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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1897ro eeediri ane OARD \SW 4771& -41 FRANK A. TODD, Chairman, ARTHUR G. MARION; Clerk, ITHACA; N. Y.: PRESS OF THE ITHACA JOURNAL. 1898. Danby, N. Y. Ithaca, N. Y. PROCEEDINGS OF THE . BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, IN ANNUAL SESSION AT ITHACA, N. Y. 1897 FRANK A. TODD, Danby, N. Y., - - CHAIRMAN. ARTHUR G. MARION, Ithaca, N. Y., - - CLERK. ITHACA, N. Y. PRESS OF THE DAILY AND WEEKLY JOIIRNAL. 1899. BORRD OF SUPERVISORS. JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS, SPECIAL AND ANNUAL SESSIONS FOR THE YEAR 1897. SPECIAL MEETING. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. A special session of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County was held in the Supervisors' rooms in the Court House in the City of Ithaca, on Saturday, February 6, 1897, pursuant to the following call : To W. H. Van Ostrand, Chairman Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : We, the undersigned, request you to call a meeting of the Board of Super- visors, to be held in the Supervisors' rooms, in Ithaca, at 11 o'clock, A. M., February 6th, 1897. F. A. BEGENT, W. P. HARRINGTON, C. F. HOTTES, N. PEARSON, T. S. THOMPSON, GEORGE W. FROST, W. H. PINCKNEY, THERON JOHNSON,. F. A. TODD, WM. K. BOICE, F. B. AIKEN. The Board was called to order and upon roll call quorom was present. 1 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 The Clerk being absent, on motion of Mr. Frost, Supervisor Aiken was elected Clerk, pro terra. Under Sheriff Curry appeared before the Board and made a few remarks' in regard to a telephone for the. Sheriff's office. Mr. Pearson offered the following resolution, which on motion was adopted unanimously : Resolved, That the Sheriff of .this County be authorized to put a telephone in his office and charge the expense thereof to the county. By Mr. Pearson : Resolved, That this county enter into a contract with the Monroe County Penitentiary for the maintenance and safe keeping of all persons who may be sentenced by any court ormagistrate in this county for aterm of imprisonment of not less than sixty days ; said contract to go into effect March I, 1897, and extend for a terns of two years from said date ; and that the Chairman and Su- pervisor Aiken, Clerk tiro te`nz, be empowered to execute said contract. Adopted. By Mr. Frost : Resolved, That the Chainiian of this Board be authorized and directed to cause to be published in the Ithaca WeeklyJournal and Ithaca Democrat for a period not to exceed a terns of four, weeks the fact that this Board has exe- cuted a contract with the Monroe County Penitentiary for the keeping of all prisoners sentenced in Tompkins County fora term of sixty days or more, and that said contract will expire on March 1, 1899, unless sooner renewed. Declared adopted. On motion adjourned. ANNUAL SESSION OF 1897. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IO, 1897. The Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County convened in annual session at the Supervisors' room in the Court House in the City of Ithaca, in said county, on Wednesday, November 1o, 1897. The Board was called to order at I1 o'clock, A. M.., by A. G. Marion, Clerk of the Board. On calling the roll the following members answered to their names : TOWN. NAME. P. 0. ADDRESS. Caroline WILLIAM K. BOICE_ Slaterville Danby _ _ FRANK A. TODD _West Danby Dryden _THERON JOHNSON Dryden Enfield_FRANK B. AIKEN Mecklenburg Groton _FRANK A. BEGENT Groton Ithaca. (town). . NICHOLAS PEARSON Ithaca Ithaca (city) . _ _ _ C. F. HOTTES - Ithaca Ithaca (city) G. W FROST Ithaca Ithaca (city) _T. S. THOMPSON Ithaca Ithaca (city)___ WM. P. HARRINGTON Ithaca Lansing B. M. HAGIN South Lansing Newfield __ WM H. VAN ()STRAND Newfield Ulysses__ W. H. PINCKNEY Ulysses The 'Clerk stated that the first business in order was' the selec- tion of a temporary chairman, and asked the pleasure of the Board. 6 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Moved by Mr. Frost that Mr. William K. Boice be selected as temporary Chairman. Carried unanimously. On motion of Mr. Pinckney the Board proceeded to an informal ballot for permanent Chairman. The Chairman appointed as tellers Messrs. Hottes and Thomp- son. The ballot for permanent Chairman resulted as follows : Whole number of votes cast 13, of which Frank A. Todd received eight (8) Wm. H. Van Ostrand received five (5) On motion of Mr. Van Ostrand the informal ballot was made formal, and Mr. Todd declared elected as Chairman. Mr. Todd upon taking the chair briefly thanked the Board for the honor conferred upon him by selecting him to preside as Chairman. Moved and carried that the Board proceed to the election of Clerk. Moved by Mr. Pearson and duly seconded that the Chairman be instructed to cast one ballot for Arthur G. Marion for Clerk of the Board for the ensuing year. The Chairman thereupon duly cast the ballot and declared Arthur G. Marion elected Clerk. The following communications from the State Comptroller were read and on . motion of Mr. Harrington were received and ordered spread upon the minutes. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 7 STATE. OF •NEW . YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, ALBANY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897. To the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, Ithaca, N. Y. . SIR : I have forwarded today under separate cover a form of statement of the valuation of Real and Personal Estate required to be made by you, pursuant to Chapter 117 of the Laws of 1836 and forwarded to this office previous to the second Monday in December in each year, under a penalty of fifty dollars. I have also forwarded forms of Return of Bonded Indebtedness and Incorporated Companies liable to taxation. It is indispensable that these Reports be fur- nished by the tithe prescribed. The Board of Equalization of Taxes, in pursuance of Chapter 908 of the Laws of 1896, have fixed the aggregate valuation of property in your County at the sum of $12,992,9o3 upon which amount a State Tax of $34,691.05 must be levied for the fiscal year, commencing October 1st, 1897, as provided in said act being 21-Yzy mills on the dollar, for the following purposes, viz. For Schools Aa mill, per Chapter 459, Laws of 1897, For State Care of Insane I,159a " " 460, 1897, For General Purposes TV -6 ' ` " 459, 1897, For Canals rya " 435-459 and 566, 1897, Total _ 21 -Vo- mills. $11,823.54 14,292.19 8,575.32 $34,691.05 The non-resident Taxes credited to your County for 1896 amount to $---. Your obedient servant, WM. J. MORGAN, Deputy Comptroller. STATE OF NEW YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, ALBANY, OCTOBER 2I, 1897. To Clerk Board of Supervisors, County of Tompkins : SIR : In addition to the State Tax of zs mills directed to be levied as per circular from this office, dated September x8 amounting to $34,691.o5, the 8 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins is hereby required to raise the sum of $5o6.39 for compensation of the Stenographers of the Supreme Court in the Sixth Judicial District, to September 3o, 1898, as authorized by Sections 258 and 259 of the Code. of Civil Procedure. Respectfully yours, WM. J. MORGAN, Deputy Comptroller. Mr. Pearson offered the following resolution which was adopted Resolved? That the Clerk of this Board be authorized to procure the neces- sary supplies for the use of this Board at the present session. Mr. Harrington offered the . following resolution which was adopted: Resolved, That all appropriations voted upon shall be decided by a yea and nay vote. The following resolution offered by Mr. Begent was adopted : Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board receive as salary for the ensuing year the sum of $175 exclusive of Comptroller's report and postage. Hon. Wm. J. Montayne, of the State Commission on Prisons, appeared before the Board and was given privilege of the floor, and addressed the members regarding the penal institutions of the State. On motion the Board adjourned till Thursday, November r I, 1897, at 9 A. M. A. G. MARION, Clerk. SECOND DAY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1I 1897. Morning Session. The Board met at 9 o'clock, A. M. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 9 Quorum present at roll call. The minutes of yesterday were read and approved. The Chairman announced the appointment of .the following Standing Committees : Constables' Accounts, Pinckney, Aiken, Thompson. Clerks' and Justices' Accounts, Hagin, Van Ostrand, Hottes. Coroners', Coroners' Juries' and Printers' Accounts, Johnson, Boice, Frost. County Treasurer's Accounts, Frost, Pearson, Harrington. Sheriff's; Judge' s and District' Attorney's Accounts, Thompson, Hagin, Johnson. Miscellaneous Claims, Hottes, Begent, Van Ostrand. . Jurisprudence and Erroneous Assessments, • Aiken, Harrington, Johnson. Equalization and Footing Assessment Rolls.,. Van Ostrand, Frost, Hagin, Begent, Aiken, Pearson, Pinckney. Superintendent of.. the Poor, Pearson, Boice, :Pinckney: Appropriations and County Buildings, Harrington, Hagin, Pinckney. U S. Deposit and. Insurance, Boice, Johnson, Van Ostrand. State Charitable and Penal Institutions, Begent, Hottes, Thompson. Io The Suftervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 Mr. Hottes offered the following resolution which was adopted : Resolved, That the hour from 3 to 4 be set aside for the auditing of bills of this Board. By Johnson : Resolved, That the Clerk of this Boardhe allowed the sum of $15.00 for postage, and the further sum of $25.00 for making the report to the State Comptroller. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes -Pinckney, Aiken, Hottes, Van Ostrand, Johnson, Boice, Begent, Thompson, Frost, Hagin, Harrington. Total, 11. Nays None. By Van Ostrand : Iesolved, That the daily sessions of this Board commence at 9 o'clock A. M. and 2 P. M., unless otherwise ordered by the Chairman. Declared adopted. A communication regarding erroneous assessments from Roger H. Williams as agent for Henry S. Willlams, was received and, on. motion, was ordered referred to the proper committee. By Mr. Begent : Resolved, That the sum of four hundred forty-nineM dollars ($449.65) be levied and collected from the following road districts of the Town of Groton for road machines, agreeably to the action of the Town Board and certificate of Town Clerk of the said Town, viz.: 34, 54, 8, 32, 36, 20, 22, 84, 23, 73, 79, 16, 14, 6, 18, 9, 35, 15, 67, 45, 75, 7, 21, 70, 62, 82, 83, 19, 37, 76, 31, 5, 74, io, 78, 61, 66, 12, 27, 69, 26, 51, 47, 48, 57, 59, 60, 58, 50, 39, 38, 49, 80, 56, 3, 77, 44, 41, 40, 42, 52, 53, 17, 85, 64, 11, 71,63,, 68, 55, 43, 46, 65, 30, 25, 1, 72, 33. F. A. BEGENT, Supervisor. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 r1 Resolution declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Pinckney, Aiken, Hottes, Van Ostrand, Johnson, Boice, Begent, Thompson, Frost, Hagin, Harrington --r i. Nays—o. By Mr. Aiken : Resolved, That a committee on printing be appointed by the Chairman, and such committee be instructed to ascertain the price that 5,000 copies of the proceedings of this Board will be furnished for. Declared adopted. The Chairman appointed to constitute such committee Messrs. Frost, Hagin and Begent. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That the Grand Jury list of the County be apportioned among the several towns and the City of Ithaca the -same as in the preceding year. Declared adopted. By Mr. Johnson : Resolved; That the Board hold no session on Saturdays unless otherwise ordered. Declared adopted. By Mr. Frost : Resolved, That the County Treasurer be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars for rent, fuel and light from January 1st, 1898, to January 1st, 1899. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Pinckney, Aiken, Hottes, Van Ostrand, Johnson, Boice, Begent, Thompson, Frost, Hagin; Harrington -1 r. Nays—o. By Mr. Thompson. 12 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Resolved, That this Board audit no bills after November 26, 1897, except by special order, and that the Clerk have said ,resolution published in the Ithaca Daily Journal. Declared adopted. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Board called to order. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Todd presented the reports of Messrs. Thatcher, Smiley, Slocum and Wise, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Danby, which', on motion, were received and filed. Mr. Aiken presented the reports of 'Messrs. Graham, Fletcher, Hine and Lord, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Enfield, which, on motion; were received and filed. Mr. Begent presented the reports of Messrs. ,Montfort, Hop- kins and • Baldwin, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Groton, which, on motion, were received and filed. Mr. Begent presented the report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town �f Groton which, on motion, was received and filed. James S. Lyke, Superintendent of the Poor,appeared before the Board and extended an invitation to the members to. visit the County Ahris House on Thursday, November 18th, 1897. By Mr. Pinckney. Resolved, That the. Board accept the invitafion of Superintendent Lyke to visit the County Alnis House as a body on Thursday, November 18, 1891.. Declared, adopted.., On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, ' Clerk. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 13 THIRD DAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I2, 1897. Morning Session. Board called to order at 9 A. M. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. Minutes of the Special Session of February. 6, 1897, were read and approved. Mr. VanOstrand presentedthe reports of Messrs. Weatherell, Puff, Brown and Dean, Justices of the Peace of the Town of New- field, which on motion were received and filed. Mr. Pinckney presented the reports of Messrs. Williams, Noble, Williamson and Barker, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Ulysses, which on motion were received and filed. Mr. V. VanKruren, agent of the Hartford Steam Boiler Insur- ance Company, appeared before the Board and made a few remarks in regard to renewing the insurance upon the boilers in the County Alms House and the Court House. The members of the Board entered into a discussion regarding the same. By Mr. Harrington : Resolved, That the Committee. on County. Buildings be instructed to con- tinue the insurance of the boilers at Court and Alms House, in the Hartford Boiler Insurance Company, at the cost_ heretofore made. Declared adopted unanimously. 11 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 By Mr. Hottes : Resolved, That we appropriate $ioo.00 for the insurance of the boilers at the Court House and Alms House. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Pinckney, Thompson -9. Nays—o. By Mr. Aiken : Resolved, That in accordance with Chapter io8 Laws of 1876, all Consta- bles and officers of the law in Tompkins County, who are duly authorized and empowered by Courts and Magistrates to convey criminals to the Monroe County Penitentiary or other penal institutions, be allowed fifteen dollars for the conveyance of a single prisoner and three dollars for each additional one conveyed at same time. Declared adopted. On motion adjourned to the County Clerk's office at 2 o'clock P. M., as a County Canvassing Board. A. G. MARION, Clerk. FOURTH DAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1897. florning Session. Board met at usual hourand upon roll call found quorum present. Minutes of Friday. read and approved. By Thompson : The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 r5 Resolved, That the compensation for Jail Physician be fifty dollars for the year commencing January 1, 1898, and ending December 31, 1898. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Thompson -7. Nays—o. Mr. Boice presented the reports of Messrs. Nixon, Speed, Clark and Wolcott, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Caroline, which on motion were received and filed. Mr. Boice presented the report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town of Caroline, which on motion was received and filed. Mr. Pearson presented the reports of Messrs. Hasbrouck, Palmer and Colegrove, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Ithaca, which on motion were received and filed. Mr. Pearson presented the Town Audits of the Town of Ithaca, which, on motion of Mr. Johnson, was received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the said town. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Members of the Board engaged in preparing the Grand Jury lists, for the year 1897-98. Mr. Thompson, Chairman of the committee on District Attorney accounts, reported the following bill No. 41, which on motion, was allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the committee. 16 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 • James S. Lyke, Superintendent of the Poor, appeared before the Board and 'presented' his report, which on motion of Mr. Pear- son, was received and ordered referred to the proper committee. By Mr. Harrington : WHEREAS, In the opinion of this Board the cost' in full for the support and maintaining the inmates of the Alms House should be reported at each annual session to the Board of Supervisors—not only from the amount expended from the appropriation—but from all sources whereby the inmates'are getting benefit, including the production ofthe farm belonging to the County used exclusively for their support and maintenance. Resolved, That the County Superintendent of the Poor be instructed to include in his report a full statement as to the whole cost in the maintenance of the inmates at the County Alms House;—and it shall be his duiy to include in his report the amount of the production of the farm consumed in aid to their maintenance, by placing and adding a market value to all such production used and sold for the benefit of the House and inmates—and all cost of im- provements on the farm and building and all matter of litigation when it is for the benefit of the Alms House or inmates shall be added to the cost of mainte- nance and support of the institution,—and further he be, requested to make his report separately—the one to be the aggregate and per capita ,cost from the monies used from the appropriation—and the other to be the aggregate and per capita cost of the production of the farm and all other expenses incurred for the benefit of the poor. Moved by Mr. Pearson that the resolution be made a special order of business for Monday, November 22, 1897, at 2 o'clock, P. M. J. W. Brown, Coroner, presented his report, which on motion was received and filed. By Mr. Hagin : Resolved, That in accordance with the action of the Town Boardof the Town of Lansing there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the following road districts in the said Town of Lansing the sum of ($361-1A) three hundred sixty one and rAa dollars, to apply on road' 'machines purchased by and for the following road districts The Supervisors' Proceedings; 1897 17 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 $58 27 14, 16, 17, 18 and 20_ 6o II 25, 34 and 37 6o 21 27, 31, 32, 33 and 52_ 6r 37 59, 6o, 61 and 68 61 40 71, 73, 74 and 75 59 So $361 16 Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson -11. Nays—o. Moved by Mr. Pinckney that a committee be appointed to se- cure, conveyances for the members of the Board on their annual visit to the County Alms House on Thursday, November 18, 1897. Carried. The Chairman appointed to constitute such committee Messrs_ Thompson, Frost and Hottes. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk_ FIFTH. DAY. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1897_ Plorning Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Frost presented the report of the Bonding Commissioners of the Town of Ithaca, and his report of the bonded indebtedness of z8 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 said town with subjoined resolution, and asked that the reports be received and the amount asked for be levied and collected out of the taxable property of the City and Town of Ithaca. The above motion was carried by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pinckney, Thompson. -9. Nays—o. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the County the sum of one hundred dollars to pay the County Clerk for the services of janitor at the County Clerk's Building for the year 1398. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Thompson -7. Nays—o. By M. Begent : Resolved, That the sum of ($25o) two hundred and fifty dollars be levied and assessed against the property of the Town of Groton, for the repairs of highways and bridges in said town, as allowed by statute. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost,. Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Thompson. --7. Nays --o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. The members of the Board were engaged in various duties. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1899 19 The hour having arrived for reporting of bills, Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills : Nos. 43, 44, 45, 20, 3, 22, 15, 17, 16, 12, 33, 19, 14. On motion of Mr. Harrington, they were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Van Ostrand.-8. Nays --o. Bills Nos. 26, 6 were disallowed by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, 13oice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Van Ostrand-8. Nays—o. Mr. Hagin, Chairman of the Committee on Justice's Accounts, reported the following bills which were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee : Nos. 50, 47. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Van Ostrand.-8. Nays—o. Mr. Begent presented the Town Audits of the Town of Groton which, on motion of Mr. Boice, were received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Groton by the following Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Van Ostrand-8. Nays—o. Mr. Hagin presented the Town Audits of the Town of Lansing which, on motion of Mr. Begent, were received and.ordered that the 20 The SuJervisors' Proceedings, 1897 amountthereof be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the Town of Lansing by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Van Ostrand-8. Nays—o. On notion of Mr. Van Ostrand, it was resolved that the bond of the County Clerk be the sane as the preceding term. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, • Clerk. SIXTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1897. Horning Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. By Mr. Frost : Resolved, That all County orders issued by this Board shall be counter- signed by the Chairman, and all town orders shall be countersigned by the Supervisors of the respective towns, and that no orders shall be issued until after the adjournment of this Board. Declared adopted. Mr. Pinckney presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Ulysses. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 21 Mr. Hagin presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Lansing. Mr. Aiken presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Enfield. Mr. Hottes presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the City of Ithaca. Begent presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the town of Groton. Mr. Todd presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the. Town of Danby. Mr. Van°strand presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Newfield. Mr. Pearson presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Ithaca. Mr. Boice presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Caroline. • Mr. Johnson presented the list of the Grand Jurors of the Town of Dryden. • On motion they were received and filed. By Mr. Pinckney Resolved, That the list of navies of persons selected and presented by the Supervisors of the different Towns and City of the County to act as Grand Jurors for the ensuing year are hereby approved and declared .to be the Grand Jury List for 1897-1.898. The Clerk read the following designating the newspapers to 'publish the Session Laws for the ensuing year : In pursuance of Chapter 715, Laws of 1892, we, the undersigned Republican members of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, hereby designate. 22 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 The Ithaca Weekly Journal to publish the Session Laws for the ensuing year. Dated November 15, 1897. GEORGE W. FROST, C. F. HOTTES, B. M. HAGIN, F. B. AIKEN, W. P. HARRINGTON, F. A. TODD, THERON JOHNSON, W. H. VAN OSTRAND, W. H. PINCKNEY. In pursuance of Chapter 715, Laws of 1892, we, the undersigned, Denmo- cratic members of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, hereby des- ignate the Ithaca Democrat to publish the Session Laws for the ensuing year. Dated November 15, 1897. N. PEARSON, WM. K. BOICE, F. A. BEGENT, T. S. THOMPSON. The Ithaca Weekly Journal and the Ithaca Weekly Democrat were declared to be the papers to publish the Session Laws for the ensuing year. Mr. Hagin 'presented the report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town of Lansing, which on motion was received and filed. Moved by Mr. Thompson and duly seconded that Hardy T. Rhodes be elected as jail physician for the ensuing year. Carried unanimously. The Chairman declared Hardy T. .Rhodes duly elected jail physician for the ensuing year. By Mr. VanOstrand : Resolved, That the comniittee on County buildings be requested to inves- tigate as to the number of telephones necessary for the County to have in order The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 23 to transact the County business, and the cost to the County for the same and report to this Board. Declared adopted. Upon the absence of Mr. Todd, Mr. Begent was called to the chair. Mr. Aiken presented the report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town of Enfield, which on motion was received and filed. The following petition and resolution was offered by Mr. Van ()strand : To the Town Board of the Town of'Newjield I hereby certify that it is necessary to assess upon the taxable property of road districts Nos. 36, 63, 5o, 59, 27, 17, 8, 9 and 7 the suns of one hundred seventeen and -; a'J dollars to apply as payment on road machine purchased by said districts ; also the sum of thirty-nine and -,%51j dollars upon the property in districts Nos. 26, 58, 109, 18, 25, 83, 53, 74 and 48 to pay for repairs on road machines. Dated Newfield, November 4, 1897. ESTUS PATTERSON, Town Clerk. Resolved, That in accordance with the foregoing certificate of the Town Clerk of the Town of Newfield and the action of the Town Board thereon, the suns of one hundred seventeen and -i's„ dollars be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the following road districts in the Town of New- field, to apply as payment on road machines purchased by said districts, viz. : Nos. 36, 63, 5o, 59, 27, 17, 8, 9 and 7. .Also that the suns of thirty-nine and I dollars be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the following road districts in the Town of Newfield, to pay for repairs for road machine pur- chased by said districts, viz, : Districts Nos. 26, 58, 109, 18, 25, 83> 53, 74 and 48. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagtn; Johnson, Todd, Thompson, VanOstrand-8. 21 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 The report of Eugene Terry, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court was presented and on motion was received and filed. The report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town of New- field was presented by Mr. VanOstrand and on motion was received and filed. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. VanOstrand presented the ,town audits of the Town. of Newfield, which on motion of Mr. Aiken, were received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of said town. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Thompson, VanOstrand.—to. Nays—o. Mr. Hagin, Chairman of the Committee of Justices Accounts, reported the following bills : Nos. 66, 6o. On motion of Mr. Aiken they were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the Committee by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson', Thompson, VanOstrand.—to. Nays—o. Mr. Hagin presented the report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town ofi Lansing, which on motion was received and filed. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills : Nos. 7o, 76, 77, 39, 58, 56, 5, 36. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 5 On notion of Mr. Harrington they were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the Committee by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, VanOstrand-8. Nays—o. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon districts Nos. 48, 61, 66 and 83 in the Town of Caroline the sum of forty-nine dollars and eighty-two cents, to apply as payment on road machine purchased by said districts. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, VanOstrand.-8. Nays—o. By Mr. Begent : Resolved, That the Board of Supervisors designate the Ilhauz Democrat as the paper to publish the determination of Board of Canvassers. Declared adopted. The Board of County Canvassers had previously designated the said paper. A communication from Mrs. A. J. Able, of Trumansburg, re- garding erroneous assessment, was read by the clerk. On motion of Mr. VanOstrand the same was referred to the proper committee. Oh motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, • Clerk. 26 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 SEVENTH DAY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1897. Morning Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes' of yesterday read and approved. On motion, the Board adjourned to re -convene at County Alms House. On arrival at Alms House at 10:30 A. ;t1. , the members engaged themselves by inspecting the -condition of the building and the gen- eral condition of the inmates. The Committee on Superintendent's Accounts were engaged in examining the accounts of the Superin- tendent. A very wholesome dinner was served by Superintendent Lyke, after which the members made a general inspection of the farm. I3efore returning to Ithaca, it was moved by Mr. Van Ostrand and seconded by Mr. Harrington that a vote of thanks be extended to Superintendent Lyke and family for the uniform courtesy which the family have extended to this Board upon their annual visit to the Alms House, and also we praise the Superintendent for the able and efficient manner in which the County Alms House is kept. Declared adopted unanimously. The Board adjourned, arriving at Ithaca 5 P. M. A. G. MARION, Clerk. The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 27 EIGHTH DAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I9, 1897. Morning Session. Board met at the usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. The clerk read a communication from the State Board of Tax Commissioners which, on motion, was received and filed for further reference. Also a petition from Wm. Pierce of the Town of Lansing, relating to erroneous assessment in said Town. On motion, the sane was received, filed and referred to proper committee. Mr. Aiken being called to the chair, Mr. Todd presented the Town Audits of the Town of Danby which, on motion, were received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and assessed against the taxable property of the said Town. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pinckney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand.—i I. Nays—o. By Mr. Todd : Resolved, That in accordance with the Statute, there be added to the Town Audits of the Town of Danby bill .No. 49, Justice T. W. Slocum services in criminal proceedings, $4.2o. No. 5o, Justice T. W. Slocum services in criminal proceedings, $4.15. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pinckney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand—I I. Nays -o. 28 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1899 Mr. Boice presented the Town Audits of the Town of Caroline which, on motion, were received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the said Town. Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pinckney, Todd, Van Ostrand-1o. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Prost, Chairman of the Special Committee on Printing, presented the following report : M the Board of Supervisors Your Special Committee appointed to ascertain at what price 5,000 copies of the Proceedings of this Board for 1897 can be obtained, would report that we have received two bids, one from the ITHACA JOURNAL and one from the Ithaca Democrat, and would further say that the bids in each case are the same, namely, two-fsa dollars per page, the same to he printed on hook paper, and in a manner equal to that for the year of 1596. GEORGE W. FROST, B. M. HAGIN, F. A. BEGENT. By Mr. Harrington : Resolved, That the report of the Special Committee on Printing of the Proceedings of this Board be received, and that they he authorized to contract for 5,000 copies of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, and the con- tract to be awarded to the ITHACA JOURNAL and the said copies of the Pro- ceedings to be ready for distribution by the loth of January, 1898. Declared adopted. Mr. Frost called to the chair. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 29 By Mr. Johnson : Resolved, That in the distribution of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors for the present year, Caroline shall receive 350 copies Danby - " 350 Dryden 700 Enfield 325 Groton 6t5 Ithaca—town shall receive 300 Ithaca—city, ist ward __ 150 Ithaca—city, zd ward 265 „ Ithaca—city, 3d ward 260 Ithaca—city, 4th ward _ 200 Lansing shall receive 475 " Newfield ¢$0 Ulysses 56o Declared adopted : By Mr. Aiken : 5,000 THERON JOHNSON. Resolved, That the bill of Geo. A. Lord, a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Enfield, for services in a criminal action, be allowed and the amount thereof be added to the Town Audits of the Town of Enfield. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Thompson. -8. Nays—o. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills which, on motion of Mr. Boice, were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee : Bills Nos. 34, 92, 91, 81, 9, 31, 25, 83, 4, 84. 30 The Supervisors' Proceedings,. 1899 Ayes= Aiken, Begent, Boice, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Thompson -8. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. NINTH DAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1897. Morning Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of -Friday read and approved. The report of WVni. J. Montagne, of the Commission on State Prisons was read by the Clerk. On motion the same was received and filed. A petition from Horace Sutphen regarding the payment of ex- cessive tax was received, filed and referred to the proper committee. . A discussion ensued regarding the distribution of certain nmonies between the County Treasurer and the City Treasurer. On notion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. The matter regarding report of ,Superintendent of Poor, which was made a special order for to -day at 2 o'clock, P. M. , was called up The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 31 by the Chairman. On motion action was deferred, and the same made a special order of business for Monday, November 29, 1897, at 2 P. M. Mr. Frost, of the Special Committee on Printing, presented the following report : To the Board of Supervisors : Your special committee appointed to make a contract for publishing 5,000 copies of the proceedings of the Board for 1897, would respectfully report that they have made such contract with THE ITHACA JorRNAL at the agreed price of $2.55 per page for the same. GEORGE W. FROST, F. A. BEGENT, B. M. HAGIN. The report of L. H. VanKirk, County Clerk, was presented and on motion was received, filed and ordered printed in the minutes. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills, which on notion were allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the Committee. Bills Nos. 101, 96, 98, 93, 42, 95, 102, 30, 10, 29. Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Pearson, Thompson. -9. Nays—o. Mr. Hagin, Chairman of the Committee on Justices' Accounts, reported the following bill, which on notion was allowed and audit- ed at the amount recommended by the Committee. Bill No. 82. Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Pearson, Todd, Chairman. -7. Nays—o. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That the matter brought before the Board in regard to paying certain monies to the City Treasurer be referred to a special committee for investigation. 32 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 The Chairman appointed as such committee Messrs. Harring- ton, Boice, Pearson. Mr. Aiken presented the report of the Bonding Commissioners of the Town of Enfield and his report of the bonded indebtedness of said town, with subjoined resolution, which on motion, were received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and collected against the taxable property of the Town of Enfield. (See Reports. ) Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Pearson, Todd, Chairman. -7. Nays—o. The Committee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions were engaged during the afternoon with Superintendent of the Poor Lyke, regarding the distribution of certain matters regarding Char- itable and Penal Institutions. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. TENTH DAY. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1897. Morning Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday were read and approved. Mr. Johnson presented the reports of Messrs. Hanford, Brown, Ross, Underwood and Seager, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Dryden, which, on motion, were received and filed. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 33 Mr. Van Ostrand presented the report of the Bonding Commis-' sioners of the Town of Newfield, and his report of the bonded indebtedness of his town, together with subjoined resolution which, on motion, was received . and the amount asked for be levied and collected upon the taxable property of the said town: Vote resulted : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, 'Boice, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Thompson, Van Ostrand-9. Nays—o The report of John Flickenger, Coroner, was presented and on motion was received and filed. ' Mr. Aiken presented the Town Audits of the Town of Enfield which, on motion of Mr. Van Ostrand, were received and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and collected against the taxable property of the said town. Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington,Hottes, Johnson, Thompson, Van Ostrand—to. Nays—o. Mr. Johnson called to the chair. Members were engaged during the balance of the forenoon in various duties. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That in pursuance to a resolution of the Town Board, that the sum of one hundred dollars be levied and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Caroline to apply in the support of the poor of said town. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson -8. Nays—o. 34 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 By Mr. Van.Ostrand : Resolved, That the sum of $250.00 be levied upon and collected from the taxableproperty of the Town of Newfield, for the repair of highways and bridges of said town as allowed by Statute. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes -Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Van Ostrand-to. Nays -o. By Mr. Johnson : • Resolved, That the sum of four hundred eight andr'yo dollars ($4o8.59) be levied upon and collected from the following road districts of the Town of Dry- den agreeably to the action of the Town Board and certificate of the Town Clerk of said town, viz.: 34, 33, 35, 31, 32, 5, 63, 64, 65, 62, 68, 54, 76, 77, 89, 57, 46, 80, 75, 81, 83, 88, 79, 94, 13, 12, 14, 15, 21, 20, 151, 22, 36, 52, 38, 27, 48, 47, 55, 49, 51, 136, 53, 50. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes -Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Van Ostrand-Io. Nays -o. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills which, on motion of Mr. Boice, were allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the com- mittee.: Bills Nos, too, 40, 28, 94. Ayes-Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, VanOstrand-io. Nays -o. Mr. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee on Coroners', Cor- oners' Juries', etc., reported the following bills which, on motion of Mr. Van Ostrand, were allowed and audited at the amounts recom- mended by the committee : The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 35 Bills Nos. 73, 74, 6i, 64, 13, 68, 62. Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, VanOstrand—ii. Nays—o. Mr. Pinckney, Chairman of the Committee on Constables' Accounts, reported the following bills which, on motion, were allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the committee : Bills Nos. 63, 67, 69, 72, 75, So. Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pinckney, Pearson, Van Ostrand—ro. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. > ELEVENTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, I897. rlorning Session. Board met at usual hour. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. By Mr. Harrington : Resolved, That the sum of three hundred and fifty ($35o.00) dollars be allowed the Sheriff of this County to pay for the services of Janitor of the Court House and as Engineer for Jail and Court House. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Johnson, Pearson, Thompson, VanOstrand. Total -9. Nays—o. 36 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That the interest for the year 1897 on all tax returned to this Board by the County Treasurer be charged to the different towns to which such return is made. Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Johnson, Pearson, Thompson, VanOstrand-9. Nays—o. By Mr: VanOstrand : Resolved, That the sum of fifty'dollars be levied upon and collected from thetaxable property of the Town of Newfield to apply in the support of the • poor of the said town. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Frost, Hagin, Johnson, Thompson, VanOstrand, • Todd, Chairman -7. Nays—o.. The Special Committee appointed to investigate the matterre= garding the distribution of certain money between. the County Treasurer and the City Treasurer, rendered their report, and on motion of . Mr. Hagin the report was received and the committee discharged. Mr. Pearson called to the chair. By Mr. Todd : Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Danby $25o.00 for highways and bridges in accordance with the Statute. • Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, John- son, Todd, Thompson, VanOstrand—Io. Nays—o. By Mr. Hagin The Suj5ervisors' Proceedings, r897 37 !Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($25o) be levied and assessed against the taxable property of the Town of Lansing for the repairs of highways and bridges in said Town as allowed by Statute. Adopted bj• the following vote : Aves—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, John- son, Todd, Thompson, VanOstrand--io. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. The report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town o1 Ithaca was presented by Mr. Pearson and on motion was received and filed. By Mr. Johnson : Resolved, That in accordance with a resolution adopted at the annual Town Meeting held in and for the Town of Dryden on the 9th day of February, 1897, the sum of six hundred ninety-five ($69.00) dollars be levied upon and col- lected from the taxable property of the Town of Dryden, for the repairs of highways and bridges of the said Town. