Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-12-29

The court house will be closed,
next Monday, in observance of
New Years holiday period.
Sheriff Merlan Budd, reported
six prisoners were served Christ
mas dinners. Monday noon, the
largest number of prisoners to
be registered in the county Jail
for a number of months.
The new tern of common pleas
court opens Monday, January 8
and will continue until May 7th.
On the opening day Judge Tom
d. Stahl will call the docket,
at one-thirty in the afternoon
and assign / number of cases for
hearing or trial.
Approximately 1000 owners
of Ottawa county real-estate will
receive their annual statements
from the county treasurer's office
next week, announcing time for
paying the January taxes. Treas
urer d. L. Cullenen reports that
4 February 1st will be the dead
' line for paying taxes before the
penalty becomes due.
A reduction in the cost of
automobile license plates for
1850 will become effective Jan.
uary 1st when price drops from
$500 to $3.50 for the 1st quarter
of the year for the 1850 license
plates. Auditor E. A. Guth re.
ports that many of this years
plates are being purchased at this
time for both new and used
automobiles. In the office of the
Clerk of Courts, Mrs. Velma
Sauvey reports that several
certificates of titles for auto
mobiles and trucks are being
filed daily.
The auditors department re-
ports the receipt of a voucher
from Columbus for $4,000 from
recent distribution of gasoline
tax funds, to be applied to county
road and bridge funds; $4,000
has been received for township
funds, each township to re-
ceive $4,000 for highway depart
ment uses.
A preliminary discussion wa:
held by the county commissioners
and interested property owners
Tuesday afternoon. in the mat
ter of the proposed cleaning and
improving of the Dayton ditch
in Danbury township.
H. A. Sorg and Sons of OaE
Harbor were successful bidders
Monday when the county com
missioners opened bids for the
erection of windbreaker Of
vestibule in the court house q
the east door entrance. The bic
was for $4,000 the lowest O.
two bids received, Branum ant
Sorg, Port Clinton bid $855.OO
The estimate had been set a
$877 90.
The annual report compiled il
the auditors office shows teta
of $1,657.70 as the amount spen
in the animal claim department
this year. of this amount $491 g.
was paid for sheep and anima
claims; $1,O71.00 expense for do
warden and $3.50 for supplies
Last year the total cost was So
236.30 of which 81 1,434.OO was fo
animal claims. This year $3,265
.35 was collected through sale o
license tags for dogs, as compares
with $3,238.00 for 1949. Durin,
1850, the number of license tag
issued was 2,634 decrease from
1949 when 1888 were issued. Tn,
peak number was registered il
1947, with 2,867 licenses issued
Mrs. Chester Burr, deputy re
corder, accompanied by her hus
band and her parents Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Rhode returned
home Thursday after having spen
the past two weeks touring
Florida and other southern states
covering more than 1000 mile
by automobile route.
County engineer Delos Nisse:
reported busy day for his stat
of highway workers, Tuesda.
when four of the county snow
plows were put in action a
three-thirty in the morning, an,
continued working on the count.
highways through the day, keep