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TOES AND PENALTIES.On the third day of the Session,Dr. Sharer offered a resolution, towhich Mr. Burlingame offered an amendment, and it was .finally adopt-: I ed as follows :■wr■Resolved, That all officers who have received moneys in the way of fines andpenalties be required to make a completestatement in detail and items of all suchmoneys coming into their hands and themanner in which they have disposed ofthe same.This action of the Board was receiv-June 19. The People against HenryWrnne. Fined $15 on oath of CharlesH. Batchelder. (Paid to James A. Suiter.)IJune 19. The People against AlonsoWinne. Fined $10 on oivth. of CharlesH. Batchelder. (Paid to James A. Sul-ter.)mEatoby hConnJune 20. The People against Hernia:Bogardus. Fined $10 on oath of San-fora Heher.June 20. The People against JamesVri . Fined $13 on oath of Peter I.oatanotbeenbut iticesi.suppby t theV.)-ed with general favor by those citizens who knew of it, and it was expectedLepper..June 22. The People against OttoMeyer. Fined $10 on oath of Charles | so» 1H. Batchelder.that the County officials having received this early notice of the courseintended to be pursued would be ableto find no excuse for a non-compliance with the law, and for once, at leaBfc,the people would knew what had become of the fines and penalties collected.June 23. The People against Willian Price. Fined $10 on oath of Charles VBatchelder.greaof fpeofthe ;On the 15th day we find the following resolution offered by Dr. Sharer:PJune 26. The People against Gertrude Eliza Widrig. Fined $15 on oath ofCharles H. Batchelder. (Fine paid byPeter.Weber, Marcus W. Rasbach, andjaufcl William Harter, deceased, to Volney Ea- [ tketon.)a cJune 30. The People against William0. Lowery. Fined $10 on oath of Mich- hD0ael Sehaffner.or onr,h•eResolved, That the fines and penaltiesreported by County Officers as requiredi-C-1-itg)fthis Board.reAnd the following list of fines reported in the County Treasurer’sreturn :J. B. Pelton, German Elatts. - •. $ 5 00S. H. Kinne, u “ .... 30 00D. C. Fame, ct ---- 56 000. E. Kemble, 4i 41 .... 8 00Daniel Snell, Manheim,........ 5 00James A. Suiter, Herkimer,-... 102 OOWilliam Helmer, “ — 13 00JohnUhle, tz .... 5 00William H. Garlock, Russia,.... 10 00 Volney Eaton, Sheriff........ 296 00wbetualfroiieouimoror srss-r-1-36Total......... $530 00Dr. Sharer then offered the following resolution:Resolved, That the Clerk of this Boardbe. directed to draw no ordsr in favor of any County officer who shall have failedto comply with the law requiring them to make report to the Board of Supervisorsof all fines and penalties received by them.ie?•PSC-?rWhich was lost by the following vote:Ayes—Lipe, Decker, Parkhurst, Matthews, Sharer and Bander—6. Noes—Arnold, Folts, Burlingame, Sm'th,Hopson, Richardson, Springer, Evansand Burgess—10, three Democrats,July 2. The People against James Bi-1 he iley. Fined 310 on oath of Charles H.Batchelder.July 6. The People against AlonzoTan Alstine. Fined $10 on oath of|amcCharles H. Batchelder.July 11. The People against Ira Klock.Fined $10 on oath of Volney Eaton.(Klock says he paid the fine to Suiter.)July 13. The People against IrvingjetsiMann. Fined $10 on oath of Charles H.Batchelder.August 15. The People against JamesWhite. Fined $10 on oath of MichaelSehaffner. (This fine was paid to Eaton.) ocriAugust 25. The People against Edwin rec Bolan, Fined $10 on oath of Charles H.Batchelder.August 31. The People against George meiEdwards. Fined $10 ou oath of Jeremiah the Helmer. (Fine paid to Suiter.)September 2. The People against PeterDowley. Fined $10 on oath of Charles H.hat»thisthertEltirN.O-li-loughby and Vickerman, being unfor-tu.nately absent. Thus, the BoardBatchelder.September 2. The People a’st CharlesPutnam, Fined §10 on oath of MichaelSehaffner.September 17. The People against Monroe CJrossett. Fined $15 on oath ofCharles H. Batchelder.