, 1877-08-18
Purclasing Coun.y sapplles.

UECl-s-SlH2 SO-2-GsE aN-E
Eprroa STATESMAN me space IN
your paper to make few remarks N regard
10 the action Of the board OF county coIiiills-
sioners at this term.
At the May term. 1877, the following order
vas made as matter Of economy and con
venienee
Ord.s'sd, That hereafter every artlc-e inr-
nished by the county TO the different oihcStS
by order of the county commissioners as oy
law directed, shall be by order OF the county
auditor
Now at the August session OF the board OF
eiunty commissioners, they issued the loi-
lowing order:
Ordered, That the clerk resclnd the or'ief
authorizing him to make purchases Tor the
county officers. By ordero OF tins board
D. j. STORMS,
Ch'mn County CONS.
In the minds of many the question VIII
arise, what is the auditor guilty OF F.: haS he
been purchasing extravasaa.tiy or uile''so--
ably, TO have this order revoked:
Facts viii show by looking over the item
lied bills allowed f1is terW Of court (which
are published in this issue Of the STATESMAN
which shows who purchased, when, what;
and the amount Some of said bills found
after auditing, 9s by law required, were
unreasonable and exoTbiLant, and l wrote
nv protest. as to some Of the items. Not
wlthssauding this protest, the commissioners
allowed the bills.
The major cause in this case IS that the
district clerk VIII not comply with the order
OF The board OF county COMMISSIONERS, and
consequently, rayher tLan give oaeLce' tAe
Hon. Board sees III 10 60 b~c41 on Their order;
One item as 10 why the commissioners should
stand by their Ortler
On SaturC ay evening, the last day oi the
commissioners courO, May term, tie district
clerk, after he found that the commiSSlone.
had spread the aforesaid order on ,he journal,
came 10 my Office from the court room and
took exceptions 10 the order, and then made
the remark that he was - GisTIcs clerk, and
would cs5 such articles as the county had to
furnish for the olAce wheiee1er he saw It-
On the following MolGay, the gentleman
came 10 my ONCE and tod lie lie wanted
some paper roid him 20 help yourself.
lie did so /; the next day he came aoain, L
told linn as before; lie came the tiIsd time
for paper, and the supply was out. What L
had on hand when HlsJ called on Was one
reain tins vas used. up / told him, how
ever. thar lie mad better get such paper as lie
needed untll TIE county coLlmlssIoHeIs could
make arrangt mems with some person Tor
full supply OF stationery.
The question Is, What should he have
done under the CIrcums ,auces! Would io
not be better Tor Inn to have done As suggest
ed unli the order was published, then for
hIni 10 make his reqUISItson, aid II the com
ty commissioners failed 10 furnish the DIS
tlcy courG sGch supplies as by law the cJun-
ty Is required 10 do, then lie woUld have .
right TO GET an order from the Judge, to pur-
cnase hIs stationery, when and where lie
pleased. l claim ti.is IS wfat he should
have done. But instead, he goes and gets
an order from the judge TO purchase, and
! tor en- seriEg such order ne charges the coun-
/ ty 30 cts. Not much of q c-arge, 1t is true,
but look at the principle.
When Mr.. Ayres' hill came to be audited
| could not see rEe propIcty q tbs charge,
/ as also other charges | tod the county
/ commissioners that they he'd better have W.
Ayres explain, which he did, according TO
/ his views Of the matter UIG III violation OF
the order They took Lis explanation, al
/ lowed the bills lie contracted, 0l5EouJ ever
! saying he done wrong, and tha5 hereafter lie
wculd have TO comply with SAID order.
am more particular in this Ela-oer with
: Nr Ayres, Is he is filling position under 4
federal oliicer oyer whom he people Eayo no
control Other officers, Il / understand air.
I Storms ari2ht, also object . have TO come 10
The auditor oiEas Tor .ie:g sUip:ias. Asyet
DO 10, know Il. q -,4ey are some oii.cers,
( L0wcvrr, a-.j Of e.5s'- -5elcs. tliak JAa5 the
/ Cr,lar w1s Is /, 5iG-.I 'e
( ai.i o:l;-a = enough 20 e-cIse the hoa-
ciab!e bo2-i f,r the iuaa.t they have given
ne. as ! suppose t&ey Thought Jla. Geywsrs
/ acliug according to law, a. Judge Niaca-d
/ told AIr Storms, eia.ra-n of t;:e board th&t
!hey Lad 10 power 10 dsiega then Guthori-
~ Now, bono2s are ea.y. Ill hands Fur
chase II ere taey piya5a, pay what they mind
I to, bring in their bulls. a2d Notwithstanding
my objections as comfy aEdi5or, bills are
allowed without any question as TO their JUS
tice. Taos p PAGE,
County Auditor.