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes --Aiken, Begent, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pear- son, VanOstrand-8. Nays—o. By Mr. Johnson : Resolved, That in accordance with the vote of the electors of the Town of Dryden at the annual Town Meeting held in and for the said Town on the 9th day of February, 1897, the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of fie Town of Dryden for fence wire. Adopted. by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pear- son, VanOstrand-8. Nays—o. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That when this Board adjourns to -day it adjourns till Monday, November 29, 1897, at Io A. M. Declared adopted. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 87, 117, 35, 120, 99, 115, 79. Vote resulted : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Frost, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Thompson -8. Nays—o. • Mr. Hagin in chair. Mr. Johnson presented the Town Audits of the Town of Dryden, which on motion were received and ordered that the amount be levied and collected upon the taxable property of said. Town bythe following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Frost, Hagin, Johnson, Pearson, Van-, Ostrand-8. Nays --o. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. TWELFTH DAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1897. i lorning Session. The Chairman called the Board to order pursuant to adjourn- ment, and called the attention of the members to the fact that the The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 39 infant son of Arthur G. Marion, the Clerk of this Board, is lying dangerously ill, which requires his (the Clerk) attention at home. He stated that Ezra Marion was present in behalf of the Clerk to perform his duties acid asked the pleasure of the Board in the premises. Mr. Pearson moved that Ezra Marion be elected Clerk, pro tem, of this Board. The motion being duly seconded, was put by the Chairman and he declared the same unanimously carried. The oath of office was then administered by the Chairman to the Clerk, pro tem. Roll call. Quorum present. The Journal of Wednesday, November 24, 1897, was read and approved. :. Mr. Hagin called the attention of the Board to the natter of removing a barn or building in the rear of the jail. Mr. Harrington moved that bill No. 122 be referred to the special committee of 1896 for information. By Mr. Van ()strand : WHEREAS, Addie Taber is assessed on the assessment roll of the Town of Newfield for the current year for $600.00, personal property, and WHEREAS, The said assessment is void for the reason that the said Addie Taber has not been a resident of Newfield for several years, therefore be it Resolved, That the said assessment of $600.00 he stricken from the assess- ment roll of the Town of Newfield. Mr. Frost moved the adoption of the resolution. The motion being seconded was declared carried. On motion adjourned. to The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Afternoon Session. Roll. call. All the members present. Mr. Johnson offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars ($5oo) be levied and col- lected from the taxable property of the Town of Dryden for the repair of high- ways and bridges of said town as allowed by Statute. Moved that the resolution be adopted. Ayes-Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Todd, VanOstrand—r i. Nays—o. The various members were engaged in committee work during the day's session. Mr. Pinckney presented the reports of the Overseers of the Poor of the Town �r Ulysses which, on motion, was accepted and ordered filed. The hour having arrived as previously designated, the com- mittee to which was referred the natter of reporting the feasibility of requiring the County Superintendent of the Poor to make a sup- plementary report, Mr. Pearson, chairman of said committee, offered the following which, on notion of Mr. Johnson was adopted : To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins: Whereas, there is before this Board a resolution requesting that the County Superintendent of the Poor be instructed to make to this Board a report of the cost of maintaining the poor of the County, including the products of the farm, Your committee would respectfully report that they deem the report as now made sufficient. N. PEARSON, W. H. PINCKNEY, WM. K. BOICE. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 11 By Mr. Johnson : Resolved, That the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars 4450.0o) be assessed against the taxable property of the town of Dryden for the support of the poor, as per resolution of the Town Board. On motion of Mr. Pearson, the resolution was declared adopted by the following vote Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand-12. Nays—o. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That in accordance with a vote taken at the annual Town Meet- ing held February 9, 1897, the sum of five hundred dollars, in addition to the amount allowed by statute, be levied upon and collected from the taxable prop- erty of .the Town of Caroline for the repair of roads and bridges in said town. On motion of Mr. Pinckney, the resolution was adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand— 12. Nays o. Mr. Harrington offered the following preamble and resolution, which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote : WHEREAS, This Board has learned with profound regret that their col- league, neighbor and friend, W. H. Pinckney, has met with misfortune by the demise of his mother, who has stood the storm of life for nearly eighty years ; one whose noble character will be a shining light to all who knew her, and a guide to her many friends, Resolved, That this Board extendtheir sympathy to our colleague, W. H. Pinckney, and to all friends and neighbors who have been called to mourn her loss, and that the Clerk be instructed to spread this resolution upon the min- utes and cause the same to be published in the papers. 12 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Mr. Johnson, Chairman of Committee on Coroners', Coroners' Juries' and Printers' Accounts, reported the following bills Nos. 65, 24, 1, 78, 37, 23, 85, 8. On motion of Mr. Boice, the 'bills were allowed and audited for the amounts recommended by the committee by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand—i2. Nays—o. Mr.. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills : Nos. 133, 124, 125, 122, 135, 116. On motion of Mr. Pinckney, the bills were allowed and audited for the amounts recommended by the committee by the following vote : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand (the Chairman), —12. . Nay s—o. Mr. Hagin, Chairman of Clerks and Justices' Accounts, re- ported bill No. 129 which, on motion of Mr. Frost, was allowed and audited by the amounts recommended by the committee : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, •Harrington, Hottes, John- son; Pearson, Pinckney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand. Nays—o. Mr. Begent asked unanimous consent to withdraw bill No. 59 of A. M. Baldwin, in consideration of its being a Town charge. There being no objection the request was granted. On motion the Board adjourned. EZRA MARION, Clerk, pro tem. The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 2897 THIRTEENTH DAY.. 13 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1897. Clorning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Begent presented the report of the Bonding Commissioners of the Town of Groton, and the report of the bonded indebtedness of his Town, which on motion of Mr. Harrington, was received and ordered printed with the reports, and the amount asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the said. Town. \•' ote resulted : Ayes—Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Van Ostrand—io. Nays= -o. Mr. Hottes, Chairman Committee on County; buildings, pre- sented the report of said Committee, which was read by the Clerk ' pro tem. Mr. Begent moved that the report be accepted. ' The motion being duly .seconded, a general discussion between the several members was had in regard to the recommendations of the committee in relation to the additional building proposed at the County Clerk's office. The report being put upon its acceptance was ordered spread upon the minutes of the proceedings, and by the Chairman the same was declared unanimously carried. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COUNTY BUILDINGS. The Committee. on County Buildings for past year, desire to state to . this Board,'that the County Buildings are in an extraordinary good condition. 44 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 COURT HOUSE. The system of . ventilation at the Court House was discussed at a recent term of Court and Judge Lyon appointed a Committee of the Bar, with Judge Alniy as Chairman, to confer' with the Committee on County Buildings, con- cerning defective ventilation and remedy any such defect by improvement. The two committees trade a thorough investigation and found that with a few exceptions, it was as perfect as any that could be placed in the building. Judge Almy made a report to the Court to that effect. Some few other improve- ments have been made of a necessary character suggested by the Bar and ap- proved by the Committee. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. The County Clerk's office is in good condition, some repairs and changes have been made. The roof has been painted as also the addition built for the steam heater, has received a coat of paint. . By request of Judge Ahoy addi- tional book and paper cases have been added to the Surrogate's Office, painted and varnished to correspond to the other cases in the office. The adjoining property on the west of the building last year bought for future use by your Committee for the Board at its last session, is looked upon as a wise purchase, both as:to safety of the Clerk's Office and the saving to the County in lighting the rear rooms. The Committee has removed the barn and sheds on the prop- erty thereby increasing the safety of the building. They have caused the 'grou'nd to be properly graded and seeded. A five feet picket fence, neatly painted, has been erected in order that it may not be a dumping ground for the stores which it adjoins. In view of this County paying for outside office rents nearly the interest on seven thousand dollars, they would recommend that as soon as practicable, the County build,an, addition to the building and include all the County offices, the District Attorney, the County Treasurer and Sheriff's offices. . The County offices .will then all be in one building. JAIL. The Jail, both resident part and Jail proper, are in very good condition. The sanitary condition seems to be first class, the lighting and water systems are excellent. We would call your attention to the system whereby all closets are flushed automatically every fifteen minutes, continuing night and day in its service, making it perfectly secure from the drunken or crazy inmates frons tearing the fixtures from their places in their spasmodic frenzies. Various. changes have been made the past year in some portions of the building, as well as some repairs that were necessary to keep the property in its proper condition. • The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 ¢5 One of the Commissioners of Penal Institutions -of this State visited the Jail of this County recently and reported changes to he made. The important change that he recommended was a. separate place for women, children, wit- nesses, debtors, &c.; to be entirely isolated from the other inmates, with no way of communication to the criminals ; he also recommended a ladies' bath room in connection with it. • This Committee would say the suggestion and recommendation a good one, but don't think it advisable to make the change at present, but would suggest that it be made when the County indebtedness is cancelled. COUNTY ALMS HOUSE. The Alms House at Jacksonville was never in as good a condition as at the present.time. Special legislation of the Board of Supervisors has improved its condition to such an extent that it ranks to -day one of the best in the State. Not only are the buildings kept up by various repairs made from time to time,' but improvements are added when necessary to make the inmates comfortable. The Committee has removed the partially rotted tank from the attic, that stored the water supply for the house, and placed two cypress tanks, of about too barrels capacity, in its place, arranged in such a way that both -can -be used together or separately as occasion requires. The new Aeromoter Wind Mill with the improved tanks, give complete sat- isfaction to the Superintendent and fill him with delight continuously. The Committee' -feels certain that this matter is' now settled for along time to conte. The water front in the kitchen range has given, great trouble by filling up with lime. This matterhas been remedied by placing a water heater in the cook room for heating the large amount of water used for bathing, etc. The farm of ioo acres is in its normal condition and produces good crops as the reports show. Ithaca, November 23, 1897. C. F. HOTTES, THAD. S. THOMPSON, WM. P. HARRINGTON, Committee on County Buildings, 1896—'97. By order of the Chairman of the Board Mr. Pearson, Chairman of the Committee on Superintendents of . the Poor, presented the report of the County Superintendent of the Poor, with the accom- panying and following report of the Committee, together with bills Nos. 109, 119, and on motion of Mr. VanOstrand, seconded by Mr. Johnson, they were accepted ; and it was ordered that the amount ¢6 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 recommended by the committee be levied and assessed upon the tax- able property of the County of Tompkins by the following vote : Ayes—Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand—io. Nays—o. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Your Committee of Superintendents of the Poor respectfully submit the following report : The total amount of orders drawn by the Superin- tendent during the year 1896 was_ .- _ __.._ $5,585 72 Amount of appropriation for the year 1896 was___ 4,70o 00 Deficiency Amount of appropriation asked for, for the year 1897 is Aniount of deficiency for 1896 _.._ $385 72 $5,000 00 885 72 Total amount asked for $5,885 72 Your committee have examined the Superintendent's estimates of the amounts needed for niaintaining the County Alms House and care of the poor for the coming year, and iu accordance with those estimates we would recom- mend that there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the County for the following purposes : To cover deficiency the sum of $ 885 72 For support of County Alms House for the year 18975,000 o0 $5,885 72 For deficiency - 885 72 Temporary relief of county poor 1,533 02 Services of overseers 15o 45 Transportation 49 25 For support of county poor 900 02 FOR SUPPORT OF POOR BY TOWNS. Ithaca (city)__. 1,232 25 Ithaca (town) 151 05 Dryden • 246 21 The Supervisors'. Proceedings, 1897 Lansing Groton _ Danby_ Newfield____ Enfield Caroline _ Ulysses Adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. 47 43 55 56 79 157 45 150 59 74 62 74 92. 179 83 $5,885 72 N. PEARSON, WM. K. BOICE, W. H. PINCKNEY. By Mr. Pinckney : _ Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($25o) be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Ulysses for the repairs of highways and bridges in said town as allowed by statute. Mr. Begent moved the adoption of the resolution, and the same being duly seconded, was carried by the following vote : Ayes—ro. Nays—o. At this hour, 2:3o P. M., the members were engaged in com- mittee work. Mr. Van Ostrand submitted the following certified communica- tion from the Town Clerk of Newfield to the Town Board of said town, and the subjoined resolution covering -the required appro- priation : To the Town Board of the Town of Newfield : I hereby certify that in the year 1895 there was an appropriation voted to be. paid annually to the Newfield Town Library Association of one hundred dollars, and there has been no negative vote on that appropriation since. Dated Newfield, N. Y., November 4, 1897. ESTUS PATTERSON, Town Clerk. 18 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Resolved That in accordance with the certificate of the Town Clerk of the Town of Newfield, and Chapter 378, Laws of 1892, the sum of $ioo be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Newfield in aid of the Newfield Free Town Library. Mr. Johnson moved the adoption of the resolution which was duly seconded by Mr. Boice, and was declared carried by the fol- lowing vote : Ayes— o. Nays—o. Mr. Hagin offered the following resolution, and stated that he did so because it is said the shed to which the resolution refers is damaging to adjoining property : Resolved, That the Committee on County Buildings be instructed to re- move the shed in rear of County Jail. Mr. Van ()strand moved that action on the resolution be de- ferred for one week. Seconded by Mr. Hottes. Mr. Van Ostrand's motion was carriedand action on Mr. Hagin's resolution was made the special order of business for Tues- • day, December 7, at 2 P. M. Mr. Hagin, Chairman Committee on Clerk's and Justice's Ac- counts, reported bills Nos. 139, 137, 138, 127. On motion of Mr. Aiken, they were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Frost, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand-lo. Nays—o. Mr. Pinckney, Chairman of the Committee on Constables' Accounts, presented the following bills Nos. 113, 114, 111, 136, 137. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 19 Mr. Johnson moved that they be allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begen t, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand—io. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. EZRA MARION, Clerk, pro tem. FOURTEENTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER I , I897. Morning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Journal of Tuesday read and approved. Chairman Todd called Mr. VanOstrand to the chair. The various members engaged in committee work. Mr. Todd in the chair. The bond and sureties of County Clerk elect Leroy H. VanKirk received by the Chairman. On motion of Mr. Frost, duly seconded by Mr. Begent, the same were unanimously approved by a vote of the Supervisors of the County. On motion adjourned. so The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Afternoon Session. Mr. Aiken in the chair. Roll call. Quorum present. By Mr. Pinckney : Resolved, That the sum two hundred and fifty dollars ($25o) he levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Ulysses to apply in the support of the poor of said Town. On notion of Mr. Boice the resolution was adopted by the following vote : Ayes -11. Nays—o. Mr. Hottes, Chairman Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, presented the following bills : Nos. 88, 121, 89, 53, 48, 55, 46, 124, 123, 97. On motion of Mr. Van ()strand they were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the Committee by the following vote : Ayes -8. Nays—o. Mr. Johnson, Chairman Conrnlittee on Coroners, Coroner's Juries and Printers, presented the following bills : Nos. i38, 140. Mr. Hottes moved that they be allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pinck- ney, Van Ostrand-8. Nays—o. Mr. Pinckney, Chairman of the Committee on Constables' Ac- counts, presented bill No. 141, which on motion of Mr. Boice, was allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the committee. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1-897 Vote resulted : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, . Boice, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson; Pinck- ney, Van Ostrand-8. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. EZRA MARION, Clerk, pro tem. FIFTEENTH DAY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897. Morning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. During the morning hours the members were engaged in com- mittee work, and on various other matters : By Mr. Pinckney : Resolved, That in accordance with the action of the Town Board, there be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the following Road Dis- tricts in the Town of Ulysses the sum of twenty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($21.25) to apply on note for the purchase of road machines by the follow- ing Road Districts in said Town. Districts Nos. 61, 72. Mr. Begent moved the adoption of the resolution which was carried by the following vote : Ayes -9. Nays—o. By Mr. Harrington : 52 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the County of Tompkins the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) the same being for the payment of rent for the Sheriff's office. Mr. Boice moved the adoption of the resolution, which was carried by the following vote : Ayes -9. Nays—o. Mr. Johnson in the chair. Moved that this Board adjourn. Afternoon Session, Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Frost presented the following certified copies of resolutions passed by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, which request was granted. CITY OF ITHACA, OFFICE; of THE CITY CLERK. ITHACA, N. Y., DECEMBER 1, 1897. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : At a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, N. Y., held December 1st, 1897, the following resolution was unanimously adopted and approved by the Mayor : Resolved, That the Common Council of the City of Ithaca request the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County that there shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the City of Ithaca the sum of eight thousand dol- lars ($S,000) and that the same be paid over to the City Treasurer to be used for the support of the poor of said City. I hereby certify the above to be a true copy. [L.S.] A. W. FORCE, City Clerk. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 CITY OF ITHACA, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. 53 ITHACA, N. Y., DECEMBER I, 1897. Common Council Chambers, City of Ithaca, N. Y. Resolved, That the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County be hereby notified that the full amount eight thousand ($8,000) dollars appropriated for support of the poor of the City of Ithaca, called for by resolution of this date, be deposited in the City Treasury in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1893, and that no payments from said fund on account of the City of Ithaca, shall be made except through the usual and regular methods of expenditures of said city. Ayes—Crandall, Godfrey, Jackson,•Blacknlan, George, Smith -6. Nays—o. Adopted and approved by the Mayor. 1 hereby certify the above to he a true copy. [L.S. ] By Mr. Thompson : A. W. FORCE, City Clerk. That in accordance to a resolution passed by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca and approved by the Mayor of said City, and pursuant to Chapter 358, Laws of 1893, Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the City of Ithaca the sum of eight thousand dollars for the support of the poor in said city, and that the amount of said appropriation be paid to the Treasurer of the city for' disbursement. Mr. Harrington moved that the resolution be made a special order of business for Monday, December 6, 1897, at 2:30 P. M. Carried. Mr. Pinckney presented the Town Audits of the Town of . Ulysses which, on motion of Mr. Aiken, were received and it was 5/ The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 ordered that the amount thereof be levied and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Ulysses by the following vote : Ayes -1 i. Nays—o. By Mr. Aiken : Resolved That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Enfield for the repair of highways and bridges, as allowed by Statute. Mr. Van ()strand moved the adoption of the resolution, which was carried by the following vote : Ayes -1 i . Nays—o. On motion adjourned. EZRA MARION, Clerk, pro tem. SIXTEENTH DAY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1897. Plorning Session. Chairman called the Board to order at the usual hour. Mr. Van ()strand stated that on account of the death of the in- fant son of Arthur G. Marion, the Clerk of this Board, that the Clerk pro tem, Mr. Ezra Marion, would be unable to be present and moved that Mr. Aiken act as Clerk pro tem. Motion was duly seconded and Mr. Aiken declared elected. Roll call. Quorum present. Journal of yesterday read and approved. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 55 Mr. Van°straand offered resolutions of condolence with the bereaved family of our esteemed Clerk, which were adopted and a copy thereof sent to the family. Mr. Pinckney offered the report of the Bonding Commissioners of Town of Ulysses, which on motion of Mr. Boice, was accepted and ordered printed with the reports. Mr. Pinckney offered the following : Resolved, That at the request of the Bonding Commissioners of the Town of Ulysses there be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of said Town the sum of three thousand seven hundred and forty-three dollars ($3,743) to pay interest on the above bond for the year ending September 1, 1898. Carried. Ayes -11. Nays—o. Mr. Harrington offered the following : Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars he assessed and collected upon the taxable property of the County of Tompkins as salary for Chaplain of Alms House. Carried. Ayes -9. Nays—o. Mr. Boice offered the following, together with a certified copy of the expense of building the bridge : Resolved, That pursuant to the provisions of Section 13o, of Article V, of the Highway Law, page 1443, of the Revised Statutes of the State of New York, That, there be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the County of Tompkins, the sum of one hundred and three dollars and ten cents ($103.10), being payment of the one-sixth (') part of the expense of the con- struction of a bridge at Rawson Hollow, over a boundary stream between the Town of Caroline, in the County of • Tompkins, and the Town of Berkshire, in the County of Tioga. The Supervisors' Proceedings, [897 Carried. Ayes—q. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Pinckney offered a petition from the Assessors of the Town of Danby in regard to omitted lands, which on notion of Mr. Van- Ostrand, was referred to Committee on Erroneous Assessments. Members engaged .upon committee work. On motion adjourned. R. B. AIKEN, Clerk, pro lem. SEVENTEENTH DAY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1897. Horning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. A. G. Marion present and assumed duties of Clerk. Minutes of Friday read and approved. Mr. Johnson offered the report of the Overseer of the Poor of the Town of Dryden, which on motion were received and filed. By Mr. Boice : Resolved, That the Collectors of the several Towns of Tompkins County and the Tax Receiver of the City of Ithaca be required to settle with the The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1.897 57 County Treasurer and the Supervisors of their respective towns on or before March 1, 1898. Declared adopted. A petition from the Assessors of the Town of Caroline regard- ing the omission of a name from the Assessment Roll of said Town was presented by Mr. Boice. On motion of Mr. VanOstrand the same was received and referred to proper Committee. Petition from the Assessors of the Town of Newfield regarding erroneous assessment of Charles W. McCorn, of the said Town, was offered by Mr. VanOstrand. On motion was received and referred to proper Committee. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. The bond of James S. Lyke, Superintendent of the Poor, pre- sented, and on motion was received, accepted and ordered filed. The hour having arrived for action upon the resolution offered by Mr. Thompson on Thursday, December 2, 1897, relating to pay- ment of certain moneys to the City Treasurer of Ithaca, the same was called up by the Chairman, and after some discussion the resolution was adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand. Total -12.. Nays—o. By Mr. Harrington : Resolved, That the apportioned amount charged to the City of Ithaca for the support of the city poor at Alms House, heretofore passed by this Board, be rescinded, and the amount thus charged, naively $1,232.25, be presented to the 58 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1-897 City Council in the form of a verified bill signed by the Superintendent of the Poor, and that the County Treasurer be instructed to make a draft on the City Treasurer for' such an amount, accompanied with such bill, to reimburse the County for the support bf such specified poor at Alms House. The same was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Mr. Frost. Moved by Mr. Pearson and seconded by Mr. Hagin, that the resolution be laid upon the table indefinitely. Vote resulted upon Mr. Pearson's amendment as follows : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Hagin, Johnson, Pearson, Pinck- ney, Van Ostrand. Total -8. Nays—Frost, Harrington, Hottes and Thompson. Total -4. Mr. Hagin asked permission to withdraw the resolution relating to the removal of the barn in the rear of the County Jail, which was offered by him on November 3o, and made a special order. of business for Tuesday, December 7, 1897, at 2:3o P. M. No objec- tion being' made, permission was granted and it was so ordered. By Mr. Pearson : Be il, Resolved, That the, Committee on County Buildings be empowered to repair the barn back of the Jail so as to make it secure, and thus prevent any damage or harm to any adjoining property. Declared adopted. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous Claims, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 142, 143. Vote resulted : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Frdst, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Pearson, Thompson, Van Ostrand-9. Nays—o. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1899 59 Mr. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Sheriff's Ac- counts, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 128, 130, 131. Vote resulted : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand—Io. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. EIGHTEENTH DAY. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1897. Morning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Aiken, Chairman of the Committee on Erroneous Assess- ments, presented the following report which, on motion of Mr. Van Ostrand, was received and accepted : To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins. County : Your Committee on Erroneous Assessments to which was referred the peti- tions of the following persons, viz.: Mrs. A. J. Abel, Wm. Pierce, Horace Sut- phen and others, have considered them and report as follows : In the petition of Mrs. A. J. Abel of Ulysses, we find that owing to a cler- ical error in copying the assessment roll of 1896 from the blotter, she was improperly assessed in the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700.00) and that she 6o The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 paid the tax which was levied on the amount improperly assessed, which amounted to $7.71. We therefore recommend that she be reimbursed in the sum of seven and 170'6 ($7.71) dollars, and that said sum be assessed upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Ulysses. We find upon examination of the petition of Wn1. Pierce of the Town of Lansing, that he was assessed for one thousand dollars of personal property by one of the assessors of said town, that on the day appointed for that purpose, petitioner appeared before the Board of Assessors of said Town of Lansing, and that said assessment was found to be erroneous and was stricken from the assess- ment roll of said town, that thereafter the Town Clerk of said town in copying the assessment roll, by mistake copied the said assessment of $[,90o and that the petitioner was thereby obliged to pay the sum of eleven and 1'6'5 dollars ($11.00) wrongfully on the tax roll of said town. We therefore recommend that the said Wm. Pierce be reinlbursed in the sum of eleven and dollars and that said sum be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Lansing. Upon examination of the petition of Horace Sutphen of the Town of Enfield, we find that he was properly assessed in the sum of eleven hundred and fifty dollars, and that by mistake in copying the assessment roll of said town his assessed valuation upon real estate appeared to be seventeen hundred dollars, whereby he was wrongfully obliged to pay an erroneous tax of eight and -fib°,} ($8.8o). We therefore recommend that he be reinibursed in the sum of $8.8o, and that said suns be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of 'Enfield. Upon examination of the petition of the assessors of the Town of Newfield, we find that lands assessed to Chas. McCorn in the original assessment at $96o was by mistake in copying placed at $2,500. We therefore recommend that the aaid assessment he placed on the tax roll at the sum of $960, as originally assessed. After examination of the petition of the assessors of the Town of Danby, we find that lands originally assessed on the blotter to Francis Tubbs, viz.: r acre, valuation, $25o,.was by mistake omitted from the roll as made by the the assessors. We therefore recommend that said assessment as originally made he placed upon the tax roll of the town of Danby. Upon examination of the petition of the assessors of the Town of Caroline, we find that fifty acres of land originally assessed to William Jansen was, by mistake in copying, entirely omitted from the assessment roll of the Town of Caroline. We therefore recommend that such assessment be placed upon the tax roll of the Town. of Caroline, as originally made. In the petition of Professor Henry S. Williams, who claims that previous to October 24, 1895, he owned a residence on the Cornell University Campus, The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 that on that date the said property was formally transferred to Cornell Univer- sity for a sufficient consideration, that by reason of such transfer the said prop- erty became by law exempted from taxation, that during the year 1896 the property was still assessed to the said Prof. H. S. Williams in the sum of $1,800, on which a tax of $29.99 was levied and which petitioner was obliged to pay. He therefore asks that he be reimbursed in the sum of $29.00, the sum which was unjustly collected. Upon investigation of the above claims we find them correct and recom- mend that he be reimbursed in the sum of $29.99 and that the sum be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the City of Ithaca. In each of the foregoing cases the petition of the Assessors accompanied the application. F. B. AIKEN, WM. P. HARRINGTON, THERON JOHNSON. By Mr. Frost : In accordance with the report of the Committee on Erroneous Assessments and the recommendation of the same, be it Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Ulysses the sum of seven and -?�,� ($7.7 ) dollars to reimburse Mrs. A. J. Abel. Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Lansing the sum of eleven and ?A ($1I. t t) dollars to reimburse William Pierce. Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of • the Town of Enfield the sum of eight and -aa dollars ($8.8o) to reimburse Horace Sutphen. Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the City of Ithaca the sum of twenty-nine and i0.90 to reimburse Henry S. Williams. Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Johnson, Pearson, Van Ostrand-7. Nays—o. 62 The SupervisorsProceedings, 1897 By Mr. Boice : At a meeting of the Town Board of Caroline held May 8, 1897, by call of Highway Commissioner to examine bridges and to make appropriation for the. expense of construction of the same authorized by a vote of the Electors of said Town, Resolved, That in accordance with the action of such Board, the sum of $656.2o be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Caroline $2o6.2o to pay the proportionate expense of a joint bridge at Rawson Hollow and the balance of the above on bridge near D. C. Hanford's, Brookton. Vote resulted on the above : Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand—io. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. By Mr. VanOstrand : Resolved, That the sum of seventeen hundred and two dollars and fifty cents ($1,7o2.5o) be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the Town of Newfield, to apply as payment on the claim of Ezra Marion against the said Town of Newfield, in accordance with the terms of settlement of the said claim. Declared adopted. Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Johnson, Pearson, Van Ostrand-7. Nays—o. • By Mr. Pearson : Resolved, That James S. Dyke, County Superintendent of the Poor, be authorized to employ labor, not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be used on the County farm, and he be instructed to keep and present The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 to the Board of Supervisors, at their next annual session, an itemized statement for such labor, and the same to be made a charge against the County of Tompkins. • The above resolution was duly seconded by Mr. Thompson. Moved by Mr. Pinckney and seconded by Mr. Hottes that action be deferred and the same made a special order of business for Wednesday, December 8, 1897, at 2 P. M. Declared adopted. Mr. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee on Coroner's Ac- counts and Printers' Accounts, reported the following bills, which were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 71, 57, 126. Ayes—Begent, Frost, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand-9. Nays—o. Mr. Pinckney, Chairman of the Committee on Constables' Accounts, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 2, 49, 51, 52, 132. Ayes—Begent, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand—io. Nays—o. Mr. Harrington called to the chair. Mr. Todd, Chairman of the County Finance Committee, ren- dered the following report, which on notion of Mr. Pearson, .was accepted and the amount therein asked for, viz.: $934.73 be levied and collected from the taxable property of Tompkins County. Ayes—Begent, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinck- ney, Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand—to. Nays—o. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1899 To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Pursuant to a resolution adopted by this Board December II, 1896, the County Finance Committee beg leave to present the following report as to the standing indebtedness of Tompkins County : Outstanding notes maturing March r, 1898, are as follows : Ithaca Trust Company $3,000 00 Interest on same to March 1, 1898, 5 % $180 00 G. M. Pierson__ 2,500 00 Interest on same ..______ 125 00 H. A. Burritt_ 2,000 00 Interest on same ____ 100 28 H. A. Burritt 1,000 00 Interest on same 54 17 Mary L. Gregory 2,000 00 Interest on same - 100 28 $10,500 00 Total amount due March 1, 1898 $II,o59 73 Outstanding notes maturing March' 1, 1899, are as follows : Mary L. Gregory $1,125 00 Interest to March 1, 1898, 5 % 56 25 Mary L. Gregory as executrix 500 00 Interest on same _ 25 00 H. A. Burritt 2,120 00 Interest on same ro6 00 Ithaca Savings Bank -_ 1,500 00 Interest on same 75 00 Theron Johnson as Supervisor Town Dryden ____ 500 00 Interest on sante_____ 25 00 Mrs. W. K. Boice 800 00 Interest on same_ ___ 40 00 N. Pearson, Supervisor Town Ithaca_ 955 00 Interest on same 47 75 $7,500 00 $375 00 $559 73 Total amount outstanding indebtedness, including principal and interest to March i, 1898-- $18,934 73 We find this indebtedness, excepting the amount paid for lot in rear of. County Clerk's office. was incurred in former years in the erection of the Alms House, and repairs on other County buildings. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 65 We ask that there be levied and collected from the taxable property of Tompkins County, the sum of $934.73 to meet the interest falling due March 1, 1898. We would recommend that there be levied and collected from the taxable property of Tompkins County, the suns of $3,000 to liquidate a like amount of its standing indebtedness. By Mr. Harrington : F. A. TODD, B. M. HAGIN, W. H. VAN ,OSTRAND, County Finance Committee: In compliance to the recommendations of the Finance Committee con- cerning the amount $3,00crto be paid on the standing indebtedness, Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the taxable property of Tompkins County, the sum of $3,000 to cancel the said amount of indebtedness coming due in 1898. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand-8. Nays—o. Mr. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Sheriff's Ac- counts, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed .and audited at the amounts reconimended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 144, 145- Ayes—Begent, Frost, Hagin, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinck- ney„Todd, Thompson, Van Ostrand—io. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. 66 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 NINETEENTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1897. Morning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and' approved. Mr. Begent, Chairman of the State Charitable and Penal Insti- tutions, rendered the following report and moved its adoption. Seconded by Mr. Pearson : REPORT OF STATE CHARITABLE AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS. To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Your committee appointed to examine the accounts of the several charita- ble and penal institutions would respectfully report as follows : Resolved, That in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Supervisors, passed December 7, ISSo, there. be levied and assessed upon the taxable prop- erty of the following Towns, the City of Ithaca and County of Tompkins the sums set forth in the annexed schedule to reimburse the County for money paid to the several charitable and penal institutions, namely : ULYSSES. Willie Maloney, Auburn Orphan Asylum Charles Bracy, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children_ Frank Bovier, Western New York Institute for Deaf Mutes DRYDEN. May Woolever, Susquehanna Valley Horne Interest on same . Fred Cook, Syracuse Institute for Feeble Minded Children $ 73 50 20 00 30 00 $123 00 91 25 3 42 40 0o $134 67 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 DANBY. Norman Hart, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children_ Lizzie M. Bishop, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children TOWN OF ITHACA. Annie E. Snyder, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children Edith M. VanZoil, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children NEWFIELD. Julius Casterline, Susquehanna Valley Home Interest on same_ Lillian Brill, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children.__ CITY OF ITHACA. 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 $80 00 35 00 I 91 40 00 $76 91 Freddie Sullivan, Auburn Orphan Asylum 71 00 Eddie Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Home _ 91 25 Harry Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Home_ 91 �5 Celia Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Horne 91 25 Myrtle Hogan, Susquehanna Valley Home 91 �5 Priscilla Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Home 41 5o Maud Hogan, Susquehanna Valley Home.. 36 5o Interest on same _ 19 34 Bertha Rundle, Syracuse Institute for Feeble Minded Children ____ 4o 00 COUNTY OF TOMPKINS. $573 34 Martin Farly, Auburn Orphan Asylum 71 00 Cora Parker, The Central New York Institute for Deaf Mutes_ 3o 00 Charles Tubbs, Children's Home, Ithaca_ 6o 75 Martin Cushman, Children's Home, Ithaca 78 o0 O. Foily, Rochester Truant School 21 28 Henry A. Coe, Western New York Institute for Deaf Mutes 3o 00 68 The Sufervisors' Proceedings,. 