The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-27
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Soldiers Relief and Bounty Funds
Report Of the Committee of II
VestigatiOn = complete Viadica.
ton of Victor Biseh.

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Report of the Committee of II
VestigatiOn - complete Viadica
ton Of Victor Bisch.
The County Commissioners met in special
session Friday, Sept. Il, for the purpose OF
nearing the report of the committee of in
Vestlgatlon into the manner in whi@1 Vie
/ Tor Blsch had managed the Soldiers Relief
and Bounty Funds. Samuel Orr, Esq,
ana DIR. NJ. J. Bray, were appointed a COM
mittee last March, TO go over and examine
| the reports of Mr.. Bisch, and a. L. Robin
son, at whose request the Investigation
I was first ordered, was directed to act with
the committee The reports were quite Yo-
luminous, and it was a big job 10 undertake
having time 10 individually attend the
/ same, requested the County Commission
/ crat, and Thos. w. Peck, q Republican, to go
/ over the reports. figure by figure, and
| make report of the same. Messrs. Lauer
/ and Peck attended to their duty in an q bic
/ manner, and compared every account with
/ the vouchers submitted, of which latter
I there We're twenty-five thousand The
/ gentlemen were thirty-three days IN
/ making up the report, and it was finished
/ ana sealed up some days ago, and the
! DoSTu mas Deen awaiting the attendance
/ OF MAJOR Robinson, In order to have the
report read. There were present, yester-
day, the mtEsioners, Major Robinson,
Messrs Orr and Bray, and Robert A. Hill,
| the County Attorney. The reports were
read, and the Com u issiOners coucurred in
and approved the same, thereby CONF
Z
made against Mr.. Bisch during the past
two years.
Below we give the fun reports, which are
clear and accurate, and from which il will
be seen that Mr.. Bisch satisfactorily ac-
counts tor every dollar that passed through
his hands:
REPORT OF THE TyvEsTTs ATT,Sc, C,o1rNrrrrrr.
on THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF
TfiE RELIEF AND BOUNTY FUNDS:
To the Honorable, the Board OF ConmIs-
sIoneIS OF the County OF VandeIburgh:
Of
Tee appointed by your Board to examine
and repOt upon the correctness OF reports
made by Victor Biscb, Esq, of the receipts
anu expenditures b. him made ia mis-
maLagement of The Bounty Fund and the
Soldiers' Relief Fun1, would submit the
following report:
We have had in our possession the re-
ports OF said Bisch, containing bis ac-
knowleo genlents of receipts and MS
thereof, and have examined them fully
enough TO satisfy ourselves OF their regu.
larlty and genuIneaess. The number of
said vouchers and the volume OF said re-
ports being so great as to reQuif e more
time IN the comparison Of names, dates
anu ngures imam would be CONSTANT with
our other business engaRemeuts We sug-
gested the employment by the Board OF
MessIs. Henry w. Lauer and . homas Y.
Reck, Tor the purpose of examining and |
comparing the names, dates and figures OF |
the vouchers, with those contain ed in said |
viewing all additions anu other ca cuIa-
lions, which they have reported to us in
the words ana ugureS following:
REPORT ON SOLDIERS RELIEF FUND.
To the Honorable Board OF commissioners |
OF Marlborough County;
We having been appointed by your hon
o. aole Board 20 assist IN examining the /
report of Victor Bisch, concerning his |
management OF Soldiers Relief Fund. |
submit TO you the results OF our careul /
examination and investigation OF SAID /
Report, viz:
By an examination of the Order Book.
we round that Mr.. Btsch had received, Ia |
6ehalf OF and for the Soldiers Relief Fund, |
So 1856 20. -
We then went to work to ascertain how
the money received into the Treasury OF |
the soldiers Relief Fund had been dis /
posed OF, ana we found by the examfua-
ton of orders from County ComuissiOners /
and township Trustees, from personal in /
etFNleW with some OF the trustees and /
otner part IS, That Mr. Bisch, as Treasurer /
OF the soldiers Relief Fund, has paid TO /
individuals entitled TO the benefit of said I
iund, as follows, to-Wit:
By order OF the Trustee of Pigeon
IoWns hi 10 626 % /
IuAtSe q GeftnAn IOWnshfp...... $50 90 I
trustee OF Centre Township. 8s5 SO i
Trustee OF Union Township - 7g2 81 /
Trustee OF Perry ToWnghip 90 n /
Trustee of Armstrong Townshfp 426 s. 4
trustee OF scott Township............ 500 so 1
Trustee of Knis ht Township........ 5fl5 50 i
BY order OF the Trustees OF Pigeon
n Township gZ9s rom 1872 @ i865.:.. a,i28 90
r, Coqnty Go@mlssiongT 80. sl9.Io6 so
ana knowles, Scott Towns dT5s SIS 90
trustees and Commits PreWftt
ANT y 4nstrenss fTsIIIp J5s "
Hogue, Perry TownsheI -. So 90 I
Hogue, Union TowDsb1p........'.. 547 co .
Hesue. centre Township. ~. .OsI 90
Truste es and Commissioners B.
Nurre, knight TOwnshi p...-........ $50 60 +
Trustees and Commissioner b.
Nurre, Pigeon Township. -. z, IA % {
Trustees and G. m missioner b.
Nurre, Pigeon Township............ 8,SO2 %
To Trustees and Assessors, ETC.,
services .................. s08 AZ
To A. q. Sullivan as trustee.....- S25 %
To Edward BurtIs as trustee-....-... LILO 10
On hard in County orders, Sl67 90;
Cash, 3Sc................ ......... I67 50
s57 gs5 40