The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-11-24
sTATE. EXAMINER
SENDS REPORT
County Officers Receive Both
Compliments and
Kicks
FINDS ABOUT $500 in
ILLEGAL PAYMENTS
Similar Findings by. Former
Examiner Said to
Have All Been "
Made Good ~

Copies Of the report Of an examin-
alton Of all the county offices. made
by State Examiner Geo. Nv. ;Barrere,
a few months ago, have been received
at the coutf' house. The work Of Mr..
BarTere consisted in examining care
fully the records and files, in all of
the county Offices, boards. and COM
missioners to ascertain, the, accuracy
of the accounting in each Office, as
we'll as the manner In which the
laws were being administered.
In only seven cases, the report
shows, were there found over-pay-
ments 10 officers, and notice served
far the respective amounts to be re-
funded to the county treasurer. In
AMI Of these cases the report makes
explicit that no reflection is intended
ON the integrity Of any of the officers
affected, the erors found being easily
snsade similar ones being encountered
frequently by examiners in various
sections Of the state.
The cases in Medina, county above
referred to occurred in the offices Of
Sheriff F. C. Bigelow, the recorders
office under the administration of G..
s. Rice, predecessor to the present
incumbent, Frank Styer; ]. D. Damn
lev, Sealer of Weights and
Measures; the village of Wadsworth,
its Mayor, F. w. Boyer; Marshal
Thos. J. Lucas, and assistant, Ben
Weitchy.
Tht amount due from the sheriff
was $93.25, which was promptly re-
paid. It represented bill to the
county commissioners for fees for
impounding dogs during the year
1919. Under the law costs for such
services are provided to be taxed
against the owner of the dog seized
and in favor of the county. Hence
there was no authority for the COM
missioners to pay bill of this nature.
The finding against former record
er C. S. Rice was for $230.42, the
discrepancy accounted for through
errors in addition in the cash book.
All fees shown by the records as
collected have been entered therein,
but the deposits in the. county treas
ury in several instances did not cor
respond with the collections.
Illegal payments in the cases OF
Mayor Boyer, Marshal Lucas and As
sistant Weitchy Of Wadsworth, the
report states were doubtless .. made
through ignorance of an amendment
to the law which formerly authorized
the payments. In each of these cases
the fees were in connection with the
criminal cases Of Dominick Cacciola,
Philip Simatio and Herbert Wagner
amounting with Boyer to $14.70; Lu-
cas-, 1910; Weitchy, 81.
The overpayment to J. d. Dannley
J was $60.11, for expenses incurred in
q trip to the National Conference Of
Weights and Measures held in Wash.
ington, d. c., May q to "a, 1919
The bill was allowed by the County
Commissioners and paid. There is
no section authorizing such use Of
public funds.
The amount due from the village
of Wadsworth is $131.41. This
VIM. Plumb, while imprisoned at the
Canton Work house. Plumb was SEN
tenced by Mayor Boyer for the viola.
ton Of village ordinance. The bill
was a legal claim against Wadswortf
Village, rot Medina county.
Total findings, $539.99.
Findings of former examinations
not previously reported as collected
were paid into the county treasury
during the period covered by the re
cent examination. The findings fol
low: a. E. Young, sheriff, $229.78
J. G. Goodrich, constable, $1.90; r. J
Hyde, treasurer, $500; Chas. Frank
treasurer, $71.50; Lodi village, $50
total, $853.18.
In the examination of every Office
certain findings were made as to th'
methods of administration out of har
mony with legal requirements, ant
which are merely alluded to in th'
examiners report, with the recon
mendation that they be promptly cor
Tected. essg.ae a4 M
Concerning the committing ant
discharging Of prisoners, the repor
saws !: "Prisoners have been discharg
ed jill many instances without any re'
son being given, and at other times Of
the advice of justices Of the peace, o
notation thai sentence had been sus
pended. The committing court i
without authority to discharge a pris
oner from jstil sentence unless tn
terms 0f the sentence have been com
piled with. When person is com
mitted to Jail until fine and costs az
paid, or until he is legally dischare
ed, the sheriff should hold him unit
one Of the following things tax
place; (1) BY payment Of fine An
costs to sheriff; (2) BY dischargin
the fine and costs at the small legf
rate ner dav: or. by action Of th
county auditor, county commissioner
the higher courts, or by habeas COZ
pus proceedings. 'as
Thn county commissioners were th
only ones To come in for good, soil