The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-10-09

Upon which, and other matters referred
| to in the caption to this article, the En-
qlLirer comments as follows.
The fac simiie of the bill which Edward
+. Noyes; who now asks to be Governor,
presented to the county fer payment for q
statistical abstract from the records OF
births and deaths kept in his Office, is
printed above This bill is for column
of figures which footed up 12,945. The
report was to the Auditor of State of COM
missioner Of Statistics That officer fur
nished a blank for the report, which one
Of Noyes' clerks filled out in two or three
days The work of making this report
has been done by a single clerk in from
two 10 three days repeatedly since then
For the births The report was Of the fol-
lowing items: .----
l. No. white males born.
2 No. white females born.
8. No. black males born.
4. No. black females born.
5. No. sex and color unknown born. q.
The columns were so arranged as to show
how many of these births were legitimate,
how many illegilimate and how many un-
known. .--
The report of deaths is of the following
items In the first column: I
2. No. under yrs. old .. No. co to 10 yrs yid
>. No. 70 "a yrs. cid 10. No. 70 TO 50 yrs. old
8. No 20 to 80 yrs old r. No. 81 to 100 yrs. old.
6 No 80 TO 20 yrs- old Is No 100 70 ITO yrs, old
Z Ne. 40 to SO yrs. o.d. "a. No. unknown.
The twenty-six columns that follow are
classified SO as to chow the number at each
of the above designated ages who died
from ordinary causes, from epidemic or
natural diseases" from accident or Vio-
lence" also Condition. as to whether mar
ried, single or widowed. Under each of
these captions are subdivisions TO show
the color and sex of the decendants. Two
more tables, one showing the occupations
of the defendants, the other their nativity,
each requiring four columns of figures,
complete the report 1t covers loosely one
side of a paper about fourteen by fifteen
inches The work is not so great as that
of making out a company muster roll of a.
regimental monthly report. Twenty dol
lars would be an extravagant fee for 1T.
EoYE's RECEIPT FOR THIS ILLEGAL FEE
Here is a copy of Noyes' receipt for this
illegal fee:
No. 277.-HamiltOn County Auditors
Office, Cincinnati, August 6, l869-Re-
ceived an order on the County Treasurer
for the sum of 81 ,294 50-l00 for making
of reports Of births and deaths for the year
ending July u, 1859, out Of County Fund
By order of law. - - --. u
u. { E. F. NoYEs, Probate Judge
By ALBERT PADDAcK. ..
Noyes as Probate Judge drew the fee.
The Auditors warrant was drawn for the
money, and it is on file in the County
IreAsurer's Office as his receipt from Noyes
This fee must not be confounded with
his fees for recording births and marriages,
about which we have said nothing, except
that they paid him munifcently.
Below we give attention TO the work of
Noyes as a contractor, and to a little op-
Grafton against a widow and orphans. We
have already published the bills, which
footed up $l3, $500 for an illegal. con-
tract with the County Commissioners to
make eight books of indexes Below we
give his receipts for this work They are
taken from the stubs OF the warrants Of
the Auditor for these several amounts
The Treasurer holds these warrants as his
=, eFipts. He has accounted to the County
AndItor tor this money. lr a--l1 ..1a
EoYEs' RECEIPTS FIR WORK AS coNrRAc-4
al TOR, .IuIs- ,
The following are copies Of the receipts
in the Auditors Office for the SI3. .526 20
dawn by him from the county without
warrant of law: $50 II --..1 5.I
No 8l2-Hamilton County Auditors
Office, Cincinnati, November 28th,, 1865
Received an orderCn the Treasurer for the
sum of 2.2S0.45 for making general in
dexes 10 marriage and inflammation re-
cords out of county fund. ..ff
BY order OF Commissioners.
E. F. MOVES, Probate Judge.
BY ALBERT PADDAcK, Deputy Clerk
No. 21I-Hamilton County Auditors
Office, CIncinnnti, January 4, 1869 Re |
ceived an order on the County Treasurer
Ior the sum OF 81, 4,3s0.45 for making gem
eral index of marriage and naturalization