The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-10
COSTS SIS, ,784.9O To RUN
COUNTY IN 1912

1aCKaWaXen Bridge D1kely-COm-
missioners Close Years Business
Big Business Done in Pro-
thonotary and Registers
! Offices.
! The county commissioners met in
their office in the court house Tues
! day to transact business and close up
/ all business for the year 1912. The
old officers were reelected for the
! coming year-John Male, president,
of the board; Thomas Y. Boyd, clerk
and Homer Greene, Esq, was again
chosen as deputy solicitor. The COM
missioners present were John Male,
of Cherry Ridge; Earl Rockwell, of
Ariel, and Neville Holgate, of Homes
dale.
All old business was finished up.
The matter of the foot bridge to span
Park Lake in the Lackawaxen river
at the foot of Court street, was
! brought up and discussed. Viewers
were appointed for this bridge on
January 16, 1911, and the petition
has been confirmed absolute by the
court. 1t only awaits the action of
the commissioners to have it erected.
1t was stated yesterday by the presi-
dent of the board of commissioners
that it was possible that the brige
! would be erected this coming year.
After the meeting Tuesday after
noon the commissioners went down
to the site of the proposed bridge
and viewed the situation, and were
very much impressed by the neces-
sity of a bridge at this point as it
would be a great convenience to
many whose places of abode are on
q oct OF a hn riu oil
to the many workmen in the Homes
dale Footwear company's factory and
also the Irving Cut Glass factory.
Mr.. Male stated to a Citizen man
yesterday that they intended writing
to several bridge companies asking
for specifications and plans and esti-
mates for the building of the bridge
and that this spring some definite
action will probably be taken by
them.
A report of the expenses of run
ming the county for the past twelve
months was submitted to the COM
missioners by their clerk, T. Y.
Boyd. The figures were taken from
his books and are subject to the
correction of the auditors. The
items of expense are: Assessing,
duFSl llolhS, anu
stationery, $1452.92; appropria-
ing and inspecting, $509.1S; bridge
building, $7541.05; bridge repairing
s2363.06; burial of INDECENT soldiers,
$500; insane asylums, $975.60;
coroner's accounts, $2344S; county
buil@sgs, sS28.95; clerk of courts,
$737; court costs, $5799.45; com
monwealth costs, $1911y53; election
expenses, $2574.70; insurance, $37;
light, heat, water and telephone,
$1243.72; miscellaneous, $1260.55;
notes and interest, $S206.66; non
resident poor, $3.50; prisons and
reformatories, $966.62; poor ac-
counts, $57.29; road accounts, $424.-
81; registration of vital statistics,
$242; refunds, $15.67; school ac-
counts, $727.52; sheriff's accounts,
$1277.09; commissioners, S1860.77;
clerks, $1,263; janitor $556.50; dis
trict attorney, $500; county solici-
tor, $500; auditors, $389.2O; jury
commissioners, $215.36; state ac-
counts, $5593.12; uniform primar-
les, $1561.77; total, s55,784.9O.
The commissioners accounts sub
mitted last year totaled 63,75744.
The accounts this year showed a de-
crease of $7.912.54 over last year.
During the past twelve months
there was 1,422.10 paid out by the
commissioners for sheep claims, dog
tags and for the killing and as
sessing of dogs. The amount paid
out in 1911 for these same claims
amounted to $2,462.85.
W. j. Barnes, prothonotary,
made out his first statement for the
auditors yesterday. In it was set
forth the number of judgment notes
and concessions which amounted to
$133.50. The fees of the office
amounted to $393.4S. There were
one hundred more judgment notes
filed with him during the past year
than during the preceding year.
In the office of w. B. Lesher, Reg
lister and Recorder, there was a rec
ord business during the past year.
The figures given below are subject
to change by the auditors. There
were $50 deeds recorded during the
year; III mortgages; 144 miscel-
laneous papers; 81 bonds and 93
wills were recorded.