The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-24
OHIO.

The undersigned, committee duly appointed
and authorized to examine the annual report
of the board of county commissioners OF Port
age county, Ohio, in accordance with section
GIT OF the revised statutes of said state. have
made and now submit the foil wing report.
First. We find that the report of said board
of commissioners was made on the Sd day of
September, A D.. 1880.
Second. We find that said report is incom-
plete and deficient and is not in conformity
with the requirements of section 9I7 of the
revised statutes of Ohio in this. to wit: 1t does
not cover and include all the financial transac-
tions of said board of commissioners during
the year next preceding the 81 day of Septem-
Der, A. D., 1896. Said report does not contain
naming in the treasury of eaid county, at
the time of the September, A. D., 1889, settle
ment; neither does it contain any statement of
the receipts of said county treasury fer the
period covered by said report, as is contem-
plated by law.
lures as shown by said report, and carefully
examined and compared the vouchers on file,
for the payments of money with the entries on
the journal of said board OF commissioners
and other papers and books of evidence of said
board and of the auditor of said county, en-
tering into said report and we find them all
The vouchers given for the monthly salary
of the auditor of said county, during and for
the year ending September, A d. 1890, show
that his said monthly salary is rated and fixed
upon the basis of there being $500 male citizens
above the age of twenty one years in said
county, making his monthly salary Sl62 90
while in fact there are but Sl16 such citizens,
and his monthly salary should, accordingly, be
only SloI.00.
Fourth We find errors in the payment OF
the following orders. Numbers SO, 13S, 1863. III
626, T2S 1872. 1923, $50. ll57 and 1247. The error
is small and insignificant in each of the above
numbers and belongs to that class known as
| clerical errors.
Fifth. We find that the levies for school
purposes in Hiram, Nelson and kavenna town
ships have been made and moneys thereon
| collected in excess of the certificates therefore
in the sums of $6.17, $190 and S6.iO re-
spectively.
Sixth We find the comm m'ssioners have
allowed the county auditor $1,000 for making
their annual report and $50 90 for descriptions
upon road lists and we are unable to lind any
statute expressly authorizing the sane.
We find that journal has been kept as re-
auired by law, in which is duly recorded the
action of the commissioners with reference to
all OF the expenditures ordered by taem. and
| that the settlements with the county officers
have been daily made.
We extend to the county auditor and other
officials of the county our thanks Tor facilities
'''0' N-(N- - - '-'''' L. A. oLIN,
T. FOOTE.
approve and unite in making The oregoing
report and desire to say in addition thereto
that in my opinion, the allowances made to
the county auditor. specified in item six, were
properly and legally made by the board of
commissioners under the general authority
given them by the statutes of Ohio.
I. Fl. PHELPS,
Prosecuting Attorney Portage County, o.
Ravenna, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1890.