The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-04-05
commissioners of Accounts.
psnor, of Commissioners Of Acc'ts.
March, Term, 1895.

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March, Term, 1895.
~, the St. Francis Circuit Court
uircb term thereof. 1895, Hon. IL. n.
linton. Judge presiding.
The undersigned. 10y your honor at
.hs nrysent term, appointed as com
W. OF accounts. and instructed
:" MAKE the examination required BY
1'w and to make report thereof to
rour honor ut the present term. beg to
,reseu, the following report to-wit
I'm the 18th day of March, 1895, We
,sspmbIed i'm thu Office of the clerk of
,bp Circuit Court of st. Francis county
md took the oath Of office required by
,,V and proceeded to make the invest
;cation and examination by law re-
CURED.
In our report made at the last OctO-
,,.r tp7vn. we called attention to the
fact that the accounts of j. b. Wilson,
lalp Treasurer. had not been closed on
the countys ledger. We End the said
accounts still open. and no credits ell
tered in favor of said Wilson. Upon
reference to the records of the Circuit
t,#rt. we end that judgment was en-
,prpd against said Wilson and his
bondsmpn, ut the March term. 1894. of
said court. for the sum of S9i4S .43, and
The return OH the execution issued in
said matter shows the full payment of
said sum IL the sheriff, with all costs
except the = per cent commission due
the sheriff for collecting the same, said
commission amounting to the sum of
SIS 10
We find from receipts on file in the
Cmslty Clerks office that of the amount
collected on said execution SS02G 80
Was turned over To the County Treas
urpr. j. w. AVIAN, and the suui of $3.50
rs vas tWrned over to Norton IL
Prewrtt.
We find the said Treasurer AVIAN in
his annual settlement, charges him.
self with the sum OF Sll0i 81, as re-
cpived on account Of this Wilson iudg-
mpnt. for the benefit of the Railroad
bond fund, with the sum of s7i6l 80
for the benefit of the school fund. TIA.
SUN Of 500 81 for the benefit of the es-
tray fund, and the sum of Sl90l for
the amount ut the redemption of lands.
making a total of SS3l42i. accounted
for out of the said sum of S9448 43.
leaving balance of $II34 % AS expense
~0f collection.
Of this latter sum the sheriff re-
ceiVrd $3.50 49. and we are informed
that MesSrs. Norton il Prewett retain
I'd s9i4 s3
There is il contention between Mr..
Wilson aud the sheriff about this $751;
~ aud che matter is now in the SUI
preue Court on appeal.
We hnd allowances made by the
County Court from time to time, to the
sheilH Tor guard fees at the Jail. This
appears to be an unnecessary experi-
dlture, and should not he incurred uli-
less by order of the Circuit Court.
We find the accounts of +. Laugh
thghouse, late clerk, allowed for fees at
'he Ortober term. not sworn to, and
NOT itemIzed. The account appears to
NC regular and We presume it was HI
oversight, both on the part of that OFF,
GER and the County Judge.
we mud al item of expense pre-
seh'ed 10y the election commissioners,
lor $3.50, for ballot boxes. This
seems to be too much for such work as
tun county usually gets, i'm such cases
we and All account OF $50, allowed
70 Lahdvolgt * Vadakin which is not
~ Tue form or in substance as required
by law.
we and that County Judge Hinton
aas aiiewed as high AS SIS per thou
sanulor lumber for bridges, and that
numbers u the atiidavits to these ac-
eouits are not in the form and sab
s.ahce required by law, indicating that
'o cia'Mahts made an extra charge
ior The depreciation of county scrip.
y III claim of $50. allowed to III. +.
. munstoil Tor land used i'm repairing
"Ia au 10 hrivgs township, we find irreg
u'ailty' The viewers ordered Il survey
~"oe ny Toe County Surveyor and
hiepoiI or The amount of land used, to
:. made. We DO not find any report
o"a cannot tell how much land was
eo"s"tied, and whether the claim is
colIect or not.
a. W. nnd the sum of Sl3 so allowed to
o"e nierk of Phillips Circuit Court for
.nIicateS issued to witnesses ina the
n"nllecap Cases" This is an illegal
Sn We iiho The following Gonstables and
'p W cnnstables in arrears to-wit:
fowl "m, Vick. special constable of Franks
oMunry Nesbit, constable of Prairie
to, W.. D. Hall, constable of wbeatley
T4Iiennry Waldrup, special constable of
A1Iico township. S25.
GrienA Months. special constable of
NiIs sss township, 81.
town all fotts. constable of Franks
townaLt,, Taylor, constable Of Griggs
emf n iatter, however. is for the pres
md"dtler and is subject to adjust
Court. "o"e term VI Tie ooups'
of,he nhd that some of the magistrates
Of me- county have not filed the abstract
sect;n sosmeanors, required of them by
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