Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-01-02
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
TO EXAMINE
Commissioners Report
FOR 1870.

To The Honorable Henry II. Dodge, Judge Of
the Court of Common PleHs Of Wood Go. o.:
Your Committee heretofore appointed 10 in
vestigate and examine the repurt Of the inan-
cial transactions OF the Commissioners Of Wond
County for this year ending September LIST,
1879, submit the following Tepnrt
we have examined the several items of ex-
penditurv contained in sa id report and also the
accounts and vouchers f0r tie same on f'e in
the Auditors office. And we have called and
exami ned witnesses in relation 10 the matters
embra ced therein.
|. In our opinion the making of the com
missiODers report is part of the duties Of the
Auditor as Clerk ofthe Board Of Commissioners
and that the allowance to him Of extra compen-
satIOn for making tile same is unauthorized by
law.
2. The allowance Of $40 20 to the Auditor
for indexing Commissioners Journals, p. aud
O., we regard MS unauthorized by law that be-
ing IN our opinion lsn his duty as Clerk Of the
Board Of Commissioners and covered By his
salary.
8. In our opinion the matter of placing the
annual assessments for schoul purposes upon
the grand duplicate Of the county is a part IT
the regu lar duties Of the Audilur and is covered
by his salary. From the testimony Of expsrts.
including that Of the AnditoT himself. we find
that his other duties under the schonl law and
for which he is enttled'to a reasonable allow
ance can De peTIOIIneu IN 90 Gays. uence IN
the al llOwance to him of 1880 therefor is more
than n reasonable compensation.
4. We find no law authorizing tho employ
| ment Of ianitor by the Commissioners.
5. From the evidence before us upon The
subject Of the Auditors settlements Of ditch aud
road accounts and making dividends on ditch
/ aud road bonds we find that the work can be
| performed in Is To 20 days. We are therefore
/ Of the opinion that the allowance to the Audi
| tor Of $3.50 therefor is excessive
8. From the evidence adduced in regard Ia
the issuing Of road and ditch coupon bonds we
| find that the time required for tn he preparation
a nd issueing of such bonds averae es thirty min.
utes each. We therefore think that the allow
ance to the Auditor Of so cents each is too great
Z. The allowance to the Auditor for making
the record of ditch plats, Of 5 cents for each de-
seriptiOn therein contained, we deem excessive
There being no fixed fee therefor, we recon-
mend that the Commissioners hereafter Teduc,
said allowance 10 a fair compensation.
8. We find that the lis filed by surveyors
and engineers for services on bitches and i'm
proved roads, (Which aggregate large Rmnun
annually are not sufficiently apeeifo some o
them not stating the time o service for whiel
compensation is claimed. We recommend tha
the Commissioners require these accounts to b.
made full and exact; aud that they carefully
investigate the tims expended by surveyors an,
engineers as charged for Ia accounts Of ihi
kind
o. A considerable portion ofphe burdenSom
expense attending the construction Ind improve
msut Of roads and bitches in our county arise
from the excessive fees allowed by law 10 tht
officers, engineers, surveyors 81 printers.
The evil will hot cease nor can Il be RENE
died unit the statutes governing these matter
are so modified as to reduce such fees to a rea
sonable compensation for services rendered.
We think that the public interest demand
that our Representative in the Genera Assem-
bly, use his inf usnce to secure such modification
OF the existing laws.
+, A. BALDWIN, Pros. Att'yl
JoHN w. CANARY Com.
JANIS o. TRouP.