, 1875-01-05


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.a4.Nuo' 'a"' 'oto'o e'''le'h''1R ''io eon-
tracs system no" usod LOT purchasing tho county
supplies It might bo well To examine 1t, and eco
whether thu alleged existing at,usos ara the fn1]t
of tLe syn,en,, or want OF It. nroner .nnlcntion.
,r,,e r,,.n1asa - .,,.t... IT, A., appAv
Aho pusenaSo o. buppios 'of tno county ny
cohttRet from Tue lo"eht oIdAcr u al'oas 1aehtl-
cal With the method practiced by tho United
Htatca Government. IN every detarttnnnt of tho
nubio service. Including to nr,ur ,hn naxv.
rnur,uo b1,ifats 1taIu,terv .np,,I,n. IT, ,bo 49,
oral lopArttnath lie ,osta1 narrirn t1,ro,ohnut
tl,o ctuit,trv and Ia fprcIrn cntn,r;oa ~, shnr.
oyerywI,ero that II can tc smiled. Tnn eyptem
vas s1ontnd 1,y The Tycr,,n,nt,t ,I ., ,r,",,,,ra
With other methods. and n Jen,rtnro frmn it
tn1w on,,td hn an ~ ,t,rIue1t vlrr}' v,r,rro ~
say woutd destroy ary hdmi,,ir, n.;on wi,ych
dared to emyIov ..lurehA,jnp Apcnia'' IN IA
Etea,l.
For the information Of any Of v.ur RAIDERS
v1, NAV mt hn fcfni1,,r Will, ta sv:,n,, ,,srr;t
me to briefly o1uIuiu II. AlI snJ,1It. frr tho
poor-Iiouso. fuBat,o a4,lunI. au,l i.mntv ftn1-
njtoi. mast be- obtained l;r liz 1cr.o. IN s,,arro
or tbosa institutions by tcu,isi,jnn },ased ut,on
,he a.e,asu number ii tlelr ,,,Ipate, during lie
preceding month. shown. The ,robaLIo number
10 ts sultphed for tho cotnin.. 1nou,h Th;a mu4t
be also acconpnu,.d by an 1uye,itury ~ a,tIrna
on band. This reuuisit1on must l., nnnrnyed
(formery ty tho Superintendent II ruLlIc Char
it!es1 by tln Cun,alttce on rutlic L,,arlties of
tho Couutf board, Cpuu much A,,,ToynI tho
Wardon OF the I'uur-IIouso uor ip.ia,lcn1 NAV
order goods ~ they Are rsqrlred fsosu tLo con-
tractor who suppcs them, ilAur with him uhe
contractor, a duplicate OF thu nurrnrrI reunisi-
tim, III which tic quantity uf cac,, ,rtico ia
epcciticl, and bayuul Which tito contractor can
not TO- Thus tic Warden comes iu:o POSSESSION
Of tile goods,
Suw M To biB fianos;.ion Of tl:crn I.efo,a liza
cau make a now re iuihtlon. lo ,u,lnt stats what
has been done vath tic laAt, Fur instance tho
nnlnbcr Of persons suhsisted upon tue proyi-
s1ous drawn for the Inst month Or The cIotLjup
Issued. giving the name to whom : o, Ina dry
goutA made luto clothing. ETC., lust a. United
States Quartermaster or Co,uu!lseary OF sub
HlBtence ia 1equirod to account for tue property
intr r,1Btcd to linn
SO much for this branch of tho subject. Now
ns to the mode Of purchasing. Look County for
MerIy had 4 .tIurcl,aBiue Aren't iub,eal 0f the
much infused contract srste1n. and if tie latter
should over approach tho former III lt5 capacity
for dlA.oEcs. practices sherc would Le a,nplo
purchasing, tho Clerk Of the Uuard is re1uircd
to advertise for mouth (., Dcccn,ber each year)
for supplies of atl kinds. With tue;r Lids. nor
sons proposing to furnish goods must doposit
thcn the Commissioners, or tie Committee ap-
pointed by them award the cont, acts Al such
tilnos there IL m opportunity for Mcssls. Field,
Letter j. Co., or any ether dealer In dry Goode,
proiit or from the higher motive Of protecting
| tho county araust Lleh rrices, to teutcr their
bids. such mode Of action would be far moro
| valuable to taxpayers than Offering to reduce
G ter + cssn ssais hs 5sS .s l st aa asa5g a5
publicity is LOT given aud full opportunity st.
foyded to eycry Competitor.
| Let US now SUMMARIZE: First, oil supplies
after q months advertising. upou samples which
arc deposited with the Clerk of tue board.
| Yhera il, therefore, no fayoritsm iu eeect1ug
tic vendor, uulcss the COMMITTEE OF five mctll-