The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-02-26

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tees-Ngre CoInInlitees NEEDED.
We have before us the repot, of,he Audi
tor Of Stste IN reply toa resol6tion calling
for inforuiation upon the subject Of the ex
Penses Of the Smelling Committees, and !
we are not mistaken there must be SON,
more Committees appointed to expose tht
SmellefA themselves. At all events, the
Auditors report presents the expenses O
the gentlemen who acted as State Smeller.
in such light that some explanation mus
The sum OF 81 see was originally appro
priated for expenses-batst appears that th,
sum Of -four thousand eiSst hundred ana IN,
E0GrFelaarsUnd seventy JGvecenss was aetnaII,
drawn from the TFeusury--nearly FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS more than wal
appropriated, even allowing that each Com.
mittee was eetitiedlt 10 fifteen hundred dol
lars. tait go tftie IN f'ff Z, ~ 'Hi eNi
Mr.. Iron, one Of the sSnellers, Il appears
was paid for 1870 days services, at 81 pei
day and $45 75 for expenses. Will be pre-.
tend that he ever devoted tkdt number ol
days 10 the State's service in examining the
public buildiBgsl There were I64 days In.
terveDiBg between the 18th of May, when
this committee metand organized, and the
2Ist OF October, (the day on which be re.
ceived his lost puymenD Of which 80 were
Sundays, leaving l4l working days. On
the Sd of Jnne he was paid for 20 days ser.
vices in cluding 3 Sundays. On the 96th oI
|July he was paid for 10 days, and on the
2sth of August for 80 days, when but 81
I'hdd fntervened, five OF these beiBS Sundays,
'.nakihg thus far seUen Sundays charged fer,
aad five days more. than our almanac can
crowd between the days designated;
gether t%elve days and $4s OF pickings!--
September Bthhe @uslpaid for 25 days ser.
vices, when but 81 Days had passed since his
last payment, and three of these we're Sun.
days--making pckinQs $2s. October 18th
he was paid for "a days, including four Sun.
days-$I6 pickings. In extra days thus
slipped in, and Sabbsths when ne should
have been at hisprayers, this honorable and
economical fusionist has made n9a.etv sir
dollGrs by some process other shen the sold
rule of three," which we should like to un-
derstand. 7t''
Mr.. Smeler Brown concluded 10 lump
the job, in presenting his bills. On the I'd
of August he was paid for "a days, the sum
Of 1896, although 80 days only had elapsed
from the organization of the Committee,
eleuen Of these being Sundays-leaving II
working days. But Mr.. Brown concluded to
tale pay for the Sundays, even admitting he
was actually engaged during the whole time
charged, which is very doubtful. ....
Mr.. Brown has very interesting bill OF
"expences." June I'd, 300; July IL, $3.50;
August 3D., 500; September, 5000; De.
cember 9th, $25-making in all 1871 per
diem and expenses. II Mr.. Brown paid all
witness fees &c, a part Of his expenses
may be aceuunted for; If mot we presume
thts item could be explained in some way
very satisfactory to Mr. Brown, and nobody
else! Wasen these SmelRng COmasittees
were appoiDted, Mr. Brown accepted his pc.
siuion ander peculiar circumstances. To
kill ti~&e at $4 a day and expenses was very
agreeable to him, and he felt that with sach
an opporiuHity ~it wosld never do to give it
up Sd, Mr.. Brown
Mr.. Brayton, although reported an excel.
lent man, is alike unfortunate in his calcu.
latioAs. Dune 2, he drew $i9o for % DAYS
services, when but % days had elapsed since
the 18th Of May, inctudiug three Ssndays.
The difference in Mr., BFaytons pocket was
$24, by charging Sundays and three other
days for which the alaanac maker had not
made provision. 70 say nothing Of Sunday
charging, there are still $I2 more psid him
than he was entitled to. On the 2eth of
August bill for 81 days, amounting to secs
was paid Mr. Brayton. We h,pe this was
September 18th be turns up again,
for 46 days hard work at S. day, making
$l84. From August goth to September 10Th |
we make but % days, including four Sun.
days, leaving 25 instead of 4S working days!
being difference, OF twenty one days and
dollars. Whit does this
mean! October 18th he was paid 500 for
"a days services, just the number which had
passed since last payment but OF these
were Sundays! Did he charge the public
for them! We hope not. He has been paid
1888 for l46 days work cIaimed. Fro.a
May 10Th to October 18th, when he aude
ais last grab, l56 days had elapsed; of these
% were Sundays, leaving but ls4 working
days. He is paid $44 for Sunday work. -
But will Mr. Brayton claim thai, Instead of
doing the States service, he was not during
4 large portion Of his tiGae at home at work
lpon his farm! We think this world prove
% be the fact. ifa Smelling Comm ittee were
sent after HIM. l'7 t~ rer ,r.F Fitga
These matters arrested our attention dur
ag csrsory perasal of the Auditor Is report,
shrh we sAail notice. II these smelling
gentlemen have been induIging in s.bigR
living" and putting in rainy days at the
States expense, it should be known.