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* August 13th, 1874 - The fraud of Kingman County is still being investigated. It would appear that the 3 commissioners of Kingman at the time, G. W. Lacy, J. K. Fical, and Ball [find exact name], were all residents of Hutchinson and were involved in a scheme to use county bonds as profit.<ref>The Sumner County Press, 13 Aug. 1874, p. 2.</ref>
* December 5th, 1874 - The Attorney-General of Kansas forced the registration of the bonds of Kingman and other counties, despite the auditor refusing to register those bonds. This comes after a threat of bringing a lawsuit to the supreme court to get them registered.<ref>Atchison Champion, 05 Dec. 1874, p. 2.</ref>