The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-25

IN any OF the statutes, do we ma autnoElty
for the Commissioners, or the Courts, to
furnish the Sheriff with books or station
cry +; and to show that it was not the in
tention of the Legislature to furnish the
Sheriff with suck things, we find that this
section just quoted is a re-enactment OF the
Law of 1852 on the same subject, and
| in neither law is the Sherif's name found.
| Neither was it an omitted case, for the law
| does not require the Sheriff to keep any
Record Books; therefore it does not au-
thorize any to be paid for out of the County
Treasury. If the Sheriff keeps any books,
they are for has OlOn convenience, and are
of no more legal, authoritative force than
the records of any other citizen. And yet
all through the year we find that he has
been making use of a host of books, of
reams of bill, foolscap, and fancy note paper,
of gross after gross of pens and pen holders,
envelopes by the thousand, and all the ct
ceteras, and all the time the County has to
foot the bills. How it is that the Sheriff |
could use such an amount of stationery in |
one short year, is one of the other myster-
les we never will know until we serve |
term or two under Gavitt in the SherifFs |
office.
THE BILLS ALL RIGHT
Certainly they are. They bear their
genuineness upon their face, because they
come Gttested by John Smith Gavitt, the
High Sheriff of the county, The law regu-
lating the allowances before the Board of
Commissioners says, sec. "a, 1 R. s., 22s,
Il No allowance shall be made by such COM
unless such person (the claim
aint) shall file with such Commissioners a
detailed statement of the items, and dates of
charge, nor untitsuch competent proofthere-
Of is adduced in favor of such claim, as is re-
Iuired in other courts but if the truth of
such charge is known to such Commission
ers, it may be allowed without other proof,
upon that fact being entered of record ia
he proceedings about the claim" And yet
low have the Sherih's bills been allowed |
At the commencement of his last term of
,ffice it became necessary to lay in a stock
If books and stationery, and Of course the
Jounty should pay the bill, for the Sheriff,
,e it known, is principled against paying his
'wn bills. Now see on what slender prooft the
allowed them. We copy one {
f his bills: I
EVANSVILLE, Sept. Sth, 1859. c
'anderburgh Comfy
To JoHN s. GAvIrr, DIR.
or Execution docket..................$70 90
Sale BoOk..-......-.. l50 =
{" Account Book ...-..............-.... 75-S925 | U
Attest: JOHN S. GAVITT, S. V.C. i
Endorsed, allowed by the Board.
MICHAEL MENTZER, Rr'"
The Sheriff attests his own bills Is that !
uch proof as is required in other Courts P j
here is no record on the Commissioners
.ecords that the truth of sach charge > j
,as known to them. They must have al y
,wed it on the attestation of Gavitt HIM ?
Elf Can it be that they are ignorant of n
le fact that there is no law authorizing r
lch allowances a
We copy the STATIONERY bills to show how D
lultifarious were the wants of the Sheriff 8 =
flee: G
EVANSVILLE, Sept. 7th, 80.
,tsderJtByl County, pei, GdeiH, d
Bought of J. HEALY. h
Memorandum Book 20 :
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