1897 Monroe County Penitentiary____________ Carl R. Loomis, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children _ Charles Tubbs, Syracuse State Institute for Feeble Minded Children - Alice Dyer,- Susquehanna Valley Hone 952 00 2000 20 00 55 25 $1,338 28 Total for County $r,338 28 Grand total $2,4o6 20 F. A. BEGENT, Committee. Mr. Harrington moved the following, amendment, which was seconded by Mr. Frost : Resolved, That the motion of Mr. Pearson accepting the report of Mr. Begent on Charitable Institutions, be amended by striking out the charges against the -City of Ithaca, and the said charges be referred to the City for correction. Mr. Harrington called for the ayes and nays upon his amendment. Vote resulted as follows : Ayes—Frost, Harrington, Hottes, Thompson -4. Nays— Aiken, Begent, Boice, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Van Ostrand. Total 7. Mr. Hagin present but excused from voting. Amendment of Mr. Harrington's declared lost. Mr. Pearson called for the original question, but withdrew the same, and upon motion of Mr. Frost, action upon the report as pre- sented was deferred and made a special order of business for Thurs- day, December 9, 1897, at 10:30 A. M. The report. of S. J. McKinney, Sheriff, was presented and on motion was received and ordered printed. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Mr. Frost, Chairman of the Committee on Treasurer's Accounts, rendered the following report which on motion, was received and accepted : To the Board of Suf5ervisois: Your Committee on County Treasurer's Accounts would respectfully report that we have carefully examined the report of the County Treasurer with the vouchers accompanying the same and we find it correct. GRO. W. FROST, N. PEARSON, W. P. HARRINGTON. The Committee on Equalization retired to the Committee Room for deliberation at II A. M. The remaining members were engaged in various duties. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Aiken in the chair. County Treasurer Ingersoll appeared before the Board and asked advice in regard to the payment of a certain bill of Dr. A. D. White which had been presented to him for payment. By Mr. Pearson, that the rules governing the auditing of bills be suspended and that the bill above referred to be received and referred to proper committee and that they present the bill to the Board for argument and action. Carried. Moved by Mr. Harrington and seconded by Mr. Thompson that the County pay the bill. 7o The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Amended by Mr. Pearson that the bill be referred to proper committee and action on the same be deferred till Thursday, Decem- ber 9, 1897, at 2 P. M. Carried. The matter relating to the resolution introduced by Mr. Pear- son yesterday and which was made a special order of business for to -day at 2 P. Nr., was called up by the Chairman and action on the same was deferred for a short time. Mr. Fred P. Randolph appeared before the Board and made a few remarks in regard to the barn in rear of County Jail, also his estimate relating to the repair of the same. Moved by Mr. Frost and duly seconded, that the Committee on County Buildings be instructed to enter into a contract with Mr. Fred P. Randolph in regard to the removal of part of barn in rear of County Jail and the repair of sante, the whole cost not to exceed the sum of $78.78. Declared adopted. Mr. Van Ostrand, Chairman of the Committee on Equalization, presented the report of the committee which was read by the Clerk, and on motion of Mr. Harrington, the same laid over and the same made a special order of business for Thursday, December 9th, 1897, at 4 P; M. Mr. Van Ostrand called to the chair. By. Mr. Pinckney : Resolved, That the resolution passed by the Boarcl of Supervisors of this County on the i 1th day of December, 1896, wherein the Overseers of the Poor of the various towns of Tompkins County were authorized to expend in out- door relief to the poor within their jurisdiction the sum of $2o.00, and after said sum has been expended, obtain the sanction of the Superintendent of the The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 71 Poor of the County for further expenditure be, and the same is hereby rescinded and annulled. Declared carried. . Mr. Pearson requested the Board that he be given privilege to withdraw the resolution introduced by him yesterday relating to extra labor at Alms House and which was made a special order of business for to -day. No objection being made the request was granted. By Mr. Pearson : Resolved, That should the labor of the inmates residing at the County Alms House and from other sources provided by the Superintendent of the Poor be found insufficient to properly till and cultivate the County Farm, the said Superintendent shall be empowered to employ sufficient additional labor, the same to be a County charge. This authority shall expire at the rendering of the Superintendent's report, November 15, 1898. Moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Mr. Boice. Declared adopted. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. TWENTIETH DAY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1897. rlorning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. 72 The Supervisors' ProceedinTs, 1897 By consent of the Board, Mr. Begent was allowed to correct his report relating to the State Charitable and Penal Institutions which he rendered yesterday. Mr. Begent, Chairman of the Special Committee on Soldiers' Monuments, presented the following report which, on motion of Mr. Van Ostrand, was received and accepted : T o the Honorable Board of Supervisors, County of Tompkins : Your Committee on Investigation of Monuments for deceased indigent sol- diers, erected by Thomas J. Stephens would recommend that the. guarantee fund of $ioo placed by said Thomas J. Stephens in the hands of County Treas- urer Ingersoll be refunded to said Thomas J. Stephens. F. A. BEGENT, F. A. TODD, W. H. PINCKNEY. Mr. Johnson called to the chair. 011 motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call.. Quorum present. Mr. Boice, Chairman of the Committee on U. S. Deposit and Insurance, presented the following report which, on motion 'of Mr. Aiken, was received and ordered printed : To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Your Committee on U. S. Deposit Fund respectfully report that they have examined books and vouchers of the Loan Commissioners, Messrs. Babcock and Dick, also records in the County Clerk's Office and find them correct. The total amount of outstanding mortgages bearing interest November 1st, 1896, per report $ 19,699 34 Paid during the year. 1,150 00 Hart Farm $ 18,549 34 1, 500 00 $ 20,049 34 The Supervisors' . Proceedings, 1897 Interest on $18,549 34 for one year _ Commission gct. $20,059 34 73 $927 47 15o 37 Amount of draft forwarded to Comptroller $777 10 WM. K. BOICE, • THERON JOHNSON, W. H. VAN OSTRAND. By Mr. Begent : Resolved, That there be levied and collected in the several towns in the County from those persons whose names were duly returned by the Overseers of the several road districts in the town as required by law the following sums : GROTON. District No. 1 1 - -$ 5 25 DRYDEN. District No. 3o _ District No. 5o_ District No. 11_ DANBV. TOWN OF ITHACA.. 4 50 1 50 7 5o F. A: BEGENT. Declared adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Van Ostrand—io. Nays—o. The natter relating to the report of the Committee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions which was made, a special order of business, was called up by the Chairman. Mr. Hottes from the above named committee submitted the following report : y¢ The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 To the Roard of Supervisors We, the undersigned members on the Comrnitttee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions, would report that we do not agree with the report rendered by the Chairman as to the charge of the following on the City of Ithaca Freddie Sullivan, Auburn Orphan Asylum $ 71 00 Eddie Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Hone 91 25 Harry Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Home 91 25 Celia Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Honie 91 25 Myrtle Hogan, Susquehanna Valley Home 91 25 Priscilla Bishop, Susquehanna Valley Home 41 50 Maud Hogan, Susquehanna Valley Home 36 50 Bertha Rundle, Institution Feeble Minded Children 40 00 Interest on Susquehanna Valley Home 19 34 $573 34 We do not find that they are a city charge and think they should he charged to the County, as they have heed in the past. C. F. HOTTES, T. S. THOMPSON. Mr. Frost offered the following as an amendment to the report submitted by Mr. Begent : Resolved, That that portion of the report of the Committee on Charitable Institutions be disapproved which makes the following list of persons in char- itable institutions a charge against the City of Ithaca : Freddie Sullivan, Eddie Bishop, Priscilla Bishop, Harry Bishop, Celia Bishop, Myrtle Hogan, Maude Hogan,Bertha Rundle ; and he it further Resolved, That the'above list be made a county charge. The.aniendment duly seconded by Mr. Thompson. Mr.- John B. French was given the privilege of the floor and spoke explanatory to the matter under discussion. Mr. Pearson moves the previous question. Vote on the amendment resulted as follows : The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 75 Ayes—Frost, Harrington, Hottes, Thompson -4. Nays—Aiken, Begent, Hagin, Johnson, Pearson,Pinckney,. Van Ostrand-7. Mr. Boice excused from voting. Amendment declared lost. By Mr. Van ()strand : WHEREAS, There is a conflict of opinion among the members of this Board as to the responsibility. for the maintenance of certain children in the Susquehanna Valley Honie, Auburn Orphan Asylum and Syracuse Institutions for Feeble Minded Children, whether the same be a charge upon the County of Tompkins or the City of Ithaca, Resolved, That the Committee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions be instructed to employ Randolph Horton to investigate the matter in dispute, and to furnish to this Board his written opinion as to whether the maintenance of such children are a charge upon the City of Ithaca or Tompkins County. - Mr. Pearson consents that the resolution may supercede his motion for previous question. No objection being made it was so ordered. Resolution of Mr. Van ()strand declared carried. On motion of Mr. Begent the rules was suspended regarding the auditing of bills, and the bill of Frank Barber, i st, was received and referred to the proper committee. Mr. Pinckney in the' chair. The special order of business relating to the bill of Dr. A. D. White, No. 146, and the members entered into a discussion of the auditing of the same. Moved by Mr. Pearson that the bill be taken from the hands of the committee and audited at the amount claimed. 76 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 The same being duly seconded the vote resulted as follows : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Thompson, Van Ostrand—i i. Nays—o. The time having arrived for action upon the report of the Com- mittee on Equalization, the same was taken from the table. Moved by Mr. Boice and seconded by Mr. Aiken that the re- port of the Committee on Equalization be adopted. Carried by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand, Todd, (Chair- man) -13. Nays—o. The report of the connnittee was declared adopted and is as follows : �o the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Your Committee on Equalization respectfully submit the following report : The, assessed valuation as made by the Assessors of the various towns of Tompkins County and City of Ithaca for the year 1897 is as follows : TOWNS. Acres. Real. Caroline_ _. Danby Dryden Enfield Groton Ithaca—town __ Ithaca—city Lansing Newfield Ulysses_ • Total 34,747 33,286 58,192 22,007 30,725 16,293 2,940 37,789 36,997 19,818 Personal. Aggregate. 827,440 63,241 890,681 735,890 29,700 765,590 2,081,480 174,350 2,255,830 5z8.737 54,909 583,646 1,246,750 220,390 1,467,140 1,016,752 76,400 1,093,152 5,861,645 1,097,930 6,959,575 973,100 72,040 1,045,140 944,500 76,880 1,021,380 1,056,060 174,550 1,230,610 15,272,354 2,040,390 17,312,744 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 77 Your committee respectfully report that they have examined the Assess- ment Rolls ofthe several towns and the City of Ithaca and find them correct in form and footings` The committee recommend that the following schedule be adopted by the Board and that the same be declared to be the equalized valua- tion of the real estate in the County of Tompkins for the year 1897. TOWNS. Acres. Caroline Danby Dryden Enfield Groton Ithaca—town_ _ Ithaca—city Lansing Newfield_ Ulysses Total 34,747 33,286 58,192 22,007 30,725 16,293 2,940 37,789 36,997 19,818 Real. Personal. Aggregate. Rate. $.0445 .0438 .1252 .0362 .0844 .0457 .3565 .1191 •0447 .0999 679,620 668,929 1,912,099 552,859 1,288,988 697,946 5.444,594 1,818,937 682,674 1,525,708 63,241 29,700 174,350 54,909 220,390 76,400 1,097,930 72,040 76,880 174,550 742,861 698,629 2,086,449 607,768 1,509,378 774,346 6,542,524 1,890,977 759,554 1,700,258 15,272,354 2,040,390 17,312,744 On motion adjourned. W. H. VAN OSTRAND, GEORGE W. FROST, B. M. HAGIN, F. A. BEGENT, F. B. AIKEN, N. PEARSON, W. H. PINCKNEY, Committee. A. G. MARION, Clerk. TWENTY-FIRST DAY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER IO, 1897. Horning Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. 78 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 By Mr. Johnson : Resolved, That after the Overseer or Overseers of the Poor of any Town in Tompkins County or of the City of Ithaca, have expended the sum of twenty dollars for the relief of any poor person within his or their jurisdiction, who is chargeable for his or her support to some other town of Tompkins County or to the City of Ithaca, such Overseer or Overseers shall render to an Overseer of the Poor of the Town or of the City of Ithaca (as the case may. be) responsible for the support of such person, an itemized statement of the sum thus expend- ed ; and should an extension of further expenditure be granted, an itemized statement of such expenditure shall be rendered before the bill for the same shall be audited. Declared adopted. By Mr. Van Ostrand : Resolved, That the report of the Chairman of the Committee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions be adopted, and the several sums be assessed against the different Towns and County of Tompkins as recommended by the report, excepting that portion of the same wherein the City of Ithaca is charged with $573.34, which said sum of 1573.34 the County Treasurer is authorized to pay. And be it further Resolved, That if this Board shall determine that the said sum of $573.34. or any part thereof, is a proper charge upon the City of Ithaca, such sum as they may determine shall be assessed against the taxable property of the City of Ithaca at the next annual session of the Board of Supervisors. Carried by the following : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson,VanOstrand—i2. Nays—o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. By Mr. Begent : . The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 79 Resolved, That there be levied and collected against the Town of Groton $6. 12 to reimburse the County Treasurer for non-resident taxes of F. B. Brown. Carried by the following vote Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, VanOstrand—i 2. Nays—o. By Mr. Begent : Resolved, That the resolution of Mr. Johnson relative to the support of the poor be amended to read as follows : The sum of twenty dollars ($2o.00). Carried. By Mr. Johnson : Resolved, Thatwhen this Board adjourns December 11, it be to Tuesday, December 21, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Declared adopted. Mr. Hottes, Chairman of the Committee on Miscellaneous - Claims, reported the following service bills of Supervisors, which on motion of Mr. Harrington were allowed and audited at the ainounts recommended by the Committee : Bills Nos. 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 16o. Ayes -12. Nays—o. Mr. Pinckney, Chairman of the Committee on Constables' Accounts, reported bill No. 147. On motion of Mr. Thompson the sante was allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the Committee. Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, VanOstrand-12. Nays—o. 8o The Supervisors' .Pro'ceedings, 1897 • By Mr. Aiken : Resolved, That in case of a deficiency in the fund set apart for court expenses for the ensuing year, the County Treasurer and the Supervisors of the City of .Ithaca be authorized to borrow on the credit of the County an amount sufficient to meet contingencies until the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors. On motion the same was adopted. On ,motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. TWENTY-SECOND DAY. SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1897. Morning Session. • Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Harrington, Chairman of the Committee on Appropria- tions, rendered the following report which was read by the Clerk : To the Board of Supervisors, Tompkins County : Your Committee on Appropriations respectfully report the following : Resolved, That there be levied and collected on the taxable property of the several towns and the City of Ithaca, comprising the County of Tompkins, the sums herein set forth for the following purposes : STATE TAX -1899. For Schools_ _ $11,823 54 Care Insane . 14,292 19 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 8r General Purposes Stenographers, Supreme Court____ W. H B. M. W. H $ 8,575 31 5o6 39 $35,197 44 . HARRINGTON, HAGIN, . PINCKNEY, Committee. COUNTY TAX. Salary Clerk Board Supervisors _ Clerk's Postage and report to Comptroller Chaplain Alms House Salary Jail Physician Salary Sheriff's Janitor County Judge's Salary _ County Treasurer's Salary Court Expenses _ Clerk of Surrogate's Court _ County Treasurer's Postage District Attorney's Salary District Attorney's Office Rent _ County Fuel and Gas Account _ Susquehanna Valley Home Special County Judge Sheriff's Office Rent County Treasurer Office Rent______ Janitor County Clerk's Building Superintendent of the Poor______________ Monroe County Penitentiary Children's Hone (Ithaca)____ New York State Institute Deaf Mutes Western New York Institutes Deaf Mutes____ Insurance on Boilers Appropriation. Bridge, County Boundary Line Auburn Orphan Asylum_ Rochester Truant School Institute Feeble Minded Children____ Interest on County Indebtedness_ Appropriation Liquidate Standing Indebtedness.___ County Audits $ 175 00 40 00 50 00 5O 00 350 00 2,500 00 900 4,600 500 00 r50o 800 oa 200 00 750 00. 55 00 00 25. 50 00 35 00 100 DO 100 00 3,118 78 952 00 138 75 30 00 30 00 100 00 103 71 21 So 934 3,000 11,814 00 28 00- 73 00• 28 $31,o64 17 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 CAROLINE TAX—i897. State Tax _ _ _-.- $i,566 z9 County Tax 1,382 36 Town Audits 913 62 i-Iighway and Bridges ._-- _ 843 80 Overseer of the Town Poor 100 op Superintendent of the Poor 74 92 Returned Tax _._ _ _ _ : _ " 19 12 1 55 • Interest on Returned Tax School Commissioner's Apportionment 23 85 Bridges at Rawson Hollow and D. C. Hanford's 656 20- $5,581 71 DANBY TAX—i897. State Tax $1541 65 County Tax 1,360 61 Town Audits 1,296 84 Highway and Bridges 250 00 Superintendent of the Poor 157 45 Returned Tax 2 10 Interest on Returned 'fax - .--- 18 School Conirnissioner''s Apportionment 31 03 Institute Feeble blinded Children (Syracuse) , 80 00 $4,719 86 DRYDEN TAS -1897. State Tax •$4,406 7z County Tax 32,F 889 z3 Town Audits_ . 2,321 9z Susquehanna Valley Home _ _ 94 67 Superintendent 'of the Poor 246 z1 Returned Tax _ 36 03 Interest on Unpaid Taxes_____._____ 2 17 School Commissioner's Apportionment _ 67 09 Highway and Bridges ____ __.. 1,195 00 Fence Wire____.__.._____ 300 0O Overseer of the Poor _ 450 00 Institute Feeble Minded Children __ _ 40 00 $13,049 04 The Snftervisors' Proceedings, 1897 83 RNFIRI,D TAX -1897. State Tax $1, 274 15 County Tax 1,124 52 Town Audits 1,616 16 Highway and Bridges_ .. 250 00 Interest on Railroad Bonds _ 1,176 oo. Superintendent of the Poor 74 62 Unpaid Taxes 48 43 Interest on Unpaid Taxes 2 88 School Commissioner's Apportionment 26 66 Horace Sutphen, Refunded Tax 8 8o GROTON TAX -1897.. State Tax County Tax Town Audits________..____ Superintendent of the Poor Unpaid Taxes Interest on Unpaid Taxes_ School Commissioner's Apportionment Highway and. Bridges Sinking Fund -__-- Interest on Railroad Bonds ITHACA-TOWN TAX -1S97. State Tax_____ County- Tax Town Audits Returned Tax Interest on Unpaid Taxes School Commissioner's Apportionment. Superintendent of the Poor _ Ithaca and. Athens Railroad• Bonds, Sinking Fund and interest, 161'0 of $r5,375•Oo Geneva and Ithaca R. R. interest on Bonds r6,',I of $5,95o_ Institute Feeble Minded Children • $5,602 22 $2,97o 66 2,621 82 2,611 56 56 79 5 76 36 23 25045 00 150 00 1,050 00 $9,762 ,..18 $1,608 52 1,419 63 1,480 52 57 76 3 42 31 84 151 05 2,475 37 957 95 80 00 $8,266 o6 8¢ The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 ITHACA-CITY. TAX=1897. State Tax $12,547 89 County Tax 11,074 38 Returned Taxes 2,421 35 Interest on Returned Taxes - --- 153 12 .Ithaca and Athens Railroad Bonds, Sinking Fund and Interest 83a of $15,375.00- 12,899 63 Geneva and Ithaca Railroad Bonds, Interest on Bonds, 83A of $5,950 -- 4,992 05 Superintendent of the Poor 1,232 25 Henry S. Williams, Refunded Tax 29 99 Appropriation City Poor, per Resolution Council _ S,000 oo $53,35o 66 LANSING TAX -I897. State Tax $4,192 02 County Tax----------_----- -. 3,699 74 Town Audits 1,372 30 Superintendent of the Poor ____ _ 43 56 Highway and Bridges 250 00 Returned Taxes_ 32 76 Interest on Unpaid Taxes____ 1 97 School Commissioner's Apportionment . _.__ 63 83 Win. Pierce, Refunded Tax I1 11 $9,667 29 NEW1IELD TAX -1897. State Tax___- $1,573 32 County Tax _____-__. 1,38S.57 Town Audits ___. ____ 1,025 84 Highway and Bridges ---- _ _ _ _-- 250 00 Superintendent of the Poor_-__ 150 59 Interest on Railroad Bonds_ -. 3,206 00 Susquehanna Valley Honne 36 91 Overseer of the Poor 50 00 Unpaid Taxes__--_ 71 75 Interest on Unpaid Taxes - 4 30 School Coulmissioner's Apportionment_ 31 51 Appropriation Town Library 100 00 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Payment on Claim of Ezra Marion Feeble Minded Children, Syracuse ULYSSES TAX -1897. 85 1,702 50 40 00 $9,631 29 State Tax $3,516 22 County Tax 3,103 31 Town Audits 1,462 68 Interest on Railroad Bonds 3,743 00 Highway and Bridges__.__ ._ 250 00 Overseer of the Poor 250 00 Returned Tax . So Si Interest on Unpaid Tax 4 86 Superintendent of the Poor_ _ 179 83 School Commissioner's Apportionment 78 96 Auburn Orphan Asylum____ Mrs. A. J. Abel, Refunded Tax_____. Institute Feeble Minded Children Western N. Y. Institute for Deaf Mutes 73 00 7 71 20 00 30 00 $12,800.38 Moved by Mr. Van Ostrand and duly seconded that the report be adopted and the sums therein named be levied and collected from the taxable property of the County and the various towns and the. City of Ithaca. Ayes—Aiken, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, John-• son, Pearson, Thompson, Van Ostrand=io. NaS s—o. By Mr. Thompson : Resolved, That this Board extend to Chairman F. A. Todd a vote of thanks for the .kind and courteous manner in which he has treated each and every mem- ber of this Board and for his just and impartial rulings and for the able and efficient manner in which he has discharged the various and important duties devolving upon hint during the sessions of this Board now about to close, hop- ing he may look back on this Board with pleasure to himself as a bright spot in his journey through life and with a pleasant memory to all. On motion of Mr. Aiken the same was unanimously carried. 86 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 By Mr. Begent : Resolved, That a vote of thanks be tendered Arthur G. Marion for the uni- form courtesy and kindness extended by hiin to each member of this Board and also for the efficient manner in which he has performed the duties of Clerk. On motion of Chairman Todd, the above was unanimously adopted. By Mr. Aiken : Resolved, That the thanks of this Board are due and are hereby tendered to the publishers of the Ithaca Daily ,Journal for their courtesy in supplying us with the paper during this session. On motion of Mr. Boice, the same was carried. On motion adjourned. A. G. MARION, Clerk. > < TWENTY=TFIIRD DAY. TUESDAY, DECEM13ER 21, 1897. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Grant Halsey, School Commissioner of the Second Dis- trict, appeared before the Board and spoke regarding the printing of blanks for examinations in rural Districts. Mr. Jared Newman and Mayor Lang appeared before the Board and entered the following protest, which on motion of Mr. Harrington was received and ordered spread upon the minutes : The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 87 The Mayor and City Attorney of the City of Ithaca appeared before the. Board, and entered a formal protest against the addition to the budget of taxes to be collected from the City of Ithaca, of any sum in excess of $8,000, on account of the support of the poor of said city ; said sum being the amount directed to be raised by the Common Council of said City pursuant to the pro- visions of the Statute. The members were engaged in preparing and having the war- rants signed for the Collectors of the several towns. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. The report of Charles H. Blood, District Attorney, was pre- sented, and on motion was received and ordered printed with the Reports. By Mr. Boice : Rcsolved, That the tax as extended upon the tax rolls of the several Towns and City of Ithaca presented in this Board by the Supervisors of the said Towns and City, that the sane be confirmed, and that warrants he issued to the Col- lectors of such Towns and City of Ithaca for the collection of the same. •Adopted by the following vote : Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Hottes, Johnson, Pinckney, Pearson, Thompson, VanOstraud—r 2. Nays—o. Declared adopted. The minutes of Saturday, December 11, 1897, were read and approved. Mr. Randolph Horton, to whom the matter regarding pay- ment of certain bills of Charitable Institutions was referred, for 88 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 him to render a report, appeared before the Board and rendered his opinion regarding the liability of the same. To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors : The undersigned would respectfully report upon the questions submitted to him by your honorable Board as follows : FIRST. Eddy Bishop, Harry H. Bishop, Celia A. Bishop and Priscilla Bishop, all children over two and under sixteen years of age, were committed to the Sus- quehanna Valley Home, a charitable institution, under Section 291 of the Penal Code, by the Recorder of the City of Ithaca on the 19th day of May, 1896. The father was then a resident and had a legal settlement in said City. The family had been previously assisted from time to time by the poor authorities of the City. The City, therefore, was liable for their support as paupers at the time of their commitment. LAWS 1896, CHA1'Ti R 225, SECTIONS 2, 40 AND 42. The only question remaining is whether being committed pursuant to Section 291 of the Penal Code by the Recorder, changes the liability for their support from the City to the County. Section 291 of the Penal Code provides that any child actually, or appar- ently, under the age of sixteen years, who may be committed under that Sec- tion shall be•sent to an incorporated, charitable or reformatory institution. Section 713 of the Penal Code provides that any child under the age of sixteen, convicted for misdemeanor, must be committed to some charitable or reformatory institution authorized by law to receive and take charge of minors. Section 921.of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that whenever a child has been Committed to an institution pursuant to any provision of the Penal Code, a magistrate may order the father to pay a sum for the child's support, which is to be credited by the institution to the City, Town or County against any sum due for maintenance. The institution to which children are thus committed is placed in the posi- tion of a jail when they are committed under Section 713 of the Penal Code, upon conviction 'of a crime, and in the position of a poor house when com- mitted under Section 291 of the Penal Code as paupers or vagrants. People ex .rel Mount Magdalen School of Industry vs. Dickson 57 Hun. 314 ; 10 N. Y. Supp. 605 ; Aff'd in 123 N. Y. 639 upon opinion in Court below. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 89 Section 921 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, above cited, and the case of the People &c. vs. Dickson, also above cited, taken together clearly show that when children are committed to a charitable institution under Section 291 of the Penal Code, they will be a City or Town charge if they would have been such had they been committed to such institution as paupers by the proper poor authority. I am, therefore, of the opinion that the Bishop children are a proper charge upon the City of Ithaca. The case of Maud Hogan and Myrtle Hogan, who were also sent to the same institution, and at the time of their commitment had legal settlement in the City of .Ithaca, and were committed as vagrant children, rests upon the same principle as the Bishop children, although the Hogan children seem to have been sent under an order of the Overseer of the Poor of the City and not by the Recorder. These two children are also a City charge. SECOND. In the case of Freddie Sullivan, committed to the Auburn Orphan Asylum by the Overseer of the Poor of the City of Ithaca, the fact as to whether he had a legal settlement in the City of Ithaca is disputed, and can only be settled in the legal way by a decision of the Superintendent of the Poor, and an appeal therefrom, if the City deem itself aggrieved. There was, however, another question submitted in this case which requires to be answered, namely : Has the Overseer of the Poor power to commit per- manently to a charitable institution a child who is a County charge ? It is a general principle under the Statute that an . Overseer of the Poor is to cause a poor person requiring permanent relief to he removed to the County alms house, and to designate in the order of removal whether such person be chargeable to the County or not. LAWS I896, CHAPTER 225, SECTION 20. A person so removed to the alms house shall be received by the Superin- tendent and shall be relieved by him, if a minor, until he is hound out or other- wise cared for as provided by Section,56 of the same act. The Statute does not give the .Overseer of the Poor any further or other control over the County poor except for the temporary relief of persons who cannot be removed to the alms house. By Section 23 of the same Chapter, when a person applying for aid requires only temporary relief or is disabled so he cannot be removed to the County alms house, the Overseer of the poor is directed to apply to the Supervisor of the Town who shall examine into the 90 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1899 facts and circumstances and shall, in writing, order such sum to be expended for the temporary relief of such poor person as the circumstances in the case shall require, but no greater sum than ten dollars shall be so expended to pay for the relief of any one person or one family ; the sum so expended under such order of the Supervisor, the Overseer . is entitled to receive from the County Treasurer, to be by him charged to the County, if such person he a County charge. Bearing in mind that the office of the Overseer of the Poor is strictly a statutory one, and that he has no power except such as is conferred by the Statute, it would appear that when a person who is a County charge, whether such person he a minor or of full age, requires relief, the Overseer of the Poor must either commit such person to the County alms house under Section 20, or afford temporary relief upon order of the Supervisor, to the limit named in such order, under Section 23, which provides for the temporary relief of such person to the limit therein mentioned and in the manner therein prescribed. It would, therefore, clearly seem to be the duty of the Overseer in the case of a child, who requires permanent relief, to commit such child to the County alms house, and to designate in the order of removal that such person was chargeable to the County under Section zo, and then it is wade the duty of the Superintendent of the Poor under Sections 22 and 56 to provide for such a child in families, orphan asylums, hospitals, or other appropriate institutions, for the support and care of children. That this is true is made more manifest both by the care with which the power is given to the Overseer to furnish even temporary relief to County poor under Section 23 and also the provisions in Section 56 that any child under sixteen years of age shall not he sent to any County alms house for sitfiport and care by any Overseer of the Poor or other Officer, and clearly recognizes the duty of the Overseer to remove the child so requiring permanent relief to the alms house, not for support and care, but to be provided for under Sections 22 and 56, by the Superintendent of the Poor. • Not only, therefore, is there no statutory authority for the Overseer of the Poor to permanently commit any child which is a County charge to a charitable institution, but the proper method for the Overseer of the Poor in such case is clearly indicated by the above cited Sections of the Statute. It would in fact be an anomaly in the law, if an Overseer of the Poor of a Town should have a right to permanently dispose of a person chargeable to a County, and render the County liable for the payment of large sums of money, when such person is not at all a County Officer, and not amenable directly or indirectly to the County for his acts. The Superintendent of the Poor is clearly given charge of the poor persons The Supervisors' Proceedings, ,1897 91 belonging to the County to support, is obliged to render his account to the Board of Supervisors of the County, and is amenable both directly and indi- rectly to the County for his acts. So far as regards this question, there is no difference between the power of the Overseer of a Town and the Overseer of the City of Ithaca, for by virtue of Chapter 381 of the Laws of 1894, the Overseer of the Poor of the City of Ithaca possesses all the powers and authority of Overseers of the Poor in the several Towns, and is subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities, and for the purpose of his office, the City of Ithaca is to be treated in the same respect as a Town would he ; and the only difference between the two is the method of affording temporary relief to persons who cannot be removed to the County alms house, and the amount of assistance that can be furnished to them. THIRD. The remaining question submitted is this : Can the Board of Supervisors charge hack upon the City of Ithaca the amount expended by the County for the support of the poor chargeable to said City at the County alms house, and cause the sante to be levied and collected upon the taxable property of said City. In Counties where there are town poor, the County Treasurer thereof shall open and keep an account with each Town, in which the Town shall be credited with all monies received for the same, or from its Officers, and shall be charged with the monies paid for the support of its poor. If there be a Countv alms house in such County, the Superintendent of the Poor shall, in each year, before the annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors, furnish to the County Treasurer a statevlent of the sums charged by them, as directed, to the several Towns for the support of their poor, which shall be charged to such Towns, respectively, by the County Treasurer in his account. LAWS 1896, CHAPTER 225, SECTION 8. In Counties having an alms house and where there are town poor, the Superintendent shall annually and during the week preceding the annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors, make out a statement of all the expenses incurred by him in the preceding year for the support of .the town poor, and of the Ironies received therefor exhibiting the deficiency, if any, in the funds pro- vided for defraying such expenses, and he shall apportion the deficiency among the several Towns in proportion to the number and expenses of the town poor, of such towns respectively, who shall have been provided for by the Superin- tendent, and shall charge the Towns with such proportion, which statement shall be by them delivered to the County Treasurer. y2 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 LAWS 1S96, CHAPTER 225, SECTION 9. At the anmual meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the County Treasurer shall lay before them the account kept by him, and if it shall appear that there is a balance against any Town, the Board shall add the same to the amount of taxes to be levied .and .collected upon such Town, with the other contingent expenses thereof, together with such suet for interest as will reimburse and satisfy any advances that may be made, •or that may have been made, by the • County Treasurer for such Town, which monies when collected, shall be paid to the County Treasurer. • LAWS 1896, CHAPTER 225; SECTION 10. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Overseer of the Poor of the City of Ithaca shall possess all the powers and authority of Overseers of the Poor in the several Towns of this State, and shall be subject to the same duties, obliga- tions and liabilities, and for the purpose of his office, the City of Ithaca shall be treated in the saute respect as a Town would be. I,AIVS 1894, CHAPTER 381. It is provided by Section 2 of the haws of 1896, Chapter 225 that "The Town poor are such persons as are required by Law to be relieved or supported at the expense of the Town or City." Section 29 of Chapter 225 of the Laws of 1896 provides that all the provis- ions of that Chapter shall apply to Overseers of the Poor in Cities, except where otherwise especially provided for. The.several acts of the Legislature, above cited, furnish a comprehensive scheme for the support and maintenance of the Town and City poor at the County alms house. The Town or City may have a fund in the hands of the County Treasurer sufficient for the payment of the support of its poor at the alms house, in such case it is the duty of the County Treasurer to take from the report made to him by the Superintendent of the Poor, the amount charged to such 'Town or City for the support of its poor at the alms house, and to charge it in his account against the funds in his hand belonging to such Town or City ; but if there be no fund,in his hands applicable to the payment of such Town poor at the alms house, or not sufficient to pay it, then the County Treas- urer must lay the account kept hy.him before the Board of Supervisors, and the balance against such Town for the support of the Town poor at the alms house nmst be added by the Board to the amount of taxes to be levied and collected upon such Towns with the other contingent expenses thereof. This must be done in. order to reimburse the County for monies, which it has advanced for The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 93 the support of the poor belonging to such Town. There are no other provisions of law by Which the County can be legally repaid for monies which it has so advanced. .Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1893 does not at all militate against the general Statute for reimbursing the County. for money advanced in supporting Town poor. The last mentioned Chapter only provides that the Board of Supervisors of this County shall cause to be levied and raised upon the taxable property of the City of Ithaca, such sum as the Common Council of said City shall desig- nate by resolution, not less than. five thousand dollars, or more than ten thou- sand dollars, in each year, to be paid into the City treasury of said City to he applied to the support of the poor of said City. Under this Chapter the City may raise a sufficient amount. and pay it into the hands of the County Treasurer as a fund to pay for the support of the City poor at the alms house, and then:it becomes the duty of the County Treasurer - to charge upon such funds the amount as shown by the report of the Superin- tendent to the County Treasurer belonging to such City to.pay for the City poor maintained at the alms house ; but ,unless the City does create the•fund, it is none the less the duty of the County Treasurer to make his report to the Board of Supervisors, and the Board of Supervisors to levy•and collect it from such City. Chapter 358 does not prescribe any different method for paying for the support of the City poor kept at the alms house, than that provided by the gen- erat Statute. Any other method would compel the Coiinty to maintain or advance atonies for the support of the City poor of Ithaca, and • provide .no manner of reimbursing the'County for the moneys so advanced ; for there is no provision of law to compel any Town or City to create a fund sufficient to reim- burse the County, and .to keep it in the hands of the County Treasurer, nor is there any provision compelling the City to use any part of the monies raised by the Board of Supervisors under. Chapter 358 for reimbursing the County for monies so advanced by it. Respectfully submitted, RANDOLPH HORTON. Moved by Mr. Van Ostrand that the report of Mr. Horton be • received and printed in the minutes. • By Mr. Pearson : Resolved. That that portion of the report of the Chairman of the Com- mittee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions, wherein the sum of $502.34 9V Tire Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 for the maintenance of certain children in the Susquehanna Valley Home and Syracuse Institution for Feeble Minded Children, is made a charge upon the. City of Ithaca, he and the same is hereby accepted and approved. Declared adopted. By i\Ir. Pearson : Resolved, That in accordance with the above resolution and a previous resolution adopted by this Board on the loth day of December, 1897, the sum of $5o2.34 for the maintenance of certain children in the Susquehanna Valley Home and Syracuse Institution. for Feeble Minded Children, be and the same is hereby made a charge upon the City of Ithaca, and that the said sum of $5o2.34, with interest thereon, from the time of the payment of the same by the County:'I'reasurer, be levied and assessed by the next Board of Supervisors at their next annual session, against the taxable property of the City of Ithaca to reimburse the County of Tompkins. .Vote resulted : Ayes -Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, Johnson,' Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, Van Ostrand, Todd, Chairman. Nays—o. Declared adopted. Commissioner Minor McDaniels, of the First District, was granted the privilege of the floor and made a few remarks -regarding' - the printing of blanks for examinations in rural School Districts. By Mr. Pearson : Resolved, That the School Commissioners of the different Districts of Tompkins County be empowered to expend not to exceed $40.00 for procuring the printing of questions required for pupils' grade examinations. Ayes—Aiken, Begent, Boice, Frost, Hagin, Harrington, John- son, Pearson, Pinckney, Thompson, VanOstrand—i i. Nays—o. By Mr. Begent : WHEREAS, Certain differences of opinion have arisen between the County Superintendent of the Poor and the Overseer of the Poor of the City of Ithaca The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 95 regarding the payment of certain hills contracted for the maintenance of the County poor, be it Resolved, That the County Treasurer be directed to pay only such bills pre- sented to him for services and maintenance of the County poor as have the approval of the County Superintendent of the Poor. And should legal proceed- ings be instituted against said Treasurer over his refusal to pay such claims, the costs and expense attending such litigation in his defense shall be a charge on Tompkins County. Declared adopted. By vIr. Aiken : Resolved, That the County Clerk of this County be instructed to keep a separate account of all the Court expenses which shall be incurred in the pro- secution"of the Strait murder trial which is to be held at the March term of Court to the end that a properly certified bill of such expenses can he presented to the County of Cheniung for payment. Carried. The Board having finished the business of the Annual Session, .the proceedings of to -day were read and approved. On motion, the Annual Session of the Board of Supervisors for 1897 was declared by the Chairman adjourned sine die. I, Arthur G. Marion, Clerk of . the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing Journal of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County with the original record thereof, and that the same is a full and correct transcript therefrom of the transactions of said Board at the annual session of said Board during the year 1897, so far as the same is required to he printed (typographical errors to be excepted). In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of Decem- ber, 1897. ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk. 96 Me Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 COUNTY AUDITS. STATE OF NEW YORK, ll}} Ss. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS—BOARD or SUPERVISORS, l' I hereby certify that the following abstract comprises all.the bills and accounts against the county of Tompkins presented to the Board of Supervisors of said county at its annual session, for the year 1897, showing the name of each claimant, the true nature of the account, the amount originally claimed,. and the amount as finally allowed and audited by said Board. .ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk. No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed I Ithaca Daily News, publishing notices__ $ 5 25 $ 5 25 2 Milton Snyder, constable_ .- 12 20 12 20 3 Banks & Brothers, books for County Judge _ 13 00 13 00 4 .Treman, King & Co., supplies____ 40 27 40 27 5 Ithaca Rubber Stamp Co., supplies.___. 2 70 2 70 6 N. D. Chapman, M.D., services 37 00 7 New York Institution for Deaf Mutes. (See county and town budget) 30 00 8 L. J. Townley, printing -__-___ - 5 00 5 00 9 Ithaca Plumbing and Steam Fitting Co., services and supplies 33 03 33 03 Io N. Y. & Pa. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone, Court House__ 36 00 36 00 I I Syracuse Institution for Feeble -Minded Children. (See $ 340 00 county and town budget) The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 97 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 12 H. B. Parsons, Supervisors' Manual $ 5 00 $ 5 00 13 Wm. D. Baldwin, Coroner's Jury 1 00 1 00 14 Ithaca Water Works, water supply, county buildings133 00 133 00 15 Ithaca Calendar Clock Co., repairing clock 1 5o 1 5o 16 James Thomas, game insp., assigned to W. H. .Wilson 4 00 4 00 17 James Thomas, game insp., assigned to W. H. Wilson_ 4 00 4 00 18 Board of Education, Rochester, N. Y. (See county and town budget) 21 28 19 White & Burdick, supplies 19 65 19 65 20 C. J. Rumsey & Co., labor and supplies 34 24 34 24 21 Western New York Institution for Deaf Mutes. (See county and town budget) 6o 00 22 Charles Smith, supplies to Jail 3 00 3 00 23 . N. D. Chapman, M.D., Coroner 10 55 10 55 24 E. D. Norton, printing Day Calendar .. _ 3 00 3 00 25 N. Y. & Pa. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone, Sheriff's office 36 36 36 36• 26 James S. Arnold, burial of deceased soldier 35 00 27 Leroy H. Van Kirk, court bill_ 730 22 730 22 28 Mary A. Ferris, care of Lizzie Quinn at Jail ___.. 14 00 14 00 29 N. Y. & Pa. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone in Sheriff's office for year 1898 .__-- 36 00 36 00 3o N. Y. & Pa. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone in County Jail for year 1898 36 00 36 CO 31 N. Y. & Pa. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone in County Alms House for year 1897 6o o0 6o 00 32 H. W. Nash, M.D., lunacy (town charge) _ 6 50 33 Matt Cleary, services and labor_____ 23 75 23 75 34 J Will Tree, binding and indexing 18 75 18 75 35 Jamieson & McKinney, services and -labor at Co. Alms House _ 55 20 55 20 36 Jamieson & McKinney, services and labor, Co. buildings 68 22 68 22 37 J. W. Brown, M.D., Coroner's services____ ____ _______ 125 95 125 95 38 G. A. Lord, services as Justice (bill withdrawn) 20 35 39 White & Burdick, supplies _._ 3 15 3 15 40 Geo. D. Curry, taking care of Lizzie Quinn 2 00 2 00 41 C. H. Blood, disbursements as District Attorney 42 86 42 86 42 Bool Co., supplies_____ 18 69 18 69 43 Rothschild Bros., supplies for Court House 11 25 11 25 44 Dixon & Robinson, lumber . 39 56 39 56 98 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 45 Rothschild Bros., supplies for Court House .$ 45 $ 45 46 J• J. Montgomery, Ex. in lunacy (town charge)__-- 5 So 47 Geo. E. Hanford, Justice of Peace 4 35 4 35 48 H. Genung, Ex. in lunacy proceedings (town charge)_ 6 6o 49 S. D. Sincebaugh, conveying Freer to Rochester __ 15 oo 15 00 5o J. B. Thatcher, Justice 3 10 3 10 51 S. D. Sincebaugh, constable 11 00 11 00 32 S. D. Sincebaugh, constable 1 20 1 20 53 A. Chase, Ex. in lunacy proceedings 20 00 10 00 54 Auburn Orphan Asylum. (See county and town budget) 73 00 55 H. D. Watson, M.D., Coroner's physician.. 10 00 5 00 56 Hawkins & Todd, supplies for County Jail • 32 19 32 19 .57 Orley Van Marter, Coroner's Jury 1 00 1 00, 58 Frank Keble, labor and services, assigned to C.F. Hottes 38 00 38 oo 59 A. M. Baldwin, Ex. in lunacy proc. (bill withdrawn)__ 16 go 6o N. 13aldwin, Justice of Peace 3 65 3 65 6i D. O. Clough, Coroner's Juror 1 00 1 00 62 Dana Rhodes, Coroner's Juror - 1 00 1 00 63 C. H. Tarbell, constable. 13 90 13 90 64 F. A. Begent, Coroner's Juror 1 00 1 00 65 M. D. Goodyear, inquest on Miss Barry 5 00 5 00 66 H. S. Hopkins, Justice of Peace 3 15 3 15 67' Charles Hyde, constable 3 65 3 00 68 L. J. Townley, Coroner's Juror 1 00 1 00 69 M. M. Robbins, constable 7 85 7 85 70 C. F. Hottes, disbursements to laborers 3 50 3 50 71 N. Baldwin, Coroner's Juror 1 00 1 00 72 Charles Hyde, constable_ 6 25 6 25 73 R. L. Conant, Coroner's Juror 1 00 1 00 74 H. S. Hopkins, Coroner's Juror 1 00 1 00 75 M. M. Robbins, constable 1 35 1 35 76 Walter Quinn, labor, etc., assigned to C. F. Hottes1 50 1 50 77 Judson B. Todd, supplies 2 20 2 20 78 Ithaca Democrat, printing_ 138 05 138 05 79 John N. Barker, labor at Alms House 8 25 8 25 8o Marcus M. Barker, constable 2 8o 2 8o 81, John N: Barker, labor and supplies at Alms House 127 76 127 76 82 John N. Barker, Justice of the Peace 12 25 12 25 .83 C. F. Hottes, committee work, county buildings 32 00 32 00 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 99 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 84 Win. P. Harrington, committee work, county build'gs $ 20 00 $ 20 00 85 Ithaca Journal, printing election ballots, etc. 838 17 838 17 86 Children's Home. (See county and town budget)___ 138 75 87 Eugene Baker, medical services for Lizzie Quinn ro oo ro 00 88 J. S. Kirkendall, Ex. in lunacy proc. (town charge)5 00 89 . J. Flickenger, Ex. in lunacy proceedings 15 00 10 00 90 Auburn Orphan Asylum. (See county and town budget) 215 00 91 W. H. Van.Ostrand, committee work Finance Com.__ 5 28 5 28 92 13. M. Hagin, committee work Finance Committee5 04 5 04 93 Brush -Swan Electric Light Co., lights Court House37 94 37 94 94 Chas. P. Beaman, expert services in the case of Chas. - Middaugh 5 00 5 00 95 Chas. A. Stiles, rent of room for Civil Service Com._ 6 oo 6 oo 96 F. A. Todd, connnittee work Finance Committee __-_ 12 zo 12 20 97 W. E. Lanikin, labor and services at Co. Jail_ 17 58 17 58 98 Chas. A. Smith, sprinkling and freight____. 7 .92 7 92 99 W. E. Larnkin, labor and services at Judge's office54 o6 54 o6 loo Frank Barber, 1st, taking care of Lizzie Quinn 2 00 .2 00 rot Arthur B. Brooks, supplies 4 00 4 00 102 Truman Noble, services as stenographer_48 25 48 25 103 Susquehanna Valley Home. (See Co. and town budget) 138 00 104 Susquehanna Valley Horne. (See Co. and town budget) r66 00 105 Susquehanna Valley Home. (See Co. and town budget) 184 00 106 Susquehanna Valley Home. (See Co. and town budget) 136 5o 107 M. T. Williamson, services as truant officer .._ _. 33.00 33 00 roS A. M. Dederick, constable (town charge) ___ 2 30 109 James S. Lyke, services as Superintendent of Poor1,065 00 1,065 00 r ro A. D. White, M.D., medical services and Ex. in lunacy (withdrawn) . 34 00 111 - Eugene Savocool, constable 25 65 25 65 112 E. Davis Allen, Ex. in lunacy proc. (town charge)8 20 113 E. E. Banfield, constable, assigned to D. R. Mont- gomery .- 12 6o 12 6o 114 Albeit Hurley, constable ____ 7 00 7 00 115 T. S. Thompson, committee work Co. buildings.. 28 00 28 00 116 Enz & Miller, supplies_ _ 130 19 130 19 117 Chas. Ingersoll, conveyances, etc. 15 00 15 00 1 r8 Monroe Co. Penitentiary, hoard of prisoners. (See county and town budget) __.___ 952 00 100 No. Name The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Nature of Service Claimed Allowed I19 James S. Lyke,expenditures, etc. _____._ $ 94 82 $ 94 82 120 F. A. Brown, supplies _ .. 2 25 2 25 121 D. T. Terry, Ex. in lunacy proceedings 10 00 Io 00 122 C. M. Bliven estate, A. ]-I. Platts, executor, conveyance 5 00 5 00 123 Newman, Blood, Banks & Bostwick, counsel- 10 00 10 00 124 J. R. Crawford, services 2 00 2 00 125 Enz & Miller, supplies. 10 35 10 35 .126 Ithaca Journal Association, printing _ 1,308 20 1,308 20 127 City of Ithaca, Recorder's bill 121 30 113 65 12S Chas. S. Seaman, conveyances.._. 25 00 25 00 129 Fred L. Clock, Justice_ 27 20 27 20 13o Chas. S. Seaman, ex -Sheriff, service bill 51 05 51 05 131 Chas. S. Seaman, ex -Sheriff, hoard of prisoners 128 13 128 13 132 City of Ithaca, police bill 112 42 112 42 133 Thad. S. Thompson, supplies _____._ _ 34 14 34 14 134 Charles A. Parker, supplies __.___ ____ ____ ____ _ 92 50 92 50 135 Jesse Sinall,.supplies ___ __ ____ ___ 7 14 7 14 136 Albert Van Auken, constable- 3 50 3 50 137 L. H. Van Kirk, County Clerk-____ 704 49 704 49 138 Ithaca Democrat, printing 28 So 28 So 139 G. F. Underwood, Justice .--.___----- ------ 8 05 7 40 140 Ithaca Journal, printing__.__ ___ 31 30 31 30 141 T. J. Bierce, constable, assigned to White & Burdick__ 9 70 9 70 142 John B. Lang, supplies 3 84 3 84 143 Thad. S. Thompson, supplies 5 00 5 00 144 S. J. McKinney, Sheriff, service bill 905 53 905 33 145 S. J. McKinney, board of prisoners __ 1,797 89 1,797 89 146 A. D. White, M.D., medical service 34 00 34 00 147 Frank Barber, 1st, constable, assigned to C. S. Seaman 20 6o 20 6o $12,825 65 $10,174 52 SERVICE BILLS. 148 Wm. P. Harrington, services 100 00 100 00 149 F. A. Todd, services. 122 50 122 50 150. W. H. Van Ostrand, services - 131 8o 131 8o 151 Theron Johnson, services 145 10 . 145 10 452 F. A. Begent, services 142 So 142 So 153 C. F. Hottes,.services 100 00 100 00 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 .101- 154 01 154 F. B Aiken, services__-. $ 123 18 $ 123 18 155 T. S. Thompson, services ioo 0o too 00 156 N. Pearson, services _-__-. 118 44 118 44 157 Win. H. Boice, services 123 12 123 12 158 B. M. Hagen, services_ _ 132 05 132 o5 159 G. W. Frost, services -: 167 78 167 78 160 W. H. Pinckney, services_______ 132 99 132 99 Service Bills Total Audits $ 1,639 76 $ 1,639 76 12,825 65 10,174 52 Grand Total $14,465 41 $11,814 28. S'CTPER 7IORS' ACCOUNTS. Table showing the amount of compensation audited and allowed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, tothe members thereof within the past year, the items and nature of such compensation, as audited ; the number of days the Board has been in session, and the distance traveled by the members in attending the meetings of the Board during the year 1899. 'l'OWVNS SUPERVISORS. Caroline... Wiliam K. Boice. 1 $ 4 00 $1 44 23 9112 00 $1 44 1 $400 $1 44 Danby .. 'Frank A Todd 1 4 00 1 611 23 92 00 1 60 1 4 00' 1 60 Dryden.... ..... .... 'Theron Johnson .. . . ...... 1 4 00 1 60 23 92 00 1 60 1 4 00i 1 60 Enfield .. ..Frank 13. Aiken . 1 ' 4 00 1 60. 23 92 00 1 60 1 4 00' 1 60 Groton.. (Frank A. Begent . 1 4 00 2 72 23 92 00 1 4 001 2 72 Ithaca (Town) .. ... ...... Nicholas Pearson. .. . ... 1 4 00, 48 23 92 00 48 1 4 00 48 Ithaca, (City) 1st Ward C. F. Hottes 1 4 00 ' 23 92 00; 1 4 00 Ithaca, (City) 2d Ward.. ..:George W. Frost 1 4 00 23 92 001 , 1 4 00 Ithaca, (City) 3:l Ward 'Thaddeus S. Thompson 1 4 00 23 92 00 1 4 00 Ithaca, (City) 401 Ward IWm. P. Harrington 1 4 00 23 92 001 1 4 00 Lansing.... ._.2392 0000 1 041 1 4 00, 1 04 Newfield i'm. H. Van Ostrand. 1 4 00 1 048 23 1 28 1 4 00 1 28 Ulysses 'W. Il. Pinckney ... 1 4 00 1 76 23 92 00, 1 76 1 4 CO' 1 76 Total 13 .952 00 $13 52, 299.1196 001910 80 13 $52 001913 52 $18 80 17 70 4030 18 38 37 36 17 00 67 78 28 93 27 96 27 71 9301 92 $123 12 .0064 122 50 .0062 145 10, .0058 123 181.0096 142 80, .0068 118 44 .0076 100 00 16778 100 00, 100 00 .01i777 132 051 .0093 1:31 80. .00945 132 09' .0106 $1639 76 STATE OF NEW YORK, ► COUNTY OF TOMPKINS—BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ) r SS. 1 do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the number of days the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County was in session during the past year; the nature of its duties, and the time necessarily employed and the distance necessarily traveled, by the individual members, respectively, in the discharge thereof. I also certify that no accounts were audited by the said Board, for any member thereof, or for any other person. without being veri- fied according to the statute in such ease made and provided. Dated December 1101, 1897. ARTHUR R. MARION, Clerk. 0 ro The Supervisors' Proceedings, The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1899 103 TOWN AUDITS. CAROLINE. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Town Board of the Town of Caroline on the 4th day of November, 1897, with the amounts claimed by each and the amounts audited each : No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1 Fred A. Stevens, Poll Clerk _ $ 4 00 $ 4 00 2 Judson Rounseville, Excise Commissioner 3 00 3 00 3 F. N. Patch, Assessor 31 50 31 50 4 E. H. Card, use of hall 12 00 12 00 5 D. C. Hanford, Assessor 39 00 39 00 6 Richardson & Allen, use of hall io 00 10 00 7 Charles E. Mix, Ballot Clerk _ _ _ 4 00 4 00 8 Samuel Woodhull, Ballot Clerk 4 oo 4 00 9 George R. Peck, Poll Clerk _ 4 00 4 00 10 Ithaca Journal, printing 27 25 27 25 11 George H. Richardson, Inspector_ 12 00. 12 00 12 J. D. Ridgway, Inspector _ 12 00 12 00 13 Curtis J. Shurter, Inspector 12 00 12 00 14 Dewitt F. Roe, Inspector 17 56 17 56 15 W. A. House, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 16 J. H. Best, Inspector 12 00 12 00 17 B. Van Demark, Town Clerk 23 8o 23 8o 18 W. A. House, reporting marriages 2 75 2 75 19 Ithaca Journal, mortgage book _' 15 00 15 00 20 George E. Harris, Constable____ 18 10 18 10 rod The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 21 John L. Randall, Constable 22 A. M. Dederick, Constable 23 George J. Nelson, Overseer of Poor 24 Charles W. Personius, erecting booths 25 H. N. Van Deusen, reporting marriages 26 E. M. Hornbeck, sign for Town Clerk's office 27 Dr. F. A. Reed, births and deaths____ 28 Ira Bogardus, Overseer Highways 29 C. L. Davis, Poll Clerk 30 W. 13. Quick, Ballot Clerk 31 H. R. Schutt, Inspector 32 Fluter Allen, Inspector 33 Harry A. Davis, Inspector____ 34 Charles Heath, Ballot Clerk 35 L. A. Patch, Poll Clerk 36 John H. Brink, Ballot Clerk 37 Gorton Ellis, Poll Clerk 38 W. E. Snow, Inspector_____r____ 39 D. A. Patch, Assessor 40 Richard Whittaker, Inspector 41 C. L. Freeland, Inspector_ _ 42 G. K. Doughty, Poll Clerk 43 Wilson H. Westfall, Inspector_ 44 Jason Hotaling, Ballot Clerk _ 45 William Clark, Constable 46 R. E. Brink, hall rent____ 47 Mason J. Clark, Justice of Peace____ 48 George \Volcott, Justice of Peace 49 Dewitt F. Roe, Truant Officer 5o R. G. H. Speed, Justice of Peace 51 George H. Nixon, Justice of Peace 52 R. G. H. Speed, Justice of Peace 53 William A. Ferguson, Town Clerk 54 William K. Boice, Supervisor 55 \Vtn. K. Boice, to balance due on note for road scraper, $ 735 $ 485 6 90 690 14 00 14 00 640 64o 1 50 1 50 1 00 100 3 25 3 25 15! 00 1551 00 4 00 400 4 00 400 17 72 17 72 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 4 00 400 400 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 12 00 12 00 34 00 34 00 12 00 12 00 17 96 17 96 400 400 12 00 12 00 4 00 400 6 8o 5 80 I2 00 I2 00 16 95 16 95 20 00 20 00 75 00 75 00 16 54 16 54 21 95 21 95 22 00 22 00 58 60 58 60 18 00 18 00 28 24 28 24 $916 12 $913 62 We, the undersigned, comprising the Town Board of the Town of Caroline, The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 105. do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the accounts audited by us. Dated this 4th day of November, 1897. WM. K. BOICE, Supervisor. WM. A. FERGUSON, Town Clerk. GEORGE H. NIXON, MASON J. CLARK, GEORGE WOLCOTT, R. G. H. SPEED, Justices of the Peace. DANBY. The following is an abstract of the names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Town Board of the Town of Danby at their annual meeting November 4, 1897, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited each : No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1 Levi L. Beers, Surveyor $ 3 00 $ 3 00 2 George E. Morris, Assessor 24 00 24 00 3 Edward E. Swartout, Assessor 22 00 22 00 4 Wm. H. Wilcox, Assessor 20 00 20 00 5 Frank E. Van Gelder, Inspector 10 00 10 00 6 Will Elyea, Inspector 10 00 10 00 7 Richard J. Gage, Inspector_ 10 00 10 00 8 DeWitt E. Sincebaugh, Inspector____ ____.__ __. _ __ __ _ 10 00 10 00 9 Fred Crance, Inspector to 00 10 00 10 Daniel M. Kellogg, Inspector 10 00 10 00 11 David Bogart, Inspector 10 00 10 oo. 12 Lewis Cooper, Inspector 10 00 10 00 13 Alfred Vose, Inspector 10 00 10 00 14 Russell J. Thomas, Inspector and Messenger_ 15 56 15 56 15 Charles J. Weed, Inspector and Messenger 15 8o 15 8o 16 Olin C. Larne, Inspector and Messenger • 15 94 15 94 soh Me Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1.7 Wilton A. Mabee, Poll Clerk 4 00 $ 4 00 18 Arthur \V. Beardsley', Poll Clerk_ 4 00 4 00 19 Frank D. Smiley, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 20 James J. O'Connor, l'oll Clerk 4 00 4 00 21 Henry F. Hutchings, Poll .Clerk 4 00 4 00 22 R. E. Thatcher, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 23 Culver Little, 13allot Clerk 4 00 4 00 24 Charles C. Wafer, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 25 Geo. W. Unsay, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 26 Enos A. Briggs, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 27 Will Smiley, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 28 Edward R. Dorn, Ballot Clerk4 00 4 00 29 Ithaca Journal, printing- 35 6o 35 6o 3o Win. H. Baker, supplies 13 00 13 00 31 WM. H. Baker, 'Town Clerk 89 00 89 00 32 John E. Beers, Vital Statistics and Medical Services__ 13 00 13 00 33 'William Hoyland, Overseer of Poor 14 00 14 00 34 Sheldon Bierce, Overseer of Peor 15 5o 15 5o 35 Frank A. Todd, Supervisor 27 66 27 66 36 Fairbrother S Co., rent of hall.__ ------.---- 10 00 to 00 37 ZebulonSmliley, rent of hall 10 00 10 00 38 A. J. Coe, Constable 8 o5 8 o5 39 Clarence H. Slocum, Constable _ _ _ 1 35 1 35 40 Chas. E. Bruce, Constable 16 zo 16 zo . 41 H. C. 'Thatcher, Vital Statistics and Medical Services, 6 50 6 5o 42 J. B. Thatcher, Justice 12 00 12 00 43 'Zebulon Smiley, Justice • 12 00 12 00 44 Theron \V. Slocum, Justice - _ 28 65 28 65 45 Jacob Wise, Justice 12 90 12 90 46 Francis L. Nourse, Highway Commissioner 122 00 122 00 47 Francis L. Nourse, Maintenance of Highways 583 98 • 583 98 48 Elijah Osterhout, Health Officer and Vital Statistics2 75 2 75 $1,288 44 $1,288 44 We hereby certify that the foregoing abstract is correct. F. A. TODD, Supervisor, WM. H. BAKER, Town Clerk, JACOB WISE, Z. SMILEY, T. W. SLOCUM. J. B. THATCHER, J ustices. No. Name The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 107 Nature of Service Claimed Allowed ADDED BV RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Bill No. 49 T. W. Slocum, Justice, Criminal Proceedings Bill No. 5o, T. W. Slocum, Justice, Criminal Proceedings $4 zo 4 15 > < DRYDEN. $835 The following abstract of the names of all persons who have presented to the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Dryden in said county accounts to be audited during the year I$97, the amounts claimed by each of such persons, and the amounts finally audited by the said Board of Town Auditors, is herewith submitted pursuant to Statute, to wit No. Name Nature of Service 1 Charles Phillips, Inspector District. No. 1 _ z A. B. Cornelius, Inspector and Messenger District No. 1 3 H. P. Banfield, Inspector District No. 1 _ 4 Frank Whitman, Inspector District No. 1 5 Oscar Snyder, Inspector District No. 6 Joseph Snyder, Inspector and Messenger Dist. No. 1_ 7 A. J. Stevenson, Inspector and Messenger Dist. No. 1 8 Philip Snyder, Ballot Clerk District No. 1 9 Chas. Bolster, Ballot Clerk District No. 1 _ to Sherman Dennis, Poll Clerk, District No. 1 .. 11 J. T. Morris, house for election and Poll Clerk_ 12 J. T. Morris, house for election and Poll Clerk _ 13 Geo. F. Warner, Inspector District No. 2 14 W. O. Tichenor, Inspector District No. z 15 Frank Sheldon, Inspector District No. 2 16 William Van Pelt, Inspector District No. 2 17 Corry Dusenbury, Inspector and Messenger Dist. No. 2 '18 Jesse Bartholomew, Inspector District No. 2 19 A. A. Sager, Inspector and Messenger District No. 2_ Claimed Allowed 4.0o $ 400 17 24 17 24 400 400 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 14 00 14 00 6 oo 6 0o 400 400 400 400 3 oo Soo 14 00 , 14 00 14 00 14 00 4 00 4 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 17 80 17 SO 400 4.00 600 600 to8 No. Name The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Nature of Service Claimed Allowed zo Stanley Miller, Inspector District No: 2 $ 4 00 $ 4 00 21 O. K. Rhodes, Poll Clerk District No. 2 __ 4 00 4 0o 22 E. R. Gaston, Poll Clerk District No. 2. 8 00 8 00 23 H. C. \Varriner, Poll Clerk District No. 2 4 00 4 00 24 Elory Stanton, Ballot Clerk District No. 2 4 00 4 00 25 Chas. G. Fitts, Ballot Clerk District No. 2 • 4 00 4 00 26 Chas. Westervelt, house for election 20 00 20 00 27 . D.. C. McGregor, Inspector District No. 3 4 00 4 00 28 Chas. T. Fitts, Inspector District No. 3 12 00 12 00 29 L. A. Niver, Inspector District No. 3 12 00 12 00 3o Wm. Miller, Inspector District No. 3 . 4 00 4 00 31 D. R. Montgomery, Inspector District No. 3 4 00 4 00 32 Geo. Hart, Inspector and Messenger District No. 3--- 19 96 19 96 33 Chas: Rummer, Poll Clerk District No. 3 4 00 4 00 34 A. M. Clark, Inspector and Poll Clerk District No. 3_ 16 00 16 oo 35 Geo. E. Monroe, Poll Clerk District No. 3. 4 0o 4 00 36 C. T. Davis, Ballot Clerk District No. 3 4 00 4 00 37 R. T. Chappins, Poll Clerk District No. 3 4 00 4 00 38 R. W. West, Poll Clerk District No. 3. 4 00 4 00 39 Geo. Primrose, Inspector District No. 4 .4 00 4 00 4o R. T. Sager, Inspector District No. 4 12 00 12 00 41 Horatio Smith, Inspector and Messenger District No. 4 17 8o 17 8o 42 C. W. Monroe, Inspector District No. 4 8 00 8 00 43 Frank Douglass, Inspector District No. 4 4 00 4 00 44 F. W." Smith, Inspector, Messenger and Poll Clerk District No. 4 Io 0o to 00 45 Fay Skellings, Inspector and Messenger District No. 4 14 56 14 56 46 La Vern Dans, Inspector District No. 4 12 00 12 0o 47 A. A. Sicknion, Inspector District No. 4 4,00 4 00 48 Horatio Smith, Poll Clerk District No. 4 4 00 4 00 49 E. T. Brown, Ballot Clerk District No. 4 8 00 8 00 5o J. L. Platt, Ballot Clerk District No. 4, assigned to Vernie Newman 4 00 4 00 51 Henry Newman, house for election 20 00 20 00 52 D. M. White, Inspector and Poll Clerk District No. 5 8 0o 8 0o 53 H. M. Givens, Inspector District No. 5 . 16 0o i6 00 54 Avery Hile, Poll Clerk District No. 5_ 4 00 4 00 55 Eugene Space, Inspector District No. 5 4 00 4 00. 56 A. M. Baker, Inspector District No. 5 12 00 12 00 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 109 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 37 Geo. E. Goodrich, Inspector District No. 5 5S Geo. Bellinger, Ballot Clerk District. No. 5 59 Earl J. Burch, Poll Clerk District No. 5 ._ 6o C. D. Burch, Inspector District No. 5 61 Burton J. Davis, Poll Clerk District No. 5_____ 62 W. M. Monroe, Inspector and Messenger Dist. No. 6 63 W. E. Sutfin, Inspector District No. 6 64 John Shaver, Poll Clerk District No. 6 65 Fred E. Bush, Inspector and Messenger Dist. No. 6 66 Al. McKinney, Jr., Inspector District No. 6 67 C. H. Monroe, Inspector and Messenger Dist. No. 6 68 John J. Cole, Poll Clerk District.No. 6 69 Geo. S. Monroe, Inspector District No. 6 7o Humphrey Williams, Ballot Clerk District No. 6____ 71 Luther Simons, Ballot Clerk District No. 6 72 Albert Rummer, Inspector District No. 6 73 R. D. Simons, Inspector District No. 6 74 Albert Hurley, Constable, assigned to 0: K. Rhodes_ 75 Frank E. Brown, Justice service bill____ 76 A. Washburn, damage to horse _ 77 J. Beach, Contract and Vital Statistics 78 J. Beach, attending Mrs. C. Snyder____ - 79 Fred E. Darling, Town Clerk . So Albert Hurley, Constable 8t J. D. Ross, burial permits 82 C. H. Monroe, ballot boxes 83 A. C. Stone, house for election 84 Eugene Sovocool, Constable 85 Ithaca Journal, printing_ 86 Williamson Law Book Co._ 87 Bradford Snyder, Overseer of the Poor 88 W. L. Baker, examining cows S9 J. D. Ross, Justice, criminal hill 90 Alvah Ewers, Assessor, assigned td B. McArthur____ 91 Geo. E. Goodrich, Atiorney's fees 92 A. W. George, Assessor 93 G. C. Sweet, undertaking_ 94 Geo. E. Hanford, Justice, service bill 95 Geo. E. Hanford, Justice, criminal bill $ 10 15 $ I0 15 400 400 4 00 400 12 00 12 00 4 00 400 18 24 1S 24 4 00 400 8 oo 800 17 So 17 80 4 00 400 600 600 400 400 12 00 12 00 4 00 400 4 00 400 12 00 12 00 400 400 18 70 IS 70 18 00 Ib' oo 15 00 15 00 28 66 28 66 3 00 300 113 32 113 32. 2 00 2 00 6 00 600 20 50 20 50 20 00 20.00 2 20 2 20 59 62 5962 S So 8 So 54 00 54 00 5 00 500 36 75 36 75 60 00 6o oo 10 00 10 00 62 00 62 00 27 50 27 50 16 75 i6 75 910 910 • r io The Suftervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 96 A. M. Baker, house for election $ 20 00 $ 20 00 97 E. D. Allen, house for election 20 00 20 00 98 F. S. Jennings, Contract and Vital Statistics _ 28 t6 28 16 99 Obid Lindsey, Constable ___.- 8 45 8 45 oo Enos D. Wheeler, Assessor. _ _ 70 00 70 00 101 J. D. Ross, Justice, service bill__. 30 8o 30 8o 102 Homer Genung, Contract ____ ..___ 27 67 27 67 103 E. D. Allen, Contract and Vital Statistics 34 16 34 t6 104 E. F. Weaver, attendance officer - _ 2 20 2 20 105 Horner Genuug, Vital Statistics_ 8 75 8 75 106 J. Giles Ford, printing __.__ _ 11 09 11 09 107 E. M. Seager, Justice, service bill . ____ __ 16 00 16 00 cos E. M. Seager, Justice, criminal bill _.. 13 15 13 15 109 G. L. Rood, Contract and Vital Statistics 30 41 30 41 110 S. E. Smiley, Commissioner of Highways, services317 oo 337 00 111 J. J. Montgomery, Vital Statistics 5 75 5 75 112 J. J. Montgomery, Contract- _ __ 24 66 24 66 113 J. C. Lormore, Overseer of the Poor __-__ 34 00 34 00 114 E. C. Smith, printing, assigned to G. E. Goodrich4 00 4 00 115 Paul Ewers, Constable 1 85 185 116 J. P. Pierce, Vital Statistics - 1 00 1 00 117 Theron Johnson, Supervisor, service bill - _ 71 8o 71 8o 118 Geo. E. Underwood, Justice, services _ _ _-_ 16 75 16 95 119 M. E. Crutts, attendance officer 4 40 4 40 12o Geo E. Underwood, Justice, criminal hill ____ 2 65 2 65 121 Milton Snyder, Constable 3 95 3 95 122 Wm. Mespell, Inspector District No. 5 _--____ _ 18 12 18 12 123 Geo. Bradley, Inspector, assigned to A. M. Clark____ 4 00 4 00 124 City of Ithaca, Rich family____ . 77 48 77 48 125 City of Ithaca, See family 115 6o 115 6o 126 Dr. A. D. White, See family_ .. 32 50 32 50 127 Dr. A. D. White, Rich. fancily _ 11 00 11 00 128 John C. Ellis, damage to horse - _ -_ __.__ 15 00 15 00 129 Bradford Snyder, transportation of Mrs. Rich and • child to Co. House 3 12 3 12 $2,321 92 $2,321 92 Resolved, That the suni of four hundred and eight dollars and fifty-nine cents (408.59) be raised by tax and assessed on the property of the several road districts for the payment of road machines. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 flr Resolved, That the sunt of five hundred dollars ($5oo.00) be raised by tax. for highways and bridges. Resolved, That the sunt of four hundred and fifty dollars ($45o.00) be raised by tax for the support of the poor. Approliriations voted at Town Meeting, six hundred and ninety-five dollars ($695.00.) ADDED BV RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Fence Wire $300 00 THERON JOHNSON, Supervisor. FRED E. DARLING, Town Clerk. GEO. E. UNDERWOOD, GEO. E. HANFORD, E. M. SEAGER, J. D, ROSS, FRANK E. BROWN, ENFIELD. Justices. The following is a list of the names of all persons, who pre- sented accounts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Enfield on the 4th day of November,, 1897, with the amount claimed by each and the amount audited and allowed, viz : No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1 Colon Kirby, Poll Clerk 2 Charles Bonnett, Poll Clerk 3 W. H. Jones, Jr., Ballot Clerk 4 Edward Havens, Inspector and Messenger. 5 C. J. Whitney, Excise Commissioner, 1895 and 1896__ 6 Frank Teeter, Use of Hall for Town Purposes 7 Geo. Kirby, Inspector of Election 8 Harry Curry, Ballot Clerk 9 G. A. Colegrove, Inspector of Election Io W. H. Ammack, Bonding Commissioner $400 $400 400 4.00 4 00 4 00 17 8o 17 8o 9 00 900 30 00 '3o 00 12 00 12 00 400 4O0 12 00 12 00 15 00 15 00 112 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 .No. Nance Nature of Service Claimed Allowed c 1 Enz & Miller, Law Blanks $ i oo $ 1 00 12 F. A. Nobles, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 13 J. G. Jones, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 14 \Vm. H. Jones, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 15 Corey J. Harvey, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 16 James McCracken, Fence Viewer 2 00 2 00 17 James McCracken, Assessor 34 00 32 oo 18 J. 0. Carman, Assessor 40 25 35 25 19 James Peck, Assessor • 42 00' 32 00 zo Frank Lanving, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 z1 G. W. Marsh, Inspector Election 12 00 12 00 22 John 51. Russell, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 23 . \V. P. Bullard, Inspector and Messenger, assigned to L. H. Van Kirk_ 17 8o 17 8o 24 Ithaca Democrat, Printing ___ 1 11 1 .11 25 L. H. Van Kirk, County Clerk 3 25 3 25 26 Havana Bridge Co., Iron Bridge 325 00 325 00 27 Ithaca Journal, Printing_—._.-: 7 23 2 10 28 Ithaca Journal, Printing_ 25 25 25 25 29 Halliday & Denton, Costs and Services in Grant Case 202 75 202 75 3o Gregory S.: Apgar, Printing Case of Grant vs. Town of, Enfield 87 00 87 00 31 C. D. \Vallingbeck, Commissioner of Highways, Per- sonal Service Bill_______ 174 00 174 00 32 C. D. \Valliugbeck, Material and Labor 193 20 193 20 33 C. H. Hubbell, Overseer of the Poor 24 CO 24 00 34 Dr. C. D. Vernoy, Health Officer 8 25 8 25 35 Mrs. Elizabeth \Vortlnan, Use of Hall_ 20 00 20 00 36 W. V. Runlsey, Vital Statistics ____ 19 75 19 75 37 W. V. Runlsey, Town Clerk. . 90 25 90 25 38 H. A. Graham, Justice of Peace 23 00 23 00 39 J. H. Hine, Justice of Peace 23 25 23 25 40 G. A. Lord, Justice of Peace 21 00 21 00 41 Chas. Fletcher, Justice of Peace 12 00 12 00 42 F. B. Aiken, ex -Justice of Peace 5 00 5 00 43 F. B. Aiken, Supervisor 35 00 35 00 $1,609 14 $1,587 01 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 113 I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original as on file 'in my office. W. V. RUMSEY,. Town Clerk. ADDF,D BY RESOLUTION OF COUNTY BOARD ACCORDING TO SEC. 532. AMENDED.COUNTY LAW. George A. Lord, Justice of Peace, Services, Criminal Action. . Horace Sutphen, Excess of Tax GROTON. 20 35 $ 20 ,35 8 8o 8 8o $1,638 29 $r,6t6 16 ._ Abstract of .all names of persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Groton on the 4th day of November, 1897, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each : No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1 Wm. H. Bulkley, Assessor. 2 M. Woodbury, Constable • 3 C. A. Boyer, doctoring town poor . - 4 Miles D. Goodyear, Vital Statistics 5 Miles D. Goodyear, doctoring Town• Poor 6 Williams Law Book Co., books . 7 Wm. A. Smith, Vital Statistics . 8 L. J. Townley & Son, printing_ 9 N: A. Collings, supplies 10 A. M. Baldwin, Vital Statistics ' I1 Begent & Wilcox, lumber 1.2 Begent & Wilcox, lumber. 13 Newton Baldwin, Justice 14 • Newton Baldwin, Justice 15 Newton Baldwin, Justice 16 Newton Baldwin, Justice 6o oo - 2 8o �9 00 6o 00 2 8o 29 00 10 75. to 75 9 00 900. 3 30 .3 30 4 00 400 9 39 9.39 1 35 5'00 95. • 1o6 47 3 65 '2 00 3 70 3 65 1 35 • 5 00 95 106 07 3 65 2' 00 3..70 365 rr¢ The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 17 Newton Baldwin, Justice 18 Newton Baldwin, Justice 19 Newton Baldwin, Justice '20. J. C. Gifford, Ballot Clerk 21 C. A: Hart, Ballot Clerk 22 F: E. Botsford, Ballot Clerk - 23 John Keefe, Ballot Clerk 24 N. T. Dick, Ballot Clerk-_-_ 25 R. C. Tarbell, Ballot Clerk 26 'F.' J. Hopkins, Poll Clerk 27 W. D. Conklin, Poll Clerk 28 R. N. Mount, Poll Clerk 29 J. C. Fitts, Poll Clerk ._______. 3o W. D. White, Poll Clerk 31Y Lyman Holladay, Inspector 32 Maurice Harrington, Inspector.___. 33 . M. L. Jones, Inspector 34 D. R. Stout, Inspector 35 S. R. Reniff, Inspector._________ 36 Nelson S. Metzgar, Inspector . -. 37 Wm. D. Baldwin, Inspector and Messenger 38 Newton Baldwin, labor on booths 39 C. W. Hall; Commissioner 40 Buck & Gobel,'supplies _:_ 41 C. W. Hall, Commissioner, services 42 C. W. Hall, drawing. booths 43 John S. Love, Overseer of the Poor____ 44 H. Genung, Statistics, assigned' to M. D: Goodyear 45 John S. Love,' rent for -Town Poor 46 Charles Hyd®, Truant Offices 47 Harris & Son, supplies 48 Geo. Purviss, Constable 49 Geo. Purviss, Constable 5o M. M. Robbins, Constable__.___ 51 Charles Hyde, Constable 52 Geo. Purviss, Constable 53 . G. F. Francis, Inspector_:______ 54 Vernet Brown, Inspector 55 Miles Tarbell, Inspector. $245 $245 3 90 .3 90 370 370 4 00 4 00 4 00 400 400 400 4 00 400 400 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 400 400. 4 00 4.00 4 00 400 4 00 400 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00. 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 18 52 18 52 9 00 900 631 76 631 76 169 78 169 78 132 00 132 00 8 5o 8 5o 93 75 .93 :75 1 00 1 00 36 00 36 00 58 00 58 00 38 40 3840. 3 65 3 65 250 250 7 85 7 85: 1 35 1 35 8 55 8'55 18 24 18 24 12 00 12 00. 12 00 12 00 No. Name The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Nature of Service 115 Claimed Allowed 56 W. C. Allen, hall for election $ 16 00 $ 15 00 57 C. A. Stout, hall for election 15 00 15 00 58 M. M. Robbins, Constable______.. 3 55 3 55 59 M. M. Robbins, Constable_ 2 25 2 25 6o B. L. Robinson, Vital Statistics 2 25 2 �5 61 E. G. Galloup, supplies 25 �5 62 E. G. Galloup, supplies 6o 00 52 00 63 Ed. Metzgar, Inspector and Messenger_ 21 78 21 78 64 S. B. Barker, labor on booths _ 8 oo 8 oo 65 Milo E. Gillen, Assessor 4o 00 4000 66 W. C. Allen, supplies 2 20 2 20 67 Commercial Printing Co., printing_ _______ 26 75 26 75 68 H. S. Hopkins, Justice____ 6 91 6 91 69 H. S. Hopkins, Justice 3 95 3 95 70 H. S. Hopkins, Justice 1 00 1 00 71 " H. S. Hopkins, Justice 2 95 2 95 72 H. S. Hopkins, Justice 7 85 7 85 73 A. S. Tanner, Constable work 2 00 2 00 74 Charles Hyde, Constable 22 20 17 6o 75 . Ben Mintz, clothing for poor 14 15 14 �5 76 Nelson Harris, Assessor 44 00 44 00 77 Geo. B. Close, Inspector and Messenger 18 36 18 36 78 Chas. H. Tarbell, .Constable 7 35 7 35 79 Chas. Hyde, Constable_ _ 31 51 31 51 So Gooding & Holladay, poor supplies 13 15 13 15 81 C. H. Tarbell, Constable 2 55 2 55 82 A. E. Fish, Ballot Clerk _ _ 4 00 . 4 00 83 J. A. Blair, Vital Statistics and doctoring the poor___ 65 75 65 75 84 J. M. Montfort, poor supplies _ 10 93 10 93 85 W. W. Hare, rent for Assessor's meetings _ 16 oo 16 00 '86 J. J.I. Booth & Son, burying Town- Poor 12 00 12 00 87 J. I. Booth & Son, burying Town Poor 25 00 25 00 88 Fred Carrington, Inspector 12 00 12 00 89 Amos Avery, Inspector and labor 20 00 20 00 90 Frank Metzgar, Inspector 12 00 12 00 91 B. F. Baker, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 92 Wm. H. Burnham, Poll Clerko0 4 400 93 Wm. H. Burnham, Assessor's Clerk 6 oo 6 oo 94 B. S. Whitman, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 116 The Supervisors' Proceedings, :1897 No: Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 95 C. W. Conger & Co., poor supplies • $ 28 oo $ 28 00. 96 . C. W. Conger & Co., poor supplies 5 00 5 00 97 M. A. Downing, Town Clerk tto 14 110 14 98 F. A. Begent, Supervisor .20 8o 20 8o 99 F. A. Regent, Supervisor _ 6 20 6 zo too J. M. Montfort, Justice _ 16 oo r6 oo ror Newton Baldwin, Justice 16 oo 16 00 102 E. R. 'Nye, hall for election_ 42 50 42 50 103 H. S. Hopkins, Justice's services, etc._ . 19 00 19 00 104 Charles Hyde, services at election 2 00 2 00 1o5 H. P. Colby, rent for election 20 00 20 00 ro6 G. M. Stoddard, excess tax 10 67 ro 67 107 M. E. Miller, Inspector and Messenger 14 00 14 00 108 L. A. Metzgar, Poll Clerk ______ 4 00 4 00 109 Added by resolution, Memorial Day 75 00 75 00 110 J. H. Mount, poor supplies 20 70 20 70 $2,611 56 • We, the undersigned, the Town Auditors of the town of Groton, do hereby certify that the above is a correct list of bills presented, with amount claimed and allowed. • F. A. BEGENT, Supervisor. M. A. DOWNING, Town Clerk. ITHACA. Abstract of the names of .all persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Ithaca, with the amounts claimed and the amounts audited and allowed. No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1 Earl Northrup, Inspector_ _ $ 12 00 $ 12 00 2 Esty Landon, Inspector and Ballot Clerk 16 00 i6 00 3 John J. Hanshaw, Inspector ' r6 0o 16 oo No. Name The Supervisors' Proceedings; 1897 117 Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 4 Martin Crenler, Inspector and Messenger 22 74 22 74 5 A. W. Kline, Inspector and Poll Clerk 8 00 8 00 6 Fred Northrup, Inspector 4 00 4 00 7 Ed. Masters, Inspector and Poll Clerk 12. 50 116o 8 W. I. Smith, Inspector and Messenger 22 6o 22 6o 9 L. B. Frear, Inspector_ 12 00 12 00 to Harry Pearson, Inspector and Ballot Clerk 16 oo 16 00 11 S. M. Thompson, Inspector and Ballot Clerk ____16 oo 16 00 12 A. F. Van Gorder, Inspector and Ballot Clerk 10 00 10 00 13 D. A. Hopkins, Inspector and Poll Clerk 10 00 10 00 14 J. W. Tourtellot, Inspector 6 00 6 00 15 Thos. J. Byrn, Poll Clerk_ 4 00 4 00 16 E. H. Green, Poll Clerk 4 O0 4 00 17 Geo. M. Whipple, Ballot Clerk 400 4 00 IS Benj. Pew, Ballot Clerk, assigned to J. W. Preswick__ 4 00 •4 00 19 Benj. Pew, Ballot Clerk, assigned to G. C. Mowry____ 4 00 4 00 20 F. E. Spencer, Ballot Clerk_ 4 00 4 00 .21 A. J. Coe, Constable '6 05 6 05 22 A. J. Coe, Constable__ -__ 2 95 2 95 23 W. A. Van Order, Constable • 11 20 11 20 24 H. T. Jones, Assessor 38 00 38 00 25 Robert Whipple, Assessor 31 25 31 25 26 Frank Mitchell, Assessor _ . _ 4o oo 40 00 27 J. W. Preswick, Recording Vital Statistics_ 6 75 6 75- 28 Ithaca Journal, Printing and Supplies 31'57 31 57 29 Ithaca Journal, Printing and Supplies 10 55 10 55 30 Frank Mitchell, Health Officer to 00 10 00 31 Frank Mitchell, Labor on Highway 15 75 15 75 32 W. L. Mitchell, Labor on Highway i5 00 1118 :12158' . 33 Win. McKinney, Gravel for Highway 10 15 10 34 G. E. Stevens, Labor and Material on Highway 18 48 18 35 Montgomery Farling, Attendance Officer 5 00 5 00. 36 N. Pearson, Supervisor__ _ 16 00 16 00 37 Charles Palmer, Justice of Peace_.. 14 00 �4 00. 38 L. F. Colegrove, Justice of Peace 46 40 46 4o 39 Alfred Hasbrouck, Justice of Peace __ _ 14 00 14 00 40 H. S. Wright, Justice of Peace 12 00 12 00 41 J. W. Preswick, Town Clerk, services and disburse- ments 89 95 89:95 118 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 42 Wm. Stebbins, Excise Commissioner, 1895 and 1896__ $ 12 00 i2 00 43 Dr. H. B. Besemer, employed by Health Officer 12 00 6 00 44 H. T. Jones, fence viewing, 1896 6 oo 6 oo 45 Frank Nelson, fence viewing, 1896 2 00 2 00 46 Fred Northrup, rent of polling place 40 00 40 00 47 J. W. Preswick, office rent _ 26 00 26 oo 48 Town of Ithaca To Howard Kortz, Dr. (Overseer of Poor) To Coal $ 13 50 To Supplies __ 52 35 To Burial 20 00 To Children's Home 38 00 To Doctor's Services __.__ ____ 10 00 To Overseer Poor Manual 3 50 '1'o 22 days' service 44 00 Howard Kortz, Dr., To cash from Supervisor 49 Town of Ithaca $101 35 $130 00 To Moses Snook, Dr. (Highway Commissioner), to labor and material on highway 722 90 To 94 clays' service (i $2.50 235 00 Moses Snook to Town of Ithaca, Dr., To cash from L. V. R. R. Co. $149 75 To cash from.D. L. & W. R. R. Co. 110 25 To cash from Long Distance Tele- phone 2 50 '1'o cash paid as fine (damage to • bridge) 17 02 5o Geo. V. Curry, Constable_ $957 90 279 52 51 35 51 35 19 70 6 8o $1,500 32 $1.450 52 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, r897 I[9 We, the undersigned, the Town Auditors of the Town of Ithaca, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct list of all the accounts audited or rejected at the meetings of said Board of Auditors held November 4th and 8th, 1897. NICHOLAS PEARSON, Supervisor. J. W. PRESWICK, Town Clerk. CHAS. H. PALMER, H. S. WRIGHT, L. F. COLEGROVE, ALFRED HASBROUCK, Justices of the Peace. C LANSING. The following is an abstract of the names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Lansing at their annual meeting, November 4-5, 1897, with the amount claimed by each and the amount allowed : No. Name Nature of Service . Claimed Allowed 1 N. E. Lyon, registering marriages $ 50 $ 5o 2 C. G. Benjamin, service Board of Health 4 00 4 00 3 N. E. Lyon, use of hall _ _ _ 30 00 30 00 4 N. D. Chapman, M.D., registering statistics 2 50 2 50 5 C. E. Wood, registering vital statistics 20 00 20 00 6 Ithaca Journal, printing bill 2 10 2 10 7 Ithaca Journal, printing bill 29 00 29 00 8 Orley Van Marter, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 9 D. E. Thayer, Inspector and delivering returns 19 8o 19 So io R. M. Hilliard, Ballot Clerk ______ 4 00 4 00 11 F. B. Jefferson, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 12 Milo Howell, Ballot Clerk _ 4 00 4 00 13 Albert A. Wood, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 14 J. H. Conklin, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 15 H. J. Howser, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 16 N. C. Holden, inspector of Election _ 12 00 12 00 120 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service - Claimed Allowed 17 Clayton J. Bower, Inspector of Election $ 12 00 $ 12 00 18 Ed. E. Buck, Inspector and delivering returns 21 28 20 14 19 Eva L. Avery, damage on highway 12 70 6 00 20 - John Collins, Assessor, service bill 36 oo 36 oo 21 Marcus W. Searls, plank_ 9 58 9 58 22 E. G. Bogardus, plank ____..__.___ .