By an order made by the board of com-…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

mnant of that 700 cords of wood, in view from the court house, and being informed of the amount purchased, would be incredulous regarding the salubrity of our unequaled climate and conclude from the consumption of wood that the frigid zone could properly claim this locality. By an order made by the board of com- missioners on the 4th day of June, 1890, there was allowed A. H. Morehead an advance of $600.00 for extending the taxes on the duplicate of the assessment roll for the year and on the 4th day of August, 1890, a further allowance of $400.00 was made to him upon completion of the work, making $1,000.00 in the aggregate; while the testimony of Herbert Martyr, a clerk in Mr. Morehead’s office, before the grand jury, discloses the fact that he did the work in full for only $250.00, thereby presenting to Mr. Morehead the sum of $750.00 of the taxpayer’s money as a profit upon the labor of a man who did the work. Before making such a liberal al- lowance— and especially advancing 60 per cent of it — the commissioners should, in the opinion of the grand jury, have made some effort to ascertain what it would cost the clerk to get the work done.