The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-20
ESTABLISHED, 1881.
COUNTY AnYERTEsEMENTs.
Soldiers Relief aad Bounty Funds.
R0 ort OF the Committee of IN
VestigatiOn - Complete Vindica.
tiOn Of Victor Bisch,

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t VestigatiOn - Complete Vindica
tl0n Of Victor Bisch.
me County Commissioners n1o1 tn specia
, Ise5Tlnr IrTn Z iioay, sept. u, for the purpose OF
.teaatI,lhg lhe report OF the comnftfee OF III.
NesIlgatton into the manner in which Vic.
zt5ch - zol5ch Aad managed the Sold iers5 Relief
2 SnT M eslty FUNDS. Samuel Orr, ESD,
aHo Or ~. J. Bray, were apDoiufed a cor1
( I -, - @ Itlet AaFchs to 90 over and examine
I Lhe reports OF Mr.. Biseh and a l. Poif,,
p son. a. WLose request the in,ydstf ~ ~ y n 80 =.
80 itht o4uefed, was directed TO mi yrttb
me committee. The reports " ere c,1it 3 q -, 49,
luminous, and it was n no f ~ !, y y 9t.S Eo-
me inALlefi and biessrs. Orr aud Rqe1y 'Tie9
as,,l lts,s ~ oiIls , 70 Individually attend tine
same requested the County Com Trisstoi,
ers TO appoint Henry w. I.a1er = De, s,Sil-
cIatg ana Ihos, W. Peck. a Republican. 1000
make rs9ort of ~, 15a As1Fe sa oy neuret and
ana feck attended to their duty IN. an a BE
tI,s Il1,, T t ON pared every account with
tne vouchers submitted, OF which latter
there were twenty-five thousand The
gentlemen were thiriy.three days in
making up the report, and it was finished
ana sealed up some days ago and fhe
Boarl mas been awaiting the attendance
OF MaJOr Robinson, in order 10 have fbe
| report read. There were present. vester-,
day, the Commissioners, Major Robinson
dessIs Orr and Bray, and Robert A. Hill
read, and the Com nmissioners concurred in
anu approved the same, thereby com.
/ pletely refuting the charges that have been
/ two years. pas
Below we give the fun reports, which are
/ clear ana accurate, and from which Id viii
! De seen that Mr.. Bisch satisfactorily sr-
| counts Tor every dollar that passed through
REPORT OF THE IpSvFsrrf, . qr,yc co,,,,,,-.,.,
] on THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF
THE RELIEF AND BOUETY FUNDS:
To the Honorable, the Board Of Commits
sIoheIs OF Jhe County of Vanderburgh:
The undersigned, members OF a commits
tee appointed by your Board 10 eyamiHe
tin, anu Iepoi T. upon the correctness OF reports
If dit1de ~ letor Blsch, Esq, OF the receipts
ahu expenditures bv him made fu his
maEagement of the Bounty Fund and fine |
So,llalers' Relief Fund, would submit the |
We have had in our possession tie re-
Pofts oi said Blsch, containing his ac- |
vouchers or receipts for exnendit,,ras /
thereoh and have examined them fuliv /
enough 10 satisfy ourselvts or their reau- /
SAID vouchers and the volume OF said re-
pofs Delng so great as to require moro
IlhIe IA the comparison of names. dates |
our other business engaRernents we si1o,-
kSSsIsu IIe I employment by the Board OF |
ne 6@essrs. Henry w. Lauer ana thomas W.
rex, Tor the purpose of examining and
cohlparlng the names, dates and figures OF /
the Youehers, with those contained In said
seVefai reports, and for the purpose of re- |
viewing an additions and other ca cuIa-
lions. which they have reported fo M IN
the words and figures following:
REPORT ON SOLDIERS RELIEF FUND.
To the Honorable Board OF Commissioner
OF Nanderburgh County:
We having been appointed by your bon
.. aoIe Sard TO assist in examining the
management of Soldiersi Keller Fnnd
submit to you the results or our carefni
gAanlIha f5AaIllIt atlon and investigation or said
BY an examination OF the order Book
we round IhaI Mr.. Btsch had received In
s57,9S5 40. "Hu'
>, v We then went to work to ascertain how
the soldiers Relief Fnnd had been dis |
poseu OF, ana we found by the examine
aiOi III oI oroers rom County Commissioners
anu anu oWnsnlp trustees, from personal in
lefyitw with some OF the Trustees and
o5it9I ~ J,sfs. ih8t a Mr Bisch, Treasurer
faHd, w ToIows, to-wit:
BY order OF the Trustee of Pigeon
Trustee OF German Township..... ,08O 90
Trustee OF Centre ToWnship.......... 6s5 so
Trustee OF Union Township .... 702 so |
Trustee OF Perry Township. g29 so
Trustee Of Armstrong Township 428 IS
Trustee OF Scott TOWNSHIP hip........ 900 so
Trustee of KnfR ht Township....... 565 so
BY order OF the Trustees OF Pigeon
., Township rom 1902 70 i866.s....... i866s s,428 90
1oa9nty commisalong .....,.. @ slo lOo SO
= AN an ! Knowles, scott ,Township. iTp.s s53 co
and Kn0Wle-, German Town
hnl p g27 90
Trustees and Commissioner Chas
Knowles, Armstrong Township 59f 90
Trustees and Commissioner j.
Hogue, Perry Townshfp ............... 872 90
Trustees and Commissioner j.
Hogue, Union TOwnsh ip............ bf7 60 |
Trustees aud Commissioner j.
He2ue, Centre TOWnship............ 1 O8I 90
Trustees and Commissioner B.
Nurre, Knight Townsh p............ 1886 90
Trustees and Commissioner b.
Nurre, Pigeon Township......... 7.4I4 90
Trustees and CCmmissf 9ner B.
Nurre, Pigeon T0Wnshi p............ 3SO2 OO
To Trustees aud Assessors, etc.
services SOS AZ
To A. q. Sullivan as trustee....-. s25 90 .
To Edward Rurtis as trustee...... I,I75 90
On hand In County orders, Sl67 90;
Cash, 167 ss