____ 9 58 9 58 23 E. G. Bogardus, plank, 1895 10 00 10 00 24 B. M. Halliday, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00, 25 N..T. Allen, plank 10 36 10 36 26 • Mary J. Teeter, plank 10 70 10 70 27 B. M. Hagin, plank-- _--- - 24 00 24 00 28 Charles R. Bower, Truant Officer 4 00 4 00 29 Charles H. Turpening, Truant Officer _ 6 oo 6oo 3o Harry Herrick, use of hall, District No. 3 10 00 10 00 31 E. A. Stearns, stone __ _ _ 4 80 4 8o 32 Andrew J. Conlon, Justice service and Poll Clerk ____ 10 00 10 00 33 Gardner Burling, Inspector_ 13 00 13.00 34 W. H. Curtis, Ballot Clerk . 4 00 4 00 35 . George D. La Barr, Ballot Clerk _.. _. 4 00 4 00 36 Albert Ferris, poor bill 3 50 3 50 37 G. C. Gifford, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 38 M. C. Egan, Inspector and delivering,returns t7 64 17 64 39 C. E. Wood, disbursements ° __.__ _ 2 82 2 82 40 Frank Harring, Commissioner service bill_ -____ 170 00 170 00 41 D. C. Harring, service bill, Overseer of Poor .. 56 00 56 00 42 C. E. Wood, Clerk for Assessors _._ ' 12.00 12 00 43 John W. Mack, plank 70 70 70 70. 44 N. D. Chapman, Health Officer 4.00- 4 00 45 N. D. Chapman, lunacy, bill 5 00 5 00 46 N. D. Chapman, registering statistics _ 6 50. 6 50 47 C. E. Townsend, supplies for poor____ ______._ 500 5 00 48 A. Van Auken, Constable, assigned to W. H. Willson_ 20 50 20 50 49 Ben. O. Seaman, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 5o Driscoll Bros. & Co., sewer pipe 99 10 99 10 51 . G. C. Gifford, Attorney bill: ' _ 17 50 17 50 52 Elmore Teeter, Inspector ' ._._ 13 00 13 00 53 J. B. Van Marter, damage bill _ ____ 25 00 10 00 54 W. E. Davis, Assessor's service bill _._ . 34 00 34 00 55 W. E. Davis, Excise Commissioner, 1896 6 00 6 00 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 121 No. Nance Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 56 Charles Baker, Constable bill _.___ $ 19 30 $ 19 30 57 L. J. Barnes, Assessor's bill_ 36 00 36 oo 58 D. A. Tarbell, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 59 D. A. Tarbell, plank _ _ 20 52 20 52 6o Rodolphus Miller, plank _ 68 91 68 91 6i Lafayette Jacobs, Justice criminal bill 5 25 5 25 62 M. H. De Canip, Inspector of Election 12 00 12 00 63 Rodolphus Miller, use of hall, District No. 2 15 00 11 50 64 C. D. Robinson, Inspector_____ 12 00 12 00 65 C. H. Steinburg, Ballot Clerk__ 4 00 4 00 66 Orrin Miller, damage bill_____.__.._._.._ 10 0o rejected 67 Mrs. Alden Phinney, damage bill 3 5o rejected 68 Albert Van Auken, criminal bill 50 05 50 05 69 N. E. Lyon, criminal bill 30 55 30 55 70 Charles Drake, criminal bill 21 40 21 40 71 F. L. Washburn, registering Vital Statistics____ 1 50 1 50 72 R. H. Brown, Justice service bill _ 8 00 8 00 73 C. E. Wood, Town Clerk service bill _____. 52 00 52 00 74 B. M. Hagin, Supervisor service bill 18 00 18 00 75 Lafayette Jacobs, Justice service bill 20 00 20 20 76 N. E. Lyon, Justice service bill 20 00 20 00 77 Charles Drake, Justice service bill 16 0o i6 oo 78 F. L. Washburn, medical service 26 75 rejected $1,438 89 $1,372 30 I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the bills audited by the Auditing Board of the Town of Lansing, on November 4 and 5, 1897. C. E. WOOD, Town Clerk. NEWFIELD. Abstract of names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Town Board of Auditors of the Town of Newfield, on the 4th day of November, 1897, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. 122 The Suftervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed ` 1 Irwin Holman, ex -Commissioner of Highways, ser- vices $ 2 00 2 2 Estus Patterson, Inspector, assigned to Stephen Dav- enport ____ ._ __-- -- -. 12 00 12 00 3 Estus Patterson, Town Clerk services, assigned to Estus Patterson____ 9 75 72 75 72 4 William Weatherell, Justice of Peace 10 00 1n 00 5 Oliver Crawford, Overseer of Poor, supply hill 164 10 164 10 6 Oliver Crawford, Overseer of Poor, doctor's bills____ _ 12 50 12 50 7 Oliver Crawford, Overseer, services 14 00°75°0502- 0 14 00 8 Dr. W. H. Toughllead, services, Health Physician___ 400 400 Dr. W. H. Toughhead, Vital Statistics ____._•300 300 10 Watson -McDaniels, Commissioner of Highways, ser- i! er- vices ------ 74 00 74 00 i 1 Watson McDaniels, Connuissioner of Highways, to pay notes_. 312 50 312.5064 12 C. H. Brown, Justice of the Peace 12 00 12 00 13 Win. Clark, Inspector, Dist., No. 2 12 00 12 00 14 Daniel W. Gore, Poll Clerk, Dist. No. -, 400 4 15 Seymour Grover, Inspector, Dist. No. 12 00 12 00 16 Fred Thompson; Inspector, Dist. No. 2 I z 00 1z. 00 17 William Wetherell, Ballot Clerk, Dist. No. 1___. 400 400 18 Arthur Doll, Ballot Clerk; Dist. No. 2 400 4.00 19 W. L. Puff, justice, fee bill 12 00 12 00 20 C. W. McCorn, R. R. Bonding Commissioner, services_ 6 6 oo 21 Addie Taber, illegal assessment, 1896 5 04 4 97 22 A. H. Palmer, Inspector and Messenger, Dist. No. 1__ 17 64 17 23 A. H. Palmer, R. R. Bonding Commissioner, services . and express 6 7o 6 70 - 24 Elijah Osterhout, Vital Statistics, assigned to N. C. Cook 25 Theo. Kresge, erroneous talc____ _ 26 Dr. W. A. Smith, Vital Statistics 27 P. S. Dudley,- use of hall for town purposes_.___ 28 Bion Brown, Ballot Clerk, Dist. No. I ___ _____'__ 29 W. L.' Puff,,Poll.Clerk, Dist. No. 1 3o 1: N. Van Ostrand, Poll Clerk, Dist. No. 1 _ 31 A. D. Brown, Poll Clerk, Dist. No. 2 32 A. D. Brown, use of building for Election purposes 33 John H. KnickerbockerlPoll Clerk, Dist. No. 3 50 50' 6 27 6.27' 6 25 6 25; 19 00 19 a0 4 o0 400 4 00 4 00 4 00 4.00 400 400 IO 00 IO 00 400 400 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 123 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 34 Charles H. Allen, Ballot Clerk, Dist. No. 3 $ 4 00 $ 4.00 35 Geo. W. Cox, Inspector, Dist. No. 3 12 00 12 00 ' 36 P. S. Starr, Poll Clerk, Dist. No. 3 4 00 4 00 37 J. C. Thompson, Inspector and Messenger, Dist. No.3_ 17 88 17 88 38 C. A. Smith, Inspector, Dist. No.3 12 00 12 00 39 W. W. Tompkins, attendance officer, services__. 5 70 5 70 40 John W. Dean, Justice of the Peace, fee bill 11 65 11 65 41 Geo. W. Ham, Constable, fee criminal case 6 90 '6 90 42 Geo. Thomas, Ballot Clerk, Dist. No. 2 4 00 4 00 43 Bert Drake, Inspector, Dist. No. 2: 12 00 12 00 44 Geo. W. James, Inspector, Dist. No. 3 12 00 12.00 45 Estus Rockwell, Inspector and Messenger, Dist. No. 2_ 17 96 17 96 46 O. D. Knettles, Ballot Clerk, Dist. No. 3 _ • 4 00 4 00 47 Ithaca Journal, printing tickets, etc., _____._ 28 75 28 75 48 Geo. W. Peck, ex -Overseer of the Poor, services_____ 4 00 4 00 49 J• E. Thorp, attendance officer, services "8 20 8 20 5o Dr. W. A. Smith, expert testimony, criminal case5 0o 5 00 51 Alonzo Bower, Assessor, services____ 44 25 44 25 52 M. N. Tompkins, services (for Assessor) ____ ____ 11 25 . 10 00 53 Abner Stamp, Assessor, services____ 44 50 44 50 54 W. H. Van Ostrand, Supervisor, services:___ ____ .'17 00 17 00 55 C. M. Beardslee, Assessor, services 40 50 40 5o. 56 Chas. H. Brown, erroneous tax 25 00 . 25 00 57 Samuel W. Bellis, Inspector, Dist. No.., ____ ____ 12 00 12 00 $1,217 76 $J,216 44 Less Excise money received from Overseer of the Poor from Supervisor 190 6o $1,025 84. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of . the. Town Audits, audited by the Board of Town 'Auditors at their annual meeting November 401, 1897. W. H. VAN OSTRAND, Supervisor, ESTUS PATTERSON,; Town Clerk. W. L. PUFF, J. W. DEAN, CHAS. H. BROWN, \WILLIAM \VEATHERELL,,- Justices of the Peace. 121 The Supervisors' Proceedings, ..1897 ULYSSES. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented accounts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Ulysses • on the 4th and 5th days of November., 1897, with the amount claimed • by each and the amount audited and allowed. No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 1 George Wolverton, room for election . $30 00 $ 30 00 2 Myron Almy, Ballot Clerk . 4 00 4 00 3 Lauren D. Taylor, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 4 Wm. H. Stevens, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 5 Harvey N. Updike, Inspector 12 00 12 00 6 Howard Van Order, Inspector 12 00 12 00 7 0. M. Newell, Poll Clerk • 8 00 8 00 8 Frank Terry, Inspector iS 04 18 04 9 H. S. Bates, Ballot Clerk _ _ _ _ 8 0o 8 o0 10 Stephen L. Stone,,Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 11 Frank Cusack, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 12 Alex. Updike, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 13 A. C. Crawford, Inspector 12 00 12 00 14 Floyd Smith, Inspector 4 00 4 00 15. Le Pine Stone, Inspector 12 00 12 00 16 C. C. Page, Inspector_ _ 4 00 4 00 17 Henry Luckey, Inspector and Messenger__..___ _____. 17 8o - 17 8o iS Fred F. Van Buskirk, Inspector _ 12 00 12 00 19 Jacob Stillwell, Inspector 12.00 12 00 20 James L. Thompson, Inspector and Messenger____.__._ 18 04 18 04 21 C. C. Page, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 22 S. R. Wickes; Ballot Clerk, assigned to M. T. William son 4 00 4 00 23 Chas. Arden, Inspector 4 00 4 00 24 C. H. Tunison, Poll Clerk 8 00 8 00. 25 Chas. Delahant, Inspector 12 00 12 00 26 A. 1'. Osborn, Inspector, assigned to A. B. Smith 12 00 12 00 27 Chas. Van Anlburg, Inspector and Poll Clerk 12 00 1200 28 Marcus Barker, Constable 12 75 12 75 29 A. I'. Osborn, Inspector, assigned to 0. G. Noble 4 00 4 00 30. Wm. Austin, legal services, Bracey case 3o 00 3o 00 31 Horace Walters, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 No. Name The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 125 Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 32 John Maloney, Jr., Inspector 33. H. Van Order, room for Assessors_ 34 E. M. Corcoran,- Inspector 35 R. R. Updike, Inspector and Ballot Clerk 36 J. M. Townsend, Vital Statistics 37 E. R. Osterhout, Vital Statistics 38 L. W. Carpenter, Vital Statistics_ 39 M. Truman Smith, Poll Clerk 40 E. R. Osterhout; Health Officer 41 Chas. Wood, burying horse 42 D. P. Terry, Vital Statistic 43 IL W. Carpenter, Town Physician_ 44 Stephen Baker, Constable 45 John Van Buskirk, undertaking 46' W. I. Sherwood, ex -Overseer of Poor, assigned to M. T. Williamson_ 49 F. F. Van Buskirk, Town Clerk expenditures 48 Horton & Holton, supplies 49 John N. Barker, services 5o Geo. A. Hopkins, supplies 51 John N. Barker, Justice of the Peace 52 M. T. Williamson, services ., 53 J. T. Morgan, Assessor _ 54 J. N. Barker, services 55 F. F. Van Buskirk, Co., undertaking__.__ 56 C. W. Savage, ex -Overseer of Poor 57 F. W. Osborn, Overseer of Poor 58 A. D. White,•nledical services 59 John B. French, poor supplies for Foxlugar family___ 6o N. R. Gifford, room for election _ 61 W.'H. VanDine, Poll Clerk, assigned to John Kirst__ 62 F. F. Van Buskirk Co., undertaking • 63 L. H. Van Kirk, filing coupons 64 E. R: Osterhout, medical services 65 . F. S. Ritter, Vital Statistics 66 E. S. Johnson, hall for election 67 John B. French, supplies for Harriet Miller ._. 68 J. Flickenger, Vital Statistics 69 J. Flickenger, Medical services $4'00 $400 200 S oo 800 S oo ' . '8 00 75 ' 75.' 1 25 1 25 1 5o 1 50 4 00 4.00 2 00 2 00 500 75 12 50 10 45 15 5 00 • 75 12 5o 10 45 �5 00 29 65 27 65 21 65 21 65 2'04 . :. 2 04 .12 .00 _ '12 00 3 92 3 92 18 00 - 18 00 28.10 28 10 64'10 - 64. Io 16 00 16 o0 20 00 20 00. 14 00 ' ' '.14 00 57 30 •57 30 3 50 3 50 20,30 20.30 20 00- 20 00'. 4 00 4 00 -20 00 20 00 200. 260 I 00. I 00 350 . 35o 2000 2000_ 5400- 5400 1 25 1 25 5 00 5,00 126 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 No. Name Nature of Service Claimed Allowed 70 Seneca Spicer, Constable .. $58 65 $58 65 71 J. Flickenger, medical attendance on Wm. Johnson11 oo 11 00 72. Geo. Curry, Constable__..__ 9 50 9 50 73 J. W. Kirby, Assessor I ..___ 38 75 38 75 -74 Free Press and Sentinel, printing 21 50 21 50 75 Free Press and Sentinel, .printing ballots ___ ____ _ __ 65 01 65 01 76 Henry Williams, digging grave, assigned to F. F. Van Buskirk _ _ I • 2 50 2 50 77 Minor T. Rolfe, Assessor, 1896 44 75 44 75 78 Minor T. Rolfe, Assessor, 1897 _ _ 45 25 45 25 79 Henry Williams, Justice of Peace, assigned to A. H. Pierson ----__---- 10 00 , •10 00 8o O. G. Noble, Justice of the Peace ____..-_ 23 90 23 90 81 Maurice Sarsfield, Overseer of Poor_ _ F 91 05 9I 05 82 F. F. Van Buskirk Co., undertaking 20 00 20 00 83 Estate of Dr. F. A. Kerst, Vital 'Stati'stics_._____ ____ 1 75 1 75 84 F. F. Van Buskirk, Town Clerk ____ _ _ 99 50 99 50 85 W. H. Pinckney, Supervisor 29 88. 29 88 86 M. T. Williamson, Justice of the Peace I 48 55 48 55 .87. Henry Williams, Justice of the Peace 8 oo 8 00 88 N. R. Gifford, Officer for Town Board__ _____ . 8 00 8 oo We, the undersigned, Town Auditors of certify that the above is'a correct list of bills and allowed. $1,462 68 the Town of Ulysses, do hereby presented, with amounts claimed W. H. PINCKNEY, Supervisor. F. F. VAN BUSKIRK, Town Clerk. M. T. WILLIAMSON, JOHN N. BARKER, O. G. NOBLE, HENRY WILLIAMS, Justices of the Peace. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 127 REPORTS. COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT. To the Honorable, Tompkins the hoard of Supervisors of the County The undersigned, Treasurer, of Tompkins County, respectfully submits his annual statement .of receipts and disbursenients of the Count}• funds from November 23, 1896,._ to Noveinber, 1897, as follows RECEIPTS. Balance cash on hand from 1896 $ 8,231 99 Caroline 3,113 26 Danby 3,208 23 Dryden — 8,894 6i Enfield 2,504 05 Groton 5,848 51 Ithaca—town 3,320 72 Lansing 8,229 88 Ulysses 7,311. 63 Newfield 3,3f2 64 Ithaca -city ____ ____ -__._ _.. 48,575 59. School funds_ 15,878 91 Collateral tax 17,225 70 School taxes 228 47 Fines 157.5o Discounts 12,000 00 Commission on State tax __=_ Commission from Superintendent Public Instruction 230 52 121 8o $148,394 o1 128 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 i . DISBURSEMENiTS. 1 State tax $23,051 72-. School funds_____.. 28,059 65 School tax, District No. 7 2 31 228 47 17,225 70 15,295 92. 668 18 Salary account 6,760 39 Justice fines 1 90 5 County Superintendent's account 5,546 41 Court expenses____ -__- 6,364 72. Bills'by Hottes and Harrington 369 o6 Sheriff's office rent 35 00 Interest on discounts 852 26 Bills payable - -• _ 10,749 16 Ithaca city poor fund_ 6,431 04 Bonds, R. R., H. L. Hinckley, Commissioner_____________ 13,528-87 Bonds, R. R., H. B. Lord, Commissioner; ___ 4,992 05 Postage account, County Treasurer - r 15 00 District Attorney's office rent 200 00 County Treasurer's office rent 100 00 Postage account Clerk of Board Supervisors___._ ____:. 15 00 Tompkins County Bank __ • _ ___ 4,842 00 Cash from Ithaca city 1,882 53 Cash on hand . 1,088 09 School taxes___, Collateral taxes • County Audits _ Fuel and gas account__,__ $148,394 01 I certify that there stands this day on the books of this hank to the credit of Charles Ingersoll, County Treasurer, the -sum of $4,842.00. Ithaca, November 15, X897. A. G. STONE, Bookkeeper Tompkins Co. Nat. Bank, Ithaca, N. Y. To➢IPKINS COUNTv, SS : Charles Ingersoll being drily sworn says that -the foregoing statement is, correct to the best of liis knowledge and belief, and is a true report of all The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 129 moneys received and paid out by him as County Treasurer since November 23, 1896, except moneys belonging to Court Fund Account. CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer of Tompkins County. Sworn to before me this 28th day of November, 1897. A. G. STONE, Notary Public. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POOR. To the. Honorable, the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County The undersigned Superintendent of the Poor of Tompkins County, respectfully reports that from the i5th day of November, 1896, to the 15th day of November, 1897, the following named per- sons have been supported in the County Almshouse : COUNTY. Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. Isaac Chapman 365 Richard King 284 Joseph Myers 365 Lena Collins _ _____ 365 Clara J. Curran 281 Ira D. Nichols 365 Charles Winters 365 Mary Murphy 365 Albert Downer 365 Andrew Warzski , 166 Edward Baxter 187 William Brown 288 William Scott 22 Ira Sutherland ____ _ 99 Daniel Robbins 135 John Fuller _ 2 Henry Allen 137 George Guthery 2 Thomas Bently 2 Arthur Higgins 2 Thomas Malan _: 2 Flora Canavan 10 Claud Harris 44 George Lee ____ ____ _ 52 Jacob-Horr I Harry Laurence_ 242 O. W. Avery 1 John H. Reed & 130 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Clarence Macay 279 James Gillow (self-supporting) 1 r Anstice Barnes _ 26S Lewis Chapman_ 2 William Brooks 2 George Maxwell_ _ i Mariah Case 208 Margaret Roach 104 Mary Halpenny 15 Alphonso 1-Iaipenny 15 William Welch 2 John Hughs 3 Ezra Crawford r George Baker 1 Edward Camron 1 George Dutton 1. John Mayeres ______.__.. 54 Alexander 1VIcCarthney 18 John Canby__.. 1 William Bryant 1 Stephen Orosz 42 John Lavishki 44 Henry Wilson 3 Elizabeth Whipple 113 John Higgins 3 Patrick Gray_ 8 Willie Pemberton 10 Ella Tyndall_ 24 C. H. Wilson i Mat Kerney r John Doyle _ 1 Joe Mitchell _ __ 1 John Peters _____ 4 George Baker 82 Mary Greenfield 14 Laura Greenfield_ 14 Charles Greenfield__ ______ ____ 14 Luther Greenfield 14 --- 3,195 2,706 Total 5,911 ITHACA-CITY. Nantes, No. Days. Names. No. Days. Horace Whitehead 365 A. R. Taylor ___ _ 365 John Sullivan 365 Peter Nicholson 51 Daniel Carney . 83 Abram Pelham 365 George Short_ ____. 365 John Bishop_ - 365 John Whiting____ 365 John Russell 365 Con. Mahanney 365 Owen Galligan 365 Lucinda Reed .___ ____ _ 365 William Gifford_ 365 Henry B. Wait __ ____ ____ 210 Bridget Sullivan ____ ____ _____ 365 William Greaves _ 137 Carrie Tabor __ 365 Maurice Flynn 365 William B. Casterline 47 William Gardner . 176 Julia Dow 365 Mary King_ _ _ _ _ 76 May Walker 90 William Downing _ 293 Joseph Reed 127 Rosa Perry 43 Peter Quinn 226 Evangeline Perry ____ _:. 20 Harrold Walker 50 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 131 John King __ . 28 Pat Murphy _ 211 Stephen Kosch 4 John Russell, zd 271 Cora Hudson 38 0. M. Goddard 38 William Nixon 3o Hugh McGrade ' 4 3,693 4,400 Total—City Names. Hiram Freer Alvah Mosher. ITH AC A—TOWN. 8,093 No. Days. Names. No. Days. 375 Mary Freer 365 244 Jediah Brown i8 609 383 Total, Ithaca Town 992 DRYDEN. Names. No. Days. Nantes. No. Days. Frank Corcoran 30o Elias Wilcox_ _ 289, Silas Tucker 365 Sealy Vansicle 365 Thomas Jameson 250 Ella M. Rich 24 Minnie E. Rich 24 Total, Dryden_ • 939 678 LANSING. 1,617 Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. Barney Moor 193 Michael Kane 93 Total, Lansing . 286 GROTON. Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. John McCarthy 365 Major Sellen_ _ 8 Total, Groton 373 132 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 DANBY. Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. Benjamin Shaw 310 Elnora Cronce 365 S. D. Wall 359 669 365 Total, Danby 1,034 NE W FIELD. Sarah Vreeland 365 Michael- Corbet 365 John Perry____ ____ _____ 259 Total, Newfield 624 365 989 ENFIELD. Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. Ann Kirby 365 George Foot _____ ____ ____ ____ 127 Total, Enfield CAROLINE. Mrs. Z. Venerable 365 Elias Delemarter_ 125 492 Total, Caroline ULYSSES. 490 Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. N. H. Smith 132 David Bracy 365 Charlotte Wortman_ 365 Jerry Wagner _ 319 497 684 Total, Ulysses__ 1,18r The whole number of days such persons have been supported in the Alms House is 21,454. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 COST OF MAINTENANCE. 133 Towns. Aggregate days Board. Cost of Board and Clothing. County 5,911 -._ $ 900 02 Ithaca—City _ __._ S,oS9 1,232 25 Ithaca—Town ____ 992 _ 151 05 Dryden 1,617 246 21 Lansing 286 43 55 Groton - 373 56 79 Danby _---_ -- _ _ 1,034 157 45 Newfield______ ______ 988 --- 150 59 Enfield 492 74 62 Caroline 490 74 92 Ulysses 1,1Sr 179 83 21,454 $3,267 28 The amount of drafts drawn on the County Treasurer for bills audited by the Superintendent for the support of the institution during the year, over and above the products of the farm, vas $3,67o.3o, of which $.400.o1 was for improvements, leaving a bal- ance of $3,27o.29 for the support of the house. ACCOUNTS AUDITED. The following accounts have been audited and drafts drawn on the County Treasurer for the support of the institution from the t5th day of November, 1896, to the i5th day of November, 1897. CLASS " A "—Meats. Date No. Order Name Amount Dec. 14, 1896 3 George Batty $ 61 13 29, 22 Joseph Knight ___ 42 27 29, 24 Edgar Brewer 16 90 29, 25 A. Crawford __ 18 42 29, 26 Horace Smith 15 94 29, 27 Joel Harvey _____..____. 28 52 131 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Dec. 29, 1896 28 John Theal ___ _ $39 14 29, 29 Thomas Kirby _____ 13 98 29, 3o John Cussac ____ _ 59 i8 29, 31 E. Willis �5 85 29, 32 Thomas Spencer ____ _ 20 91 29, 33 Pinckney Bros. __ 23 67 29, 34 H. Lanning____ _ 26 61 29, 35 Edward Pyle _-- __-- _ 17" 11 29, 36 James Moss____ 15 49 29, 37 W. G. Farrington _________ 27 36 29, 38 William Kelsey _ 21 85 29, 39 J. W. Kirby_. _ 15 65 Jan. 4, 1897 40 Daniel Frazier ________ 2 13 9, 55 A. L. Wets 25 13 12, 56 Philo Smith 2 25 Mar. 22, 8o George Batty 10 00 June 2, 97 A. L. Wets . 24 52 July 9, 102 George Batty ____ _ 33 93 Aug. 6, 110 A. L. Wets . 23 40 9, 113 Comfort & Thorp 5 70 Sept. 13, 1_18 George Batty_ 31 38 28, 122 George Comfort__..__ 3 97 Total, Meat________. $642 39 CLASS " B "-Provisions and Dry Goods. Dec. 14, 1896 6 Cayuga Lake Salt Co. 2 75 14, 7 J. C. Stowell & Son 44 31 14, 8 J. T. Howe 25 51 14, 11 Hook Bros. 4 75 14, 15 Crozier & Stephens 9 76 14, 17 D. B. Stewart & Co. 44 15 Jan. 4, 1897 42 Pinckney Bros. 55 93 4, 44 Rothschild Bros. 96 15 4, 46 D. B. Stewart & Co. _ _ 19 83 4, . 49 Hawkins &'Todd 60 67 8, 51 Mrs. W. D. Brinkerhof 22 68 8, 52 J. Kerst & Co. 52 52 9, 54 M. Atwater 25 92 15, 61 C. B. Owen 62 39 15, 62 C. L. Teed 9 47 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 135 Jan. 18, 1897 66 J. C. Stowell & Son $16 41 28, 67 D. B. Stewart & Co._ . 8 95 28, 70 Ezra Young & Son 22 46 Feb. 15, 72 J. C. Follett--.__-- 17 00 26, 74 C. H. Brotherton___ 2 00 Mar. 3, 76 D. B. Stewart & Co. - 10 62 3, 77 J. C. Stowell & Son 32 56 3, 78 E. S. Johnson 29 94 April 6, 82 D. B. Stewart & Co. 27 8o 6, 83 J. C. Stowell & Son 13 65 16, 85 J. W. Kirby _ 9 00 May 7, 87 D. B. Stewart & Co. 47 78 7, 88 J. C. Stowell & Son 6 86 7, 91 E. Townsend . 2 72 June 2, 93 F. Trumbull 10 00 2, 94 D. B. Stewart & Co. _ 12 78 2, 95 J. C. Stowell & Son 18 75 2, 96 F. Van Buskirk 611780627 7 54 July 9, 103 D. B. Stewart & Co. 69 7o 9, 104 Rothschild Bros. _ 40 17 9, 105 J. C. Stowell & Son _ 400', 28, 106 J. Kerst ___.. 50 95 Aug. 6, 107 J. C. Stowell & Son _ 26 98 6, 1o8 D. B. Stewart & Co. 21 33 27, 114 W. H. Campbell .. 8 so Sept. 13, 116 D. B. Stewart & Co. _ 33.68 13, 1 1 7 J. C. Stowell & Son _ 7. 11 14, 119 H. C. King 3 25 Nov. 3, 123 D. B. Stewart & Co. 33 69 3, 124 J. C. Stowell & Son 40 20 3, 125 J. T. Howe 21 59 Total, Provisions _ $1,254 76 CLASS " C "-Fuel. Nov. 24, 1896 2 C. N. Shipman & Co. 61 27 Dec. 14, 13 William Severn . 10 00 Jan. 18, 1897 63 Colgrove & Vann 147 07 18, 65 C. N. Shipman & Co. 73 21 Mar. 8, 79 Colgrove & Vann - 88 39 r36 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 April 13, 84 Colgrove & Vann - $145 72 May 11, 92 Wm. Severn 10 00 June 7, 98 Colgrove & Vann 25 68 28, 100 Fowler & Farrington 10 5o Sept. 10, 115 Wm. Severn 5 00 18, 120 \Vn1. Severn to 00 21, 121 Colgrove & Vann 6t 82 Total, Fuel_ $648 66 CLASS " D "-Improvements. Dec. 14, 1896 4 C. W. Dean _ 1 20 14, 9 Bool Co. 4 00 14, 12 C. Vanamburg __-- 32 o6 14, 16 John Barker 31 20 29, 19 F. W. Osborn 5 00 29, 20 Treman, King & Co. 69 68 29, 23 C. \V. Dean_ 5 66 Jan. 4, 1897 41 Edward Pyle _ 1 25 4, 47 Biggs & Co. (two years) 149 8o 13, 58 H. C. King _ 1 87 14, 59 Wm. Allen_ 4 65 18, 64 Colgrove & Vann . 44 26 28, 71 E. Holcomb 10 28 Feb. 18, 73 Davis Bros 21 85 Mar. 23, Si Geo. Wallenbeck 6 9o. May 7, 89 C. W. Dean - 1 5o 7, 90 L. H. Gould 8 82 Total, Improvements_____ $400 01 CLASS " E "-Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Mending. Dec. 14, 1896 5 C. M. Stanley • 28 6o 14, 10 Mosher Bros._____ 128 00' Jan. 4, 1897 43 H. C. Almy _ 7 3o 15, 6o Ben Mintz . ---- -- _- 16 35 • 27, 68 Chapman & Becker ____ . 47 85 Mar. 3, 75 Henry Alniy__... ____ _ 4 40 June 2, 99 Ben Mintz 4 30 July 9, tot C. M. Stanley_ . 40 6o The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 137 Aug. 6, 109 Ben Mintz 17 25 9, 112 H. C. Almy .6 65 Dec. Jan. Total, Clothing, etc. $3o1 30 CLASS " F "—Medicine and Attendance. 26, 1896 21 4, 1897 45 4, 48 8, 53 White & Burdick____ 46 05 Horton & Holton 68 71 J. B. Todd 34 50 Dr. A. Chase 151 48 Total, Medicine and Attendance CLASS " G "—Miscellaneous. $300 74 Nov. 24, 1896 1 C. O. Chemical Co. 75 00 Dec. 14, 14 A. B. Furgeson 7 50 26, 18 Edward Bowyer 18 28 Jan. 4, 1897 5o Ithaca Journal 7 25 28, 69 Thomas Kirby 7 00 May 7, 86 N. Y. & Pa. Telephone 2 40 Aug. 6, 111 N. Y. & Pa. Telephone 2 00 Total, Miscellaneous OUT DOOR RELIEF. $119 43 The following amounts have been audited and drafts drawn on the County Treasurer, for bills contracted for temporary relief of County paupers out of the Alms House, from the i5th day of November, 1896, to the i 5th day of November, 1897 : Date No. Order Overseer Amount Dec. 14, 1896 1 Joseph Mace, care Bogardis $io 00 14, 2 Bradford Snyder, relief to child of May Smith 10 50 14, 3 C. M. Stanley, shoes for insane _ _ 7 75 14, 4 J. Flickinger, M.D., service to Slaught and Day family 29, 5 Howard Korts, O. P. Ithaca Town, Mrs. Sherwood 28 00 500 138 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Jan. 4, 1897 6 Rothschild Bros., clothing •for insane 9, 7 Marring Atwater, supplies furnished Day family 12, 8 Mary Wood, board and care George Mead 12, 9 H. H. Knapp, supplies furnished Ballard family 18, to Children's Hone, Ithaca, for Giles children 18, II W. A. Singer, burial Patrick Franklin 28, 12 F. I,. Washburn, M.D., attendance Patrick Franklin 28, 13 W. D. Chapman, M.D., attendance Patrick Franklin 28, 14 \Vm. N. Burger, digging graves for Shook and Franklin Mar. 3, 15 J. C. J,arnore,- O. P. Dryden, care tramps before committing 3, 16 B.Snyder, O.P. Dryden, care 'child May Smith 31, 17 J. B. French, O. P. City, care County poor Ithaca April 6, 18 Chapman Sc. Becker, clothing for insane____ May 24, 19 B. Snyder, care child May Smith June 2, 20 Rothschild Bros., clothing for insane 2, 21 S. Bierce, O. P. Danby, care tramp 2, 22 H. H. Knapp, supplies to Ballard family_..__ 15, 23 G. J. Nelson, O. P., Caroline, relief to Whit- marsh and Crance_ July 3, 24 Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead____ 9, 25 Rothschild, clothing for insane 9, 26 M. Atwater, supplies to Mrs. Day family__ _ 9, 27 Oliver Crawford, O. P. Newfield 29, 28 J.B.French, O.P. City, relief to Stephen Ososz Sept. 2, 29 Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead _ 13, 3o E. R. Osterhout, M.D., service to Bunto family, Newfield. Oct. 21, 31 J. B.French, O.P. City, for County poor, Ithaca $ 2 35 50 II 39 00 15 00 54 00 20 00 3 5o 17 5o 18 25 II o0 657 33 10 00 I1 o0 I2 00 1 00 I0 00 II 70 21 00 3 94 46 15 18 13 20 00 16 5o 15 5o 569 02 $1,718 73 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 TRANSPORTATION. 139 The following bills for transportation have been audited for the year ending November 15, 1897, and drafts drawn on the County .Treasurer for the same : Date No. Order By Whom Bro't Name Amount Nov. 12, 1896 1 J. B. French, Wm. Downing_ _ $ 1 5o Dec. I, 2 J. B. French,. Rosa Perry • 1 5o 14, 3 J. B. French, Flora Canavan 1 5o 21, 4 Delos Harring, George Lee_____ 3 00 Jan. i, 1397 5 John S. Love, Jerry Wagner _ 4 50 4, 6 J. B. French, O. W. Avery _ 1 5o 18, 7 C. H. Hubbel, Wm. McManus 1.20 29, 8 J. B. French, Stephen Kosch________ 2 50 30, 9 J. B. French, John H. Reed_ 1 50 Feb. to, 10 J. B. French, John Russel, 2d ______ _ 1 5o 10, II John S. Love, Chancy Mackey 3 90 22, 12 John B. French, Anstice Barnes___ 1 5o Mar. 4, 13 John B. French, George Foot_ 1 5o 18, 14 John B. French, Mariah Case . ____ _ 1 50 20, 15 John B. French Mrs. Thos. Roach____ _____ 1 5o . April 14, 16 S. J. McKinney, H. B. Wait1'5o May 5, 17 S. Bierce, Calvin Martin 3 90 8, 18 J. B. French, Cora Hudson__. 1 5o June 21, 19 Cumings & Hurlbut, John Lavishki____ ._2 50 July 4, 20 John B. French, Mariah Case 1 5o 7, 21 John S. Love, Elizabeth Whipple___ 4 25 22, 22 Cumings & Hurlbut, Ella Tyndall ____ ____ _ 2 50 , Sept. 4, 23 J. B. French, George Baker_ 1 5o $49 25 SERVICES OF OVERSEERS. The following accounts have been audited and drafts drawn on the County Treasurer to the Overseers of the Poor for their services for the year ending November 15, 1897. r¢o The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Date No. Order Name Amount. Dec. 14, 1896 1 Bradford Snyder_ $ 6 00 29, 2 Howard ports__-_- ___._-_ ------ 6 00 Jan. 4, 1897 3 John B. French_____-_______ 26 oo 4, 4 Delos Harring____ ______ 12 00 1S, 5 C. H. Hubbel----.__-- 200 March 3, 6 J. C. Larmore _ _ 6 25 31, 7 John B. French------------.-- 26 00 July 3, 8 John B. French ____ 26 oo 3, 9 G. J. Nelson 3 00 3, ro Maurice Sarsfield _ 6 6o 9, 11 Bradford Snyder_ 4 6o Oct. 1, 12 J. B. French.___ .__ 26 00 $150 45 RECAPITULATION. Expended for maintenance of house .. ____ _ $3,267 28. Improvements .. 400 01 Out door relief 1,718 73 Transportation 49 25 Services of Overseers_.. 150 45 $5,585 72 Appropriation 4,700 00 Deficiency_..____ $885 72 Whole number in house November 15, 1896 _ 59 Admitted during the year .___ - 73 Born 3 Total Died during year Discharged 13 68 135 . Total . _._ 81 Leaving in house November 15, 1897 . Daily average 54 58 78-365 The Suftervisors' Proceedings, 1897 r¢r The amount expended for maintenance ($3,267.2S) divided by the whole number of days board (21,453) gives as the cost over and above the products of the farm : Per day_ $ 15-2-2-6. Per week _ 166-5-8 • Per year. __ 55 57-4-9• SUPPLIES ON HAND. Thirteen barrels pork,.one barrel sugar, two casks vinegar, one-fourth bar- rel fish, two barrels kerosene oil, one-half barrel oat flake, one barrel salt, one dozen brooms, one chest tea, one hundred thirty-five pounds smoking tobacco, two hundred pounds hard soap, one barrel soft soap, one barrel hams, one-half barrel molasses, fifty pounds rice, one hundred pounds caustic soda for soap making, ten cords stove wood, ten suits men's underwear, one hundred fifty • pounds dried apples, five bed spreads, one piece sheeting, one hundred seventy- five pounds butter. AMOUNT OF GRAIN AND PRODUCE RAISED ON FARM AND AMOUNT ON HAND. Wheat _____ 242 bushels 225 bushels Oats ______ _____ 450 bushels 450 bushels Potatoes _ 30o bushels 26o bushels Corn—ears _. 55o bushels .___55o bushels Beans ___ 3o bushels 30 bushels Turnips 7o bushels____-_________ 7o bushels Beets 5o bushels___ 5o bushels Carrots ____ 65 bushels__ _ 65 bushels Onions 61 bushels _ _.._ 61 bushels Sweet corn _ • 3o bushels_._ Peas zo bushels Cabbage Soo heads____ ______ Soo heads Hay 3o tons__25 tons Butter 475 pounds 175 pounds Cornstalks from nine acres Dried apples 150 pounds.____ _ _15o pounds Stock and farming utensils belonging to County : one yoke oxen, eight milch cows, eight fatting hogs, two brood sows, one hundred fifty head poultry, one grain drill, one truck wagon, one spring toothed harrow, one-half interest in iron roller. • 112 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 The following subjects have been transferred to other institu- tions, who were ineligible to the County Alms House : TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY HOME, BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Mable Fletcher (County), Willie, Mary, Charles and Millie Gosper. Sonyea Epileptic Colony—A. J. Adams. Rome State Custodial Asylum—William Gardner. Newark State Custodial Asylum—Ethel Abbey. SYRACUSE STATE INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN. Charles Tubbs, Charles Bracey. Statement of the amount of cash received and how the same has been expended. Hams and lard _ Veal calves___.______ Beef cattle____ Old brick____ Board, James Giilow $23 92 19 92 51 72 4 00 1 67 Traveling expenses _ _ _ _ $61 69 Postage and stationery 15 z8 Kitchen help 7 00 Freight and express_ _ 2 30 Supplies for house. II 32 Taking subjects to institutions_____ 54 6o Telephone 3 65 Expenses to State Convention _ 19 22 Assessment to State Convention___ 5 00 Cash paid in transportation _:__ ___ ___ _-__ ____ ____ r6 00 STATE OF NEW I ORK,• SS. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS. $101 24 $196 o6 On this r5th day of November, 1897, personally appeared before me James S. Dyke, Superintendent of the Poor for the County of Tompkins, and who being duly sworn deposes and says that the foregoing report is just and true "to the best of his knowledge and belief. T. J. McELHENY, Deputy Clerk. JAMES S. DYKE. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 1¢3 In conformity to the 3oth Section, Title 1st, Chapter 20, of the Revised Statutes, I respectfully report that I estimate the expense of the Town and County poor to be supported in the Alms House during the year to be Temporary relief of County poor not in Alms House____ _ Services of Overseers_______________ Transportation All of which is respectfully submitted. $3,800 00 1,000 00 iso 00 5o 00 • $5,000 00 JAMES S. LYKE, Superintendent of the Poor. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT. ITHACA, N. Y., DECEMBER 2I, 1897. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County Pursuant to law, I make report of all. fines imposed in the various courts of record in said county, since my last report, as follows : Persons Fined. Offense. Amount. John Jewell Keeping place where birds are fought $5o 00 Floyd Teeter _ Violating Liquor Tax Law_ 5o 00 • All of the above fines have been paid, I am informed by Leroy H. Van Kirk, the County Clerk of Tompkins County, into Court and into the hands of said County Clerk. No fines have been paid to me nor has anything been collected by me on forfeited recognizance. '11 The . Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 All persons convicted in the Court of Record of this County of violations of the Penal Code _ of this State, other than the one re- ferred to, have been sentenced to imprisonment and not fined. The judgment obtained on the 2oth day of July, 1896, as set forth in my last report, in favor of the People of the State of New York vs. Thomas F. Moore, upon a forfeited ' recognizance, to -wit : the undertaking given by Thomas F. Moore for the appearance of Jerry Welch, indicted for assault in the second degree, was remitted by order of the County Judge of Tompkins County, the said Thomas F. Moore having produced in Court the body of the said Jerry Welch, all of which is respectfully submitted. CHARLES A. BLOOD, District Attorney. SURROGATE'S REPORT. SURROGATE'S OFFICE IN ACCOUNT WITH TOMPKINS COUNTY. RECEIPTS. Amount on hand at date of last report $2 25 Amount received for Certified copies of records including Exemplified copies proceedings, Wills, Decrees, etc. 6 5o Total DISBURSEMENTS. $8 75 Cleaning snow from roof $I 00 Postage ____ 5 Typewriter paper 2 00 Typewriter ribbon 100 Consecutive numbers I oo Laundry 130 $I1 3o The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Disbursements Receipts $II 30 8 75 Balance due Surrogate's Office_ _ $ 2 55 STATE Or NEW, YORK, Ss. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS. 115 Eugene Terry being duly sworn says that he is the Clerk of the Surrogate's Court of said County. That the foregoing is a true and correct statement of all fees received or charged by him for services or expenses since the date of last report (December 7th, 1896) to the present time, together with'all disburse- ments chargeable against the same or to the County, stating particularly each item thereof. EUGENE TERRY. Subscribed and sworn to before me this i6th day of November, 1897. K. E. GILLESPIE, Notary Public. To the Board of Supervisors, Tompkins County : I hereby report and certify that the matter of certifying copies of the records in this office is entirely one of the Clerk's duties, and is performed by, and fees for same are collected, by him. The within report I believe to be correct. Dated November 16th, 1897. BRADFORD ALMY, Surrogate. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE REPORTS. Reports of the Justices of the Peace of the various Towns of the County of all fines and penalties collected by them respectively during the past year. CAROLINE. George H. Nixon, R. G. H. Speed, Mason J. Clark, and George Wolcott, each report no money received. z¢6 The Suftervisors' Proceedings, 1897 ITHACA. Alfred Hasbrouck reports no money received. L. T. Colegrove reports, received $15.00 ; paid County Treasurer $15.00. H. S. Wright reports no money received. DANBY. T. W. Slocum reports, received $3.00 ; paid County Treasurer $3.00. Jacob Wise reports, received $5.00 ; paid County Treasurer $5.00. J. B. Thatcher reports no money received. Z. Smiley reports no money received. ENFIELD. H. A. Graham, Charles Fletcher, James H. Hine, and George A. Lord each report no money received. LANSING. Charles Drake reports, received $8.00 ; paid County Treasurer $8.00. Nelson E. Lyon reports, received $25.00 ; paid County Treasurer $25.00. R. H. Brown reports no money received. • Lafayette Jacobs reports no money received. ULYSSES. John N. Barker reports no money received. M. T. Williamson reports, received $6.00 ; paid Supervisor $6.00. 0. G. Noble reports no money received. Henry Williams reports no Money received. GROTON. Newton Baldwin reports, received $16.00 ; paid Supervisor $16.00. J. M. Montfort reports no money received. H. S. Montfort reports, received $5.00 ; paid Supervisor $5.00. DRYDEN. F. M. Seager reports, received $16.50 ; paid County Treasurer $6.5o ; paid County Clerk $I0.00. G. ,E. Underwood reports no money received. J. D. Ross reports, received $3.00 ; paid Supervisor $3.00. iY The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Frank E. Brown reports no money received. George. E. Hanford reports no money received. • NE W FIELD. '17 William Weatherell, C. H. Brown, John W. Dean and W. L. Puff each reports no money received. COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT. ITHACA, N. Y . , NOVEI\IBER 22, 1897. To Me Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County GENTLEMEN : I have to report to the Board of Supervisors that since December 7, 1896, the date of last report, I have received monies for and due Tompkins County as follows : John Jewell (March, 1897, Supreme Court) keeping and using a place for baiting and fighting birds Floyd Teeter (May, 1897, County Court) violating the Excise Law__ $ 50 00 50 00 $Ioo 00 The above amounts paid to County Treasurer as per receipts herewith. Respectfully yours, TOMPKINS COUNTY, SS : L H. VAN KIRK, County Clerk. Leroy H. Van Kirk being duly sworn says that he is the Clerk of the County of Tompkins and that he has received no monies for said County except those set forth in the above report as to fines. • L. H. VAN KIRK. 1¢8 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of November, 1897. E. H. BOSTWICK, Notary Public. ITHACA, N. Y., MARCH 29, 1897. Received of Leroy H. Van Kirk fifty dollars in the matter of fine of John Jewell. $50 00 CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer. By Mon. ITHACA, N. Y., JUNE 2, 1897. Received from L. H. Van Kirk fifty dollars, account of fine imposed upon Floyd Teeter. $50 00 CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer. Gould. SHERIFF'S REPORT. To the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins The undersigned, the Sheriff of the said County, under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 404 of the Laws of 1863, respectfully reports that the following statement contains a true account of all the monies received by him on account of any fine or pen- alty or other matter in which the County has any interest, and which states particularly the time when the names of the persons from whom such monies .have been received, and on what account the same has been received, from and including the first day of January, 1897, to December 7, 1897, all of which monies were duly paid over with- out any deduction for costs or charges in collecting the same to the County Treasurer. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 May 18, 1897, Simon Bronson_ July 5, 1397, Michael O'Connell Paid to County Treasurer. December 6, 1897. 1¢9 $ 5 00 5 00 $�0 00 S. J. McKINNEY, Sheriff. RAILROAD BONDING COMMISSIONERS' AND SUPERVISORS' REPORTS. ENFIELD. To the Board of Supervisors. of Tompkins, County : The undersigned, Commissioner of the Town of Enfield for bonds issued by said town in aid of the Pennsylvania & Sodus Bay Railroad, and having charge of the sinking fund maintained for the payment of said bonds, would respectfully submit to you the fol- lowing report : The amount of bonds issued by said town of Enfield was $25,000, dated March 1, 1871, due March 1, 1901, with semi-an- nual interest at 7 per cent., payable on the first day of March and September of each year. There has been paid and canceled of said bonds $8,200, leaving outstanding and unpaid $16,800. The interest 'on said bonds for the year 1898 is $1,176. We therefore request that the sum of $1,176, to pay said interest; be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Enfield. The amount of the sinking fund now on hand is as follows : Mortgage on real estate $ 500 00 Note held against the Town_ 589 20 Deposited in the Ithaca Savings Bank r,3o7 04 Total Sinking Fund. $2,396 24 W. H. AMMACK, Commissioner. 150 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 STATE OF NEW YORK, SS. TOMPKINS COUNTY. Wm. H. Ammack, being duly sworn, says that the above report is in all respects correct, according to his best knowledge and belief. W. H. AMMACK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of November, 1897. CHARLES FLETCHER, Justice of the Peace. In accordance with Chapter 582 of Laws of 1870, I hereby report the bonded debt of the Town of Enfield to be as follows, viz. : Amount of bonds issued in aid of P. & S. B. R. R. $25,000 00 Principal paid ____. $S,2oo 00 Outstanding bonds____ _____ 16,800 00 Sinking fund in hands of Commissioner Unpaid bonds less sinking fund 14,403 76 2,396 24 Resolved, That at the request of the Bonding Commissioner of the Town of Enfield, there be levied and collected on the taxable property of said town the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventy-six ($I,176.00) dollars, to pay the interest on said bonds for the year 1898. GROTON. Frank A. Regent, Supervisor of the Towi F. B. AIKEN, Supervisor. of Groton,. Groton, N. Y.: DEAR SIR : The undersigned Commissioner of the Town of Groton, appointed under the Act passed May 18, 1869, Laws of New York, Chapter 907, would respectfully submit the following report : That the amount of bonds issued in aid of the Ithaca and Cortland Railroad, amounted to the sum of That interest on the sante to become due February 1, 1898, is_ $15,000 00 525.00 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 151 That interest on the same to become due August r, 1898, is That I hold a sinking fund as follows : town bonds of the Town of Groton . $300 00 Mortgages on real estate 593 of Note ____ _ 25o 00 Deposited in bank 5,352 70 Total -- $6,495 71 That interest on sante received during the year is_ $273 42 I ask for an appropriation for interest due February 1, 1898 Also for an appropriation for interest due August 1, 1898____ Also for an appropriation to provide sinking fund of one per cent._ Total_ 525 00 525 00 525 00 150 00 $1,200 00 I therefore ask that the sum of twelve hundred dollars as above, be levied on the Town of Groton and collected, to be paid over to the Commissioner of said Town, to be expended for the above purpose. HIRAM G. MOE, Commissioner. STATE OF NEW YORK, SS. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS. f I, Hiram G. Moe, being duly sworn, say that the foregoing statement, signed by myself as Commissioner, is a just and true report in every particular, so far as deponent has knowledge of the facts stated, and in other respects . deponent believes it to be true. HIRAM G. MOE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of November, 1897. G. M. STODDARD, Notary Public. ITHACA. