The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-30
THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
The Finance Committees Invsstiga-
ton Of Officers Accounts.
STARTLING DISCLOSURES OF
MALFEASANCE AND COR
RUPTION.
uncollectsd Fees.

Rock ISLAND, Dec Is. 1880.
To the Chairman and the Hon Board Of
Supervisors OF Book Island County.
Illinois.
Gentlemen AT the September session
of your Honorable Board. among other
matters. the following resolution was Of
tered by Supervisor L. G. Lloyd, of South
Rock Island and, adopted, viz:
WHEREAS, 1t appears from partial report Of the
Finspce Committee that there Is nov , Ggs goGk
county clerk, ard sheriff, amounting TO $4,000
and in order Ghat we may be enabled TO force the
collection OF said fses. therefore be 1t
ResotUsd That the Finance Committee, with the
assistance OF the various o4ceFs having earned
ships. giving the name of each iGdiyidqal thus
Indebted. together with the amount Of bis indest-
edness TO said county, and report 10 this board al
its next meeting,
In compliance with the foregoing reso
linton we bsg leave TO submit the follow
ing Report:
UNCoLLECTED FEES In cIRJUIr CLERK
OFFICE
We commenced the work Of maklBg an
abstract of uncolected fees due the County
on the Sd day Of November 1880, be
ginning 10 the Circuit Clerks oth3e, with
the term of Geo. d. Gould, but found that
only a part of his term had bseu written
up. on the Fee Books, and 10 order to
make a proper report. an examinati1n of
the napers 10 each ease RoGld have to be
made. which would require aaore time
| than your Committee could devote to it
and make q report at this December term
of the Board.
The present Circuit Clerk, Mr.. Harson,
promised to complete the writing up OF
the Fee Book for Mr.. Gouia's time it he
could find time to do so, and therefore
that part of the work has been abandoned
| by the committee until after Mr. Harson
| shall have completed The writing up OF
Mr.. Goulds Fee Book. 1t is not yet done
and therefore your Committee are unable
to make a report of uncolieeied fees for
| that part of Mr. Gould's term
From tue reports of the Circuit CLERK
and from the Fee Register, SO far as we
have been able to ascertain, there remains
due the County, from the earnings in the
| Circuit Clerks Office. from Dec. ], 1873, to
to s4,55360 as shown by the abstract
accompanying the same.
uECoLLECTED FEES IN COUNTY CLERK 6
OFFICE.
| In the Couoty Clerks Office we found
great difficulty in ascertaiDing. from the
| semi annual Reports of the Clerk and his
Fee Register, the amount of uncollected
| fees, the fees earned having often been
reported in duplicate, so that with the aid
| of the Clerk it was found impossible to
check them. We were, therefore, com
PEELED to abandon the method of taking
the reports made by the Clerk as the
basis for the earnings of bis Office, and
resort to the Fee Books themselves for
the purpose of obtaining from the u the
amount of uneoiIeetea fsae
The recent reports made by the County
Clerk were better understood, ADD the one
made by the present CLERK, Mr.. Donaldson.
was 10 propeI form.
From the probate Fee Book. there is
due the County. 10 earnings of the County
Clerk. from Dec. /. 1878. 10 May 81, 1880.
uaeoilecied fees amounting TO tue sum OF
S2.l4I e as shown by the abstract &C
compaDyiDg tbs same.
UNooLLECTED FEES IN sHERIgF's OFFICE,
From the reports of the Sheriff. and
from the Fee Register. VS. fnd uncoiected
fees due the County froHl Dec. l. 1873 TO
May 81, 1880, the SUN of 81 1862 as
shown by The abstract accompanying
the same.
In making statement OF fees earned by
the Sheriff We have simply given the title
of the case, without giving The reside ice
of the parties, or stating who IL liable Tor
the costs, as an examination OF other
records to ascertain that fact would have
been necessary. and ia order to do this
further lime would De required,