The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-27
STATE OF INDIANA, |
VANDERBURGH COUNTY.

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l, Victor Bisch, Auditor in and for
said County, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is true and full copy of the
original as appears Of record in my
Witness my hand and seal at Evans
vile, this 26th,day ofDecembe Il 867.
- VIcTOR BIsCH, A ". CIV
In order that an estimate may be
made Of the profit | derive from this
contract. 4 refer to the certificate of
my Deputy, Mr.. A. w. Chute:
A. w. CHUTE's CERTIFICATE.
Il certify chat tho expense Of dis
charging the duties and labor requir-
ed under the Janitor's contract of the
Sheriff with the County Commission
ers is not less than one thousand dol
lars per year A. w. CHUTE, ID. s.
The fourth item is Extra Services
as Sheriff, 1929 65.r ThissalIowr
ance covers all services Except at
tendance ON Commissioner Court
rendered to the County by order OF
the Commissi oners inEtke way of not
flying witnesses, serving notices, and
executing the various orders OF the
Board. during a. period of two years
AndOthis includes all Il the Services
during the sessions of the Commits
sioners as Board of Equalization.
Will any capdid man say that this
amount for two years is extravagant
or unjust? Certainly no one who has
any knowledge Of the amount of labor
gerformed will dispute its business,
For Tits ianlodurittd there will Be found
on file in the Auditors Office, itemized
bills with affidavit attached. Let the
editor !afstbeS Learisrssshows yherein
they are exhorbitant or illegal.
The fifth and sirth items amounting
to S57 90 were judged correct by the
Commissioners, ana AIwhf not occupy
space in further explaining them.
The serenM item is for attendance
o.aGommissionersfaCourt $500 003l
The allowance for attendance is fixed
BY statute. and the bills, which cover
the p' Board, w xaa p sfse oh sf knowly
edge of the services rendered. There
is no .iehafge 8thatI hzs lHlaRance is
wrong.
There is only one other matter 10
notice, idofder' to answer fnllyp Tire
wholesale charges of the Courier.
That is the return of income which
made to the Office of the Internal
Revenue. y / have, under oath, made
the statetneht That my entire income
for the yeaf 1S66mas q, e50O This II
am ready to estab lish, under the pains
and penalties of purjnry, and invite
the United States revenue oHcers7t to
full examination of my public and
private books and papers, 1t must
be borne in mind that the Office of
sheriff is one of the most laborious in
the county, and that out Of my fees l
have to pay from one to five. deputies.
A large amount Of my fees is worth
less and never collected. | might |
possibly have made the Office more
valuable if. had been determined to
push the poor and the untortun ate by /
a close and vigorous collection of my |
fee bills. / have been coItept with a !
fairliving out of it after paying my
heavy expenses IN
Thus / have in detail answered |
every charge brought against me. | I
claim that a full and complete ex-
animation of theirecords will not only |
acquit me of any dishonesty, but will |
estab lish the fact that my office has /
not been a very valuable one to me.
| do not fear investigation / chal-
lenge it from all responsible, tax
payers. yTf.tf5-. 8F \
: It is hardly necessary for me to d.
rect the attention of citizens to the
object of this attach Z am, BY. the
of the Union Republican
party, a candidate for the office OF
Sheriff e Of Vanderbargh County