Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-01

property Tor $4OO; board TOOK meItot
under advisement.
Bill Of o. X. Smith on contract work
protecting the Dan Gleason bridge across
the Satsop, allowed for $452.y6.
The following persons were appointed
supervisors for the umexpired term end.
in9 January, 1901: w. H. Amidon, dist
Al; T. Stone, dist 4; OSville Holman
E. E: Torpen came before the board 10
earding four days work which the super.
visor had failed to allow matter referred
to supervisor.
The auditor placed before the board
the communication from w. H. Abel ask.
ing the board to investigate the auditors
office, and the board made the examine
ton and reported % follows:
To whom It may concern
Whereas w. H. Abel, prosecuting at
torney Of Chehahs county, state Of Wash
inatori, did on the 10th day Of October,
1900, place before the undersigned, ~ the
hoard Of county commissioners In and fol
said county and state, certain report
containing among other things four
specific charges of non.feasance and mis-
feaeance in the conduct OF the public
business Of the auditors Office Of said
county by ]. A. Sells, auditor thereof,
to-wit:
let. That certain papers in the custody
Of said Auditor Sells were not filed and
indexed a. required by law.
End. That certain contracts made by
and between the board Of county COM
missioners and Savage & Schofield were
not found IN their proper places for such
rapere and that certain papers that
should have been attached to said con-
tracts we're not 30 attached.
3rd. That certain warrants were drawn
by said Auditor Sells before the expira'
ton of the 10 days prescribed by law to
he allowed to elapse between the allow
ance of claim by the board OF county
commissioners and the issuance of war.
rant in payment Of the same by the
auditor.
4th. That BY clerical error Of Auditor
Sells in reporting the amount OF taxable
property in Chehalis county for the year
1898, to the state board OF equalization
Chehalis county was compelled to pay
and did pay I'll, 900 more state tax than
it would otherwise have done.
And whereas It has seemed necessary
and proper that said charges should bt
thoroughly investigated, and such an in
vestigation having been demanded by j.
A. Sells, said auditor,
Therefore, We, ]. P. Carson, N. HERR
man and j. A. Acteson. as the board O.
county commissioners Of said county and
state, have thoroughly investigated said
charges and find az follows:
| As to charge No. l.
We found not only the particular pa
pers mentioned in said report properly
f3led and indexed, but upon q most thor
ough examination were able to find nont
that were not properly filed and indexed
! As to charge No. p
We found all the papers relating to thu
contract between the county and Savagl
4 Schoheld in their proper places ant
duly filed and indexed.
AZ to charge No. g.
We found that certain warrants vert
issued by the auditor without waiting fol
the expiration Of said 10 days, but ",
find that they are 80 issued in accordance
with the terms Of the contract with sale
Savage & Schofield, and that the laws o
rants to be 80 issued under such circum
stances. See law Of 1893, 3lS - con
strued BY our supreme court In the stat.
ex rel Dalquist W. Aleck Van WICK, y
Wash. State Reports, page 80.
As to charge No. - -.
We found that instead Of Chehalil
county having paid I'll 900 more stat
.jtaxes In 1898 than ito due share Of sale
taxes, that IL, a. q matter Of fact, pait
less than any other year since 1895. u
shown by the following comparative
statement taken from the annual report
Of the state board Of equalization.