Middletown transcript., 1891-02-05
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fsFabis interest was attaoIsa
bs ofaaas cation of the new levy
Z |Sa,tlrt 6n Tuesday The six new
\ rasnbss# all Republicans, wers
sworn III B Buckingham Waz
/ elected chairman and i. s. |zas 1z'
Ed attorney Tor the s9''
ff. JolIs u flis hundred zesa a|e
following raso1ut ions
Whereas Eli lesy court ef sasF ' zs's
i county and lie Trustees q the kooz q
said county have for some time paks eaan
frequently and publicly charged BY respon-
/ sible citizens and the public press d said
oaanty without regard p party, with sS-
trayaeanca, wastefulness and illegalitT in
| ti}sir management Of the financial affairs q
said county.
q And. whereas, il deeply concerns the
public welfare that the truth Or falslty of
said charges should be ascertained to the
end that whatever abuses may be found TO
have been committed in the premises
should be exposed and corrected and Just
reparation secured.
aTherefare be it resolved, that COM
mittee Of fiye members of this body be ap-
pointed by the chairman to thoroughly IN
yestigate the conduct Of the said levy
court Of this county and the expenditures
Of this county, and the expenditures Ct the
said Board Of Trustees during recent years,
and to report to this body as soon as CON
veniently may be any and all abuses, Dy
way Of extravaganza, wastefulness, Or lr-
regularity, which shall be found to have
| been committed and that said committee
shall be and is hereby authorized and en-
powered to employ askilled accountant to
be selected BY it, to assist in the examina-
ton Of the books, accounts and papers Of
the said levy court and Trustees Of the
Poor.''
In moving it's adoption Mr.. Jolls
called for an aye and nay vote. The
court was polled and every member
voted aye Chairman Bucking-
ham appointed the following COM
mittee: Jolls, chairman Gillis,
Simpler, Eliason and Sutton.
| Mr.. Gillis moved the adoption of
the same rules as adopted by the
court Of February 8, 1889, with an
amendment to rule "a, the new rule
being as follows: Any rule may at
any time be amended, repealed or
suspended, or any new rule adopted
by an affirmative vote of majority
of all the members of the court or in
case notice Of any proposed amend
ment, repeal, suspension or adoption
Of any rule shall have been given in
the court on any previous day, in
such case such amendment, repeal,
suspension or adoption may be affect
ed by an Affirmative vote OF a major
Iity of the members present. = !
Mr.. Jolls offered the following reso-
luton 6 That the tax collectors of
this county shall submit to the court
their bonds, with approved surety,
within six days after their election. "
It was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Clark, William
Flemming and Thomas Reardon were
reelected bailiffs at the Court House
by a unanimous vote.
At the meeting of the court in the after
noon Mr.. Jolls offered the following resolu-
ton which was adopted !:
WHEREAS, some doubt exists in the
| minds Of some ofthe members of this body
as to the legality Of renewing the promisory
notes of the county for its floating indebted
ness.
Resolved, That the matter be referred to
| the attorney with the request that he render
his opinion in relation thereto to this court
| tomorrow "wednesday morning at ten
o'clock
Yesterday morning Attorney e. G.
Bradford, Esq, complied with this
request and gave the Court bis
opinion which, by the way Is quite
lengthy. The chief point, however
| is that part of the opinion referring to
the renewal OF notes which were law
fully given. Mr.. Bradford believes
that these notes must be paid out Of
the taxes of the year succeeding that
| in which they were made, and that q
! failure SO to do is illegal. It is prob
able that some action for the relief Of
/ the county will have to be taken by
the Legislature. The Levy Court
is now revising the assessment lists,
and it will be some time before any
other buiness of Importance can be
transacted. The appointment OF
Collectors, Constables, bridge-tenders,
&C., will be an important feature OF
the work for some time to come, as
the candidates are almost innumer-
able.
A Murierous Assault.
George Ditmore, q German about x