«September 17. The People against Pe-ter Bellinger. Fined $10 on oath PeterI. Lepper. (This fine was paid to Suiter.)September 18. Phe People a^ams^Ben-jamin Graham. Fined $10 on oath ofPeter I. Lepper. (This fine was paid toSuiter.)SeptemberJ-8. The People against Ma-13-Suiter by Deputy Sheriff McKenyon.)of:“hiiocrthetherepthein,wstultified its own action and virtuallytold officials that they might disobeythe plasn provisions of the statute withimpunity.September 18. The People against Pa* riek C. HazIot$.- Fined $10 on oath ofYolney Eaton.September 16. The People against B.F. Duaton. Fined $10 on oath of CharlesH, Batchelder,ocrme:IELEAfter thus placing themselves uponrecord as violators of the law, the16th day, on motion of Mr. Folts, them18ut€*fi-mBoard adopted the following:Resolved, That the Sheriff inform theCounty Treasurer how to make the distri-hution of the fines paid over by him, andthat the Treasurer report to this Board to-day, and the report be published withthe proceedings of tfiis Board. -in11-y-is,as99estnmatwAnd the County Treasurer reported as follows ;Little Falls...................$ 37 00German Flatts................ 60 50Herkimer..................... 106 00Frankfort............ 12 50County Fines ............ 100 00Total amount paid by Sheriff----$296 0010x-ldtotyis-btisThe same day Mr. -Folts offered thefollowing, which was adopted.Resolved, That all town and Countyofficers who receive fines and penalties beand they are hereby required to make report under oath to the next Board of Supervisors of this County, of all monies received by them as fines and penalties asrequired by law, and also to make reportto such board of such finss and penaltiesso received for the year last past.September 18. The People againstFrederick Bosit. Fined $10 on oath of Charles JEL Batchelder.September 18. The People against Hugh Loyed. Fined $10 on oath of Pe-ter L Lepper.September 21. The People against JohnSmith. Fined $10 on oath of Charles H* Batchelder.September 23, The People against JohnCarroll. Fined $10 on oath of Charles H. Batchelder. (Fine paid to Suiter.)September 25, The People against Ed-in Dolin. Fined $15 on oath of MichaelwinSehaffner,e-tieidiy:esedlineOfn-es,ekisThis was a feeble attempt to avoid the issue. Everybody knows that theaction of this Board is not bindingupon the next, and so the effort to get areport of fines and. penalties utterlyfailed, Two days after, Dr. Shareroffered his famous resolutions, whichwere adopted, then rescinded, and expunged. In connection with this plainstatement of the action of the Board,we call the attention of voters andeyiesilyle.tax payers of this County to the following list of records of convictionsbefore Justice Suiter, of this town.This record has been prepared from the official files at the County Clerk’sOffice, and it must, be remembered that among the other costs which theCounty pays are 75 cents to the Justice for each record, of conviction filededatidIT.16,iseroofnendby him, and some convictions are known to have been made and the fines paid ofwhich there is no record filed :March 27. The People against PercivalPetton. Fined $15 on oath of YolneyEaton.April 20. The People against Christopher White. Fined $15 on oath of Yolney Eaton.April 20. The People against JamesBenDett. Fined $15 on oath of Yolney Eaton.October 5. The People against CharlesJeffreys. Fined 88 on oath of Charles H.Batchelder.October 5. The People against Henry W. Edick. Fined $10 on oath of PeterI. Lepper. (Fine paid to Yolney Eaton, Sheriff.)October 8. The People -against JamesCruse, of Russia. Fined $10 on oath ofCharles ET. Batchelder. (Fine paid toYolney Eaton, Sheriff.)October 10. The People against John Sehrimp. (There is no record of conviction filed in this case, but he was fined by Justice Suiter $8, and the fine paid by Casper Gloo.)October 21. The People against EdwardAmbrose. Fined SB on oath of CharlesH.