The Russellville Democrat., 1886-04-08

this condition the account WAS trans
ferred from Higgins 10 Quinn. We
think il should have stopped 81 Ho-
gins credit, and not gone Ia Quinn's
debit. With this exception his &c
counts in all particulars tally with
great precision.
In the clerks Office we also find
clean tally sheets. TIE clerk, Mr..
Potts, has made his reports quarter
" from tile beginning OF his term
with but one solitary exception. In
his account we foand few trivial
errors IN counts or calculations,
which, balancing one against an
other, resulted in final balance in
favor of the county of few dollars,
that is the county owed the
clerk these few dollars).
The condition of the clerks office we
consider very satisfactory. We state
as matter Of public concern that
for the last four years the Office has
paid It's expenses from the proceeds
arising from the clerks Official seal
tax, and at the last term of the conn
ty court the sum OF $Sl was paid In:
to the treasury. We NAV further
remark here that our investigation
led US into a thorough sitting Of the
scrip business during the last four
years, and we take pleasure In say
ing we found no wrong. In fact,
between court dockets, county rec
ords, original claims and accounts
and warrant stubs, there Is such a
system OF checks as to make it diff
lcult for an error in the issuance Of q
county warrant to go undetected.
In Treasurer Baird's annual July
settlement with the county court at
it's last July term two errors were
detected in which credit had been
claimed and granted for the sum Of
$145.31, commissions out, in excess
of scrip cancellation shown by his
registry to have been actually eau
celled. This amount was ih the two
items of old and new county scrip
contained in his statement. 1t has
been properly charged TO his account
With his consent by the county clerk.
We also detected an error in school
district No. AZ in which the district
had been charged with a $40 order
when IL should have been charged
with only $6.l5, the rest having been
previously paid and credited there
on. Also. in district No. Ii a $50
order was charged $35. In both
these cases proper credits were given
to rcctify the mistakes. With these
corrections his accounts and books
stand square.
The justices of the peace IN the
various townships have filed their
transcripts and the constables now
In Office are balanced In their &C
counts.
We find constables OF former years
delinquent as follows: John Sinclair,
Clark tip, 1876. $3.50; T. j. Pardue,
Liberty tp, '76, $45; P. S. Sims,
Hickey tip, ~, s75; D. M. Allen.
Hickey tp, '7S. 500; John Fowler,
marshal Of Russellville, rs, $50; J.
c. Warren, J. P. Dover tp, rs, 50; s.
Fl. Costen, Illinois tip, '78, 1925;
Jacob Shelton, Moreland tip, 10.
$3.50; w. 4. Atkins, Martin tip, '7S,
IS, M. NJ. Mumford, N Fork tip, '79,
50; w. H. Bruce, Lee tp, 80, $54.35;
j. M. Grinder, Liberty tip, 81. 81;
S. t. Ray, Gumlog tp, ~, Soc; s. T.
Marbergcr, Clark tip, 81, $67, w. N.
Brown, Independence tip, $50, So.
Summing up IN word, we find
matters and accounts of q public ma:
;ure, taking them all in all to be in a
good healthy condition, and nothing.
we are pleased to say, IN the errors
and mistakes discovered, showed the
traces of criminality or bad motive.
N. w. KUHN,
j. f. MuNDAY,
w. w. BRAsHEAR,
Com'rs of accounts.
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