The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-11-22


thority OF law for the payment of said bills.
In the matter of Telephone bill on pnee
thirteen u.s. the bills nre itemiaed, and
show the date properly. ard by whom an d
OF the message Is not stated md your Com :
nittee Is unable TO say whether they were
for county official business. We think
many of the bills Indicate upon their face
chat their purpose was not county business
On page Fifteen, under the head OF "Pho
tosraph for the use of the Jury we 1ind On
item of eleyen dollars and lfty cents tsll.50l
paid ~. NJ. Martin for photos for u1e In
the trial OF the Butts Brldgewaier murdor
case. We think this bill could be properly
allowed n presented to the Commissioners
in the proper way II should have been
presented In the Prosecuting Attorney =
monthly exhibit Of his expenses, duly veri.
fed and ttemized as required by Section
l29S Revised statutes, Vol, Ss o. L. 10i
On page Sixteen, under head OF of "Allow.
ances to Justices, Mayor, etc ~ wo find that
the commissioners allowed r. l. Kirkpnt-
rick In lieu Of fees In the case OF the .tnte
OF Ohio VS. George Bowsher OF al the sum OF
seventeen collars and fifteen cents (sl7l5J
when upon examination OF the transcript
rick he certIfiees only the sum OF eleven
dollars and forty cents sll.4O) as his fees
taxed n said cause, We ind no certified
lownnce In lieu of fees hs required by Sec
ton 1909 Revised Statutes. 5nid Section
provides that The allowance Of any officer
| taxed to him In said cases.~ Under tho
| same head in the bill OF thirty -eig hit dollars
and forty cents ls9s,40l paid William Yam
Curren there is no certified cost bill filed
accompanying his claim for allowance in
| lieu. OF fees as provided by Section 1909,
Revised Statutes,
on page Nineteen, under the head of
"Coroners Inquests" the bill of thirteen
dollars and ten cents tSl8.i01 allowed E, W.
Turner, NJ. d. we think is illegal as he had
no authority to hold such Inquest.
In the inquest OF Harry s. Evans, James
Neal, James Kontner, Van Goldsboro, Louis
Csizmazin, Harry Palmer, and Mrs. Mary
Congrove W. find the Coroner makes gem
eral charge for all necessary writings and
then specifically charges for each seperato
item OF writing: We find no authority of
duplicate, II the ConRrove inquest we find
bill of nifty cents for telephoninG DR..
Turner. We find no authority OF law for the
payment OF this bill.
David Newman, Justice OF the Peace, we
nnd he following Items, to-wlt: For nec-
essary record OF case, one dollars and fifty
cents d.5p; livery hire, three dollars SO 0Oj /;
and the inquest of catherine sherburn held
by George Sheets, Justice of the Peace, we
find an Item of fifty cents for necessary
record OF the case We think all the above
Items Illegal and the payment thereof un-
authorized.
On page Twenty-one, under the head of
"Boarding prisoners at the County Jail"
we find an Item of one dollar and ninety
five cents 1850 for putting down carpets,
and Item of fifteen dollars and twenty cents
k9lO ~ CuTpbCS, ana an Item OF live dol
lars and sixty cents t$5.6e) for lineoeum for
kitchen and stair carpet. We think the
pay of these bills was unauthorized.
On page twenty-five under the head OF
"Fees and Salaries of County officers in
the bill OF six dollars and twenty-six cents
1925 paid to j. l.. Martin, County Auditor,
we find an item of three dollars and thirty
page v Under same % heaa in on he e1 bi i Of
twenty-five dollars and fourteen cents
s22 lil paid to Is; g. Harbaugh, County
dollars and thirty-four cents (s2l.S4i for
postage; on page twenty-five under the
same head In the bill of one hundred and
slxty-fve dollars and twenty-nlne cents
(si65.29) paid A. M. Brown, Clerk OF Courts,
we flnd an item of four dollars and fifty
cents y .50l for postage; on page forty-two
OF County officers in bill Of thirty-two dol
ars and forty cents ls82.4O paid ]. L. Mar
tin Tor stamped envelopes, we find an item
of thirty dollars 5000 for postage; on page
forty.three under the same head in the
bill of twenty-one dollars (S2l.OU) paid the
Journal Gazette, we find an item of thirteen
the Treasurer; and on page forty-slN under
the same head in the BIZ OF eight dollars
and forty-foqr cents (ss;44 paid F. P. Mar
dollars tS2,OOl for postage. We think the
payment of all these bills for postage and
postal cards was unauthorized by law. See
state of Ohio ex rel VS. Godfrey, IS Low Dec,
Page So
On page twenty-five under the head of
Fees and Salaries OF County Ofticers" in
the bill OF one hundred and stxty-five dol
lars and twenty nine cents t$l65.2Vl paid A.
M. Brown, Clerk of Courts. We find an item
OF two dollars and twenty-five cents (S2.45)
for drawing three petit jnries. We find no
authority for the payment of this bill.
On page twenty-nine, under the head of
'Roads, Construction, Grading and Re-
pairing" we find a number OF / ems where
the commissioners have allowed the sum
OF one dollar and fifty cents l$l.50) per day
Tor rndmen, chatnmen, aXmen, ETC., while
the statutes provides prior tc April 10TH
1906 only the sum of one dollEr lSl.O0) for
such services.
We find that the cunt paid In excess of
one dollar tsl00) per day for such work
rendered prior to April 10th, 1905 Is Illegal
and unauthorized
We make the same objection to the bill of
two dollars and seventy-ftve cents (S2.75) on
page fifty, paid Thomas Noble, wherein the
Commissioners allowed one dollar and fifty
cents ($l.5O) for one days work.
Aside from the matters pointed out, we
think the commissioners have been very
careful in their consideration OF and al
fore them, and they have In most In
stances followed the strict letter of the
law.
We wish to tender our kindest regards
TO the Couty Officials for their kindness
shown us during the examination, and
Tor the prompt manner In which they
furnished information when called upon by
the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
II Z. SPARNON,
HARLEY NJ. WHITCRAFT,
Examining Committee