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : The undersigned Commissioners of the Town of Ithaca for bonds issued by said town in aid of the Geneva & Ithaca Railroad, 152 • The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 and having charge of the sinking fund maintained for the payment of said bonds beg leave to submit their annual report as follows : Amount of bonds originally issued $ioo,000 00 Less amount cancelled (see previous reports). 15,000 00 Balance outstanding $85,000 00 The interest due on said bonds for the year 1898 is $5,950.00, payable as follows : April ist, 1898, $2,975 ; October ist, 1898, $2,975. The rate is seven per cent. We therefore request that the sum of five thousand, nine hun- dred and fifty ($5,95o) dollars be levied and assessed upon the tax- able property of the Town and City of Ithaca, to pay said interest, in the proportion fixed by Chapter 336 of the Session Laws of 1880 Upon the Town of Ithaca, nine hundred and fifty -seven -1 ($957.95) dollars ; upon the City of Ithaca four thousand, nine hundred and ninety -two -4 ($4,992.o5) dollars. Total, $5,95o. We further report that the sinking fund maintained for the payment of said bonds amounts at this date to $69,o46.57 as follows : Amount of said fund at date of last report Add interest on investments ° Deduct Accrued interest and premium on bonds purchased $290 05 Amount charged off from premium account 200 00 $65,471 55 4,065 07 $69,536 62 490 05 Amount as above stated $69,046 57 The amount of principal due on said bonds in excess of sinking fund is therefore $15,953.43. To this add balance of premium ac- count, $600. Total amount due, $16,553.43, a reduction during the year of $3,775.o2. No allowance is here made for the premium paid on $6,000 United States 4s of 1925 ($937.15) because at this The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 153 date these bonds are worth more than the price paid for them by nearly $700. The investments of the funds are as follows : Holden mortgage, 5 per cent. _ $700 00 MUNICIPAL BONDS. Quincy, Illinois, 4per cent. $2,000 00 Berrien County, Michigan, 5 per cent. _____ 3,000 00 Jennings Township, Ohio, 6 per cent.____ 3,500 00 Cherokee County, Iowa, 5 per cent. __ 4,000 00 Fayette, Indiana, 6 per cent. 4,000 00 Painesville, Ohio, 5 per cent. 4,000 00 Vigo County, Indiana, 5 per cent. ____ 6,000 00 United States, 1925, 4 per cent. 6,000 00 Ithaca, 7 per cent. 34,000 00 Premium account balance ____ $600 00 Premium on United States 4s 937 15 1,537 15 Cash uninvested 309 42 Total as stated above $69,o46 57 During the preceding year $2,000 Lucas County, Ohio, bonds have matured and were paid. Below will be found statements of accounts for the current year. Ithaca, November 5, 1897. H. B. LORD, GEO. R. WILLIAMS, Commissioners. CASH ACCOUNT. Balance (see last report) _ FOR INTEREST. $534 4o Fayette County_____ $240 00 Holden mortgage____ _ 35 00 U. S. 4s, 1925 _-_- 240 00 Lucas County____.. _ $90 00 Less collection of bonds (cost) i 00 89 00 Berrien County 15o 00 15¢ The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Jennings Township 210 00 Ithaca 2,380 oo Ithaca Savings Bank 21 07 Cherokee County 200 00 Painesville 200 00 Vigo County.. 300 o0 Lucas County principal _ 2,000 00 Less paid for $4,000 Painesville bonds_ Less paid for $2,000 Quincy bonds Cash uninvested (see statement) 'Ibtal cash_ PR1roIUM ACCOUNT. $4,178 92 2,111 13 309 42 $6,599 47 $6,599 47 Balance (see last report) ____ ____ ____ $1,737 15 On United States 4s $ 937 15 Balance on general account (see report) _ 600 00 • Amount charged sinking fund 200 00 $1,737 15 $1,737 15 CITY OF ITHACA, COUNTY OF TOMPKINS. Ss. On this 5th day of November, 1897, we, the undersigned, do severally de- pose and say that the statements of the attached report and of the accounts current therewith submitted are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. H. B. LORD, GEO. R. WILLIAMS. Sworn to and subscribed before me November 5, 1897. C. W. GAY, Notary Public. Twenty-ninth Annual Report, 1897, of the Commissioners for the Ithaca & Athens Railroad Bonds. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : The undersigned Commissioners of the Town of Ithaca for the funding bonds issued to pay the bonds that were issued in aid of the Ithaca & Athens Railroad, beg leave to report as follows : The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Amount of bonds issued_ _--_- Amount of bonds redeemed 155 $2S5,000 00 270,000 00 Leaving outstanding and becoming due March i, 1895 $ 15,000 00 We therefore request your honorable Board that fifteen thou- sand dollars to pay the principal of said bonds falling due March 1,, 1898, and three hundred and seventy-five dollars to pay the interest on the same, be levied and assessed on the taxable property of the City and the Town of Ithaca. And in accordance with the Statute (Chapter 336 of the Laws of 188o) regulating the proper division of the amount to be paid by the City and Town severally, ask you to apportion To the City of Ithaca the sum of And to the Town of Ithaca the sum of STATE OF NEW YORK,l TOMPKINS COUNTY, f SS. $12,899 63 2,475 37 $15,375 00 Levi Kenney, J. C. Gauntlett, H. L. Hinckley, Commissioners for the City and Town of Ithaca, being duly sworn, sayeth that the foregoing statement is correct to the best of their knowledge and belief. LEVI KENNEY, JOHN C. GAUNTLETT, H. L. HINCKLEY. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of October, 1897. A. G. STONE, Notary Public. To the Board of Supervisors : In accordance with Chapter 552, Laws of 187o, we hereby report the bonded indebtedness of the former Town of Ithaca to lie as follows : 156 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 Amount of bonds issued in. aid of Ithaca & Athens Railroad Co.__ $285,000 00 Amount of above bonds paid 270,000 00 Amount to become due__. Interest to become due on above $.15,000 00 375 00 $ 15,375 00 Amount of bonds issued in aid of Geneva & Ithaca Railroad Co._- $100,000 10 Amount of above bonds cancelled 15,000 00 Balance outstanding .. Premium account_____ Amount of sinking fund $ 85,000 00 600 oo $ 85,600 00 69,046 57 Balance unprovided for $ 16,553 43 Of the above the proportion of 83i9 per cent. for the City of Ithaca is as follows : Ithaca & Athens Railroad _ $ 12,899 62 Geneva & Ithaca 13,888 33 The proportion of 16111- per cent. for the Town of Ithaca is as follows : Ithaca & Athens Railroad $ 2,475 38 Geneva & Ithaca Railroad 2,665 10 Resolved, That as per report of the Bonding Commissioners of the former Town of Ithaca that there be levied and assessed on the taxable property of the City and Town of Ithaca, the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars,to pay bonds issued in aid of Ithaca & Athens Railroad, due March 1, 1898, and the further sum of three hundred and seventy-five ($375) dollars to pay interest on said bonds to March r, 1898 ; and the further sum of five thousand nine hun- dred and fifty ($5,950) dollars to pay interest on bonds issued in aid of the Geneva & Ithaca Railroad Company, to become due April 1, 1898, and October 1, 1898. C. F. HOTTES, Supervisor First Ward, GEORGE W. FROST, Supervisor. Second Ward, T. S. T-HOMPSON, Supervisor Third Ward, W. P. HARRINGTON, Supervisor Fourth Ward, City of Ithaca. N. PEARSON, Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca.. The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 NE W FIELD. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : 157 We, the undersigned .Commissioners of the Town of Newfield, duly appointed under the provisions of an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, authorizing towns to subscribe to the cap ital stock of railroad corporations, and to issue bonds therefor, do respectfully report that it will be necessary for said Town of New- field to raise by tax the sum of three thousand two hundred and six ($3,2o6) dollars, to pay interest from September i, 1897, to Sep- tember 1, 1898, on bonds of the said Town of Newfield to the amount of $45,800, issued to aid in the construction of the Pa. & S. B. Railroad. Said interest to be paid semi-annually on the first days of March and September of each year. We further report that we have no balance on hand. November 9, 1897. A. H. PALMER, C. W. McCORN, Commissioners. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, SS : Charles W. McCorn, being duly sworn, says he is one of the Bonding Com- missioners of the Town of Newfield, N. Y., and the above report is in all respects correct and true. A. P. ALLEN, Notary Public. C. W. McCORN. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : In accordance with Chapter 552 of the Laws of 1870, I hereby report the bonded indebtedness of the Town of Newfield to be as follows : Amount of bonds issued $52000 oo Amount of principal paid to November I; 1897_ 6,2oo oo Balance unpaid $45,800 00 158 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Amount of interest due March 1, 1898 $1,603 00 Amount of interest due September r, 1898_ _ 1,603 00 Total interest to be paid in 1898 $3,206 oo Resolved, That at the request of the Bonding Commissioners of the Town of Newfield, the sum of three thousand two hundred and six dollars be levied upon and collected from the taxable property of said town to pay the interest on the above named bonds. W. 1-1. VAN OSTRAND, Supervisor. ULYSSES. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County In accordance with Chapter 552, Laws of 1870, I hereby report the public debt of the Town of Ulysses to be as follows : Amount of bonds issued March r, 1871 $75,000 00 Amount of principal paid 20,800 00 Amount of coupons due and unpaid 56 00 Amount deposited with Union Trust Co. _ 56 00 Amount in hands of Bond Commissioner____ _ 51 o� There remains outstanding bonds to the amount of 54,200 00 One year's interest on $54,200.00 is____ 3,794 00 $3,794.00 less $51.00, balance on hand _ _ 3,743 00 I recommend that the sum of $3,743.00 be raised by tax assessed to said town for interest. L. J. WHEELER, Bond Commissioner. L. J. Wheeler, being duly sworn, says the preceding report is correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. L. J. WHEELER. Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of November, 1897. JAS. K. WHEELER, - Notary Public. STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNTY AND SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF'. County, Town, Village or School District. For What Purpose Created. Under What Law. Bonded Debt. Rate of Interest. Amount of Bonds Redeemed Sinking Fund, if any, applicable to the Reduc- tion thereof. Net Debt. When Payable. Tompkins County Repairs Co. Buildings Res. Board Supervisors $ 18,000 5% In annual paym'h (in notes) City of Ithaca_ City Sewerage Chap. 162 Laws of 1895 $150,000 4% In 1925, $7.500 annual ' - ly after 10 years. City of Ithaca _ Bld'g. So. Hill Bridge Chap. 66o, Laws of 1895 20,000 4% In 1925, $2,000 annual ly after 20 years. City of Ithaca Aid of E.C. & N.R.R. Laws of 1850, Laws of May i8, 1869 .----..-- 100,000 7% - $86,471 18 $13,528 82 In 1900 City and Town of Ithaca_ Aid Ith. & Aths. R.R. Laws passed April 17, 1866, at 7%, but re- funded at 5%, June 22, 1877 _ 285,000 5% _ - 15,000 0o Due Mch. 1, 1898 City and Town of Ithaca_ Aid Gen. & Ith. R.R. Laws April 2, 1850, and Laws of May 18, 1869 100,000 7% $15,000 69,046 57 15,953 43 In 1901 Town of Enfield Aid Pa. & Sod.B.R.R. Laws 1869 -- 25,000 7% 8,200 2,396 24 14,403 76 In 1901 Town of Groton___ Aid Ith. & Cort. R.R. Chap. 907, Laws of 1869 15,000 7% 6,495 71 8,504 29 In 1900 Town of Newfield_ __.___- Aid Pa.& Sod.B.R.R. Chap. 520, Laws of 1870 52,000 7% 6,200 45,800 00I11 1901 Town of Ulysses ___- _.__ Aid Pa.& Sod.B.R.R. Chap. 907, Laws of 1869 75,000 7% 20,800 _ 54,200 0o In 1901 Village of Groton _ Water Works Chap. 181, Laws of 1875 29,000 3:4% 2,400 _ .-- 26,600 0o In 30 years Village of Trumansburg_ School Dist. No. 8, Town Bld'g School House_ -_ __ _ 15,000 4% 7,500 _ 7,500 00 In nine annual payments of Groton _ ___ Bld'g School House_ General School Law 7,400 41,% 2,000 5,400 00 In ten years School District, City of Ithaca . ___.. _ AnnextoHigh School Laws of 1893-___.-- 15,000 4% 3,000 12,600 00 In ten years I hereby certify that the above is a true statement of all the Indebtedness of the County of Tompkins, and of each subdivision • thereof, and of the facts relating thereto as reported to me pursuant to the County Law. In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this 15th day of December, 1897. ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Ithaca, N. Y. STATEMENT of the aggregate valuations of Real and Personal Estate and amount of taxes levied in the several Towns and Wards in the County of Tompkins, as corrected by the Board of Supervisors at their annual meeting in the year one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-seven. TOWNS. Acres of land. Caroline _____ 34,747 Danby . 33,286 Dryden 58,192 Enfield 22,007 Groton _ 30,725 Ithaca -town _ 16,293 Ithaca -city __ 2,940 Lansing 37,789 Newfield 36,997 Ulysses 19,818 Totals____ 292,794 0 0 N �, L7 i. v aw v o L. 0 N u o � 274 74 O tl > a0., roaN pro'. U 3. $827,440 735,890 2,o81,480 5z8,737 1,246,750 1,016, 752 5,861,645 973.100 944,500 1,056,060 15,272,354 0 0 y ami0 v•O m a Old bq0. u� u o > DC.�G! 00 0 Y" u $679,620 668,929 1,912,099 552,859 1,288,958 697,946 5,444,594 1,818,937 682,674 1,525,708 15,272,354 00 4,..g.4,..g. 0., o G. k. v 0 0 o m 1. u 0 a° vi bq .^. O 1- ,On s0. O y -0c'Ji a bn bC v 0I. 6" y N i; aa a Nv a bb m 2• y v V1 N C4 a 2 ? w $63,241 $63,241 $742,861 29,700 29,700 698,629 174,350 174,350 2,086,449 54,909 54,909 607,768 220,390 220,390 1,509,378 76,400 76,400 774,346 1,097,930 1,097,930 6,542,524 72,040 72,040 1,890,977 76,880 76.8801 759,554 174,550 174,550 1,700,258 2,040,390 2,040,390,17,312,744 Amount of Town taxes. 0 m 0 0 0 vi O ' O 00 0 0 m v 0 .y+ 0 $2,633.06 $1,382.36 $526.15 $404 14 1,517.60 1,360.61 517.87 397.78 4,753.09 3,889.23 1,480.31 1,137.03 3,203.55 1,124.52 428.01 328.76 4,169.70 2,621.82 997.91 766.50 5,237.91 1,419 63 540 34 415.03 29728.39 11,074.38 4,215.09 3,237.63 1,775.53 3,699-74 1,408.18 1,081.63 6,669.40 1,388.57 528.51 6,180.85 3,103.31 1,181.17 66,169.08 31,064.17 11,823.54 405.95 907.26 9,081.71 $636.00 626.00 1,789.38 517.38 1,206.26 653.15 5,095.17 1,702.20 638.86 1,427.79 14,292.19 Pi 0 O 0 d m o k 0 0 0 Y ro v O -waau $5,581.71.0064 4, 719.86 .0062 13,049.04.0058 5,602.22.0096 9,762.19.0068 8,266.06 .0076 53,350.66 .0077 9,667.28 .0093 9,631.29.00945 12,80o. 38.0106 132,430.69 I, ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, do hereby certify that the preceding is a true statement of the aggregate valuation of the real and personal estate in the several Towns and Wards in said County, as corrected by said Board of Supervisors, at their annual meeting in the month of December, 1897. ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk. REPORT OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. A STATEMENT of the several Incorporated Companies liable to taxation in the County of Tompkins, the amount of Real and Personal Estate belonging to each as the same is set down in the Assessment Rolls, and the amount of Tax assessed upon each for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. TOWNS NAME OF CORPORATION. KIND OF BUSINESS. • Assessed Value of Per- sonal Property sub- ject to Local Taxa- tion for all purposes. Assessed Value of Real Estate. Total Valuation. Amount of Tax. Ithaca town Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Elmira, Cortland and Northern Division _ _ Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Railroad $37' Main Line _ Railroad 46,750 Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Ithaca and Auburn Branch _ Railroad 16,920 $101,270 $769 65 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad an Com Company - Railroad ---- ---- 70,000 70,E 532 o0 Western Union Telegraph Company__ Telegraph Line 300 300 2 28 Ithaca Water Works Company_ _ _ ---_ Water supply, City Ith. 7,500 7,500 57 00 Ithaca Electric Railroad Company____ Street Railway____ _ 4,000 4,000 30 40 Long Distance Telephone Company__ Telephone Line______ 1,500 1,500 11 40 Ithaca Land Company_ Real Estate 7,500 7,500 57 00 Telephone Line (Ithaca to Owego)_-__ Telephone Line_ 220 220 1 67 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 a ti Lansing _ Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Auburn Division_ _ Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Railroad $68i790 Auburn Division Telegraph Line_ Telegraph Line _._. __ 370 $69,16o $643 19 Cayuga Lake Salt Company Manufacture of Salt 32,000 32,000 297 6o Newfield. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company-___ Railroad _______ 37,E 37,E 349 65 New York and Pennsylvania Tele- graph and Telephone Company__ Telephone Line ._______ 2,500 2,500 23 63 Creamery Company_ _ Creamery _-_ 2,50o 2,500 23 63 Ulysses__ New York and Pennsylvania Tele- graph and Telephone Company__ Telephone Line_ _ _ __. __.-_ 1,000 1,000 10 6o Lehigh Valley Railroad Company____ Railroad _ ___ .__ ______ .___ ____ 49,E ----- Lehigh Valley Railroad Company - Telegraph Telegraph Line 1,000 50,000 530 00 Farmers"Dairy Despatch Company___ Dairy _ _ 1,000 1,000 1o: 6o Ithaca Alpha Delta Phi Society ___-__- __'_ - Social and Literary io,000 to,000 77 00 city Cornell Athletic Association_ __-____ Grounds of Athletes___ ___ 4,400 4,400 33 88 Delta Kappa Epsilon.___•_ ____.__Social and Literary ____ $6,000_____ 6,000 4620 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Railroad ____ -_._ 27,700 27,700 213 29 Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Main Line____ _____ _ Railroad ____ ____ 41,000 _-- - - Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Elmira, Cortland and Northern Division _ ____ ____ ____ Railroad _ - _ 1,000 4,000 -----__-.-- . _-- Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Cayuga Lake Division_ ____ Railroad _ __.__ 16,000 62,oco 577 41 Cayuga Lake Transportation Company Navigation Cayuga L._ 8,000 ____ _____ 8,000 61 6c Ithaca Calendar Clock Company_ Manufacture of Clocks 8,000 8,000 61 6c Ithaca Gas Light Company _ Gas supply, City Ithaca _ .__ 41,000 41,000 315 7C Lyceum Company_ _ __ Opera House 16,000 16,000 123 2C Ithaca Water Works Company Supply water, City Ith. ___ _--___ 40,000 40,000 308 oc Ithaca city continued. Caroline_ Ithaca Electric Railway Company____ Ithaca Savings Bank Ithaca Board of Trade_ Kappa Alpha Association_ New York and Pennsylvania Tele- phone and Telegraph Company__ Psi Upsilon Association The Autophone Company Tompkins County National Bank_ Town and Gown Society Sigma Phi Society Sigma Chi Society Fall Creek Milling Company_.___ Chi Phi Fraternity The Delta Delta Society Empire Window Glass Company_ Western Union Telegraph Company The Zeta Psi Society First National Bank of Groton_ United States Leather Company . _ Delta Chi Society Cornell Navy Association Ithaca Trust Company Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Elmira, Cortland and Northern Division New York and Pennsylvania Tele- graph and Telephone Company__ Western Union Telegraph Company__ Street Railroad ______ Banking Commerce Social and Literary Telephone Line Social and Literary Mfg. Musical Inst'm'ts Banking Social Social and Literary Social and Literary Milling Social. and Literary Social and Literary Manufacture of Glass_ Telegraph Line Social and Literary Banking _ Tanning . Social and Literary Aquatics Banking Railroad _ Railroad $6,40o 6,000 6,000 6,400 2,000 6,000 Telephone Line_ Telegraph Line 849,000 $49,000 8377 30 40,000 40,000 308 oo 1,400 1,400 to 78 6,400 49 28 5,000 5,000 38 5o 6,000 46 20 6,000 46 20 14,800 14,800 113 96 6,000 6,000 46 20 6,40o 49 28 I,000 1,000 7 70 12,000 12,000 92 40 8,0o0 8,000 61 6o 6,000 6,000 46 zo 5,000 5,000 38 50 400 400 3 08 14,000 14,000 107 8o 1,200 1,200 9 24 2,I00 2,I00 16 I7 7,000 7,000 53 90 2,000 15 40 16,800 22,800 175 56 40,000 40,000 256 00 45,000 45,000 288 00 1,750 1,750 II 20 300 300 1 92 Danby __ Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company _ Lehigh Valley Railroad Company____ Railroad _ __.____ Railroad 8,000 32,000 8,000 49 6c Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Telegraph Line_____ _ Telegraph Line__ 500 32,500 201 5< Western Union Telegraph Company__ Telegraph Line 150 ' 150 9, Ithaca Water Works Company____-:_ Water Supply, City Ith. ____ ____ 1,250 1,250 7 7° Farmers' Dairy Despatch _ Dairy 1,200 1,200 7 44 Dryden _ Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Southern Central Division Railroad --- ---- 73,700__ -- Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Elmira, Cortland and Northern Division -________ _ Railroad_. 110,500 184,200 1,068 3E Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company____.. Railroad _____ 3,960 3,960 22 9( American Telegraph and Telephone Company ____. Telephone Line -__-._ 5,100 5,100 29f 5 Western Union Telegraph Company__ Telegraph Line_ ____ ____ 1,320 1,320 7 6( New York and Pennsylvania Tele- phone Company _ Telephone Line 940 940 5 4; Farmers' Dairy Despatch Dairy _________ 2,600 2,600 15 of Dryden Opera House Opera House__________ ________ 1,600 1,600 9 2f The Gee Town Creamery____ _.___ ._ Creamery 500 500 2 9( The Etna Creamery _ Creamery ____ ____.. 900 900 5 2: Groton __ Groton Bridge Company Mfg. of Bridges _ 30,000 30,000 204 0< Groton Carriage Company_ _ -____ Mfg. of Vehicles______ ____ ____ 16,500 16,500 112 I< Crandall Machine Company___- __-___ Mfg. of Typewriters___ ____ ____ - 5,500 5,500 37 4( Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Southern Central Division_______ Railroad 37,620 Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Elmira, Cortland and Northern Division ____ - _ Railroad _ _ 10,000 47,620 323 8: 3roton __ New York and Pennsylvania Tele- ontinued. graph and Telephone Company__ Tel. & Telephone Line_ __-_ ____ .32o 320 2 18 American Telegraph and Telephone Company ____ __ Tel. & Telephone Line_ ___ ____ 400 400 2 72 Western Union Telegraph Company__ Telegraph Line_..____ ____ __.__ 150 150 I 02 Dairy Despatch Company (A. P. Bed- ford Scranton, Pa.) _ Dairy ___ 900 900 6 12 Cotals _ $47,800 $1,217,910 $1,265,710 $9,561 62 I, ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, do hereby certify that the preceding is a true statement of the several Incorporated Companies in each of the Towns and Wards in the County of -Tompkins, together with the valuation of Real and Personal Estate for each, as set down in the returns of the local Assessors in their last Assessment Roll, and also the amount of Tax to be levied. ARTHUR G. MARION, Clerk. ,szoszaaa1ns a?IJ Z6gr sfuzpaaao zd POLITICAL DIRECTORY AND GUIDE TO TOWN OFFICERS. General Election.: The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Revised Statutes (7th Ed.), page J79. Annual Town Meeting : Second Tuesday in February. Sec - 'tion 1o, Article 2, Chapter 569, Laws of 1890. Annual School Meeting in Neighborhood : First Tuesday in August. Laws of 1893, Chapter 500. Annual Meeting of. Board of Town Auditors, comprising the Supervisor, Town Clerk and Justices of the Peace, or any two of the said Justices : The First Thursday after the General Election, at which time all accounts for charges and claims against their re- spective towns must be presented to them for audit. 1 Revised Statutes (7th Ed.), page 835, Laws of 1840, Chapter 305. Amend- ed, Laws of 1890, Chapter 569, J 160, 161, 162. Annual Meeting of the Board of Town Auditors as above des- ignated, to examine accounts of town officers : On the last Tuesday preceding the annual Town Meeting to be held in each town. Laws of 1863, Chapter 172. Amended, Laws 1890, Chap. 569, § i6o, 161. Annual meeting of the Supervisors of the County as a Board of County Canvassers, First Tuesday succeeding the General Elec- tion. I Revised Statutes (7th Ed.) , page 39o. Annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County : Immediately after the completion of the Canvass, or at such other time as they as a Board, shall fix. 2 Revised Statutes, (7th Ed..) pages 926-931. Annual meeting of Supervisor, Town Clerk and Justices of each Town, to designate the place in each election district in Town, The Supervisors' Proceedings, .1897 167 at which elections shall be held during the year : On the first Tues- day of September each year. Laws 1892, Chapter 680. Meeting of Supervisor, Town .Clerk and Assessors of each Town, for the purpose of making lists of Trial Jurors : On .the, first day, of July of each third year after July 1, 1878, at a place in the town appointed by the Supervisor, or in his absence or va- cancy in office by Town Clerk ; or, if they fail to meet on that day, they must meet as soon thereafter as practicable. Code of Civil Procedure, § 1039. The next meeting for this purpose will be held July 1st, 1899. County Superintendents of the Poor meet at the County House : The first Wednesday in each month. The object of these meetings is to audit bills payable from the County Poor Fund. TOWN OFFICERS. Each Supervisor must execute to and deposit with the County Treasurer, a bond for the accounting of all school money's -which may come into his hands before entering upon the duties of his office. Each Supervisor must make and deliver to the Town Clerk of his town, his bond for the faithful discharge of his official duties, and to account for all moneys coming into his hands as such Super- visor. The Trustees of School Districts shall make a report to the School Commissioner between the 25th day of July and the first Tuesday in August in each year. Chapter 245, Laws 1889. The school moneys are apportioned annually by the School. Commissioners on the third Tuesday in March. The Commissioners of Highways must execute a bond-to.the Supervisor of their town within ten days after their election. Overseers of Highways must file a statement of all unworked highway.tax with the Supervisors of their respective towns on or. before the first day of October. The Tax Collector or Receiver shall, within eight days.after receiving notice of the amount of taxes to be collected by him, ex- 168 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 ecute to the Supervisor of the town, and lodge with him, a bond in double the amount of said taxes, to be approved by the Supervisor. The Supervisor shall, within six days thereafter, file the said bond in the.office.of the County Clerk of this County. The Assessors must complete the Assessment Roll on or before the first day of August and leave a copy thereof with one of their number, and immediately thereafter cause notice thereof to be posted in three or more public places iii their town or ward. "When the line between two towns, wards, or counties, divides a farm or lot the same shall be taxed, if occupied, in the town, ward,' or county where the occupant resides ; if unoccupied, each part shall be assessed in the town, ward, village or county where the same shall lie." Laws 1886, Chapter 315. .The Assessors shall meet on the third Tuesday in August, to review_ their assessments, and hear the complaint of any person conceiving himself aggrieved. An affidavit to the roll by the As- sessors made prior to the third Tuesday of August, is a nullity. The Assessors must deliver the corrected Assessment Roll to the Town Clerk'on or before the first day of September, there to re- main for a period of fifteen days for public inspection, and the Assessors shall forthwith give public notice by posting the' same in at least three of the most public places in the town, or by publish- ing the same in one or more newspapers published therein, that such Assessment Roll has been finally completed, the officer to which the same has been delivered, and the place where the same will be open to public inspection. Said fifteen days, within which any assessment may be reviewed by certiora, i shall commence on the day of the'first publication. The Assessor cannot enter the name of a person 'on his roll who became a resident after the first day of July. When the Assessors or a majority of them shall have com- pleted their roll, they shall severally appear before any officer of the County authorized by law to administer oaths, and shall sever- ally make and subscribe before such officers, an oath in the follow- ing form which must be strictly followed : ' The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897. 169 "We, the undersigned, do severally depose and swear that we have set dowm in the foregoing Assessment Roll, all the real estate situate in the town (or ward as the case may be), according to our best information ; and that, with the exception of those cases in which the value of said real estate has been changed by reason of proof produced before us, we have estimated the value of said real estate at the sums which a majority of the Assessors have decided to be the full value thereof, and also that the said Assessment Roll contains a true statement of the aggregate amount of the taxable personal estate of each and every person named in such Roll, over and above the amount of debts due from such persons respectively, and excluding such stocks as are otherwise taxable, and such other property as is exempt by law from taxation, at the full value there- of, according to our best judgment and belief." Which oath shall; be written or printed on said roll, signed by the Assessors, and cer- tified by the officer. Laws 1885, Chapter 364, 201. The Supervisor must report to the County Treasurer, on the first Tuesday in March, the amount of school moneys remaining in his hands. Each Justice of the Peace must execute a bond with two sure- ties conditioned for the payment on demand to the proper officer all. moneys received by the Justice, by virtue of his office, which bond must be approved by the Supervisor of the town, and filed in the Town Clerk's office. Each Justice of the Peace shall make a report in writing, veri- fied by oath, each year, bearing date the first day of November, to the Board of Supervisors at their annual session, in which he shall state particularly the time when, and the name of the person or'. persons from whom any money has been /received ; and also the amount and on what account the same was received ; also all sums remaining due and unpaid ; and that all moneys by him received have been paid to the officer duly empowered by law to receive the , same. Each Justice of the Peace must pay all moneys received by him for fines, within thirty days after its receipt, to the County Treasurer. Criminal Code, Section 726. 170 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 '. Overseers of the Poor cannot furnish supplies to a County pauper to exceed the sum of ten dollars, without an order from .the County Superintendent authorizing further disbursements for such purpose. All bills payable by town must be presented to the Town Auditing Board for audit. All bills for supplies furnished to County paupers must be pre- sented to the County Superintendent of the Poor for audit. All bills presented to the Board of Supervisors or any Auditing Board, niust be verified by oath, stating that the same are correct in every particular, and that no compensation has been received for the same, or any part thereof, except as therein stated. INDEX. A PAGES Annual Session _ 5 Assessment Rolls, confirmation of _.. 87 Audits, County 96 Audits, Towns _._ 103 Caroline 103 Danby 105 Dryden 107 Enfield 1 r r Groton _ _ 113 Ithaca (town) r 16 Lansing _ _. 119 Newfield 121 Ulysses - ---------- ----.-- 124 Accounts, Auditing of 12 26 Alms House, Inspection of by Board Appropriation of $8,0co for City of Ithaca Attorney, District, Report of _ Budget—County 53 143 80 Board of Supervisors, Compensation .table _. 102. 5 4 Name and P. 0. Address Special Session Annual Session Contract with Monroe County Penitentiary Fred P. Randolph 4 70 172 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Chairman, Election of _ 6 Resolution of. Thanks to 85 Committees, appointed by 9 Caroline, Audits of 103 Support of Poor 33 Tax of _ 82 Highways and I3riciges ____ _ 41 Road Tax _____ 25 Bridge at' Rawson Hollow 55 Bridge at Rawson Hollow 62 Clerk, Called Board to Order in Annual Session 5 • Election of 6 To Procure Stationery 8 Salary of _ _ _ _ 8 Compensation for Comptroller's Report Allowance for Postage _ Resolution of Thanks to Supervisors' Compensation Table Report of Equalization to Comptroller _ Bonded Indebtedness to Comptroller Corporations to Comptroller Certificate as to Proceedings____ Clerk, pro tem, Election of Election of Election of 10 8 86 IO2 160 159 161' 95 4 39 54 Connnittee on Printing Proceedings Communications—Relating to Erroneous Assessments, 11 Henry S. Williams_ 10 Mrs. A. J. Able____ 25 Wm. Pierce _______ 27 Horace Sutphen___ 30 7 52 147 18 49 From Comptroller, Front City Clerk of Ithaca_____ County Clerk, Report of - Compeilsation for Janitor Approval of Bond of __ Collectors, to Settle 56 County Tax 81 Constables—Compensation for conveying Prisoners 14 Committee, regarding Telephones____ : 22 Canvassers, County, Publish determination of _ 25 The Supervisors' Proceeding -s, 1897 173 Committee, appointment of, regarding payment of monies to City Treasurer 31 Report of 36 Chaplain of Alms House, salary of _ 55 Dryden—Audits of • .. 107 Tax of 82 Support of Poor 41 Highways and Bridges 37-40 Road Tax 34 Fence Wire 37 Danby—Audits of ____ _ .._ 105 Tax of _ 82, Highways and Bridges _ 36 Deficiency, authority to borrow for 8o F Enfield—Audits of Tax of 83 Highways and Bridges 54 G Groton—Audits of rr3. Highways and Bridges 18' Road Tax - ___ 'ro Tax of 83 Grand Jury, Relating to _ Ir I Insurance, of Boilers in County Buildings I3–r4 Ithaca (Town)—Audits of ii6 Tax of_ 83 53 Ithaca (City)—Levy of $8,000 for Poor Tax of Protest of Council 84 87 Jail Physician, Election of - 22 Jail Physician, Compensation of 15 r7¢ The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Jury Lists, Presentation of_ _ 21 Jury Lists, Approved of _ 21 Journal, The Ithaca, Thanks to 86 Lansing—Audits of _ 119 Road Tax .____.. 16 Highways and Bridges . 37 84 Tax of Newfield—Audits of Support of Poor Highways. and Bridges Road Tax Town Library Claim of Ezra Marion Tax of 0 12I 36 34 23 47 62 84 Orders, Relating to County 20 Overseers of the Poor, authority to expend money _.. _ _._ 70 Overseers of the Poor, authority to expend money_ 78 Overseers of the Poor, authority to expend money _ 79 P Penitentiary, Monroe County, Contract with_____. 4 Notice of Contract to be published:___ _._ 4 Proceedings, Distribution of _ 29 Reports of— Superintendent of Poor, Presentation of 16 Report of 129 J. W. Brown, Coroner, Presentation of 16 J. Fleckenger, Presentation of 33 Special Committee on Printing 28 County Clerk, Presentation of 31 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 175 County Treasurer 127 Committee regarding monies between County Treasurer. and City Treasurer • 36 Committee regarding Superintendent of Poor Report 40 Committee on County Buildings 43 Committee on Superintendent of Poor Accounts 45 District Attorney 143 Committee on Erroneous Assessments_ 59 Resolutions regarding Erroneous Assessments 61 Committee on Finance 63 Committee of Charitable and Penal Institutions 66 Sheriff, Presentation of __ _ 68 Committee on Treasurer's Accounts _ 69 Special Committee on Soldiers' Monuments. 72 Committee of U. S. Deposit Insurance _ 72 Committee on State Charitable and Penal Institutions 74 Committee on Equalization . 76 Committee on Appropriations__ 8o R. Horton, regarding certain bills_________ 88 Surrogate 144 Road Tax, Returned - 73 Resolutions, Relating to Erroneous Assessment of Addie Taber 39 Of Sympathy to W. H. Pinckney 41 Regarding removal of barn in rear of Jail 48 Withdrawal of________ 58 Relating to reference of matter regarding certain bills to R. Horton 75 Regarding Charitable and Penal Institutions 93-94 Regarding Power of School Commissioner to expend 94 Regarding payment of certain bills of County Poor 95 Regarding Strait Murder Trial _ 95 s Special Meeting 3 Sheriff, Services of Janitor 35 OfficeRentof 52 Authorized to procure telephone 4 Session Laws, Designation to Publish -._ 22 Surrogate, Clerk, Presentation,of 24 Report of 144 176 The Supervisors' Proceedings, 1897 Superintendent of the Poor, Authority to employ labor_ ,State Tax School Commissioners, Authority to T 62, 71 :. 8o 94 Treasurer, County, Office Rent 11 Report _ 127 Taxes, Returned, Interest on 36 • Tompkins County, Bridge at Rawson Hollow 55 U Ulysses—Audits of_ -_ 124 Road Tax 55 Support of Poor 5o Highways and,Bridges 47 Tax of 85 Th13IJLIVW of the Votes cast in the several Election Districts in the County of said County on the second day of November, 1897, for Chief Assembly, County Jude, County Clerk, District Attorney, N• F m Q Chief Judge of Member of Count Court of Appeals I Assembly. I Juthe. TOWNS. Whole'No. of Vo es. 6 m Alton B. Parker. Theodore F. Uuno. Francis E. Baldwin. Blank and scattering Whole No. of Votes Theron Johnson. Frank H. Nelson. Harris W. Roe. Blank and .scattering Whole No. of Votes. Bradford Almy. Randolph Horton. Blank and Scattering Whole No. of Votes. Leroy H. VanRirk. First Ward € CITY Second Ward ( OF Third Ward ITHACA. Fourth Ward Total 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 _ 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. 2 3 4 178 187 241 222 291 230 249 244 180 237 2256 85 83 144 113 155 134 141 118 112 162 1247 77 97 86 100 123 82 91 413 6a 58 887 2 1 1 1. 3 2 2 12 11 6 14 9 12 8 14 11 5 15 105 176 184 240 219 285 5 230 210 135 174 238 5 2231 74 74 140 105 147 125 137 113 117 160 1192 92 104 82 105 125 91 99 114 49 61 9221 10 6 16 9 13 8 14 8 7 15 106 166 180 2 232 215 279 6 230 241 229 1 171 2 223 11 2166 90 87 148 119 159 145 156 125 138 162 1329 75 93 84 96 120 72 85 104 33 61 823 1 175 184 242 220 290 19 230 253 237 175 240 14 2246 881 89 162 130 180 150 165 131 138 168 1402 71 8! 61 8! 10 61 7! 91 3'. 51 731 114 105 49 73 125 143 7119 59 59 95 40 75 75 403 38 38 43 20 34 48 221 17 8 11 13 15 20 84 113 105 148 73 1 123 141 1 703 60 76 97 40 80 72 425 36 22 40 17 29 48 192 17 7 10 16 14 21 85 96 .96 1 139 62 114 121 1 628 61 61 94 40 77 77 414 35 35 41 22 33 48 214 113 104 149 73 123 143 705 60 61 96 40 77 77 411 31 34 4 2'. 31 4i 211 DRYDEN Total UROTON ____ Total 95 99 186 159 539 57 63 125 92 337 19 25 40 60 144 1 1 19 11 20 7 57 951 081 186 158 537 57 63 12.5 87 332 19 -24 39 64 146 19 111 19, 7 561 76 87 3 165 152 3I 480 57 63 128 95 343 19 24 37 57 131 95 98 .183 157 533 58 1! 63 2 128 31 95. 51 344 13, CAROLINE Total. 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 8 99 149 126 371 68 84 '74 226 24 52 32 108 3 13 20 36 1 95 147 126 1 368 69 89 67 225 23 44 38 105 31 14 21 38 94 134 108 . 336 70 P3 76 229 24 51 32 107 95 70. 21 147 77 " 41 126 74 31 368, 221 91 133 67 136 336 88 32 89 2119 36 31 39 106 1 1 9 4 7 20 130 68 134 332 87 32 87 2116 33 32 37 102 10 4 10 24 1.20 64 128 312 871 33 9! 212 13 31 36 100 129 68 133 330 88 3: 34 31 94 3, 213 91 LANSING Total NEwFIELD Total 132 77 139 348 63 44 94 201 64 33 40 1371 5 5 10 131 77 141 349 61 44 95 203 61 33 41 135 6 5 11 128 77 .138 348 .50 40 85 175 78 37 .53 1'8 132 77 139 1 348 62 61 44 ' 81 94 81 200 131 DANBY Total 112 51 40 203 71 32 24 131 33 13 10 58 8 6 2 16 111 72 51 31 40 28 202 131 31 13 10 54 8 6 2 16 111 45 38 194 70 32 29 131 33 13 9 55 8 111 51 40 8 202 72 33 29 131 31 11 1 54 ULYSSES Total 1 2 3 197 166 192 5.5 111 94 100 305 64 56 69 191 20 16 23 59 202 109 168 92 184 99 554. 300 72 60 65 197 21 16 20 57 200.120 166 94 181 104 547 -318 6416 60 12 63 14 187 42 201 168 18.5 554 117 99 106 322 6 5 6: 171 1 2 124 794.532 203 77 45 122 77 2 2 4 . 1241 75 47 791 471 30 2113 122 77 2 2 4 12>2 - 76 76 47 198 123 46 29 75 J23 79 202 78 51 129 4! 21 61 ITHACA ___ __. .._ Total 1 2 117 146 263 48 92 144 65 52 .117 4 117 2 147 6 264 50 90 140 64 14 118 3 3 6 117 145 262 52 65 94 51 146 116 119 60 147 99 266 159 51 41 10: ENFIELD Total TOTAL 57831332112044 14 1397 1 7 574313.77140481 403 15 54661342011982 641575413535 1811 0 0 V 00, C. 050 N Blank and Scattering ���}`05n eum=r �Y,x,_ Whole No of Votes. r�W H W_ Charles H. Blood. i214 - W Clarence R. Wolcott. 49.18Z 025 0 ti.... ud�;m ry S t 000 "r, 000 was oP.,LS, 0 §mac 01o. COW O 4. NOM VMS nom ynEto 0 — cucWW •=o.•c ooWW 511.,..0; �•W�f- WO Wtc 00 . -1 0W0:a.Wa W.. . WWWW cn 050 X0505 FC‘ 12 S'E050 x0500 V William Austin. Blank and scattering Whole No. of Votes James S. Lyke. Levi J. Newman. c. coCT OD Co CO CO Henry P. Colby. Blank and tocatteriug Whole No. of Votes. Newton D Chapman. » Charles D. Vernooy. ., Dr John R. Crawford om V.•.•r505m0-05 CO MS B ank and Scattering 1tG t0 O n 0 M O ;o dagwaw kins at a General Election held in and for BLANKS AND SCATTERING.- For Chief Judge of Court of Appeals, George M. Doolittle received one vote, blank received six votes; for Member of Assem- bly, Henry Mente receivea four votes, Chas. H White received one vote, Jesse B. Wilson received one vote, blank received nine votes; for County Judge, Jerry McGuire received one vote, Wm. W Hare received one vote, blank received sixty-two votes; for County Clerk, Solomon Spencer received three votes, blank received seven votes; for Superintendent of the Poor, Grant Halliday received two votes, blank received seven votes; for Coroner, James Lynaugh received one vote, R E Brink received one vote, John Mosher reeeived one vote, blank received eight votes; for District Attorney, blank received eight votes. The Board of County Canvassers of the County of Tompkins, having met at the office of the Clerk of said County on the ninth day of November, A. D 1897. to canvass and estimate the votes given in the se eral Election Districts of said County at a General Election held on the second day of November, A. D. 1897, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true tabnlar statement end footings of the votes cast at said Elec- tion for the persons and officers named hereon and for each of them. Dated Ithaca, N. Y., November, 1897. FRANK A. BEGENT Chairman. W. H. VAN OSTRAND, T. Si. THOMPSON, GEORGE W. FROST, B. M. HAGIN, C. F. HOTTES, W. H. PINCKNEY, N. PEARSON, F. A. T, .1313, W M. K. BOICE THERON JOHNSON, W. P. HARRINGTON, F. 13. AIKEN, Supervisors. L. H. VAN KIRK, County Clerk and Secretary. STATE OF NEW YORK, TOMPKINS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE ss I hereby certify that I have compared the fore- going with the original statement remaining on file in this office, and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original. Witness, my name and Official Seal, at s.] Ithaca, this 12th day of November, one thousand eight hundred ninety-seven. L. H. VAN KIRK, Clerk. a B. ROGER WALES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION OF SUPREME COURT JUDGE FOR SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT PRIMARIES SEPT. 2, 1919 IX I B. ROGER WALES I PROCEEDINGS TheBoard of Supervisors COUNTY OE TOMPKINS. 1891. J • ANNUAL SESSION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE Board of Supervisors OF THE w COUNTY OF TOl ell=:P NS, FOR THE YEAR 1891. JOHN H. KENNEDY, Chairman, Dryden, N. Y. FRED L. CLOCK, Clerk, - - - - Ithaca, N. Y. ITHACA. N. 1.: JOURNAL BOOK AND JOB PRINTING HOUSE. 