The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-14
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
Pursuant to the appointment of the Court
of Common Pleas of Hooking County. Ohio,
o. VIII. Wright, presiding. we have invest
tigated and examined the foregoing annual
County aud respectfully submit the follow
ing. as our report thereon
We commend the Commissioners and the
Auditor for the very excellent form and ar
rangement Of the report. and the convenient
arrangement of the accompanying bills and
papers. so as to facilitate their examination
but We think it unnecessarily voluminous,-
it being under narrow construction of the
Statutes, detailed" to such an extent that
at least the printer. If not the taxpayer, will
or ought to be satisfied with it.
We find several small errors in the extern
sions of inirmary billf showing carelessness
in their consideration and allowance; also,
quite number of the bills are not itemized
as the law requires, and should not have
allowed in such form; for instance, most of
the meat bills merely say (date) ITO beef.
blank dollars stating neither pounds or
price. Again. bill was allowed which reads,
ITO shaving prisoners in Jail from Septem-
Der to November %. 1893. 1885," this. besides
not being itemiZed reaches back over and
includes fifty cents which had heen allowed
and paid to the same person in his preced-
ing bill.
Dr. Mansfield was allowed two dollars (20O)
for "trip and medicine to Chil6rens Home"
in 1899, (no month given) at which time DR..
Lyons was the salaried physician of said
Homo.
The payment of four dollars $500 to
James A. Oliver for livery tor Commission
ers" was illegal: as was also the payment OF
four dollars (S4 0Ol to E. z. Armstrong tor
the same purpose.
The Statute does not authorize an allow
ance to Magistrates and Constables in lieu of
fees in misdemeanors where there was no
conviction, and for this reason the allow
ances in the following cases were illegal:
In State VS. James A. Riser amount allow
ed s7.3).
In State VS. George Chilcote amount allow
ed s75.
Also, cost bill of ses.l5 in the of State VS.
Charles Warren is not itemized, and should
not have been allowed in such form.
Justices are not entitled to one dollar for
trial in preliminary examinations. In
the cost bills allowed by the Commissioners !
illegal In the same cost bills Sl1 90 was a.
lowed Constables for attending trial" of
which only Sc. 7o was legal. They are entitl- !
to only seventy five cents (.75) for such at I
tendance See Sec. 1917 of Revised Statute.
The commissioners respectively charged
and received for their expenses" while en-
gagged in their official duties, as follows:-
VIC. Webb $1,000
Us. Williams S20.75
John w. Smith Sl3.60
George Jacoby s39.29; all of which were |
illegal. ,
The Infirmary Directors charged and re- !
ceived for expenees while on Official busi-
ness, as follOwS:-
w. NJ Wallace. Sa1.50
Isaac A. Wright, SS.2o,
JIG. Krinn, 81 So;
Ill of which were illegally allowed. /
part of the above sums was for horse
feed, j legitimate item tor allowance; but it
vas so combined in the bills with improper
;harges that they could not be separated,
md all, therefore, should have been disal-
owed until properly presented. We have
:arefully taken out proper items that could
,e distinguished and separated, and they
Ire not included in the above sums.
Very Respectfully.
ROBT. F. PRICE.