Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-26

The final entimate Of the County Emp,
neer for all the work done he should
or,iy have received 1851 SO, showing an
oyerpaynent TO him Of Sl25 10.
Thos. Curran under q contract I0r
work on the first division q. Y: q r
road has been paid exclusive oil the aus
count on commissioners wariAns
S795 q, when by the final estimate Oh
the County Engineer Tor all the 1or.
done ne should only have received
s6S6 e6. showing that an overpaymeht
mas been made 10 him of $lOS %. -''
r. Camp under contract tor WORK On
the snperstructuIe Of the bridge ut the
Forks of Short Greek has been paidi
so4O57. when by the final estimate oil
the Engineer ne should only have re-
ceiyed $lsl.24, showing that an over.
payment has been made on his account
of $50 80.
Gordon and Geary under q contract
for work on the Fulton bridge have
been paid exclusive OF the discounts
as 1854. when by the final estimate oil
the Engineer and allowance by Commits
sioners they should have received only
IS, 1877 81. showing that an overpayment
of $50 40 has been made.
VIM. NJ. Hutchinson under contract
for work on the first division OF the w.
w. L. & B. road has been paid Sis,
when by the final estimate OF the Eng
neer he should have received $lZS,
showing that $40 is due him.
M. Clark & Co., under contract Tor
work done on the Fairmont road, have
been paid exclusive OF discounts S69S,
when by the final estimate OF the Engl-
neer they should have received sos,
showing that money is due them.
In the accounts OF the salaries OF the
county officers we find the following
yer.payments, viz: B. Stanley, Super.
intendent OF Poor House, $3.50: l. 5.
Jordan, Prosecuting Attorney, SS3 81 ;
5. Il. McColloch, Clerk OF the Circuit
Court, $780,.
Since our former report in regard to
the accounts OF the coal contractor Or.
l. Kimberly We have found other err
rors, both for and against the county,
and in order to settle the same we have
charged him with the errors against the
county and credited him With those
against himself. We find after balanc-
ing the account that there is balance
due him of 5000.
Since our report OF -, 1881, We
find that there have been addition pay
ments made out OF county funds to
justices and constables that should have
been paid out of the General School
Fund and some
ITEMS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS NOT LA
BILE FOR,
to the amount OF 1927 So.
We further find that the Committee
on Court House and Jail, approved
September I'd, 1873. the bills OF w. W.
Miller, j. p, and Charles Exley, Con.
stable, for holding all inquest on II. X.
Forsyth, and the Board order the bills
paid by orders No. 2l0 and 2ll, and
afterwards on the eth OF April, 1879, the
Committee on Court House and Jail
approved the bills OF w. w. Miller, j.
p, and Charles Exley, Con stable, for
holding
ANINQURsr on HENRY sCHMuLBACH,
and the Board ordered the bills paid,
and they were paid by orders No. 500
and $50.
It does seem to us that some person
Board was in session should have dis
covered the error in the bills as pre- sent.
ed on the 9Th OF April and prevented
the payment OF them, for the reason
that no officer can charge the county for
holding an inquest on the body OF a
living person. The Justice owes the
county S.; the constable has not been
paid the fees he claims of 1925 on the
bill OF April 9TH, 1879, but has been paid
the extra s. on the inquest as above
stated. II the bills are correct the coun-
ty will owe him 25 cents.
For keeping persons committed to
Jail by j. P.'s in peace warrant cases,
the county is not liatle TO the jailor for
his fees, but the jailors must charge
such fees to the School Fund. Yet it is
a fact that we have discovered during
our examination OF the books and pa
pers OF this Office that the county
HAS PAID IN THE AGGREGATE LARGE
OF money to the jailers OF the county, by
paying bills after bills, year in and wear
out, for keeping prisoners committed by
Justices of the Peace, on peace warrants
and like proceedings. The only way to
tell the amount that the county has
squandered in that direction is to CON-
pare the jailer's bill with the commit
ments that the jailer must have received
at the time the prisoner was committed
to his custody. These papers we have
not been able to find on file in this Office.
We would respectfully recommend
the following:
l. That an ordinance be drawn which
shall clearly define the duties OF the
Clerk Of this Board.
.. That all bills against the colnty,
excepting the bills Of contractors and the
salaries of the county officers, be paid
every quarter instead OF every month az
heretofore, making provision for the
President or the chairman of the differ
ent committees TO pay urgent claims
b'tween quarters, but subject 10 the ap.
proval OF the Board.
3. That the salaries OF the county Off.
GERS be paid every month, and that con.
tractors be paid upon the estimates OF
the County Engineer, as has been done
heretofore, but that such accounts be
k pit OF those payments as will show al
any time, just what each person has re-
caived. In this way the duties OF the
Clerk OF this Board will not be so oner'
GUS, and he will have ample time to
keep the books and papers in such shape
that at any time any information that
may be desired by any member OF the
Board can be obtained from him.
4. That hereafter the different COM
mittees make
AMoRE THOROUGH EXAMINATION
OF the bills than has been done.
5. That an entirely new system OF
paying interest upon commissioners
warrants be adopted BY the Board, and
that discounts allowed contractors be
not paid except upon the completion OF
their contracts, and then only upon the
evidence OF a written statement signed
by the cashier OF the bank at which such
warrants have been discounted, and that
such interest and discount he charged TO
an account to be entitled Interest Ac-
count"
We have in our way pointed out
to your committee some OF the
errors of the past conduct OF the bust
ness OF Ohio county, and have made
such suggestions to your committee,