1831. n _zosNNU201..L .SESSION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TOMPKINS COUNTY --1891. Pursuant to law, the Supervisors of the several towns of Tompkins County, New York, convened in Annual Session at the Supervisors' Rooms in the Court House at Ithaca, in said county, on the firth day of November, 1891, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The Board was called to order, and, on calling the roll of the towns in the county, all of the Supervisors responded to their names respectively, as follows : TOWN. MEMBER. P. Q. ADDRESS. Caroline, FRED E. BATES, . Brookton Danby, JOHN E. BEERS, Danby Dryden, . J H. KENNEDY, . Dryden Enfield, . T. JONES, Mecklenburg Groton, . C. W. CONGER, Groton Ithaca, (Town). . . CHAS. M. TITUS, Ithaca Ithaca, (City) . . . R. A. CROZIER, Ithaca Ithaca, (City) . . . R. WOLF, Ithaca Lansing, JOHN H. CONKLIN, ... . . North Lansing Newfield, RANDOLPH HORTON, . . . . . . Newfield Ulysses, .. . A. H. PIERSON, . . . . ... Trumansburg J i ci SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. On motion Mr. Beers of Danby was elected temporary chairman. Mr. Pierson of Ulysses moved an informal ballot for chair- man. Mr. Horton of Newfield moved to amend by nominating J. H. Kennedy of Dryden, for permanent chairman. Amendment accepted by Mr. Pierson. Mr. Wolf of Ithaca moved an immediate ballot for perman- ent chairman. Motion seconded by Mr. Conklin of Lansing. Mr. Horton moves as permanent chairman, Mr. Kennedy of Dryden. Motion seconded by Mr. Wolf of Ithaca. Motion carried. Mr. J. H. Kennedy of Dryden declared elected permanent chairman. Mr. Beers of Danby moves a formal vote for clerk. Mr. Bates of Caroline seconded the motion. Eleven ballots were cast, of which C. C. Van Kirk received F. L. Clock received 4 7 On motion of Mr. Wolf the election of F. L. Clock was made unanimous. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. County Claims, Pierson, Titus, Crozier. U. S. Deposit Fund and Insurance, Jones' Conger, Horton. Printing and Printers' Accounts, Crozier, Bates, Titus. State Charitable Institutions, Horton, Beers, Jones. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That all county orders issued by this Board shall be counter- signed by the chairman, and town orders by the Supervisors of the respective towns, and that no order shall be issued until the adjournment of the Board. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Titus was adopted : Resolved, That the hour from 4 o'clock to 5 o'clock, P. M., be set apart for the auditing of Bills and Accounts by this Board. Mr. Conger offered the following resolution : Resolved, That when a member of this Board desires to address the chair, he shall arise in his place and address the chair according to the rules govern- ing the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Titus moved as an amendment that the last clause be stricken out. Amendment seconded by Mr. Wolf. Amendment accepted by Mr. Conger. Resolution as amended carried. Mr. Titus presented the petition of Phoebe Snow which was received, and on motion of Mr. Beers ordered placed on file. 10 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : Resolved, That the chairman appoint a committee of three upon errone- ous assessment. The chairman appointed as such committee : Randolph Horton ; Charles M. Titus ; A. H. Pierson. Mr. Pierson presented the reports of John M. Barker, A. P. Osborne, Henry Hutchings and Norman R. Gifford, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Ulysses, which on motion of Mr. Horton were ordered filed. Mr. Jones presented the reports of D. M. Searles, S. M. Oltz and Win. F. Smith, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Enfield, which on motion were ordered filed. Mr. Conger presented the reports of Nelson Stevens, H. S. Hopkins, J. M. Montfort and Newton Baldwin, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Groton, which on motion were ordered filed. Mr. Titus offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion was adopted : Resolved, That the salary of Jail Physician be fixed, and hereby is fixed, at fifty dollars for the year 1892. Mr. Titus moved that Dr. R. L. Smith be elected Jail Physician. Motion Seconded by Mr. Wolf. Mr. Horton moved that the election of Jail Physician be deferred until Monday, November i6th, at 2 P. M. Mr. Pierson moved that the chair appoint a committee of three to draft resolutions on the death of Supervisor S. A. Sea - bring of Newfield. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 11 The chair appointed as such committee, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Beers and Mr. Wolf. On the motion of Mr. Bates, Mr. Horton's name was add- ed as a member of the committee. Mr. Bates offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : Resolved, That all resolutions presented to this Board be in writing unless otherwise ordered by the Boasd. The chairman being obliged, at this time to absent him- self, Mr. Beers of Danby was called to the chair. Mr. Wolf offered the following resolution which on motion of Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That the price for printing the Session Laws for the year 1892 be fixed at twenty (2o) cents per folio and that no local laws except those ap- plicable to this county, shall be paid for. Mr. Wolf offered the following resolution, which on notion was adopted : Resolved, That the number of Grand Jurors be the same, and apportioned among the several towns of the county, in the same ratio as in the year 189o. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Horton presented the reports of W. H. Van Ostrand, A. K. Allen, A. H. Stamp and Seymour Grover, Justices of the Peace of the Town of Newfield, which on motion were or- dered filed. 12 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING S, 1891. Mr. Horton presented an abstract of the Town Audits of the Town of Newfield, which on motion were accepted and ordered audited at the several amounts claimed. . Mr. Titus presented a communication from Geo. R. Wil- liams, which was read by clerk. Mr. Wolf offered the following resolution which on motion of Mr. Conger was adopted : Resolved, That there be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca, the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars for the repairs of highways and bridges as allowed by statute. Mr. Pierson presented the report of the Bonding Commis- sioner and of his report as Supervisor of the bonded indebted- ness of the town of Ulysses, which on motion of Mr. Horton were received and ordered printed with the reports, and that the amount asked for be levied on the taxable property of the town of Ulysses. Mr. Conklin offered the following resolution which on mo- tion was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars be levied add collected against. the taxable property of the town of Lansing for the repair of highways and bridges in said town as allowed by statute. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. On motion adjourned. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 13 THIRD DAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I3, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding meeting read and approved. The County Treasurer appeared before Board with com- munication from Willard Asylum. Chairman read communication. Here followed a discussion of communication. Report of Overseer of the Poor of the town of Groton, presented by Mr. Conger and filed: In pursuance of Chapter 625 of the Laws of 1887, the fol- lowing designation of paper to publish the Session Laws for the ensuing year was made : In pursuance of chapter 625 of the Laws of 1887, we the undersigned Re- publican Members of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, do here- by designate the Ithaca Weekly Journal to publish the Session Laws for the ensuing year. FRED E. BATES, A. H. PIERSON, C. M. TITUS, C. W. CONGER, JOHN E. BEERS, T. JONES, J. H. KENNEDY. Mr. Pierson moved that when this Board adjourns to -day, it adjourn until Monday, November 16th. 14 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Motion seconded by Mr. Conger. Motion carried. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : Resolved, That the County Clerk elect, execute a bond to the Board of Supervisors of this county, with at least two sureties in the sum of $5,00o.00, In the usual form, conditioned that he will faithfully execute and discharge the duties of County Clerk, and will truly account for all moneys deposited with him pursuant to the order of any Court, or by his predecessor in office, and pay them over as directed by law or by order of Court. On motion adjourned. FOURTH DAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of the preceding meeting read and approved. In pursuance of Chapter 625 of the Laws of 1887, the fol- lowing designation of paper to publish the Session Laws was made : In pursuance of Chapter 625 of the Laws of 1887, we the undersigned Democratic Members of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, do SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING -S, 1891. 15 hereby designate the Ithaca Democrat to publish the Session Laws for the en- suing year. Dated Nov. 13, 1891. R. HORTON, J. H. CONKLIN, R. A. CROZIER, R. WOLF. A communication from the Comptroller was read by clerk which on motion of Mr. Pierson was received and ordered filed. A communication from the Superintendent of Willard State Hospital read by the clerk and filed. Mr. Wolf presented the reports of Wm. J. Totten and Jasdn P. Merrill, Justices of the Peace of the town of Ithaca, which were received and ordered filed. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Conger was adopted : Resolved, That this Board as a Committee of the whole, visit the County house, November 19th. Mr: Kennedy presented the reports of A. L. Smiley, Geo. E. Monroe, Wm. E. Brown, G. E. Underwood, E. E. Weaver, Justices of the Peace of the town of Dryden which were filed. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolutions which on mo- tion of Mr. Crozier were adopted : Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Ulysses the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, as allowed by statute, for the repairs of highways and bridges. Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Ulysses, the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ; said amount having been voted at the annual town meeting in February last, to erect an Iron Bridge at or near Clayton Jones', and known as the Pope Bridge. 16 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Ulysses the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, for the purpose of pay- ing the necessary expenses for repairing the Daggett Bridge, this amount hav- ing been voted at a regular meeting of the Town Board on the 5th day of No- vember, 1891. Mr. 'Horton presented the report of the bonding commis- sioner of the town of Newfield and his report as Supervisor of the bonded indebtedness of said town, which were on motion of Mr. Crozier received and ordered printed with the reports of the Board of Supervisors and that the amount asked for be levied on the taxable property of the town of Newfield. Mr. Conger presented the report of the Bonding Commis- sioners of the town of Groton and his report as Supervisor of the bonded indebtedness of said town, which on motion of Mr. Horton were accepted and ordered printed with the reports of the Board of Supervisors and that the amount asked for be lev- ied on the taxable property of the town of Groton. Jas. S. I,yke appeared before the Board and presented his report as Superintendent of the Poor. On motion adjourned. Afternobn Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Jones presented the report of F. B. Aiken, Justice of the Peace of the town of Enfield which was filed. J. Warren Tibbetts presented his report as Sheriff of Tompkins County. Moved by Mr. Beers that this Board proceed to an inform- al ballot for Jail Physician. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 17 Motion carried. The chair appointed as tellers, Mr. Pierson and Mr. Wolf. Whole number of votes cast, ten of which R. L. Smith received J. W. Brown received Blank received . . . . . . . . . 5 4 Z On motion of Mr. Beers the Board proceeded to a formal ballot for Jail Physician. Whole number of votes cast 11 of which R. L. Smith received. • J. W. Brown received . 7 4 Dr. R. L. Smith was declared duly elected Jail Physician for the ensuing year. Mr. Pierson's motion that this Board visit the County House as a Committee of the whole November i9th. Carried. On motion of Mr. Beers the chair appointed the following committee to secure conveyances for the visit to the County House : Mr. Beers, Mr. Bates and Mr. Titus. Mr. Beers presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Danby for the ensuing year. Mr. Kennedy presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Dryden for the ensuing year. Mr. Horton presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Newfield for the ensuing year. Mr. Conklin presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Lansing for the ensuing year. Mr. Wolf filed the report of M. E. Poole, a Justice of the Peace of the town of Ithaca. 18 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Mr. Conger presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Groton for the ensuing year. Mr. Titus offered the report of the Superintendent of the Poor which on motion of Mr. Beers was accepted and ordered referred to the proper committee. Mr. Titus presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Ithaca for the ensuing year. Mr. Wolf, chairman of the committee on clerk's and jus- tices' accounts, reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Pierson. were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 114, 57, 4, 91, 38. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 77, 64, 69, 71, 70, 52, 31, 23, 22, 28, 32, 27, z6, 29, 17, 95, 53, 54, 30, 25, 20. Mr. Bates chairman of the committee on constable's ac- counts, repbrted the following bills, which on motion were al- lowed and audited as reported : Nos. 14, 87, 100, 101, 102, 103, 86, 123, 108. Mr. Jones presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Enfield for the ensuing year. Mr. Wolf offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : . Resolved, That the County Superintendent of the Poor be authorized to employ a chaplain for the county Alms House for the year beginning January 1st, 1892, at a salary not exceeding fifty dollars, the same to be paid by an or- der drawn by the Superintendent, upon the County Treasurer. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS. 1891. 19 Mr. Horton offered the following resolution which on mo- tion of Mr. Conger was adopted : WHEREAS, There exists in the opinion of this Board, much uncertainty as to the power of the State Commissioners of Lunacy to fix arbitrarily the week- ly expense for the care of the pauper and indigent insane in the Willard Hos- pital and other similar institutions of the State without any reference to the actual cost of maintenance. Resolved, That the clerk of this Board shall ascertain from the Attorney General of this State his opinion as to the power of such commission to so fix the price of maintenance and to compel the counties to pay the same. On motion adjourned. FIFTH DAY. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding meeting read and approved. Mr. Pierson presented a list of the Grand Jurors for the town of Ulysses for the ensuing year. Mr. Jones offered the' following resolution, which on mo- tion of *Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That there be assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Enfield the sum of $25o.00 to be applied by the commissioners of highways for maintaining highways and bridges of said town. 20 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1.891. Mr. Conger offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Wolf was adopted : Resolved, That there be assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Groton, the sum of $25o.00 to be applied by the commissioners of the highways for maintaining highways and bridges of said town. Mr. Bates presented a list of the Grand. Jurors for the town of Caroline for the ensuing year. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Bates offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Beers was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars be assessed and levied on the taxable property of the town of Caroline for the mainten- ance of roads and bridges as the statute provides. Mr. Titus offered the following resolution : The Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County learn with very great pleasure that through a generous benefaction a city hospital in the city of Ith- aca has been provided, and WHEREAS, A communication to the Board from Mr. Geo. R. Williams of the Hospital, informing the Board that the City Hospital is now nearly ready to receive patients needing care and treatment ; also requesting that a rate per day or week which will appear to the Supervisors to be proper and satis- factory for such care and treatment be fixed ; wherefore, Resolved, That it is the sense of this Board that the county as well as any town of the county may well avail itself of this fortunate asylum for their sick, and being requested to do so, we herewith suggest a sum of six dollars per week would seem fairly reasonable as a charge for the care and treatment of county and town patients. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 21 Mr. Beers moved that the resolution be adopted. Motion seconded. Here followed a discussion on the resolution. Mr. Crozier moved as an amendment that the words "not to exceed" be inserted. Amendment accepted by Mr. Titus. Resolution as amended adopted. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Conger was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars be levied and collected against the taxable property of the town. of Newfield for the repair of highways and bridges. The several members of the Board were engaged in com- mittee work during the day. On motion adjourned. SIXTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1891. Morning Session. . Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding meeting read and approved. 22 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. A communication was received from the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Broome county, with bill of C. R. Baldwin for burying the body of Albert Prame. On motion of Mr. Pierson the: bill and communication were returned to Mr. Baldwin. Mr. Wolf offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Conklin was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars be allowgd the sheriff of the county to pay for the services of janitor of the court house and engineer and fireman for the county jail for the year 1892. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Crozier offered the following report and resolution, which on motion of Mr. Beers was adopted : To the Honorable Board of Supervisors : We visited the different printing houses iu the city soliciting bids for print- ing the proceedings of this Board in pamphlet form, as customary, with the following result : Ithacan Office—Proprietor not in ; Andrus & Church—Declined to bid ; E. D. Norton—Declined to bid ; Ithaca Democrat—$2.6o per page 5,000 copies; Ithaca Journal—$2.55 per page 5,000 copies ; therefore Resolved, That the Ithaca Journal be and is hereby authorized to publish 5,000 copies of the proceedings of this Board, same form, type and quality paper as 1889, at $2.55 per page, the same to be complete and ready for distri- bution by January loth, 1892. R. A. CROZIER, l C. M. TITUS, } Committee. F. E. BATES, ))J SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING -S, 1891. 23 J. H. Jennings appeared before the Board and presented his report as district attorney. On motion of Mr. Beers the report of the district attorney was accepted and ordered printed with the reports. Mr. Titus presented the reports of the railroad commission- ers of the town of Ithaca, which were accepted and ordered printed with the reports. Mr. Titus offered the following resolutions : Resolved, That the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars to pay principal of bonds falling due March 1, 1892 The suns of Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars to pay interest due March 1, 1892 and September 1, 1892 in acct. Ithaca and Athens Railroad $4,875 $19,875 Resolved, That the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars be levied and assessed upon the taxable propertyof the town of Ithaca to pay interest upon the bonds issued to the Geneva and Ithaca Railroad and falling due the ensuing year. On motion of Mr. Horton the resolutions were adopted and ordered that the amounts asked for, be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Horton were allowed and audited as reported. Nos. 21, 120, 18, 66, 45, 118, 15, 127, 48, 82, 39, 41, 36, 43. Mr. Bates, chairman of the committee on constables' ac- counts reported the following bills which on motion of Mr. Pierson were allowed and audited as reported. Nos. 19, 125, 87, 81, 12, 11, 9, 13, 89, 88, 6. On motion adjourned. 24 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. SEVENTH DAY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I9, 1891. Morning Session. • Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present, Minutes of preceding day read and approved. A communication from the Western New York Institution for Deaf Mutes to the county treasurer was read by the clerk. Consideration of the communication was deferred until Friday, November zoth. On motion of Mr. Horton the Board adjourned to recon- vene at the county alms house. Board met at the county alms house where they were cor- dially welcomed by Superintendent I,yke and Keeper Brown. While the committee were examining the books and ac- counts of the Superintendent the various other members of the Board were engaged in examining the buildings and discussing the condition of the inmates. The members of the Board materially assisted Keeper Brown in reducing his supplies for the coming winter by par- ticipating with him in dernolishing an elaborate dinner. The Board started to return to Ithaca about 3:3o, reaching the city in reasonable time. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 25 EIGHTH DAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1891.. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That the five thousand copies of the journal of proceedings of this Board, be apportioned among the several towns of the county, the same as they were in 189o. Mr. Titus offered the following resolution, and asked that it be laid on the table until the afternoon session of the Board. WHEREAS, The present dilapidated condition of the county house is such as to present to this Board the fact that immediate action is necessary whereby more comfortable and wholesome quarters for our county and town poor may be provided ; therefore, Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the chairman, whose duty it shall be to give immediate consideration° to the subject of a county house ; whether in its judgment the present county house can be built over and repaired so as to serve all the needs of a proper home for our unfortunate poor, or whether a new and substantial structure with change of location, will. be more expedient and natural ; together with manner and.mode of procedure and other subject matter associated therewith, and to report the same to this Board early in the coming week. Mr. Conger offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Horton was adopted and the several items thereof, ordered levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Groton : h6 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Resolved, That the following bills be added to the town audits of the town of Groton : No. 84 $7 00 No. 85 6 35 No. 86 6 ro No. 87 i 25 No. 88 22 18 No. 89 . $20 00 No. 90 32 95 No. 91 1 25 $97 o8 Mr. Conger presented the town audits of the town of Groton, which on motion of Mr. Horton were received and or- dered that the amount thereof be levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Groton. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Conger was adopted : Resolved, That no bills except such as have been contracted during the session of this Board, be received for audit after Monday, Nov. 3oth, unless by consent of the members present. Mr. Wolf presented the report of Raymond L. Smith, a Justice of the Peace of the town of Ithaca, which was filed. Mr. Jones presented the town audits of the town of Enfield, which on motion of Mr. Wolf were received, and ordered that the amount asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Enfield. Mr. Kennedy presented an abstract of the town audits of the town of Dryden, which on motion of Mr. Bates were re- ceived, and ordered that the amount asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Dryden. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 2 r On motion of Mr. Bates the following bills were added to the town audits•of the town of Dryden : Nos. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92. Mr. Kennedy offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Horton was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of $25o.00 be levied and collected upon the taxa- ble property of the town of Dryden for the maintenance of roads and bridges, as allowed by the statute. Mr. Crozier, chairman of the committee on printing and printers' accounts, reported the following bills, which on mo- tion were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 137, 55, 113. Mr. J. T. Morrison appeared before the Board and extend- ed to them an invitation to visit him on any evening they might choose. On motion Mr. Morrison's invitation was accepted and Tuesday evening, November 24t11, was selected as the evening on which they would visit Mr. Morrison at his residence. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Titus presented the town audits of the town of Ithaca, which on motion were accepted, and ordered that the amount asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca. The resolution of Mr. Titus asking that a committee be appointed to examine and report as to the advisability of re- 28 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. pairing the present county alms house or building a new one, was taken from the table. Mr. Wolf moved the adoption of the same. Mr. Horton moved as a substitute. First, That the location of the county alms house be not changed. Second, That the present county alms house be repaired in such a manner as the Board shall determine. Mr. Horton's motion was seconded by Mr. Bates. Here followed a discussion on the resolution. Mr. Crozier moved as a substitute to the original motion, that further discussion on this question be deferred until Tues- day, November 24th, at 2 P. M., the discussion to be taken up in the following order : First—as to location ; Second—whether to build a new county alms house or to repair the present one. Mr. Crozier's motion was seconded by Mr. Titus. Mr. Crozier's motion carried. The following communication was read by the clerk : AUBURN, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1891. Chairman of Me Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County: DEAR SIR—In accordance with a resolution this day presented by Super- visor Brown of Ledyard, the Board of Supervisors of your county are most cordially requested to visit the Board of Supervisors of Cayuga County at Au- burn, N. Y., upon any day that you may select. Please extend the invitation to Supervisors of last year. Respt'y yours, E. M. HART, Clerk of the Board. P. S.—I would suggest you select a date later than Dec. ist, as we hold no session next week. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 29 On motion of Mr. Pierson, the clerk was directed to inform the Supervisors of Cayuga county that their invitation was ac- cepted by this Board and that Thursday, December ;;d, was the day selected to visit the city of Auburn. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims, reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Horton were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 42, 76, 49, 33, 142, 40, 129, 59, 119, 79, 58, 74. Mr. Bates, chairman cif the committee on constables' ac- counts, reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Pierson were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 104, 83, 68, 7, 113, 138. Mr. Conger, chairman of.. the committee on sheriff's and judge's accounts reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Bates were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 122, 135, 136, 121, 96, 97, 98, 99. Mr. Conger presented the report of J. W. Tibbett as Sheriff of Tompkins county, which on motion of Mr. Horton was accepted and ordered printed with the reports. Mr. Bates presented the reports of John J. Peters, R. G. H. Speed, Walker V. Personius and John Cross, Justices of the Peace of the town of Caroline which were filed. The chairman being obliged to absent himself at this time, Mr. Beers, of Danby, was called to the chair. Mr. Bates offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Jones was adopted 30 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Resolved, That the following bills be added to the town audits of the town of Caroline, and the amounts therein claimed be assessed and levied against the taxable property of the town of Caroline : No. 47, A. H. Landon ... ... $4 00 No. 43, J. K. Doughty .. 32 6o No. 49, D. M. White 2I 00 No. 5o, Geo. E. Harris . 12 00 No. 51, F. E. Bates, . ... .. 6 oo No. 52, O. D. Mulks. 6 Io Total pi 70 Mr. Bates presented the town audits of the town of Caro- line, which on motion of Mr. Horton were received and ordered that the amounts asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Caroline. Mr. Wolf, chairman of the committee on clerk's and just- ices accounts, reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Pierson were allowed and audited as reported. Nos. 145, 146. On motion adjourned. N I NTH DAY. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2I, I8gr. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Beers of Danby in the chair. Roll call. Quorum present. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 31 Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Titus offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Horton was adopted, and ordered that the amount asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca : Resolved, That the sum of $250.00 be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca to be expended upon the improvement of the highways. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims reported the following bills which on motion of Mr. Wolf were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 140. 141, 124, 78, 108, 47, 46, 34, 51, 1, 67, 73, 65, 6o, i6. Mr. Pierson moved that when this Board adjourn it adjourn until Monday, November 23d, at 9 o'clock. Mr. Pierson's motion on being seconded was carried. During the morning session the various members were en- gaged in committee work. On motion adjourned. TENTH DAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. 32 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Minutes of preceding meeting read;and approved. Mr. Conger offered the following resolution which on mo- tion of Mr. Wolf was adopted : Resolved, That the following bills be added to the town audits of the town of Groton : Nos. 92 and 93, amount $22.04. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Conger was adopted : Resolved, That there be added to the town audits of the town of Ulysses the following bills : No. 57, Frank Terry, Inspector of Election $12 oo No. 58, S. L. Stone, " " 16 00 No. 59, C. F. Hunter, 20 20 No. 6o, E. M. Corcoran, " " 16 oo No. 61, Thomas Kirby, " 26 88 No. 62, M. T. Ward, `• 16 00 No. 63, W. H. Van Dine, " " " 12 00 No. 64, N. R. Gifford, " " 22 20 No. 65, Clermont Sears, " 12 00 No. 66, John M. Barker, " 8 oo No. 67, Mrs. Wm. Hall, Errors Tax, 189o, 13 o8 No. 68. A. H. Pierson, Supervisor 8 48 No. 69, T. H. King, Drawing Map and Surveying . . . 12 00 On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Pierson presented the town audits of the town of Ulysses, which on motion were audited as reported and ordered that the amount asked for, be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ulysses. $194 84 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 33 Mr. Conger, as Supervisor of the town of Groton present- ed a claim in favor of said town demanding that the Board of Supervisors now in session, pay over to the town of Groton all moneys collected from the Southern Central Railroad and the Elmira Cortland and Northern Railroad, for the past six years, as taxes, levied upon the assessed valuation of the ptoperty of said railroad corporations situate in the town of Groton' amount- ing to $2,889.28 less whatever sum was levied from school and road purposes. Mr. Pierson moved that a committee of three, with Mr. Horton of Newfield as chairman, be appointed to investigate the legality of the claim and report to the Board. Mr. Pierson's motion was seconded by Mr. Wolf. Motion carried. The chair named as such committee : Mr. Horton of New- field ; Mr. Titus of Ithaca ; and Mr. Pierson of Ulysses. Mr. Conklin presented the town audits of the town of Lan- sing, which on motion of Mr. Pierson, were audited as reported and the amount thereof ordered levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Lansing. Mr. Conklin offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Titus was adopted : Resolved, That the following bills be added to the town audits of the town of Lansing : No. 70, To the Overseeer of the Poor for the support of the poor of said town $5o 00 No. 71, James L. Baker, Legal Services 29 00 No. 72, A. H. Clark, Excise Commissioner 3 00 $82 00 34 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINO-S, 1891. Mr. Jones presented the report of the bonding commission- er of the town of Enfield, and his report as Supervisor, of the Bonded indebtedness of said town, which on motion were re- ceived and ordered printed with the reports. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Titus were allowed and audited as reported : Nos. 153, 152, 3, 2, 112, 126, 24, 116, 63. The various members of the Board were engaged, during the day, in committee work. On motion adjourned. ELEVENTH DAY. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of the preceding day read and approved. Mr. Jones, chairman of the committee on the U. S. De- posit Fund and Insurance, called the attention of the Board to the matter of insurance on County buildings. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion was adopted : SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 35 Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Ulysses the sum of three hundred dollars, for the support bf the poor of said town. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. The substitute of Mr. Crozier to the resolution offered by Mr. Titus was called up as unfinished business. Mr. Tisis spoke in favor of changing the location of the County Alms House from its present site to the town of Ithaca. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution and moved that it be adopted : Resolved, That it is the judgment of this Board that the site of the County Alms House shall not be changed, Motion seconded by Mr. Horton of Newfield. Mr. Crozier withdrew the first part of his substitute to the resolution offered by Mr. Titus. Mr. Pierson called for the ayes and noes on his resolution. Mr. Beers moved that Mr. Titus' resolution and the substi- tute of Mr. Crozier be indefinitely postponed for the purpose of offering a resolution. Motion carried. Mr. Titus moved that the question of location be stricken from Mr. Crozier's substitution. Mr. Beers rose to a point of order. 86 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1S91. Mr. Beers offered the following resolution : Resolved, That a committee of four members of this Board be appointed by the chairman for the purpose of investigating the propriety of repairing the old or building a new County Alms House. That such committee shall have power to employ competent persons to make estimates upon the costs of suitably repairing the old, or building a new building. That said committee shall report to this Board on or before the 15th day of January, 1892. That this Board shall convene iu special session upon the call of said committee on or before the above mentioned date. Mr. Pierson called for a vote on his resolution. Mr. Beers arose to a point of order. On motion of Mr. Bates the resolution offered by Mr. Beers was adopted. Mr. Horton gave notice that he would offer a resolution on Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, in regard to changing the location of the County Alms House. The chairman announced that he would name the mem- bers of the committee on Wednesday morning, Nov. 25th. In response to an invitation from the Board, Mayor St. John, of the city of Ithaca, spoke in favor of moving the County Alms House from its present location to a point nearer the center of the county. On motion of Mr. Horton, the Board proceeded to the reg- ular order of business. On motion adjourned. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 37 TWELFTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1891. ,Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution : Resolved, That it is the judgment of this Board, that the present site of the County Alms House be not changed. Voting on Mr. Horton's resolution was deferred until a later hour in the forenoon so that all the members might be present. Mr. Ingersoll, County Treasurer, appeared before the Board and read a communication from the Superintendent of the Western New York Institution for Deaf Mutes. Mr. Jones offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Crozier was adopted : Resolved, That in case of a deficiency in court expenses for the ensuing year the County Treasurer and the Supervisors of the town of Ithaca be au- thorized to borrow on the credit of the county, an amount of money sufficient to meet contingencies, until the meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Titus, chairman of the tmtnittee on superintendent's accounts and county buildings, reported the following bill, which on motion of Mr. Pierson was audited at the atnount recommended by the committee : No. 148. 88 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. L. H. Van Kirk appeared before the Board and presented his bond as County Clerk. On motion of Mr. Horton the bond was approved and ac- cepted and ordered filed with the clerk. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Bates were received and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee : Nos. 105, 35, 94, 50, no, 72, 8o, 143, 13o. Mr. Horton called for his resolution. Mr. Titus moved as a substitute to the original, that the matter be indefinitely postponed. The substitute offered by Mr. Titus seconded by Mr. Wolf. Mr. Pierson called for a vote on the substitute offered by Mr. Titus. Substitute lost. Mr. Wolf called for the ayes and noes on the original res- olution which were ordered, the ballot resulting as follows : Ayes—Bates, Beers, Jones, Conger, Crozier, Conklin, Horton, Pierson, chairman Kennedy .. . . . 9 Noes—Titus, Wolf 2 Resolution adopted. Mr. Bates, chairman of the committee on constables' ac- counts reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Crozier were audited at the amounts recommended by the com- mittee : STJPERVISORS' PROCEEbINGS, 1891. 39 Nos. 155, 144, 84, 157, 149, 134, 154, 156. Mr. Conger, chairman of the committee on sheriff's and judge's accounts, reported the following bill, which on motion of Mr. Pierson was audited at the amount recommended by the committee : No. 151. The chairman announced the following committee to in- vestigate the propriety of 'repairing the old, or building a new County Alms House : John E. Beers, R. A. Crozier, Pred E. Bates, Randolph Horton. Moved by Mr. Bates that when this Board adjourns, it ad- journ to Monday, November 3oth at 9 o'clock. Motion seconded by Mr. Crozier. Motion carried. On motion adjourned. THIRTEENTH DAY. MONDAY, NOVJMBFR 30, 1891. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding meeting read and approved. The clerk read a communication from the Attorney General 40 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. of the state, which on motion of Mr. Pierson was received and ordered filed with the clerk of the Board. Jas. S. Lyke appeared before the Board and presented his bond as Superintendent of the Poor. On 'motion of Mr. Crozier the bond of the Superintendent of the Poor was approved and accepted and ordered filed as the law directs. Mr. Beers presented the report of T. W. Slocum, a Jus - of the Peace of the town of Danby, which was filed. Mr. Conklin offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Crozier was adopted : Resolved, That there be added to the town audits of the town of Lansing the following bill : No. 73, Chas. H. Bacon, Ballot clerk $4 00 Mr. Conger offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Titus was adopted : Resolved, That the following bill be added.to the town audits of the town of Groton : No. 94, Wm. A. Smith .. $2 25 Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of M.r. Crozier was adopted : Resolved, That in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Town Board of the tov'u of Ulysses ou November 6th, 1891, there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the following road districts in said town : Num- bers 30, 40, 26, 33, 65, 11, 18, 41, 39, 24. 15, 45, 7, 54, 10, 25, 28, 53, 4, 23, 5, 8, 62, 16, 14, 49, 57, 43, the sum of two hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-four cents ($211.54) ; the same to be applied to the Commissioner of Highways of said town in payment of notes given by the Overseers of Highways in said districts for road machines. • SUPERVISORRS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 41 Mr. Bates, chairman of the committee of constables' ac- counts, reported the following bill which on motion of Mr. Beers was allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the committee : No. 164. Mr. Jones offered the following resolution, which. on mo- tion of Mr. Horton was adopted : Resolved, That the following bills be added to the town audits of the towu of Enfield : No. 69, T. Jones $3 00 No. 7o, Grover Updike 2 00 No. 71, Frank S. Stevenson. 4 00 $9 00 On motion adjourned. FOURTEENTH DAY. TUESDAY,• DECEMBER I, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Horton, chairman of the committee on erroneous assessments, presented the following report, which on motion of Mr. Beers was accepted and ordered spread upon the min- utes, and that the amounts recommended by the committee be allowed : 42 SUPERVISORRS' PROCEEDING -S, 1891. To the Board of Supervisors : Your committee duly appointed to investigate and report concerning the refunding of taxes illegally and improperly assessed and the correcting of er- roneous assessments would respectfully report : That the following named persons have been illegally or improperly as- sessed upon the assessment roll of the town of Ithaca, and have paid the sums set opposite their respective names, to -wit : Martin Oltz $6 47 Daniel Marion 3 41 James Coe 6 41 Hiram Gee 31 35 John Kennedy . 2 o0 Harmon Hill 13 19 Lyman S. Ellis 7 75 Your committee would therefore recommend that the several amounts above named be refunded to the said persons respectively, and that the same be levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca, N. Y. Your committee would further report that in regard to the claim of Luther G. Genung of the town of Danby, the mortgage in said claim described hav- ing been taken solely in the name of said L. G. Genung, being under his ab- solute control, and being payable to him alone, the amount unpaid upon the same was, prima facia, liable to taxation as property of said Genung. That if said Genung owed certain sums to other parties that, by consent, had been included in said mortgage, his remedy was to appear before the assessors upon "grievance day" and prove the facts of such indebtedness ; and he having so appeared, and the assessors having judicially passed upon that question, his remedy, if any, was in certiorari to the courts, and this Board has no power to grant any relief. This matter is essentially different from that of Boardman vs. Board of Supervisors, (85 N. Y., 36o), which has been urged upon our attention. Your committee would further report that the application of Lyman S. El- lis for the correction of errors in the assessment roll of the town of Ithaca for the current year has been duly examined, and they find that the alleged er- rors are sustained and recommend that the same be corrected by the Supervis- or of said town in accordance with the prayer of the petitioner. All of which is respectfully submitted. R. HORTON, C. M. TITUS, A. H. PIERSON, Committee. