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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN D. BERRYMAN, EARL B. AMOS, JOHN N. O'NEIL COMMISSIONERS
Office of the County Commissioners,
January 29, 1938, Washington,, Penna.
January 29, 1938, the Commissioners in regular session. Members present
Messrs. John D. Berryman, Earl B. Amos and John N. OtNeil.
On motion duly made and seconded, the following Resolution was unanimously ,
adopted:
WHEREAS, the Shoup Voting Machine Corporation did file a
Performance Bond in the amount of $13,108.38 and a Main-
tenance Replacement and Infringement Bond in the amount
of $13,108.38 (in which Indemnity Insurance Company of
North America was Surety) to guarantee the performance
of their contract to furnish twenty-five voting machines
to the County of Washington; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of certain agreements thereafter made
and entered into between the said Shoup Voting Machine
Corporation and the County of Washington by reason of a
referendum vote of the voters of Washington County, and
by further reason of a bill in equity filed in the Courts
of Dauphin County of this State., it was mutually agreed
that the said contract for the purchase of said machines
would not be enforced and could not be executed and would
no longer be considered as binding upon the said County of
Washington; and
WHEREAS., by reason of the said facts and that the -said
Shoup Voting Machine Corporgtion can not perform the -gaid
contract and will not be permitted to perform the said
contract with the said County of Washington, and that
therefore there no longer exists any legal reason or neces-
sity to retain the performance bond filed as aforesaid, and
WHEREAS, the said Shoup Voting Machine Corporation has again
recognized that the said contract for the purchase of the
said twenty-five voting machines is no longer in legal effect,
and has requested the return of the performance bond afore-
said, and in consideration of said return has agreed by their
letter dated January 3, 1938, to waive any and all claims
against the said County.
NOW THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, that in consideration of the foregoingx
and Maintenance Bond
the aftresaid performance bond/of the said Shoup Voting Machine Corporation and
of the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America be surrendered .and returned
to them.
There being no further business before the meeting, it was adjourned.
(SIGNED)
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.