The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-23
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Soldiers Relief and Bounty Funds.
Report Of the Committee of n
VestigatiOn - Complete Vindiea-
tfnn Of Vfofn1s pirnh

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and DR.. n. J. Bray, were appointed n COM
mittee last March, to go over and examine
the reports Of Mr.. Bison, and A. L. Robin
son, at whose request the investigation
was first ordered, was directed to act with
the committee. The reports were quite YO-
luminous, and twas a big job 10 undertake
the matter; and hessrS. Orr and Bray not
having time 10 individually attend the
same, requested the County Commission
erS to appoint Henry W. Lauer, q Demo-
erat, and Thos. W. Peck, a Republican, 20 go
over the reports, figure by figure, and
make report OF the same. Messrs. Lauer
and Peck attended to their duty IN an able
manner, and compared every account with
the vouchers submitted, OF which latter
there were twenty-five thousand. The
gentlemen were thirty-three days in
making up the report, and It was finished
and sealed up some days ago, and the
of Major Robinson, in order to have the
report read. There were present, yester-
day, the Commissioners, Major Robinson,
AessTs. orr and Bray, and Robert A. Hid,
the County Attorney. The reports were
read, and the commissioners concurred in
and approved the same, thereby COM
pletely refuting the charges that have beeu
made against Mr.. Bisch during the past
two years.
clear and accurate, and from which IL viii
be seen that Mr.. Bisch satisfactorily ac-u
counts for every dollar that passed through
his hands:
REPORT OF THE INvEsTFGA TING COMMITTEES
ON THE RECEIPTS AND DIsBURsEaGESTs OF
THE BELIEF AID BoUETY FUNDS:
the Honorable, The Board OF Com m1S-
s1oneTs ofthe County OF VanderbuTgh:
The undersigned, members of a commit
tee appointed by your Board to examine
and report upon tho correctness of reports
made by Victor Bisch, Esq, of the receipts \
and expenditures bV him made. in his
maEagement of The Boun ty Fund aud the
Soldiers' Relief Fund, would submit the
We have had in our possession the re-
ports Of said Bisch, containing his ae-
thereof, and have examined them fully
enough to satisfy ourselves of their regu.
said vouchers and the volume of said re-
ports being So great IS to require more
time In the comparison Of names, dates
and figures than would be coDsistant with
our other business engagements. we sug-
gested the employment by the Board Of
MeSsTS. Henry W. 4LaueF and hOmaas w.
Peck, for the purpose Of examining and
comparing the names, dates and figures Of
the vouchers, with those contained in said
several reports, and for the puI pose OF re- /
viewing all additions and other ga cuia-
lions. which they have reported to us in
the words and figures following: "a 4
REPORToN SOLDIERS, RELIEF FUND
To the Honorable Board of Commissioner !
ofNanderburgh County; tsw E~e
We having been appointed by yourhon-
OF able Board to assist III examining the
report OF victor Btschs concerning his
submit to you the results Of our careful
examination and investigation OF said
BY an examination of The order Book.
we found that Mr. Bfsch had received. in /
behau Of ana forthe Soldiers Relief Fund,
S57 ,955 40. ~ ~ .r'T
We then went to work to ascertain how
the money received into the Treasury of
the sold ers Relief Fund had been dis i
posed Of, and we fOund by the examina-
tfon of orders from County Commissioners
and township Trustees, from personal in-
terY1eW with some of the Trustees and I
other PAL { ess that Mr. Bisch. as Treasurer
of the Soldiers Relief Fund, has paid to
individuals entitled TO the benefit of said
fund, as follows, tO-wit:
By order OF the Trustee Of Pigeon
ruSe y 3s7 = i58 S %
Trustee of Centre TOWNSHIP ..... 6s5 SO
Trustee Of Union Township ........ 7g2 so
Trustee Of Perry Township. --...... 929 SO
Irust ee OF Armstrong Townsi1ip..tA 428 IS
Trastss q KnIs b TO Raa P,, 5S g
:IoE9ship rom isss 6 i is65.. @n a,l23 90
county ooInIm1issiohg :..:.. sle,iOa 50
:, and Knowles, Scott TownshiP.e s5s co
Trustees ana Commits PreWitt
and Knowle German Town 20
=, ship ...:-...........;....... 927 90
;, KNOWLES, Armstrong township 5sl 90
Trustees and Comm ssl ouer IT. It8l
,r Mogue. Perry rownship....-....... s7a 90
Hogue, Union Township. ......... 547 GO
Trustees aud CoInnissioner j.
Hegue, Centre Township. -.....-..- j OSl %
Truste es aud Commissioner b - -
rre,-Knight TOwnshfp.....--...a ass 90
Nurre. Pigeon Township5 g -, .ll4 90
Trustees and CcmmissfJner b. p
n nrfe, Pigeon Ioygns ilip-s..,-.-! g. 500 co
To trustees and Assessors, etc. -
services ...... sos II
To a. q. Sullivan as trust ee. S25 O9
To EDWARD Burtls as trustee4........ I,I75 20
on hand In County orders, sl67 90; -t-l
Cash, sSc.-............-..,.... ICY 50
-fe .ere- -s57,9s5 40
Ihe total amount issued on account OF
the Relief Fund, by Mr.. Bfscf and Is
shown by this foregoing report OF your
Committee, is S57YSlS OF. which, with sl67 80
on hand in county orders a ud cash, equally
balances the total amount received into
the treasury Of the Relief FundaaGg
Your com mtttee has examined the Com
mission ersf Records. and rpv-artis- of
twenty-five thousand lvouelleTs and re-
cetptsi also the Journals and Iedaers, to-
getner win the trustees and County Com
mlsslonefs' certificates, Pass Books and
redemption Record in the Treasurer's
once and upon thorough examination
OF the same, we ind ali accounts and matt
and kept by said Victor Bisch -
Respectfully submitted. axes l8t
T1 A .EI II. W. LAUER, Con,
Evansville, Sept. 4, 1862 IL
We hereby certify that the foregoing
report IS true and correct. Lz Ls1
aafl -.a9- II .=7H r. W ,F 5jsf i----' -
Subseribed and sworn to before me, this
l' 5tI day OF sePte q b 81 hs6g, 81
Has -t-ille ll. Noatry Public.
- REPORT on TILE BOUNTY FUND. 2
To the Honorable Board Of commissioners
\ of Nanderburgh County T0ol esd
The undersigned committee, lappof ted /
by your honorable Board, to assist in the