The Portland daily press., 1889-01-23
TIE COUNTY EIhANoEs.
Annual Reports of the IRE asurer
and Commissioners.

We have received from William M. Marks
an advance copy of the annual reports oil
the County Commissioners and County
Treasurer for 1SSS-S9.
The County Commissioners state that the
quarters Of the sheriff and probate and in-
solvency courts are so inadequate request
will soon be made ON this city for better.
They speak Of the improvements that have
been made at the Jail, in repairing and re-
papering, and heating, which have been
mentioned by the PRESS as they occurred.
The greatest number of male prisoners In
jail at any time was 1877, and the average 1o9;
there are As cells for male and IL for female
prisoners. For proper accommodation for
prisoners it is advised that the jail be enlarg-
ed by raising the wings to level with the
main building, thus adding "a cells to the
jail capacity. The greatest credit reflects
on the jailer for the way in which the jail is
kept
1t is believed that by the proper public Of
icers managing and directing the Jail labor.
the benefit of the workshop as reformatory
institution will be greater to the public than
if formed ont to lessees, although steady
increase In revenue may not be yielded to the
county treasury. The female department of
prison labor. under the capable management
of Miss Webb, the matron. has added some
what to the income of the workshop, while
better discipline has been secured. AT pres
ent work is done for Boston parties, but
previously materials were purchased. gar
ments made, and the products sold Repairs
have been made on Portland and Martins
Point bridges. and new drawer must be
placed in the latter bridge early in the
spring. The Commissioners estimate the
sum of $4,000 will re necessary for 1889 aud
1890, or $17S,000 for the county expenses for
those two year,, and that the receipts will
be SOS, 600, or $34, 900 for each year. The re-
port includes the cases appearing on this
docket for 1888, and tells how they have
been disposed of. The report is signed by
Henry Nutter, j. B. Hammond and J. II.
Tolman, commissioners.
The bills audited by the Commissioners
amount to $3,544.42 on court house account,
$6.435.S9 on account of Portland Municipal
Court, $17,179.91 on Jail account, and $1O,-
200.63 for clerk of courts Office, commission
ers' office, probate court office, trial Justice.
Register of Deeds office, road cases, county
bridges, coroners' inquests. suppression Of
liquor traffic-this item is 50, 1856 65-continu-
GUS index, county treasurer's office, and mis-
cellaneous. The Jail labor account, male,
amounts to $1,000. with credit by cash from
lessees of the same amount, and the female,
$61o.16, with cash for same. and credit by
manufactured goods, etc., on hand to the
same amount
The county treasurer, Mr.. James M.
Webb's report, show the county tax for 1888
was $4,000, and $1l, 541.69 unpaid, Baldwin,
Brunswick, Casco, Cumberland, Freeport,
Gorham, Gray, Harpswell, Naples. New
Gloucester, Portland, Raymond, Standsh.
Windham and Yarmouth being the delin-
quents. The receipts for the year were $780,
32lS0. the expenditures $50, 1854, leaving
balance in the treasury of S9,936.36. The
cost of the Supreme Court was S2,130.31; Su-
perior Court, S12.6s7.O7; and the Municipal
Court S5.167.72; salaries of county officers,
12,46l.35. The resources are $2l, 47S05, of
which $9,036.36 is balance in the treasury,
and 81 ,541.69 due from county tax of 1888.
The liabilities are S4,37S.56, and the excess
of resources $17,09S.49