Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-24
from the Ohio State -Journai.]
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IaLl, ssys 3 COLUMBUS, March 20, 1858.
EDITOR OF JouRNAL:. In your issue OF
the 10Th instant, and on several occasions
since I retired from the Office of Auditor
of Franklin county, you have published In
ttemized form the amount Of salary I re-
eeived as Auditor of said county for tn.
sixteen months ending March 2. 1858.
willingly concede to you the privilege you
have taken advantage of. and am glad to
see the Journal, or any other paper, demand
an explanation when they think a public
wrong has been done.
In response to your statement and COM
ments, / would submit the following ex-
planatlon: In your article of the 10th In
slant, you admit that the amount So, ,469 SO
is correct and in accordance with law; now
take this amount and divide it by the num-
Der of days and you will find that the
$26 30 you comment on SO severely is cor
rect. Onor about the 1st day of Novem-
Der. 1855, i was appointed Auditor, and on
assuming the duties of the Office 1 found
that the duplicates of 1865, which should
have been completed on the 18th day OF
October preceding, were mot yet
finished, /, and under = the instruc-
tion of the Commissioners engaged
three additional clerks to hasten their COM
pletfon, which, occupied ten or. twelve
d sys, for which the Commissioners allowed
the sum Of $500, as follows: JOS, Falken-
bach $3.50, D. w. Brooks $40, and Charles
Patterson $50. This amount you charge
me with having received, which is not cor
rect.
The $50, for road improvement, you will
find, by referring to the law of 1S66-67, is
an allowance made, by that law to Audi
tors, for services In cases of that kind-,9
The $50, for bringing up the Record
Duplicates of 1867, was allowed on the
grounds chat the Commissioners, after my
appointment. determined to require the
Auditor to- make one Duplicate each year.
made the Duplicates of 1856 and 1867,
which made two Records In one year. This
was done for the purpose of leaving no
Record for the new Auditor to make, ex.
cept those lawfully belonging to him. The
item of $1,000 to which you particularly |
refer, was an allowance made by the Com
missioners under Sec. Al, of the Ohio |
School laws. You claim that this was for |
sixteen months, but there you are mista- |
ken. l assumed the Office in November, |
1855, and found that none of the school Ia |
bor of that year had been performed, |
thus compelling me to perform the, work |
Eors that year and also for 1867, making |
Two years. In asking for an allowance |
for services In school matters, told /
ie commissioners would leave it to their
Judgment, and after communicating with
of other counties, they made /
ny allowance, which am satisfied COM
pares favorably with any other county in
the State. Ny regular salary, and the
above allowances, you claim make 81 GIG 49,
Ind you say that, with transfer fees and
,alary as clerk of the Board of Equaliza-
lion, would make my salary $4,000. The
lbsurdity of this statement can be seen
when you deduct $50, the amount received
or clerk of the Board of Equalization, from
he difference between $4,000 and $7,6l643,
which leaves $1,297.57, according to your
statement, as having been received by me
or transfers, which any one knows that is
with the Auditors office is per-
jectly ridiculous. In conclusion, would
tate that during my whole term OF office t
did not issue one order in favor of my
'elf, not even tor my regular salary, which
s allowed by law, without 1 first had the
of the County Commissioners
IN the vouchers. Trusting you will do me
he justice to insert this in your paper,
I'M. &C., DENNIS B. STRAIT,
'e Ex-Auditor Franklin County.