Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-04-16

requesting lner attention 10 errors IN ther ac-
counts Names will not now be given, but may
be hereafter made public, should ii be Desirable
We will commence on one side Of the State aud
proceed from county to county.
The clerk ofthe court presented his accounts
and added, 'Ifthere is any thing which the au-
ditor1 did not approve he would see that IT was
right"
The auditor wrote in reply as follows THAT
S23 81 was allowed the sheriff against the State,
which belonged to the county to pay from this
sum should be deducted the charge Of cleaning
the house and ringing the bell. IS bill of
81 81 does not appear TO be right. Also the charge
for hat and boots the statute requires that the
Judges of the county court certify that the charge
is Just and reasonable, aud that it be allowed by
other board In the case Of criminal proceedings
before magistrates many abuses calling for
recton. have no copy of discretionary allow
ances, to meet your charges ofS97, OBJ aud S73,-
So. An error Of 5 90 against the clerk, occurs
in footing the account paid State witnesses. |
notice 1913 twice charged for postage on official
letters, making 81 so on State official business in
one year. The similarity OF the account, suggest
ed the possibility, that the charge might have been
repeated through mistake. You commence your
occount to balance due Sept. L. 1913, S25 ,I3.'-
Allowing 81, 90 per day, for dsbursing the public
moneys, in addition to 800 allowed by statute.
will reduce that charge to Sll so. 1t is desirable
to close the accounts as soon as the corrections
| can be made" No reply was ever received.
In the county next adjoining, the clerks ac-
count presented the following case detailed in the
auditors letter TO him, viz
"Sir, have now completed the examination and
| recording of your account for the fiscal year ending
with August, lSii aud wish TO call your attention
TO few items In the States Attorneys account
there appears to have occurred an error Of S1,7l;
the account allowed being S7,7l less than the
charged as paid. The clerks account is charged
at Sll2,7l; the true footing is Sl4l,1l. In the
State against Cheney the charge is to pad-,
! $1,000 it should be $500 aud others of the
same kind. notice, you have charged for copying
petit jurors accounts 1896 At the most liberal
computation | cannot make the charge exceed
! 1910. | think there is an error in this charge
Of 1925. For copying miscellaneous accounts,
-, 10 is charged, BY count it amounts to not
over s0,40 Eight dollars and seyenty.six cents
is charged for copying accounts of State witnesses.
have counted the records, and at cts, per folio,
the charge amounts 10 less than 81 80. / must
have Inexperienced your mode Of charging, or at
any rate, cannot discover how you come to the
result, which you have charged / fear you will
think me astute in small matters but my position
seems TO require this of me, and cannot forget.
that if / am unjust in the least, shall be also in
much. Feeling this sentiment and supposing that
you sympathise with me, think you will give me,
credit for meaning 10 do right. The sums Of these
little items is, believe, 500 ,06 In regard to two,
other matters, which appear my book as unset
tied, know not what TO say. aude TO fees for
final DEGREES in chancery and the charge for dis
bursting moneys in lS43 did not know till Janu-
airy last, that these matters remained unsettled
This learned from the Treasurer The amount
of final DEGREES win be easily ascerained by refer
ence to cases entered upon the chancellors docket
The other item is for dlsbursing money April term,
| 1913 The charge is for $50 go. The rule of
allowance was $500 per day, in addition 10 5 90
allowed by the statute. The court sat twelve days
and the sum of S24, 90 being deducted from $50,
60 leaves $500 Of public money in your hands
In this case the chancellors fees were probably
$780, 90 per annum, but no return was ever made
of single decree, nor had the State been credited
with dollar, on that account, since the act of
1912" No reply was ever received to this commu-
nication.
In the county next adjoining this, the following
case was presented, viz Thirty-one dollars at
one term Of the county court was charged for
discussing the public money seven days, over and
beyond 81 90 per day allowed by the rule and
$500 by the statute including making copy of the
accounts. After making the most liberal allowance
consistent with law. not less than S2l 90 Of public
money remained in the hands of the clerk in Octo-
Der last.
On examining the account of the clerk Of the
next adjoining county, it appeared that he was in
arrears to the Treasury more than one thousand
dollars, which after proracted correspondence
was finally paid, but the account was never settl-
ed, as it was never presented ia form, which
would admit of settlement. No copies of great
part ofthe account could be obtained, and the
account was of so loose and inconclusive charac-
ter utterly to place it out of the power of any
one to arrive at certainty TO a correct balance
II was ascerained by the return Of another officer
that the sum of SlS7, is had been omitted to be
entered at ALL and that Sl35 "A constituted an ele
ment Of the account, which belonged to another
year. Ten dollars was charged for blank execu
lions and subpenas, which was wholly inadmissa
Bile, enurng entirely 20 the benefit OF the clerk
The account was never settled.
In the county next adjoining, the examination
of the clerks accounts, showed balance of 1913,
81, 10 be in the clerks hands, which was finally
paid TO the Treasurer.
In the county next adjoining the clerks accoun
exhibited errors to the amount Of $50 95 including
omissions to charge himself moneys received 70
the State In this account were discovered tel
errors in casting the balance Of which agains
the clerk after deducting balance in his favor, wal
SOS. As The clerk had also omitted to credit tn
State $50, rs for Jury fees received for new enlre
at one term, and S2l rs for another. These er
rors were promptly corrected on being pointed
out.
In the county adjoining this, the clerk charge
81 so for court debenture ,25 petit jury deben
ture and 81 90 for capas, which contains les
writing than subpoena, for which the statute al
, lows only 6 cts, and other charges in the som
proportion. In this clerks return were also motto
: ed three cases oil Two attorney fees in
the same term, making fifteen dollars in three Stat
cases, beyond the express provision ofthe 18th sec
of chap 1906, II. S., as it is believed.
In the county next adjoining, the clerk charge
for 81 DAYS including 81 90 per dag allowed by th