The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-23
Card From the County Auditor.


NEW LEXINGTON, FEB. 10, 1877.
EDITOR SOMERSET PREss: Ii may not I
be improper for me to give brief exp!a-
nation why the Commissioners do not an |
swer your request in regard to the cost Of
Of the county printing.
Every dollar paid to the Tribune and
Herald from the frat Monday in Septem-
Der, 1875, 20 the frat Monday in Septem-
Der, 1876. was contained in the Commis-
sioners Report, published about the 23d
Of November last; and you will there find
by aggregating the itemized amounts, that
the Herald received for the fiscal year en-
ding September 4,h, 1876, 1851, II; and
the Tribune. for the same time S239, 40.
The present law pertaining to county prin-
ting not having been enacted until more
than half the year had elapsed, accounts for
the difference in the amounts allowed.
We trust the above explanation will be
satisfactory; and that the unintentional mo
doubt injustice done the Com mmissioners
in this matter will be sufficient apology for
this voluntary explanation.
When looking up matters Of interest TO
the tax payers, il you will call at the
Auditors office, will take pleasure in
giving you any information you desire, if
in my power, in regard to the transactions
Of the Commissioners, or the financial con-
ditions OF the county.
A. F. STINcHcoMB.
One Of the Commissioners called on us
to measure the amount of space the Com
missioners Report occupied. We measured
the report in the Herald, and it amounted
10 about two hundred and twenty squares,
but il should not have occupied more than
one hundred and fifty squares if it had
been put in type according to law; and
could have been made to occupy a great
deal less space il the Commissioners had
cut il down as they should have done. The
amount charged by the Herald was ovel
$4,000, and no doubt but the Tub
uns .received the same, and the Commits
sioners, or at least a part Of them, refused
to allow the bill, but one Of the Editors o
the Herald claimed that it was rule and fig
ure work and that he was entitled to on,
dollar and fifty cents a square. Finally
the Commissioners agreed to allow the bill
on conditions that if it was not correct tha
the extra amount charged would be refun
ded. Some enc is responsible to the tax
payers Of the county for the sum of abou
two hundred dollars for this single adver
tisement, and steps should be taken at ono
to have this paid back into the Treasury
We have il from good authority that tn
county printing will exceed two thousan
dollars this year; and Judging from tn
amount paid for the publication of tn
Commissioners Report it will not fall muc
short Of three thousand dollars.
The Herald last year received S6151
and the Tribune S23940 for publishing tn
legal adverting for the county. 1t woul
have been more than this amount if NJ
Overmyer, our County Treasurer, had pull
lished the x.notice in the Herald.
The tax-notice, which Of course was pull
lished in the party organs" was displaye
in the same manner as the Commissioner
report. We have not learned the amour
the ,"organs" received for this advertis,
ment, but il would not surprise US if the
received one hundred and fifty dollar
each. II they did, these two publication
amounts to about fifty dollars more than d
printing did for The uhole Of last year.
We do not consider that we have dor
any Injustice to the Commissioners, b.
we feel il our duty to look after the inte
accept the invitation Of Mr.. Stinchcom
and will call. at his Office as soon as
have an opportunity Of doing SO.