Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-11

thousand, eight hundred and two dollars and
twenty-five cents (s2 sOs 22) In favor Of that In.
stitutiOn.
We have examined the account OF Jacob S.
| Strine, esq, late sheriff OF the county, for
fines, fOrfeitures and jury fund, and found he
had collected (salS) four hundred and thirteen
dollars, which sum lle paid to the county treas
| urer and produced the receipt.
| We have .lsO examined the docket of Isaac
Mishler, late coroner of the county, and find
| that l3i inquisitiOns were held in 1851. The
| coroner stated he found nothing of value OH
| any corpse, that was not used for the burial OF
| deceased, Or handed over to the friends of the
deceased, or paid to the proper authorities.
Under the act OF Assembly, approved April
| 0, 1867, Pamphlet Laws, PIP. So and 3d. section
3, 500 Is appropriated out OF the county funds
| to the county superintendent tor the use OF
the Teachers institute OF tho county" in pro-
curing the services OF lecturers. and instruc.
| tors tor the institute, and In providing the
necessary apparatus, books anu stationary for
| carrying ON its work."
As required by section 4 OF said act, VIC have
| examined the vouchers and flnd the appro-
priatiOn was expended for the purposes tor
| which it was given.
The Charge the Fish Pots
| ExOrbitant charges have been male and al.
lowed for destroying fish pots in the Susque
| hanna river. From the evidence of the parties
| employed to destroy them we find the SO
called destruction docs not effect the, object
| contemplated by the trainers OF the law, AMI
| has added i575.5O to the expense OF the county
were looking tor abOut cambridge been de-
strOyed the expense to the county would have
been much greater.
The expense of tiismantling fish pots costs
| the county more than the value OF the fish
taken i'll them, as every baskt as dismantleti
can be refitted in few hours. We recommend
that instead of dismantling baskets the par ties
erecting and Using them he prosecuted.
Printing and Jury Commiss, oners.
The item OF printing has assumed proper
tons in cost greater than we think necessary,
We recommend that the county commission
ers distribute the work among the printers of
the county, allowing each pOrtio 1t is un-
necessary that reports, &C., be published in
every newspaper in the county. The amount
paid each jury commissioner during the year
Is $427.5O, computed at three days each for 81
districts in the city and county, making for
each III days at $3.50 p0r day.
We do not think the MODE OF compensat ion
a very accurate one, certainly not contemplat
ed by the trainers OF the law. But tho com
nlissioncrs both qualified to the time stated
being occupied in their wOrk-one commits.
sioner stating that he believed he occnpied 30
days if he had KEEP: record OF them. We rec
ommend the Office be abolished, and the
county commissioners perform the duties OF
the jurv commissioners.
"County for Costs.''
We find gross abuses of the law in the man.
ner aldermen, justices of the peace, constabies
and policemen conduct business. We have,
after much labor in comparing bills and dock
cts, prison records and hearing testimony,
taken from their several bills such items as
We think they are not legally entitled to, and
have embodied them in Schedule " A" for
magistrates, anu Schedule 90 B." tor cOnstables
and policemen. Amount of Schedule " A."
$G,l7OG5; B." amounts to $3327.7O. As Il
matter Of information anti curiosity, there are
1895 complaints made by cOnstables and po-
licemen ana entertained by magistrates-one
magistrate taking as many rs AZ, with the as
sertiOn under oath before us that he would
not commit on complaint of . constable alone;
at the same time he could not or would not
say why he entertained the constabIes com
plaint.
There are 3l4 duplicate, 3. triplicat~ and
Quadruplicate complaints on the schedules, SO
cross actions OF 136 single suits, hearings in
25S cases, 50 search warrants and II number of
cases of surety of the peace all OF the above
were dismissed at q total cost of the sum
above named, except items tor rccognizance
for hearing-the magistrates claiming 80
cents, while We allow(by legal advico)25 cents,
We recommend that the proper authorities
collect these amounts by civil su1t and enter
such criminal suits as the several cases in the
schedules may demand, and further, to ask
the repeal of the law under which officers farm
cases and collect fees in the manner set FORTH
We also find nearly all policemen and con-
stables making charges in their bills tor sub
p0ena and mileage In subpgnaing themselves
their charges arc illegal. We also find on
nearly all the bills where one, two, and some
p1naed as witnesses in many cases, yet the
cases are discharged. Such names are added
by way OF farming for costs. We caution the
anu justices who make out tho con-
stables bills not to include sucl, foolish
charges.
"very IiberaI COinpe nsatiOn.''
We lind commissioners order, No. 393'
amount for arranging papers in the prOthono-
tary Office 81 ,s.D, and upon hearing testimony
$50.
We consider 81 COO very liberal compensa-
tiOn, ana that will allow the prothonotary $50
tor his suDefintendence and any extra pay to
regular clerks tor their assistance.
Montgomery ExOncratetl.
From the testimony Of the commissioners
before NJ we find RObt. Montgomery was not !
pres ent when this bill was approved and |
paid. We therefore surcharge Christian Coblc |
md Isaac BushOng (having no authority to |
snrcharge Kobt Montgomery $500.
Urlan's Grab.
Commissioners order, No. 1882, for blanks |
nsed in quarter sessions Office. which payment |
BY the county is clearly illegal. From the |
OF the county commiss Oners, be- |
lore us. we find Robert Montgomery was not |
present when this bill was approved and paid.
mi that he had objected to the payment OF tie |
'sll-the county solicitor also objected and |
warned the county commissioners that the |
Dill was Illegal AMI they were liable to be sur
therefore surcharge Christian
/Oble and Isaac Bushong with the whole
llnOunt 45ll 80 ma hi n0 total charge one thOuS-