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sAmastamss soansy, 81 FEB. 2sth. 49,,
met Il Tie 0laes of A. Cochran, Il Il, A.
A.s Ehs sazae having besa called to or
der. On mosion % Frank siress, q
Committes Of Two (Henshaii and ssats-
man) waited Oh the Investigating Com
miessss lBleomss, Noble and I4akhaml
10 notify their redineas 70 receive re-
ports.
On thair arrival, the following report
was tsnaszea aAd read by Las Noble,
he statistics d wAiah wsEs also senaas-
ad ana read
70 flss Ezeoatssa Cemmsfgse Of gsssoey.
nee, apgeiatad cd gha Mass AIestSnq OF
Ghe eifaSeas a. PoSs0seasgaassa Cossfagg,
fhsld on ths 9Bih dag Of Poe, 1859.
Your Gommitsse appoinsed 10 invsssi-
gata the acts and proceedings Of the SER
eral Goansy Judges Of this county, beg
aeAYs, respectfully, 70 report, that We
catered upon the discharge Of our duties
GA the avaning Of ths 18th instans, and
have bean smplayea In the same up 10
the pFesens time.
That in the course Of our investigs-
tiOna shus far, We have ascsrtained the
following faaaa
That the whole aimt Of War
rants issued by Thos, Bardiek,
EaaHky Jadgss q en- Aus. 4, Isl,
to May 10, 1855, was. S5,IA2,15
By G. A. R0hiAHoa, fTom May
II, ls5s, . Aug. "a. 1858, IS, 90
is, lass q Aug. Il, 1855. 1885,, %
BY JOS Hall, A. ". LaEImsF,
J and n. Z. Douglas, from Aug.
IL, 1885, to Apr. IL. 1856, s,a9o, 06
By w, @. Jamas, from Apr.
IL, 1855, TO Aug, II, 1857, IA, ESQ 90
BY d. y. Hye, fFop Aug. II,
1851, 9 May I, 1858, 2s,s17,l4
By ]. II. Sherman, from May
!, lsss, 70 Feb. q, 1853, $685., 20
Making the total amount Of
County Warrants issued to Feb.
q, 1859. - So, 466, III
| That Of the above amount,
there has been cancelled, s6II5,i
| Leaving the total amount OF
Warrants now outstanding, $3.50 81
We hare not had time, Is yek, 10 ex-
anime the proceedings Of any of the Co.
judges who preceded Judge Sherman,
farther than was necessary to ascertain
the amount Of Warrants issued by them
respectively, and the amount Of The same
which has been cancelled.
From the Minute Book, the Warrant
Book and the Order Book, we have made
a full list Of the Warrants issued by
Judge Sherman, since the 4th dag Of
May, 1858, showing for what purpose,
as near ~ could be ssesrtained, the same
were issued.
These we have posted up as correctly
as We could do, under the different heads
Of County Expenditures.
| We thus find that the sum Of S33, $685.
IS, was issued By Judge Sherman, for
the following purposes, to-wit:
For Certificates Of balances OF
| Warrants from County Treas
aTeF, gA3ss 10 !
Fer Bridges 1885, "a
Kans TOWNSHIPS, a.s7s, "a
For expenses Of Poor in Ores
cent Township, sol so |
For Grand and Petit Jurors, 1,sT2,75 |
"a J, II. Sherman for servi-
ees, 40 IS |
For expenses Of stats Cases, 800, 90 |
ess '' 7sa,2s
For Contingent expenses,
(m0stly printing! 2,o5I 80 /
For Taxes refunded, 25I0I
&" Township Trustees,
Clerks, &c, 3&0,l0 |
For Jail and Prisoners. 1921 81 |
e." County Ofieers and Dep
atiss exclusive OF regular sala-
riss Of Judge, District Clerk,
aad Treasurer, 2,72O, al |
For expenses Of elections 81, SO /
For Laying out Roads, 204, SO /
81 Books and Stationary, 945, 46 !
&" District Court, 339, so |
Wolf scalpS, 1880
Wehaye hastily looked over the voueh- |
Is on file in the County Judges once, On
which the above Warrants we're issued. |
They are net 6led in order, and ii would /
take long time 10 examine them eriti-
calIy.
We laid aside few of them for fur
Their examination.
L great many orders have been issued |
without any VOuohes whatever.
Fer some Of the Bridges, contracts
were made for their construction, but in |
q majority Of cases no contracts are on
Gle and mona we're made.
With John P. Williams, who vas paid |
Is, 1855, forbuiiding five Bridges, no
written contract was made. His account
seems 10 have been overpaid $270,12.
We 6nd that a number Of orders have |
been issued, for which no minute is |
made on the inmate or record book Of |
the County Court.
In one case, We find that en- excess of
$50 was issued over the amount Of bill |
rendered and allowed, and in another
$40.
We find that in one case, orders have
been issaed for four times the amount of
the account, in several cases for three |
times the amount, and in quite num-
Der oAcases, for twice the amount Of bill
rendered.
In many cases We think the bills for
support Of the poor are extra vagantly
large, bat they are certified to be cor
rect by the Township Trustees, in most
cases.
In the issue Of Warrants, the numbers
hare been duplicated from go TO 699,
inclusive, and from 657 to $50 inclusive
| on the register, besides single numbers
In several instances. The mistakes seem
only 70 BE- in the numbers. In ether re-
speets the Warrants correspond with the
entries on che books.
We found in the Safe the settlements
sheets with the late School Fund Com
missioner. They had not been alsd and
no entry had bean made in che Minute