The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-06-08
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Petition Of More Than Twenty Tax.
Payers Asks for County Inyesti-
cation, The Committee
Appointed.

Upon the written application to
the court Of common pleas OF mcre
than twenty taxpayers Of Hook
ing County for the appointment OF
committee Of three persons to
examine the books and papers be-
longing to the Office of the County
Auditor and County Treasurer,
Judge Wright fixed the bond to be
given by said persons joining in
said petition to the court, and there
upon the bond of which the follow.
ing is copy was presented to the
court and approved:
BOND.
Know all men by these presents,
that John w. Schaal, f. o. Davey,
Joseph Barthlow, Edward Goss,
Chas. Voris, e. M. Brown, w. II.
Herl, Charles Barthlow, Howard
w. Lemon, j. Ii. Brown, f.. z.
Kreider, Daniel Nixon, E. Shultz,
n. Bowers, George Hutton, oliver
Lemon, w, N. Hankison, Freder.
ick Harble, f. Bowers, John Har-
BILE, w. II. Brooke and G. @. Van
horn as principals, and r. II. Wolf
as surity, are held aud firmly bound
unto the State of Ohio, In the penal
sum of Five Hundred Dollars
(S500) for the payment of which,
we do hereby, jointly and severally
bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators firmly by these
presents, as witnessed by our hands
hereunto affixed this % day of May
A. Z. 1899.
The conditions of the obligations
is such that whereas the principals
in this obligation more than twenty
resident taxpayers of Hooking
County, Ohio, have made written
applications to the Court of Com
mon Pleas of said County, to ap-
point committee of three suitable
persons to examine the books and
papers belonging to the Offices of
the County Auditor and County
Treasurer of said County and make
report of their proceedings and
the result of their examination to
said court forth with.
Now if the said court shall ap-
point said committee to make said
investigation and report, and said
court does not certify, on the com
ing in of said report that there
was reasonable ground for said ap.
plication, and the report of said
committee does not show a breach
of the hond of either Of said officers,
the obligors herein shall then pay
the costs and expenses of said ex-
animation, and save said County
harmless; then this obligative shall
be void, otherwise it shall remain
in full force and virtue in law.
(Signed by the aforesaid obligors. }
There upon the court made the
following order as appears by the
journals of the court:
COURT RECORD ENTRY.
In the matter of the appointment
of the committee to examine The
J books and papers belonging to the
? offices of County Auditor and
County Treasurer:
This day came the taxpayers
, Joining in said application to the
l court for the appointment of a
4 committee to examine the books
! and papers belonging to the Offices
e of the County Auditor and County
Treasurer, and presented to the
: court their bond in the sum of Five
t Hundred Dollars with surities to
+ the approval of the court, and the
5 court does approve said bond and
. the suritias thereon and appoints
= as committee to make said ex.
S animation and report, II. f. Spar.
: non, j. N. Acker and Allen II
: Brooke. And said committee is
: ordered to proceed and make said
. examination and report without
delay and according 10 law. And
6 said ii. f. Sparnon, }. n. Acker
f and Allen III. Brooke appeared in
open court and each took an oath
to perform the duties enjoineG mp
on them by law as mem bers of said
committee. Said bond is ordered
recorded by the clerk Of this court
g in the minutes thereof.