The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-10-27
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Ia JUNE Is, 1853.-The Commissioners of
Fairfield county met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present the same as on yesterday, al
SO Mr.. Shaw. The Board continued in the
same business as engaged their attention
the preceding days, and having concluded
their investigations made the following or
der, to-wit: 49,.
In accordance with the requirements of
the statute, the County Commissioners at
this (their June session 1859 examined and
compared the accounts and vouchers Of the
County Auditor and find errors to have in
tervened to the amount of CNE HUN
|DRED AND ElGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS,
which is explained by the following state
ment which is ordered to be entered on the
Journal:
~ 49,. STATEMENT, ~.
/, One hundred and forty dollars'of this er:
.roe occurred in paying to F. NJ. Ellis, on his
account against the Treasurer OF said coun.
ty for printing. which account is in the
words and fgurea following:
Fairfield County Treasurer
40 F. M. Ellis. DR..
To printing Receipts, Assessors
Blanks. tax notices, &C., &C., in ~
Guiding 2 yeats printing for'52-3 $195:oc
Received payment.
Corrtct. F. LILLY, Treas. Fairfield co.
This bill was paid by an order on the
Treasurer for this amount, to the payment
of which is endorsed on the back thereof the
following protest by J. w. Towson, Deputy
Auditor, which is in the words and figures
following: ~
"This account was presented to me by
the Auditor with an order to issue a county
order thereon, and although It'll certified as
being correct by the county Treasurer, Mr..
Lilly, | knew that it was not correct, and |
have therefore entered my protest against
the same for my own protection. Mr.. Lilly
knows nothing about Assessors blanks
This account was presented in the presence
Of Denton. j. w. TowsoN.
No. 1248.
Not being satisfied with the payment of.
this bill with this protest upon it, the Com
m issioners required the said VIM. L J%effries,
Auditor to give an explanation. The said
Auditor to do this procured the said F. NJ.
Ellis to present an itemised bill, which was
presented and filed, and is in the words and
figures following:
Fairfield Go. Treasurer
To r. M. Ellis for printing DR..
Sept. %, 1851. To advertising no.
tice to tax payers,2 Asq 50 so
" To printing hand bills
for same 400
" 80 To printing 25 quires
blanks at $l,Oo Q 500
3 1862 To printing 80 quires
receipts 5000
" To printing bills (tax
notices. 400
To advertising asqr sw 800
=, $84,5O
Filed June 10, 1853. Filed by order of the
Commissioners and to be retained in this
office.
The first item Of this account being dated
September %, 1851, and the last item be-
ing dated September 8, 1852, including a
period Of time embracing IN former s%ettle-
ment,, the accounts presented by said Ellis
in said form, where called for and examined,
and it was found that the following sums
were included in former BILLS, which were
p''p' The T item Of $40
The item Of 200
The item or $500
Making $29,50 ofthis bill which has been
paid, aud is therefore rejected from the bill
Of $S4,50, which leaves the true. amount of
the same $500. This fifty -ive dollars is
therefore the correct amount due to said
Ellis for printing for said Fairi cid county
Treasurer. Deduct therefore from the ac-
count 1895, 90 the said sum of S55, gives
tine amount $l4O, which has been paid oUer
and aboUe the true account for the Printing.-
The true account for the printing is one dol
lar and forty cents, and is in accordance with
the amount fixed by the following contract,
between the said VIM. J.. Jeffries and the
said FIN Ellis, which said coptracti is III
words and figures following, to-wit:
- IL haye this day contracted with F, M.
Ellis, editor Of the Ohio Eagle, for printing
the Assessors blanks for one cent per guirs.
VIM, L. JEFFRIEs,
Lancaster, April IL, 1854.
The account under this coitrdct was pre-
scented and was paid, which is 1 the words
and figures following;
Fairfield county Treasurer a
To +. NJ. Ellis DR..
April %, 1852. To printing Tax
blanks lao ours at
/ cent SIAoI
Received payment. 7: NJ. ELLIS,
This aecountis endorsed as follows, to-
witt