Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-08-15

excess of his shortage.
The committee on Poor House
and County Farm will defer their
report until the October term.
We desire to express our ap.
oreciation for the assistance and
courtesies extended to US during
this term By His Honor Judge
Klugh, the Solicitor, G. B. TIM
norman and the other court ofl-
Respectfully.
A. E. PADGETT,
Foreman.
Report of Committee on County
Offices.
+ Edgefield, S G. July 25th, 1906.
To the Grand Jury of Edgeheld
At the August Term of Court, 1906:
The Special Committee appoint
ed at the March. term of Court by
van TO examine the books and ac-
counts of county officers, began its
work on July 18th and worked
eight days examining the books
and ACCOUNTS of following Officers
Master, Judge of Probate, County
Supprintendent Of Education, Clerk
of Court, Sheriff, Auditor, Supervl-
sor and Treasurer,
From the books of Masters Office
we found that he had on hand trust
funds aggregating $l6l92l, and it
was ascertained that this Office r
had this amount to his credit in
banks as Master.
The accounts of the Judge of
Probate's Office showed that he had
trust funds aegregating Sl24l 79;
while his balances in banks footed
up Si254.SO, the difference being an
outstanding check for sl3 vi, max
ing exact balance.
Tfe books of COUNTY Superinten.
dent of Education showed that he
bad approved school warrants for
scholastic year ending July lst,
1906 amounting to $lS,0SQ "a. and
th.l there was an unpxpended bal
ance of cash and 1905 06 apu"rtion-
ment totaling $l35S. l6 still to The
credit of the various districts IN the
county. The hooks III this office
showed that this officer aud the
trustees in the districts throughout
the county were disburslng the
school fund with conseryati. aud
good Judgment, and the bookS and
Vouchers were in good shape.
I'm tie Shc..iff7s office we found no
funds belonging to the county, the
deputies having tax executions tor
collection not having made their
returns. All books seemed prop
erly kept and the Office furniture
had been served with new dress
ing of pain.
From the Office of Clerk of Cou !
we found that fines had been CO..
lected amounting to $25OOO. and
licenses TO amountof $27.5O, all =
which had been paid over to CoYn-
ty Treasurer.
Onr attention was called to The
fact. by the Clerk of Court, that
the recon mendation of the Grand
Jury of 1905 in reference to the ne
cessity of having a new index pre-
paled for Abstracts Of Judgment
and for deeds of Conveyance from
1889 to 1869 had .iot yet been car
ried out. We recommend that the
present Clerk of Court have this
work done and that the Supervisor
issue his warrant in payment for
the work when completed. We be-
Iieve that the present Clerk OF
Court will have the work neatly
and accurately executed in the
best form. The records in this
Office seemed, with the exceptions
named above, in good shape, and
we noticed that the clerk is intro
duc;ng the best up.to-date record
books.
From an examination of the Su-
pervisor's Office we found that the
books and accounts are in good
form and that the accounts render
ed in this Office haYe been properly
entered and flied, evidencing q gen.
eral Improvement. We recon-.
mend that record book be opened
in this Office giving a complete e
record of all notes issued by the
County Commissioners. 1t is now
customary for them to borrow
money, and they sometimes issue
notes for machinery and stock, and
a record of these should be kept
separate from other claims show.
| ing the maturity of such notes,
and IN order that the amount OF
such indebted aess can be ascertain
ed at any time before maturity Of
the notes. We found that this
Office has approved aad paid claims
| for year 1906 amounting to $ll ,242 69
and that it has borrowed from
banks money aggreg:ting Sl3,OOO.OO
These claims cover the expenses ol
the county for the six months end.
ing July 1st, 1906. The tax levy on
property for this year will raise
about $lS,OOO.00, and the commuta-
tion tax will be added to this. II
assessed at $1.OO will raise about
$4,000, if at $2.O0it will raise
about $6400.O0.
From the Treasurer's Office we find
the following statement to be the
condition of the Office:
Amounts Charged to Treasurer
To amounts brought forward from
settlement of 1904 $G,226.19
Amount of Treasurer's Duplicate
for Taxes ON real estate and per-
sonal property S56,36S ~
Amount of additional taxes ON ner.
sonaltY and realty SLY II
Amount of Poll Tax and Dog Tax
$5,S5S.0J
amount of additional Polls and d
Dogs $239 50
Amount received from Coun !.
Dispensarv S,93Lt.
Amount received from Fines arli
Licenses S5o7cJ
Amount received from 9TH
other sources 81 u
Amount received from Cammuta-
tion TaY S6. .5S6 C(,