee egsin a canﬂiéetn fer naié office 9f enunty Judge,
and at seia election he again receiveﬂ the certificate of election
frem theneara of Eleetion Cnmnienionere ef eaié oeunty, ané wee
duly eommieeioneﬂ, aha qualified by executing bend and tahim; the
oath requirea by law3 aha eesumeﬁ the duties 0? said office en the
first ﬁenﬂay in January, 1934, men eihee seia last name& aete he

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has been and he in new the duly planted, qualified and acting Judge
of nan taunty. ‘

' Etct at ﬁﬁ.tlgas Hﬁuue‘Mn f rat endnfiszannnryg
1%30, the defendant Ina been: and he 33 xxx tie suncr Ci 3 Enzpltw
n1 at Earning in El 33 ﬂanntfp featunkjs Brian an tﬁn Tanner valley
“sanitni, ttm date 322? d ring all at said than Eerie; bean a duly
emanatinti nrvatining gtyeieinn and sergeent and at all said times
he he: Ecru managin* aha ”UEQWGQLEL wail un‘11ﬁﬁi nu er said name.
She skgittiffn ninth that ﬂgr t c Atrial imam and Run
e3n§3%;the2W:ﬂﬂ a? Fﬂnmargglmﬂn,~minté.;naudun§thegmunm cf
, cherhcr, 133$, ted while tun defendant nee spent: gnagc u? said
eeunty and the eels n*mnr uf 381d heeeitelz and while cpcrntiug
tin game in the nnpp cf Lie Weaver In lay ?nnnitnl and engaged in
practicing “Raisins and surgery tiereing tin fines; haunt cf saga
_ enuntyg numpesed as nhsre net ferth, earned ta he entered 1n the
order beck cf said ecurt erﬁere sf niinwencna er azurepriuticne ts ‘*
and in fewer of t"e said BeQVer Yatiuy Ienjitai t3 the aggregate
unseat nf'ﬁﬂe,llh.30. . .
They state that nh?d respective appreprimtienn nr aller-
nncee were made tn and in fever 93 said ﬁnutﬂr Valley nwepitni
with the exceptinn a? twe theraefy ens fer ”£3.33 and ﬁﬁu fur
$15.G§9 fur alleged nedicnl nndjer heenitui eerv;see, but witneut
any crplenatery statement or informaticn in said orders at uperupri—
atinn or allowance, shaming the nature er the medical end/or '-

1 hospital eerviees rendered, er the perscna tn when trey were render»

' ed, er the amount charged fer each persun and eithent any itemized
statement having been rendered or filed cr furnished by the said
Beaver Yniley Kospital shaming such internaticn; and plaintiffs
are ulthe t any infernaticn other than his staterent cm the eras?
beck cf the fiscal court appropriating said sum as to that said

 allowanoeg rogresaatg or whaﬁ consideration? if amy$ aha aaunﬁy
rgcoiveﬁ 3w? the rospegﬁive amounﬁm so allmtui, but plainthfs
giata ﬁhatiomeh anﬂ all a? ﬁha saiﬂvagproyylatiwng or allawanocﬁ
wora and ara illagal, gall nnﬁ Vﬂiﬁ for $19 reaganm ﬁeraimafta?
ﬂat forth: I
' ‘ {l} .Iﬁat 333$ aﬁprupriaﬁiong anﬁ allowanemm were canaeﬁ
to he and wore maﬁa hy’fraué anﬂ oollugi'n hatwwan tam ﬂafanaunﬁ
Stumho amﬁ tvo ﬁhwn ea ﬁarﬁ of aaiﬁ fiscal cwur$ yrmﬁmmﬁ unﬁ aaﬁjmg
at ﬁﬁa maeﬁingg at w ink maid mynragriatimnﬁ anﬂ aliwwageas Ware maﬁa.
Ehﬁﬁ by likw frauﬁ mug @mllusiong illagal 33$ vuia aﬁpraﬁriaiiwas and
allowaﬂoeg wermmaﬂa is and in favay 3? each an& all of Eho eight
5umﬁioog of ﬁha kmaoa 2? a51& saunty aim pﬁrﬁiﬂiﬁaﬁﬁﬂ in gaiﬂ ﬁooﬁinga,
amd taut if any $ervieag wara renﬁeroé by $13 ﬁeovor Yﬁlleg ﬁmoniﬁal
' for wijoh {me 31%». 3.31133??? Canaan‘s? Wank} be: 1151mm, ‘:; grizzufauzré; of the
aypropriations aaﬂ allmwmﬂoes to égd in fava of maid Beavor Valley
ﬁnapital wag ﬁyaaoly ﬁisyxmpmrﬁ13naﬁo ﬁu tho Value of the servieas
actually romﬂarea, mo nook so as km impmrk ffﬂtag anﬁ tﬁm rwvbers 4f ‘
, saga owuxt 3E gaiﬁ mamtémgs at which said ayprwpriatéons anﬁ allowances
wero maﬁa frauﬁukkﬂhly anﬂ‘oolluaivoly cumbinoﬂ taggahmy to favor
the mamhara of said court by makiﬁg illoﬁala frauﬁulant ana axamaaive
allowanoea to anﬁ in favor of aach vﬁﬂer.

(3) Because the saia aggrogrigﬁiwna or allowances and
gag each anﬂ all thereof were in 1;;gtiom and comirary 93 who pro—
viaioms of Sactiwn 1814 of Kamtuoky Statutes proviaing that no

.meubor of the fiscal court shall be intoroatea, airectiy 0r in~
éireetly, or be concernod in, any conﬁract for work to be done or
material to be furn13hea for the counﬁy, or any district thereaf;
tho said.&ofendant, E. 1w Stumbo, moving been the county Juage of
said county ané a menbar of the fiseal court at the time each and

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 . ' all of said napropriatiens and allowances mere attempted tn he made.
(3} Jlaiatiffs state that the arm of 5303320.OC of ﬁle
aforesaid emu of ass,1ae.ee was aﬁyrsprieted Hr allowed ta tic said
heater Valley hospital hy an orier canned to he entered on the
.’ [order book of said rises: aonrt at a perverted special term thereof
held. an"; the; (3;; ”i 5.2:? Elizcarxréisej.‘g l’iiit‘fi “iii: L533}. 321157, “if? ”’3,“§3".""' its;
0 ‘ represented a