Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-17
Doings Of the Commissioners.

principally. occupied in making allow
saee-. ; majority % Which were oil
slight import--rclating TO payment Tor
ssrviees a inspectors, Judges OF Eice !
tion., &c. They hcld an afternoon SOS
sion on Monday. ana adjourned satur.
dsv forenoon, Cor which they charge
the county sel 90 each, IN session. six
days at three dollars per- dicm-s2f 90
What beautiful sccoontnnts;s they arc|
deeply versed IN Tho multiplication "a.
bis-became early conversant whit, AT
an unusually earlys agc.- remarkably
precocious-that's 90. - - = p
Among other matters they ordered
that insurance be effected on the coanty
Asylnm. wo learn that DR.. KoeIy IN.
cured tie sanc in the lEtna Insurance.
eompany--so.o 900 a, one per cent This
company Is said 70 DO ono Of the most
reliab bic IN the West. 5,ttf 81 = -
Thestcmptm, d b tic Board occon.
emixe waslaughabIe in sextr, me. The
6rssthing 10 order as 10 requirctl,c Off.
eera 10 provide their own lights, suclsas
candies and burning aaid, which by the
By 10 q ANAL item. TAcy tiienpro-
ceeded To invest the Auditor With au-
thcrity 70 provide the several offices
with stationary as might be demanded.
Mr. = r. Clark. we understand, obtain
ed tho contract for said supply, at six
pr cent advance on the cost. which we
think was very low. IL Dir. Clark is
satisfied. wo are. ~s tvs( ~
IL not The appointment Of the Audi
tor, we would ask, equivalents TO a dec.
Iarstion that be is competent 10 otiiea,e
: ~ guardian over tho other officers, and
akle 10 judge Of whatamount will sus-
Zee Cor them? There appearst to be nc
restraint or limit 10 the amount requif-
ell in his own Office.
Mcssrs Morrow & Co, are TO furnish
merchandise for the use of the Asylun
at per cont. on cost, being q per een'
lower than was contracted for the pre-
vious year. $500 49, ~
Hut whilc the Board In ceonomisinL
thus, we viii do them tho justice TO 81,
thai at the same time they allowed 4
Messrs. Tyner and Ross tho sum, Of SO
each for eight days services in the ex
animation Of tho AUDITORS and Treas
urcrs Books. weupderstandt that those
gentlemen never asked any compensa
lion, from the fact that their hbofs ba,
not bcen completed. In this, however
we may have been wrongly informed
Why did not tho Board have puhlica
sion made of their partial rcpo'fs Itap
pears to rs that the report was Of mncl
interest, to be valued at s4s. The fac
Il our Commissioners will scrutiniz'
an account presented for 30 cts, OF 81 on
with moro care than accounts Of hun
drcds. ~ 81 .sscs.s.. s. =. /. !. - !,
= Having heretofore advert'd 70 th,
plan adopted by The Board, ofrcccivinl
proposals for various labors, which ",
cohesive TO be Of utility to the public
No cannot refrain from referring TO th'
county Printing, Our county bills fo
printing are Of no uneonsidcrabl
amount. and might, by competition, b
greatly reduced. IL u relieves tn
Treasury by It's application 10 tho fur
nishing Of stationary, Nc, would Il no
subserve tho interest OF tho county, y,
extending, or giving the principle siiI
greater scope, No personal motive IN
duccs rs to advpncc these Ideas. the,
have been suggested by tho fac. Of III,
Board having tried the experiment Il
5 the casc Of Mes-rs CLARK, Morrow h CO.
and Schneider.
-. IL istrue TINT tho Democratic part,
IL Indebted to their County paper ibI
ila perpstuity, and tho Democracy vii
argc. no doubt hat Il should DC sup
spartcd 1t nll haxards, and at all risk =
sheeompIaints Of taxpayers 10 the con
etrary. Notwithstanding. We Lave n,
objection to tho county printing being
seontinued ~ az present but would no,
. benefit be derived by advertising Ton
proposals % perform tho saInog
Thai reduction would DO made ",
do not doubt, and every such reduetlei
would ennrc 70 tho advantage OF III,
tax. payer. provided however that al
the proiits thus secured werc not wasted
by tha overt net OF our Commissioners
by rushing into sumo fsIlacloasschcmes
sneh az removing ear JhIl recently con
strueted. removing the market house
planting shrubbcry. pinks, marlgold'
and dog fennei, to Adorn tho ccurl
House enclosure, and render II ira'
grant. 80 SIS. f-ss .fts-
II waa our intention to have given
. tho allowances In fall, bat,a synopsis
viii DO for the present. In making Il
ample We would have been required 10
call attention 70 tho Auditors salary,
re-, which we dispense with for the
present, intending ~ some future dine
10 refer ~ his salary, ranging from,
$1,000 70 $1,000 per nnnnm. Independent