Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-10

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TO He Honorable, the dl,rt a Common Pleas
0fhe County Of Ir1tNabuH, in The State ofOhio:
The undersigned Committee, appointed at
the November term, A. ISL, ofsaid Court,
TO examine and investigate the accompa-
nying Report ofthe Commissioner ofTrum-
bull County, showing the financial opera
tions Of said Commissioners for the year
ending August 81, 1871, respectfully report T:
That, in pursuance OF said order of Court,
the In has made such examination
and investigation of said Report As the IA
ctltties at hand permitted The books.
records, papers, vouchers, etc.. for the year
office, were examined in detail, and the
Commissioner'sRepor compared herewith.
As the order OF appoint Tan ent gave the COM
mittee no authority 10 send Cor persons and
papers, its labors and examinations were
necessarily confined to the books, papers
and records kept in the Auditors Office
The Committee was favorably impressed
with the systematic manne in which the
Auditors books and files are kept. and with
the accuracy in which o Of the sew
eral funds are stated, and the order and con
v~enienee for reference Of all files and
The Committee found that the receipts and
expenditures, as shown by the Auditors
books, are correctly set forth in the Report
OF the Commissioner, except the statement
as TO the amount realized from the sale of
Jail bonds, which is hereinafter more fully
referred TO; that proper vouchers have been
AIKEN for the payments made, and that the
MISUNDERSTANDING AhNGF III zEAELAlN DGGhA AAduG
in accordance with law. In regard. how
ever, to the allowance by the Commission
ers, OF the bill for printing the copies Of
writs for the use of the Sheriff Of the county.
included in one Of the items of expenditure
from the general fund, the Committee is OF
opinion that inasmuch as the statute pre-
scribing the fees Of the Sheriff gives that
officer the right to charge as his costs in
each case for each copy Of a writ necessary
to be served, 1t was not the intention of the
legislature to provide that such copies
should be furnished by the county, 1t is
proper, perhaps, to remark, that the custom
OF allowing and paying such bills appears to
nave been adopted in this county prior to
the election OF the present Sherif and The
present Board Of Commissioners. and is
understood to be the custom quite .gener-
ally throughout the State.
The payments from the general fund in
clude one Item for expenses of Board Dap
prevail in examining 1ails, etc, which out
lay is hardly provided for by the letter ofthe
Law, but the Committee is OF opinion that
the provision Of the law may fairly be held
to include authority 70 incur reasonable
expenses in the matter Of examining jails
and obtaining necessary information in or
der to enable the board to act intelligently
In regard to the making Of the contract for
the jail, and in the supervision Of its con-
Btruction, andthat the amount reasonably
50 expended was q wise expenditure, INT
one which was Indispensable 70 the proper
discharge OF the duties devolying upon the
board, and to the securing or the erection OF
q 1irst-class jail building. -zf --CU r..
The same may in some measure be said
regarding some Of the Items which go TO
make up the aggregate paid the Commits
Btonerl as per diem and mileage. The items
alluded 70, composed in the main Of rail-
road fare, amounting TO but a small sum
total. are hardly authorized by the strict
letter Of the law Of 1865, fixing the compen-
Bation Of Commissioners but the Commit
tee 0nd that the expenditures SC made were
In general made with a view Of saving
money to the county, n In fact rendered
the TRANSACTION OF the business less expen-
Bive . would have been the case had
the strict letter Of the law been in all res
XStot the matter Of Jail bonds your COM
mittee hnds that while he Report states
that the amount realized from sale or d
and paid to the Treasurer, up y August 81,
1871, was SASS Is, the auditors books show
date nom the sale OF bonds, was S2L9Sl14
Of which amount there had been certified
ntothe Treasury the said sum of Sl4.5l6 Is,
as stated in the report Inc that OF that
amount there had been applied to the "a
ment of estimates. the a1m Of S6,1l3 s., to
amount so paid him, Sor.s5. leaving q bal
ancein Treasurer's hands rom sale Of bonds,
OF $3.50 81, as stated. Practically. In the
selling Of bonds. IL was necessary 20 dispose
OF them in dvRnc OF the time when esti-
mates Of work upon the Jail were due. aud
the foregoing statement shows the actual
condition OF the bond matter at the close OF
the fiscal year ending August 81, ISL The
bonds were sold for their lace and accrued
interest TO date Of sale added, and, as ap-
pears from the records Of the same Kept by
the Auditor, the proceeds were certified
into the Treasury before being required for
the payment Of estimates.
An which Is respectfully submitted. O. d.
n @. A. HARRINGTON,
WIN. T. SPEAR.