Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-03-23

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q hobe, asst sur ditch 740.................. IS
n Oheadle, wit fees stvs Latham. ......- 80
Schwetbert, viewer on Honeck road. ... csc
John doen, asst sur Flo. q Okolona I'd. so
NJ Gensel, do ditch 7Sl SI3
z Schwab, eng fees bitches 741 and 73l. 81 90
Saur q Co, int on rd imp bonds....... $50 90
Ruggles Gale Co, stationery ............. 1876 80
y Parker, making book case .............. 200
Johnson watson, stationery ry....,............ $50
A blxby, axman etc ditch G41............. 80
James Hanna, making indexes... .--. 225 90
Parker, viewer on Heckler I'd. ..........,.... so
q Nanhyning, do ............. 90
J Rohrbaugh, asst sur ditch 729 ,........... / IS
Saur q Co, int on reminding bonds..... so 90
Q Schwab, engfees Heckler rd.............. go
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To the Honorable the Judge of Court of
Common Pleas, Henry Co., o.:
The undersigned Committee appointed by
Your Honor to examine said report, beg
leave to submit the following as the result
We have examined every voucher with the
report.
of said examination.
The following detailed exhibit now repre-
sents complete and correct transcript of
all claims approved and paid by the Com
missioners of said county for tho year be
ginning Sept. l, 1891, and ending Aug. 81,
1892.
We find vouchers for every one of the
foreGoing items properly certified. We
have gone back of the vouchers in some
instances in our Investigations and we have
in many instances we have called witnesses
who have testified when information was
desired by your committee, beyond the ev-
idence upon the bills presented; and as a
result of the whole investigation, we beg
leave to call your attention to the following g
matter:
We find the commissioners allowed Au-
gust Hirseland. the janitor of the court
house and sheriff's residence, bill of $500
for whitewashing, vanishing seats, fixing
floor. and fastening seats down; and in
another bill the sum of $11 90 for building a
partition for coal room, putting four tables
together, putting wire screen in Treasurer's
Office, putting on locks and making coal
cart; and said commissioners allowed Mar
tin Head the sum of $l.88 for cutting weeds
and moving courthouse grounds. All Of
said bills in our opinion should not have
been paid for the reason, we hold, that all
| the above services for which said payments
we're made should have been done bv said
| Hirseland as janitor of said courthouse and
sheriff's residence.
We find under Sec. 794, Revised Statutes,
the commissioners have been in the habit
of awarding by private contract the con.
strudtion of stone abutments, culverts and
iron bridges throughout the county, and In
our opinion the payment in many instan-
ces TO the same have been exhor3itant. We
therefore suggest that in the construction
of all such work, hereafter, the commission.
ers sell such work at public sale, as they
have the clear right to do under the statute
and we suggest that if the construction OF
all stone and iron work cannot be by public
sale constructed cheaper than in the past,
that in the present condition of the coun-
ty's finances. all stone and iron work. be
abandoned for the present.
| We find in the construction of stone
abutment on the county line between Ful
ton and Henry counties, that said abutment
was constructed under the supervision ot
the county commissioners of Fulton coun
ty, and bill was presented and allowed By
the commissioners of Fulton county at tht
rate OF 5000 per cord of 100 cubic feet oi
stone, one-half of which was paid BY Hen
ry county.
Said bill is as follows:
Robert Moore.
Nov. IL, '9l.-10 1-3 cord stone, $50
per cord, $4,000
F." -Excavating and putting
| in pipe, $50
SIT sewer pipe at "a
FER foot, 1923 O
| Total, 400 O
We further find stone aoutment was built b.
one George Holder, on the road known as tht
Florida and Okolona road, that on the 18th da
Of April, 1892. enc John Ryan bid TO construc
said stone abutmeut st the price of S12.D0 pc
cord of 100 cubic feet. See Commissioners jour
nal Vol. 10 page 304. That on the 7th day O
May, A. D., 1922, the County Commissioners b.
resolution, see Commissioners journal Vol. ID
page 1888, rejected tho following resolution:
In the matter Of letting of stone work on th
Florida and Okoona road.
RESOLUTION.
Be 1t resolved by the board of county commis
sioners OF Henry county, Ohio, that the work o
building a cuvert on the Florida and Okolon
road, near and east Of Florida and building ston
abutments at creek pear Bruoaker's farm, s0utl
of Okolona on said road, also raiting Of abui
ments and bridges at II. Beinen's farm, nea
sponsbe bidder.
The above resolution was lost by the followin
vote:
Yeas, Levi King.
Nays, A. j. Saygers,
William N. Zieroif.
We further find ON page 3S9 Of said journal th
J following resolution:
Belt ordered by the board Of county commi
I sioners OF Henry county, Ohio, that the work
J repairing bridge on said road near the Benie
farm In Napoleon township by raising the sam
J and putting in steel stringers be let to Georg
J Holder for the sum Of $l7.H0 per cord, wall meas
urements, stone to be not less than inches fac,
} The said Holder to furnish eli material exceI
cement, which said Holder shall haul, the ste
, stringers to be walled In by said Holder, sal
sum OF $iI.OO per cord to be in full, also th
J work OF constructing one bridge across said roa
} on John Brubaker's farm In Flatrock tOwnshi
] to be let to said George Holder on same term
J and conditions. Also the work of constructing
cnivert near Isaac Karsners place east Of Florid
J on the same terms, the said culvert to be cope
with stone not less than six inches thick and Ion
, enough to span the walls Of said cuivert, sal
George Holder is required to enter into contra
In writing Tor said works 10 accordance with the
J order. Tho above resolution was adopted by Il
] following vote:
Meas, Meas, Az; Lsaygers and VIM. N. zierolf.
4 ion of said work should have been awsfded
b the said Ryan and that the award Of said woi
0 TO the said Holder was not justified and th
0 he commissioners in awarding said Contract
D laid Holder were not acting for the btet intere
B | Of the taxpayers Of said county, Ia.
Z We further ind bill presented and allowed
4 the commissioners to one Geo. JeaketfOr Il
y repairing of Ferry boat at Texas, Ohio, said b
Henry county, Ohio, DR.. to Geo. Jeak
3 70 expense repairing ferry boat and
9 To Jam smount mt uaia for ,''''''.. board ~ ~
g To amount paid for material. .......... s.
q q Total. ....................... Sf12
We have made o thorough examination of tt
% Ill and are clearly Of the opinion that one-h,
% OF the amount allowed would have been sufficie
: pay for the work and labor performed in the
. pair OF said ferry boat and the material furnish
g by said Jeakle d
0 We find that the County Auditor has been
a lowed and paid the sum Of $4,000 for making t
commissioners report and in our opinion the ps
o ment is not authorized by statute; that his duty
5 Clerk Of the board of county -commi ssioners a
as part OF his official duties he is required to ma
o said rep0rt without compensation
0 We find that the practice iu this county hi
0 been to allow the Auditor compensation for NAL
0 ing the commissioners report and that when
5 said Auditor presented and was allowed compe
o saationfor making said report he simply follow
8 tue practice OF his predecessors In ONCE. y
q We do further hId that In mn fishing the Proc