The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-11-22
Examiners Report.
To the Hon. George Z. Martin,
Judge q the Court of Common
Pleas, Hooking County. Ohio.

Your Committee appointed to ex-
anime the Report of the financial
Transactions of the County Commits.
sioners of Hooking county, Ohio, for
the year ending on the third Monday
of September, 1906, beg leave to re-
port as follows:
We have carefully examined said Report,
together with the bills allowed, and the
records referred to therein, and find that
said Report has been made In strict COM
pliance with the instructions issued by the
Bureau OF Inspection and supervisor of
Public Ofiicers, sent out by The Auditor of
State that said report is neatly typewriter
nicely arranged and that the footlngs there
In are correct, but we do not think Chat said
Report strictly complies with Section No.
9l7 Revised statutes of Ohio, as IL does not
in all instances show for "what purpose"
the money was paid.
on page Three 49, of said Report under the
head OF discrimination Of the County Treas
ury' we rnd an Item OF thirty-six dollars
$4,000 paid to the Ohio Democrat and an
item Of thlrty-six dollars $4,000 paid to the
Journal Gazette for publishing the ESami-
ner's Report of the County Treasury. Sec
tion lSd, Revised Statutes provides that
publishers OF newspapers may charge for
such publications one-dollar ($lOO per
square for straight work and one-dollar and
y Ssr Sen' ba psf sdqare tbsse lor 'aPHar
lar work was charged for the whole OF said
publication when II great part OF the same
should not have been paid In full by the
Commissioners as they were presented TO
said Board
we think that the Report OF the Exami-
september, ls15, by the Hooking Republican
and Hooking Sentinel is not In compact
form, without unnecessary headline spaces
and hlan ks as required by Section 4joJ Re-
Under the head of "Miseellaneousn on
page 4, we find an item OF twO-dollars (S2 OOl
paid the Joufnal-Ga2ette, and an item OF
two,dollars IS 100 paid 10 the Hooking Re-
publican; and on page 3under the head Of
"Publishlng Notices 10 Bidders" In The bill
OF fourteen dollars and slxty-two cents
fnd an Item Of two-dollars (s2OO,l all OF
which bills were for publishing Notice for
proposals from Bankers to create a county
provides THAT SUCH NOTICE SHALL
BE PUBLISHED IN TWO NEWS
PAPERS, ETC.n We therefore ind that
one OF the above bills was paid without any
authority OF law.
Under the same head on page four "A, we
find an item Of one-dollar and nifty cents
81 0D In the bill OF the Logan Printing and
Publishing Company for the sum OF two
dollars aud nifty cents ts2Bl,l for publishing
Notice to bidders for painting Court House
which Item OF one-dollar and nifty cents
sl.bll was paid In duplicate the same hay-
Ing been paid as bill OF one-doIlar and
hfIy cents l3l.bOl to the Logan Printing and
Publishing Company, as found on page
three !N of said Report. Both bills are
dated March 20th., 1915.
We recommend that bills for public print
Ing be accompanied by copy OF the nGsi0e
or other matter published; ana that the
and the amount OF straight and tabular or
rule work. There being custom on the
part OF the Commissioners OF letting public
printing 10 more papers than Is authorized
by law, we think each bill rendered should
show whether the same Ii for full or partial
rate.
On page eleven (lll, under the head OF
"Fufniture, Fixtures, and Carpetsr we And
an item Of six-dollars and two cents ls602l
paid Wellman, steInman and Yontx for
mettlngi an Item Of ive-dOllars 50. .O0) for
an item of slSty-two dollars and nineteen
cents paid the Thurness- Wright 30. for
linOlsunl carpet, ele. All Of the above
Items we're furnished for that part Of the