^ Batchelder. (Fine paid to Justice Suiter.)October 21. The People against HenrySanders. Fined $10_on oath of MichaelSehaffner. (Fine paid to Suiter.)October 21. The People against Daniel Roberts, Fined $10 on oath of Mi-cbael Scbaffber. .October 22. The People against Delos MaxfielcU Fined 58 on oath of JeremiahHelmer,October 23. The People against AlbertPayne. Fined $10 on oath of MichaelSehaffner. (Fine paid to Suiter.)October 23, The People against Thomas Boyle. Fined $10 on oath ef CharlesH. Batchelder.October 27, The People against CharlesPierce. Fined $15 on oath of Isaac Shoemaker. (Fine paid to Under Sheriff Eaton.)October 19. The People against A. G.H. Presley. Fined $10 on oath of Sanford Helmer.November 2. The People against -Lewis, of M hawk. (Fined $15, and samepaid to J ustice Suiter. No record of conviction filed.)November 3. The People against Edwin Comstock. * Fined 015 on oath of Jeremiah Helmer.Ed1thethethe]senbeitomalyeraedun:tivwe:reafyitheDoiininwhpaicrepresmoincaredtheT6CnotoluIfhalt;eraSpinecordNovember 9. The People against JohnKelley. Fined $10 on oath of YolneyEaton.November IS. The People against Patrick O’Bouk. Fined $10 on oath of C.H. Batchelder.*November 13. The People against Pat-I trick Grooms. Fined $15 on oath of C. H, Batchelder..April 20. The People against RobertPotts. Fined $10 on oath of VolneyEaton.May 6. The People against BenjaminGarlock. Fined $15 on oath of Charles H. Batcheldr.3Lse)ninrabeidind-aeh-tieMay 7. The People against Jacob Shoemaker* Fined $15 on oath of WilliamPhilips. (Fine paid to Sheriff Eaton.)Kay 11. The People against AliceJohnson. Ened $13 o oath of Yolney Eaton.May 12. The People against EdwinCampbell. Ened $15 on oath of Charles 1H. Batchelder.May 12. The People against BridgetLeghan. Fined $15 on oath of ChanesH. Batchelder.* eshen.ofidMay 18. The People against JonahHolden. Ened $13 on oath of VolneyBaton. (Ene paid by Ids sister. £May 27. The People against Robert lies. Fined #11 on oath of Charles H.Batchelder.June 12. The People against Layfay-ette Case. Fined $15 on oath of CharlesH. Batchelder. (The fine was paid byAaron Harter to Yolney Eaton. )November 14. The People against Da-vid Nichols. Fined $15 on oath of Jere-miah Helmer.November 14. The People against SilasGoodrich. Fined $10 on oath of Jeremiah Helmer.November 17- The People againstGeorge Hutchinson. Fined $11) on oathof Sanford Hehner.onfrothetbabLBodel10offf15iOffiW]didnoiwh]bean(tioilas:alttioida]WWNovember 20. The People against Hen^ry Eetcher, Fined $15 on oath of Yolney Eaton.November 21. The People againstThomas Briggs. Fined $10 on oath ofJeremiah Helper. (Fine paid to Suiter.)r. a *June 17. The People against Aug.Keller. Fined $10 on oath of Charles H.Batchelder.June 19. The People against NicholasWinne. Fined $13 on oath of Charles H. Batchelder. (Paid to Jame3 A. Suitor,)November 21, The People against George Comstock. Fined $10 on oath of Jeremiah Helmer. (Fine paid to Suiter,)November 21, The People against Joseph Yates. Fined $ 10 .on oath of Charles H. Batchelder. (Paid to Eaton.)This list shows an aggregate of $760 in fines Imposed between the 27thMarch and 21at .Nov., 1874.have no record back of March 27th.% *Sheriff Eaton accounts for $106, Justice Suiter $102. What has become of the remaining t$552 ? Why didNOT THE BOARD REQUIRE THE ONEX MEN WHO KNEW, SHERIFF EaTON ANDJustice Suitee, to tell ?qucantItitoantcortheadcwasofoff€oneWe theedthawitjoubeaucexa
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Herkimer Democrat and Little Falls Gazette
Herkimer, New York, US
Wed, Jan 27, 1875
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