The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-21

| row mas ~nem 10 MS posse son, ana
for his ows private use as a Real Es-
tate Spectator.
LITTLE UNPLEASANTNEss
When Mr. WALKER was packing
up" PREPARATORY to leaving the
Auditors Office, he called the
attention of one of his deputies to
these books; told him that as he
4 (WALKER) had paid him for making
them up, they were his (WALKER's)
private property, and requested the
Deputy to write a certificate to that
effect on the fy-leaf of each book.
The Deputy having no knowledge at
\ the time Of the fact that Mr.. WALKER
had made out bill against the
County for them, and having been
paid his salary while engaged in max
ing them up, wrote the certificate as
Mr. WALKER hal requested But
before the records were carried away
BY athe/ ex-Auditor. the Deputy
discovered that Mr.. WALKER
had resolved an allowance. from
the County Treasurer for them,
and that they were really part Of
the Public Records of the Auditors
Office. He was heartily indignant at
this unparalleled duplicity on the
part Of Mr.. WALKER, aud at once
tore out the certificate. When Mr.
WALKER came in TO carry off the
Records, he discovered that the " GER
tifcate was zone, whereupon a vio-
lent alteration easued, in which Mr.
WALKER threatened to prosecute the
Deputy for defacing the public re-
cords, aud the Deputy retorted by
saying that he ought to be sent to the
penitentiary for stealing the public
records" Notwithstanding the threat,
Mr.. WALKER carried of the Records,
and, II Is supposed, no1o has them n
his possession. Such is the history of
these distracted Records, as we learn
it from the official papers and from
personal inquiry at the Auditors
Office.
"a WHAT IT COST THE. COUNTY. &
Finding these Records Of much
value, and deeming the one relating
TO the real estate of Pigeon Township
greatly needed, Auditor BIsCH Dor
rowed the Pigeon Township Regis
ter " from Mr.. WALKER, and had
duplicate copy of it made, with the
subsequent additions which time had
made necessary. The County was
called upon a second time to pay for
it. If we estimate the cost of the two
blank books for IL e Pigeon Township
Registers at $50 90 each, and the one
for the out-townships at S25 90. which
is said to be their fair value; and the
cost of making the duplicate copy at
the price charged by Mr.. WALKER,
we have the following statement:
Three Blank Books for Real Estate
Two copies OF Real Estate Registers
obe e F1geo OF ReaI ssta RegSier for O "
out-toWnsnips-.-' 20 %
1852 90
Rather a heavy investment for the
County Treasury to make in setting
up WILLIAM II. WALKER as a Real
Estate Spectator with the Public
Records of the County. [fta
Wonder If. the Democratic Exeeu4
tive. Committee will take enough
interest in the taxpayers, whose
cause they have so loudly espoused,
to circulate a petition to the County
Commissioners asking them to bring
suit for the recovery of this money,
or for the return of the Records to
the vault OF the Auditors Ofice2. u
HOW THE COUNTY LIBRARY WAS
MANAGED.
We have only space in this article
for one more fact illustrative OF the
method by which the affairs Of the
County Auditors Office were managed /
during Mr.. WALKER's administration
1t is made the duty of the County |
Auditor to take charge of the County /
Library, and for this service "a reason
able compensation is annually allowed .
this officer as a salary for all services f
connected with the same. Mr.. I
WALKER, with great punctuality,
drew this salary And yet we were
astonished to fud, in addi-
ton to that salary, he files
his claim for every book which is