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 43 Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee appointed to inves- tigate and report the number of pauper insane confined in charitable institutions, presented the following report, which on motion of Mr. Crozier was accepted and ordered spread up- on the minutes : To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Your committee appointed to make an investigation, and report to this Board, the number of pauper insane confined in the charitable institutions of this state would submit the following report : We find that there are in Ovid Asylum the following named persons charged to Tompkins county, who properly belong to the above named class : Mary Stevens, John McGrade, Chauncey Gasper, Kate Fallon, Mary A. Stevens, Lizzie Flynn, John B. Kellogg, Everett Boyer, Jannet Butler, Lewis Snyder. We would further report, that we find no other pauper insane, credited to Tompkins County, in any of the Charitable institutions of the State. JOHN E. BEERS, A. H. PIERSON, Committee. Mr. Jones, chairman of the committee on U. S. Deposit Fund and Insurance, offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : Resolved, That it is the judgment of this Board, that no insurance be placed upon the County Clerk's office or the County Jail, such insurance being unnecessary on account of their isolated situation and fire -proof condition ; and that the policy upon the Court House be reduced to $z,000. Mr. Kennedy presented the following act to provide for the holding of Town Meetings by election districts in the town of Dryden, which was passed by the following vote : Ayes -Bates, Beers, Jones, Conger, Titus, Crozier, Conk- lin, Horton, Pierson, Chairman Kennedy—to. Noes—o. 44 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING -S, 1891. AN ACT to provide for the holding of Town Meetings by election districts in the Town of Dryden. The Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, in pursuance of the power conferred upon them by subdivision twenty-six of section 1st of Chapter 482 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed June 5th, 1875, do enact as follows : SEC. r. Hereafter all Town Meetings in the Town of Dryden shall be held by election districts. Such election districts shall be the same as are set apart in said town for the holding of State elections. The duly elected inspectors of election in each district shall provide a suitable place for the holding of town elections in said town, and act as inspectors of election at all town meetings held in said town, and shall be governed by the same rules, have the same powers and receive the same compensation as are now allowed said inspectors for services at State elections. A statement of votes cast at any town meeting shall be duly certified by the inspectors, and said statement shall be delivered to the Supervisor of the town within twenty-four hours after the same shall have been so subscribed, by Lone of their number deputed for that purpose, and such messengers shall receive the sum of two dollars each for delivering such statement to the Supervisor. If there be no Supervisor, or he shall be disabled from attending the Board, of Town Canvassers. such statement shall be delivered to the town clerk of said town. $ 2. The Board of town canvassers shall consist of the Supervisor and the two Justices of the Peace having the longest terms to serve, and they shall meet at ro A. M. on the second day subsequent to the holding of any town meet- ing, at the office of the Town Clerk of said town, and choose one of their num- ber as chairman. The following oath shall then be administered to them by some person qualified by law to administer the same : I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of canvasser of the votes of the town of Dryden, according to the best of my ability. They shall then proceed without delay or adjournment to canvass all the votes cast at said town meeting. and declare and record the result in the book of records of said town. 3. Whenever any Commissioner of Highways or other officer authorized so to do, shall make an application for money to be voted for at any town meet- ing for any special purpose, it shall be the duty of the inspectors of election in each district to prepare a box for that purpose upon which shall be written or SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 45 labeled " In regard to raising money for ." The ballots upon such question shall be in the following form : "In favor of raising dol - 1 ars for ," or, "Against raising any sum whatever for In case the vote in favor of raising any particular amount shall be greater than the vote in favor of raising any other particular amount voted for at that town meeting, such amount shall be declared to be the amount voted to be raised for the purpose required. In case the votes against raising any sum whatever shall exceed the whole number of votes cast in favor of raising any sum, then the town canvassers shall declare and record that no sum whatever has been voted to(1-)eraised for purpose named. The votes upon this question shall be counted and returned in the same manner as directed in the first section of this act. 4. All reports heretofore or hereafter directed to be made at any town meeting shall be made in each election district by the Supervisor or by some one duly authorized by hint to make such report. The chairman read a communication presented by the sheriff. On motion of Mr. Beers the matter was laid on the table until Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 2d, at 2 o'clock. On motion of Mr. Titus, the amount of the District Attor- ney's bond was fixed at $I,000.00. On Motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Mr. Conklin of Lansing in the chair. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Titus offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted, and ordered that the amount asked for be levied upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca : Resolved, That the following bills he added to the town audits of the town of Ithaca : 46 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. No. 316 James Norton . $zo 00 No. 317 F. R. Benton, assigned to Phillip Harris .. 8 oo No. 318 P. F. McAllister, " 4 00 No. 319 H. H. Miller, '° 5 80 $37 8o Mr. Jones, chairman of the committee on insurance, pre- sented the following report, which on motion of Mr. irozier was accepted and ordered spread upon the minutes : To the Board of Supervisors The committee on insurance would respectfully report, that they have ef- fected insurance on the county buildings for three years as follows : The insurance on the jail and county clerk's office has been withdrawn. Insurance on the court house : Company. Agents. Amt. of Policy. Premium. Continental. Gray & Patterson. $2,000.00 $30.00 T. JONES, C. W. CONGER, R. HORTON, Committee. Mr. Jones offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of $3o.00 be levied and collected upon the taxa- ble property of Tompkins county for the purpose of paying the above amount of premium. On motion adjourned. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 4 i FIFTEENTH DAY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Conklin of Lansing in the chair. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. On motion of Mr. Pierson, the chairman of the committee on Superintendent's accounts and county buildings was author- ized to obtain estimates on the cost of removing the boiler from the jail to the basement of the court house, and on the cost of heating and repairing the court house, and to report to the Board early in the coming week. Mr. Bates, chairman of the committee on constables' ac- counts, reported the following bill, which on motion of Mr. Horton was allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the committee : No. "5. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims, reported the following bills, which on motion were allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee : Nos. 109, 117, 131, 161, 159, 162, 44, 163, 158, 165. Mr. Crozier, chairman of the committee on printing and printers' accounts, reported the following bill, which on mo- tion of Mr. Horton was allowed and audited at the amount rec- oznznended by the committee : 48 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. No. 147. On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Jones offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Conger was adopted and the amount thereof order- ed levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Enfield : Resolved, That the following bill be added to the town audits of the town of Enfield : No. 72, Ithaca Democrat $22 00 Mr. Jones, chairman of the committee on U. S. deposit fund and insurance, presented the following report, which on motion of Mr. Crozier was accepted and ordered spread upon the minutes : To the Board of .Supervisors of Tompkins Coanly. Your committee on U. S. Deposit Fund and Insurance would respectfully report that they have examined the accounts of Cornelius Leary, one itf the Loan Commissioners of this county, and that we find that securities have been paid and cancelled during the last year amounting to $697.00, and that no new securities have been taken. For more definite information in regard to said fund, we refer you to the report of the loan commissioner, which is herewith submitted. T. JONES, R. HORTON, C. W. CONGER, Committee. (Por report of loan commissioner, see reports.) The various members of the Board were engaged during the day in Committee work. On notion adjourned. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 49 SIXTEENTH DAY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1891. Morning Session. Board inet pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding meeting read and approved. Mr. Pierson offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That the collectors of the several towns of Tompkins county be required to settle with the County Treasurer, and the Supervisors of their re- spective towns, on or before the 19th day of February, 1892. Mr. Jones offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Beers was adopted : Resolved, That there be levied and collected in the several towns in the county, from those persons whose names were duly returned by the overseers of the several road districts, as required by law : CAROLINE. I District No 4q, Io days .. $15 00 District No. 76, 2 days . DANBY. $3 00 DRYDEN. District No. i4o, 6/ days $9 75 District No. 44, 3 days 4 50 District No. 3o, 1 day 1 40 $15 75 GROTON. District No. 49, 2 4-10 days $3 6o Your committee would further report that there were sev- eral returns, made by overseers after Oct. ist, which had to be 50 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. rejected, because the statute provides that such returns must be made on or before Oct. 1st. Mr. Kennedy offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Horton was adopted : Resolved, That the sum oC $468.94 be levied and collected from the taxa- ble property of the town of Dryden, located in the several road districts in said town, as per the schedule following, and that the said sum of $468.94 be paid by the collector to the commissioner of highways, to be used by him for the reduction of notes given by the overseers of highways for road scrapers for the use of said districts. SCHEDULE. District. No. 147 $5 50 103 16 00 127 16 50 4. " I21 13 00 District No. 29 $8 42 17 8 76 << << 8 3 51 << " 148 2 38 102 II 62 << << 42 7 63 i. It 6 10 96 .< 3o 8 27 41 600 " " 44 12 76 " 43 3 75 District No. 122 $11 75 it 116 3 75 18 88 " " 120 4 75 " " 118 19 00 $51 00 $84 o6 $58 13 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 51 District No. 9 $13 5o "443 8 75 " ��4 13 50 „ 1 40 �5 District No. 69 $15 5o ,, 87 I1. 5o " 86 6 75 " 85 19 75 District No. 45 $3 25 „ „ 138 II 5o " 134 3 75 " 132 11 75 " 129 5 50 " 131 10 00 District No. 74 $15 50 „ " 156 5 75 " " 84 9 25 " 70 11 25 " 71 20 75 District No. 112 58 50 c, „ III 17 25 " `' 113 12 25 $76 00 • 553 50 545 75 $62 50 • 538 00 Total $468 94 On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims, reported the following bills, which on motion of Mr. Jones 52 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. were.allowed and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee : Nos. 132, III, Io6. xhe several members of the various committees'' were en- gaged in committee work during the day. On motion adjourned. SEVENTEENTH DAY. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of $77.29, be levied and collected from the taxable property of the following Road Districts in the town of Newfield, being in payment for road machines, viz : Districts Nos. 58, 25, 74, 18, 109, 53, z6, 83 and 48. The clerk read a communication from the Comptroller, which on motion of Mr. Pierson was received and ordered printed with the reports. The committee appointed to examine the accounts of the several charitable institutions, presented the following report, SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 53 which on (notion of Mr. Conger was received and ordered spread upon the minutes and that the several sums therein named be assessed and levied upon the respective towns charge- able therewith : To the Honorable the Board of Supervisors : Your committee appointed to examine the accounts of the several chari- table institutions, would respectfully report as follows : Resolved, That in accordance with Chapter 446, Title 4, Section 6, Laws of 1874, there be assessed and levied upon the taxable property of the following towns for the support of pauper insane, and the county of Tompkins for in- digent insane and county paupers, the sums set forth in the annexed schedule to reimburse the county for amounts of money paid to Willard State Hospital, viz: CAROLINE. Everet Boyer . $126 89 DRYDEN. John B. Kellogg $130 36 ITHACA. Mary Stevens . $221 61 Mary A. Stevens 221 61 Kate Fallon 221 6r Lizzie Flynn 221 61 Lewis Snyder 51 61 James Butler 56 46 $994 51 COUNTY. Charles B. Bower $130 36 Hannah Winn 130 36 Patience Starks 130 36 James Brennan 130 36 Thomas Northrup 130 36 Frank Carpenter 130 36 Benjamin F. Pratt . F 130 36 Patrick McCarthy . . , 130 36 Bartoli Lynch 130 36 54 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Precilla Thompson 38 57 Mary A Culligan 130 36 Michael Sweeney 130 36 Joachim Atwater - 130 36 James Fish . 130 36 Anna L. Welch, self supporting 130 36 Harley Kellogg 130 36 Lillian J. Wood 130 36 Emily C. Smith 130 36 Harriet P. Ross 130 36 Laura Saxton, self supporting 130 36 Mary J. Sweezey 130 36 Jennie Dillon 130 36 Catherine Collins . 130 36 Briggs Montgomery 130 36 Margaret Raymond . 130 36 Fanny G. Barber 130 36 Helen I. Bancroft 130 36 Emma Austin 272 22 Thomas Fulkerson 58 90 Charlotte Olney Miller 208 86 Ferdinand A. Partenheimer 193 68 Ruth Ann Hurlbert . 131 75 Elenora N. Bush 121 43 Lydia L. Linton . ��4 �4 Arthur S. Williams 102 6o Albert Munroe 92 89 John Walker 89 85 Mary Menzie 88 64 John G. Smith 82 57 John C. Bovier 78 93 Margaret Moore 13036 Franklin Pierce 130 36 Dewitt Savacool . 67 86 Edgar D. Wright 130 36 Lina Rouen 130 36 Patrick J. Casey 130 36 Josephene Dean, self supporting . 130 36 Horatio E. Morgan, self supporting 130 36 Hattie Smith . 130 36 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1.891. 55 Ira W. Dwight, self supporting 149 85 Wm. Porter 165 6o Henry Gibson 171 36 S. Harriet Crego, self supporting . 130 3R Phebe A. Baker 221 61 Carrie A. Dean . 221 61 Garrison M. Moore . 221 61 Sarah Sutliff, self supporting 221 61 Amanda McCaugheuey 221 61 Frances A. Drake. 221 61 Hannah A. Kirby 221 61 Priscilla Demond 221 61 Caroline L. Tripp, self supporting 136 00 Fay T. Mapes. 98 36 Nora A. Kean ,. 221 61 Martha Baker. 1'0 32 John W. Ryant 119 00 Melissa Mott 37 04 Palmer W. Shirley 72 25 Nancy M. Schoolcroft. 48 58 Janes M. Ingersoll 221 61 $9,529 95 CREDIT Mary A. Russel $38 85 Charles Whipple 32 78 George W. Everest 5 46 Total to be raised by County Less self supporting $77 09 $9,452 86 1,159 26 $8,293 6o Resolved, That in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Supervis- ors, passed December 7th, 1880, there be assessed and levied upon the taxable property of the following towns and county, the sums set forth in the annexed schedule, to reimburse the county for amounts of money paid to the several charitable institutions in said schedule named, viz : Rose Vedder, N. Y. S. I. for blind ENFIELD. $21 94 6 SUPtRVISORS4 PROCEEDINGS, 1891. ITHACA. Flora Harding, S. V. H $23 00 Interest 1 40 Berdie Carpenter, (Children's Hoine) 5 25 Theodore Steinmeyer 9 00 Berdie Steinmeyer 9 00 Sabra Tubbs t 23 25 Edward Tubbs . 42 00 Edna Gifford 12 00 Emma Cummings . 33 00 George Dutton, (Children's Home). It 50 Thomas Nagle, S. D. D. C. C. 71 36 Johnie Shane, Auburn Orphan Asylum. 73 00 Eva Shane, 73 00 Matthew Shane, " 41 20 Mary Conway, " • 18 40 NEWFIELD. Julius Casterline, S. V. H $91 25 Interest ULYSSES. 3 47 Frank Baines, S. V. H. $91 25 Interest 3 47 $94 72 $94 72 Mrs. Pratt, The Hone 52 00 TOMPKINS COUNTY Leander Stevens, Susquehanna Valley Home. Harry D. Miller, Warren Frear, II James Cortright, Asylum for Insane Criminals $94 72 94 72 13 92 I21 II DRYDEN. Mary Woolever, S. V. Hone. $27 I1 All of which is respectfully submitted. R. HORTON, 'JOHN E. BEERS, T. JONES. L_ . SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 57 Mr. Horton offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion was adopted : Resolved, That pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of 189o, there be levied and collected from the taxable property of the respective towns hereinafter named, the sums herein set forth to reimburse the county for moneys paid to Willard State Hospital for the following pauper insane : ITHACA. John McGrade $129'86 Mary Stevens 191 6o Mary A. Stevens 145 20 Kate Fallon 137 62 Lizzie Flynn 90 53 $694 81 $139 88 John B. Kellogg DRVD$N. On motion adjourned to Monday, December 7th, 1891. EIGHTEENTH DAY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1891. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding meeting read and approved. Mr. Beers presented the town audits of the town of Danby and requested that bills Nos. 47, 48 and 49 be added thereto, which on motion were received, and ordered that the amount thereof be levied and collected out of the taxable property of the town of Danby. Mr. Conger offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Bates was adopted : 58 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Resolved, That the sum of 91 cents be added to the assessment roll of the town of Groton against the estate of David Ouderkirk for school tax. The members of the Board were engaged in committee work during the day. On motion adjourned. NINETEENTH DAY. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 189I. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of the preceding day read and approved. Mr. Bates presented a petition of Win. N. Noble, which on motion of Mr. Pierson was referred to the committee on er- roneous assessment. On motion of Mr, Bates and in accordance with a resolu- tion of the Board of Supervisors, passed November 26th, 189o, George Wallenbeck was authorized to dispose of the ba]lance of the old iron pipe remainirig on hand at the County Alms House. Mr. Almy, County Judge elect, appeared before the Board in regard to the matter of increasing the salary of the Surro- gate's Clerk and also the matter of court expenses. On motion of Mr. Pierson, the matter of increasing the the Salary of the Surrogate's Clerk, was made a special order of business of the afternoon session at three o'clock. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 59 Mr. Bates offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Wolf was adopted : Resolved, That the following bill he added to the town audits of the town of Caroline. No. 53, 0. D. Mulks, On motion adjourned. Afternoon Session. SII 85 Roll call. Ouorum present. Mr. Elston appeared before the Board and made a state- ment in regard to the matter of the Miller mortgage. The chairman called up the special order of business laid over from the morning session in regard to the salary of the Surrogate's Clerk. Mr. Crozier offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Pierson was adopted : Resolved, That the incominCounty Judge and Surrogate be authorized to secure a competent clerk at a salary not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, and that above sum be included in the county audits for said purpose ; and the County Judge is respectfully requested to omit the summoning of a Grand Jury at the May term of the County Court and Court of Sessions. Mr. Pierson offered the following- resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Crozier was adopted : WHEREAS, It appears upon further investigation, that John McGrade is a county charge instead of a town charge, therefore, be it Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents, he made a county charge and stricken from the town of Ith- aca budget. v 60 • SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. The committee on erroneous assessment presented the fol- lowing report, which on motion of Mr. Crozier was adopted : To the Board of Supervisors : Your committee on erroneous assessments would report that they have in- vestigated the petition in regard to the improper assessment of property of Wm. N. Noble and report in favor of said petition, and that the sum of nine dollars and ninety-seven cents should be returned to said Wm. N. Noble, and and the same be levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Ithaca. R. HORTON, C. M. TITUS, Committe. A. H. PIERSON, Mr. Titus offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Bates was adopted : Resolved, That the committee on ordinary repairs be instructed to change the steam heating boiler from the jail to the basement of the Court House, and to cause to be made the necessary connections and radiators to properly heat the said buildings ; also to make such other needed repairs to the Court House as may appear necessary, and the sum to be so expended shall not exceed the sum of eleven hundred dollars, and said committee shall have power to raise the amount so expended on the credit of the county. Mr. Conger,, chairman of the committee on Sheriff's and Judge's Accounts, reported the following bill, which on mo- tion was allowed and audited at the amount recommended by the committee : Bill No. 150. The committee on equalization retired to the committee room and entered upon the discharge of their duties. Mr. Horton offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion was adopted and ordered that amount asked for be levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of New- field. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING -S, 1891. 61 Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars be levied and collected upon the taxable property of the town of Newfield for the support of the poor. The committee on equalization returned from the com- -rnittee room and presented their report. On motion of Mr. Pierson the report was laid on the table until Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. On motion adjourned. TWENTIETH DAY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Conklin, chairman of the committee on Treasurer's accounts, presented the following report, which on motion of Mr. Crozier was accepted and ordered spread upon the minutes. To the Zloardof Supervisors of "Tompkins Counts We the undersigned committee on County Treasurer's accounts respectful- ly report that we have carefully examined the accounts of Charles Ingersoll, County Treasurer, together with his report and accompanying vouchers here- with submitted, and find them correct, and that we find a balance of $562.91 in his hands belonging to the various funds as shown in this report. Your committee have also examined the securities held by the County Treasurer in trust for the Infant Heir Fund and find the several securities in his possession as per his report of said fund. JOHN H. CONKLIN, A. H. PIERSON, )} Committee. C. M. TITUS. On motion adjourned. (12 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. Mr. Jones offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Beers was adopted and the amount thereof ordered levied and collected upon the taxable property of the several districts mentioned in the resolution : Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the following road districts in the town of En field, viz. District No. 3, Road 6 ; District No. 5, Road 6 ; District No. 1, Road 11 ; District No. 1, Road 13 ; District No. r, Road 20. Amount to be raised in these Districts District No. 3, Road o ; District No. 1, Road 23 ; District No. 3, Road 7 ; District No. 1, Road 3 ; District No. 2, Road 15 ; District No. 4, Road 16 ; District No. 1, Road IS. Amount to be raised in these Districts $47 00 District No. 3, Road 25 ; District No. 2 Road r ; District No. 3, Road 1 ; District No. 5, Road 5 ; District No. 1, Road r6 ; District No. 4, Road IS. Amount to be raised in these Districts $70 80 District No. 1, Road 17 ; District No. 1, Road 2 ; District No. 1, Road 14 ; District No. 2, Road 17 : District No. 3, Road 17; District No. I, Road 12. Amount to be raised in these Districts $66 00 Districts Nos. 2 and 3, Roads 4, 12 and 11 ; New Road 4 and Io. Amount to be raised in these Districts $56 25 $39 92 Total Amount $279 97 Mr. Titus offered the following resolution, which on mo- tion of Mr. Horton, was adopted : Resolved, That the sum set opposite the following road districts of the town of Ithaca, be levied and assessed against the taxable property of said districts : • SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 63 A District No. 33, ; District No. 9 ; District No. 6; District No. 15 ; District No. 38. Amount $66 37 Mr. Conklin presented the reports of Nelson E. Lyon, Charles Drake, and B. M. Hagin, Justices of the Peace of the town of Lansing, which were filed. The various members were engaged in cominittee work during the day's session. On motion adjourned. TWENTY-FIRST DAY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER I0, 1891. Morning Session. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Conger of Groton in the chair. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Pierson presented the following petition, which on motion was granted : To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : We, the undersigned, assessors of the town of Ulysses, respectfully petition your Honorable Body, that tie following described property be added to the assessment roll of said town for the year 1891, the same having been left off by mistake : • 64 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Dr. Clark Otis, on lot 2, House and lot, valuation $1,550 00. Dated Ulysses, Dec. 7th, 1891. W. H. MORGAN, M. T. ROLFE, J. W. KIRBY, Assessors of the town of Ulysses. Mr. Titus, chairman of the committee on superintendent's accounts and county buildings, presented the following report, which on motion of Mr. Bates, was adof,ted and ordered spread upon the minutes : To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County : Your committee to whom was referred the report of the Superintendent of Poor would respectfully report that there was set apart by the Board in 1890 for use of the Superintendent of County Alms House the sum of $5,134.09, and that with the exception of $44.42 unpaid by the town of Enfield the above named amount was collected and placed to the credit of the Superintendent on the books of County Treasurer. We further find that of this amount $222.68 was to pay a deficiency as shown by the report of said Superintendent for the year 1889—leaving'to the credit of said Superintendent for the year beginning November 15th, 1890, the sum of $4,866.99. We also find that from the 15th day of November, 1890, to the 15th day of November, 1891, orders were drawn by the said Superintendent upon the County Treasurer amounting to $4,642.20. We further find that their is in the hands of said Superintendent the sum of $21.58 received from sales of produce of County House farm. Your committee have carefully estimated the amount that will be request- ed to maintain the County Alms House in its various departments for the ensu- ing year to be the sum of $4,835.89 and therefore do recommend that the amount so estimated be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the county. The County at Alms House. $854 58 Services of Overseers 150 00 Transportation of paupers 5o 00 Out door relief . 1050 00 Salary of Keeper 500 00 $2,604 58 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 65 Por the support of town poor by towns : Caroline , $I20 72 Danby 217 19 Dryden 255 49 Enfield 47 46 Groton . 67 35 Ithaca 1129 86 Lansing . 103 00 Newfield 199 66 Ulysses 90 56 $2,231 31 Your committee upon a careful inspection of county buildings do find the court house to be in such condition as to require at the present time more or less repairs. The steam heating boiler now located in the jail basement, we believe sufficiently large to supply heat for the court house and jail. We therefore recommend that said boiler be placed in the basement of the court house and all the changes necessary to bring about this double service be made. We also suggest that the jury rooms and reception room for witnesses be newly floored and the walls thereof kalsomined and otherwise put in a clean and proper condition. The matter of the County Alms House having been referred to a special committee for its consideration and recommendation, your committee feels that it is not incumbent upon them to make any recommendation thereto. Signed, C. M. TITUS, A. H. PIERSON, Committee. JOHN H. CONKLIN, Ithaca, Dec. 9th, 1891. Moved by Mr. Pierson, that when this Board adjourns to- morrow, it adjourn to Friday, December 18th, at 9 o'clock. The motion on being seconded was carried. Mr. Conklin offered the following resolution, which on motion of Mr. Beers was adopted : Resolved, That the sum of $to.00 be added to the county budget for the Clerk of this Board for compiling the Comptroller's Report and for the extra or unusual work. 66 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. The hour having arrived designated for action on the re- port of the committee on equalization, the same was called up. Moved by Mr. Horton that the report be adopted. Mr. Conger stated that the reason he had not signed the report was because of the injustice done the town of Groton by the same. The ayes and noes on the adoption of the report being or- • dered, the ballot resulted as follows : Ayes, Messrs. Bates, Beers, Jones, Titus, Wolf, Crozier, Conklin, Horton, Pierson, Chairman Kennedy—io. Noes—Mr. Conger—I. The report of the connnittee on equalization was declared adopted, and is as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EQUALIZATION. THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE SEVERAL TOWNS AS PER ASSESSORS OF TOJIPKINS COUNTY FOR YEAR 1891. TOWNS. No. Acres. Valuation. Personal. Aggrdgate Caroline Danby 347,47 33,286 $877,635 625,222 $33,300 31,800 $910,935 657,022 Dryden 58,192 1,062,050 56,710 1,118,760 Enfield. 22,007 545,272 27,550 572,822 Groton 30,725 1,150,045 150,760 1,300,805 Ithaca 19,233 2,935,750 504,460 3,440,210 Lansing 37,789 987,988 96,95o 1,084,938 Newfield 36,997 484,360 36,190 520,550 Ulysses . 19,818 1,047,535 201,260 1,248,795 Totals $9,715,857 $1,138,980 80 3 ,9 $10,854,83; We the undersigned committee would respectfully recommend that the following be and is hereby declared to be the equalized valuation of the real etate in the County of Tompkins, for the year 1891 : SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 67 s TowNs. No. Acres. Valuation. Personal. Aggregate Caroline . . 34,747 $ 466,361 $ 33,300 $ 499,661 Danby . 33,286 461,506 31,800 493,306 Dryden 58,192 1,313,583 56,710 1,370,293 Enfield 22,007 379,890 27,550 407,440 Groton 30,725 895,802 150,760 1,046,562 Ithaca. 19,233 3,427,754 504,460 3,932,214 Lansing . 37,789 1,250,430 96,950 1,347,380 Newfield .. 36,997 471,219 36,190 507,409 Ulysses 19,818 1,049,312 201,260 1,250,572 Totals $9,715,857 $1,138,980 $10,854,837 JOHN E. BEERS, JOHN H. CONKLIN, FRED E. BATES, R. A. CROZIER. Mr. Wolf offered the following resolution : Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the chairman to in- vestigate examine and report to this Board at its next session the amounts which have been wrongfully charged upon and paid bythe different towns during the year 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, for the support of the indigent in- sane which should have been paid by the county, and that the sums so found to be improperly paid by each town to berefunded to the towns from the county. Moved by Mr. Titus that the resolution be adopted. Moved by Mr. Horton that the matter be indefinitely post- poned. Mr. Horton's motion was seconded by Mr. Beers and carried. Mr. Pierson, chairman of the committee on county claims, reported the following bills, which on motion were accepted and audited at the amounts recommended by the committee. Nos. 160, 167 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178; 168, 169. On motion adjourned. 68 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Afternoon Session. Roll call. Quorum present. The various members of the Board were engaged during the afternoon session in apportioning the state and county taxes on the various towns of the county. On motion adjourned. TWENTY-SECOND DAY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER Ilth, 1891. Morning Session. Board inet pursuant to adjournment. Roll call. Quorum present. Minutes of preceding day read and approved. Mr. Beers, chairtnan of the committee on equalization and assessment rolls, presented the following report, which on mo- tion was adopted and ordered spread upon the minutes : Resolved, That there be levied and collected from the tax payers of Tomp- kins County the sums herein set forth for the following purposes : STATE TAX. For Schools For Canals $ 12,737 97 4,776 74 $17,514 71 2Si1emori OF DR. SAMUEL A. SEABRING, A member of this Board, representing the Town of Newfield, �s P�3IL 20th, 1891, Aged 45 years. 76 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. County Audits. STATE OF NEW YORK. SS. COUNTY OF TOMPKINS-BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I hereby certify that the following abstract comprises all the bills and accounts against the county of Tompkins, present- ed to the Board of Supervisors of said county at its annual ses- sion for the year 1891, showing the natne of each claimant, the true nature of the account, the amount originally claimed, and the amount as finally allowed and audited by said Board. No. Name. FRED L. CLOCK, Clerk. Nature of claim. Claimed. Allowed I J. Flickinger, lunacy proceedings 2 Talmadge D. Fulkerson, Coroner's Jury 3 L. F. Colgrove, coroner's jury 4 H. S. Hopkins, Justice of the Peace 5 H. S. Hopkins, (disallowed) 6 Anson Wait, constable 7 R. J. Pierce, constable 8 R. J. Pierce, constable 9 R. J. Pierce, constable Iu R. J. Pierce, (disallowed) II R. J. Pierce, constable 12 J. L. Fisher, constable 13 J. L. Fisher, constable 14 Thomas Fisher, constable $15 00 $15 00 I 00 I 00 2 00 100 9 05 9 05 700 70 70 2 05 2 05 45 45 35 35 6 10 I 00 I 00 12 6u 7 20 3 00 2 00 15 15 15 15 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 77 15 H. S. Hopkins, coroner's jury $ 1 oo $ t o0 16 M. D. Goodyear, autopsy 10 0o to 00 17 Geo. M. Beckwith, assigned to C. W. Conger, coroner 31 70 31 70 18 M. Woodbury, coroner's jury 1 00 1 00 19 M. Woodbury, constable 1 70 1 76 20 James McGrail, coroner's jury 1 0o 1 00 21 C. W. Conger, coroner's jury 1 oo 1 00 22 Allen Howard, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 23 Chas. A. Hart, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 24 Chas. Hyde, coroner's jury 1 00 1 00 25 D. W. Rowley, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 26 Morris Frances, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 27 D. C. Johnson, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 28 V. B. Gross, coroners jury 2 00 2 00 29 E. G. Galloup, rent of hall 6 00 6 00 3o F. H. Sanford, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 31 Alvin Howard, coroner's jury 2 00 • 2 00 32 C. H. Dayton, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 33 Eugene Baker, lunacy proceedings 31 00 25 00 34 A. B. Brooks, supplies 2 25 2 25 35 Jamieson & McKinney, plumbing and supplies 35 81 35 8t 36 J. Will Tree, ruling blanks 2 00 2 00 37 Perry & Co., returned to county superintendent 1 30 38 Raymond L. Smith, assigned to W. H. Willson, Justice of the Peace 37 25 36 go 39 Schuyler Grant, supplies for Surrogate 1 10 1 to 40 G. M. Beckwith, assigned to W. H. Willson, coroner 19 65 19 65 41 Judson B. Todd, supplies 7 10 7 10 42 Edward Meany, professional services 5 00 5 00 43 Enz & Miller, supplies to County Clerk 58 31 58 31 44 F. R. Benton, assigned to W. H. Willson, (disallowed) 10 00 45 Reynolds & Lang, supplies and work 4 36 4 36 46 Andrus & Church, supplies to Surrogate 18 71 18 71 47 Andrus & Church, supplies to County Treasurer 1 54 1 54 48 Andrus & Church, supplies to Sheriff 5 00 5 00 49 Morgan & Bishop, lunacy proceedings 10 0o to 00 5o Edward Meany, professional services 61 00 55 00 51 Theodore J. Baker, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 52 F. P. Randolph, work on court house and jail 32 55 32 55 53 G. C. McClune, labor and material 28 54 28 54 78 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 54 The Bool Co., chairs and table $ 44.00 $ 44 00 55 The Ithaca Journal, printing 1,277 96 1,277 96 56 O. D. Mulks, (disallowed) II 85 57 Jason P. Merrill, assigned to W. H. Willson, Justice of the Peace Io6 30 106 30 58 Rothschild Bros., supplies for jail 13 00 13 00 59 S. H. Peck, lunacy proceedings 10 CO 10 00 6o William L. Mitchell, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 6r I. Dodd, returned to Superintendent of the Poor 62 O. D. Mulks, (disallowed) 6 io 63 J. W. Brown, coroner 8o 75 8o 75 64 George Small, supplies 8 85 8 85 65 Charles Bassard, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 66 J. S. Kirkendall, lunacy proceedings to 00 5 00 67 Henry H. Angell, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 68 Stephen W. Vorhis, constable 12 50 12 50 69 Jas. H. Bloom, coroner's jury 100 100 70 Jay L. Platt, coroner's jury 1 00 1 00 71 T. M. Teeter, coroner's jury 1 00 1 00 72 Bush & Dean, supplies 17 17 17 17 73 Augustus Titus, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 74 Martin Besemer, lunacy proceedings 25 00 25 00 75 Society for the protection of destitute Catholic children (See Town Budget) 76 "Office Specialty Co., supplies to County Clerk 30 00 30 00 77 Merritt Stoddard, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 78 Reuben L. Smith, lunacy proceedings 30 00 30 00 79 David White, lunacy proceedings 10 00 Io 00 8o Ithaca Water Works Co., water supply 170 00 170 00 81 Edward C. Wolf, constable 57 15 57 15 82 Halliday & Pinch, legal services 60 oo 6o 00 83 Webb Wallace, assigned to W. H. Willson, (disallowed) 24 40 84 E. G. Hance, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable 5 05 5 05 85 A. J. Krum, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable Io Io Io TO 86 Stephen W. Vorhis, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable 9 40 9 40 87 H. E. Baker, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable 3 8o 3 8o 88 H. E. Baker, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable 3 8o 3 8o 89 Hiram Baker, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable 25 60 25 60 90 H. E. Baker, assigned to W. H. Willson, constable 3 6o 3 60 91 R. L. Smith, assigned to W. H. Willson, Justice of the Peace 24 95 22 55 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 79 92 R. L. Smith, assigned to W. H. Willson, (disallowed) $56 oo $ 93 R. L. Smith, assigned to W. H. Willson, (disallowed) 53 30 94 J. A. Lewis, assigned W. H. Willson, lunacy proceedings 6o 00 45 00 95 Geo. M. Beckwith, assigned to W. H. Willson, coroner 24 35 24 35 96 H. H. Miller, assigned to W. H. Willson, Special Deputy Sheriff 4 00 400 97 H. H. Miller, assigned to W. H. Willson, Special Deputy Sheriff 4 00 4 00 98 H. H. Miller, assigned to W. H. Willson (disallowed) 5 8o 99 Chas. W. Earl, Under Sheriff 73 6o 73 6o '0o Henry C. Carr, assigned to W. H. Willson, State Game Constable 8 00 8 00 101 Henry C. Carr, assigned to W. H. Willson, State Game Constable 8 00 8 00 102 Henry C. Carr, assigned to W. H. Willson, State Game Constable 11 0o IT o0 103 Henry C. Carr, assigned to W. H. Willson, State Game Constable 11 00 11 00 104 City of Ithaca, service bill 69 55 69 55 105 City of Ithaca, Recorder's bill 6r 45 61 45 io6 Frank W. Knapp, postal cards 4 00 4 00 107 Children's Home, (See Town Budgets) io8 Wm. G. Gibbs, coroner's jury 2 00 2 00 1o9 Treman, King & Co., supplies 103 19 103 19 110 John Winslow, service and lunacy proceedings 35 00 15 00 III Edwin M. Hall, supplies court house and jail 45 23 45 23 112 Uri Clark, repairing clock 1 50 1 50 r 13 The Ithaca Democrat, county printing 977 48 977 48 114 M. E. Poole, Justice of the Peace 32 40 32 40 115 Frank E. Pickering, game constable 12 70 12 70 116 Aldin Horton, certificate in lunacy 7 00 5 00 117 D. F. Van Vleet, legal services Io 00 Io 00 I 18 Crozier & Feeley, supplies for jail 26 55 z6 55 119 H. L. Haskins, supplies 15 98 15 98 120 W. C. Gallagher, lunacy proceedings 19 40 16 00 I21 J. Warren Tibbetts, board of prisoners 1,592 50 1,592 50 122 J. Warren Tibbetts, service bill 502 04 502 04 123 Seneca Spicer, constable 5 65 5 65 124 Cornell Library Association, Library Hall, convention County Superintendents 40 00 40 00 80 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 125 Frank F. Gillett, constable $ 53 17 $ 53 17 126 Town of Dryden, self supporting patients at Willard Asylum 114 50 114 50 127 Dudley F. Finch, supplies 17 8o 17 8o 128 Western New York Institution for Deaf Mutes, (See Town Budgets) 129 Geo. Rankin & Son, supplies for court house 1 45 1 45 130 L. S. Mackey, work on court house and jail 19 6o 19 6o 131 Patrick Wall, shoes by order of Sheriff 2 25 2 25 132 New York & Pennsylvania Telephone and Telegraph Company, rent of telephone 42 oo 42 00 133 W. C. Gallagher, coroner 27 30 27 30 134 George Muir, constable 3 65 1 95 135 J. A. Elston, Special Surrogate 24 00 24 00 136 J. A. Elston, Special Surrogate 96 00 96 oo 137 The Ithaca Journal, printing official canvass, 1891 38 40 38 40 138 J. C. Lormore, constable 6 05 6 05 139 Susquehanna Valley Home, (See Town Budgets) 140 C. A. Boyce, autopsy 10 00 10 00 141 J. Denniston, lunacy proceedings 7 00 7 00 142 F. A. Kerst, lunacy procedings 10 0o To 00 143 Barr Bros., supplies for Sheriff and County Clerk 25 39 25 39 144 R. J. Pierce, constable 95 95 145 L. H. Van Kirk, County Clerk 590 31 590 31 146 L. H. Van Kirk, County Clerk 766 52 766 52 147 The Weekly Ithacan, publishing list of nominations 5 25 5 25 148 Jas. S. Lyke, Superintendent's account 231 00 231 00 149 E. G. Hance, constable 3 30 2 35 150 J. K. Follett, Ex -Sheriff 26 50 26 50 151 J. K. Follett, Ex -Sheriff 107 42 107 42 152 J. R. Broome, lunacy proceedings 10 00 10 00 153 Alexander Minturn, labor and material 22 6o 22 60 154 Paul Ewers, constable 5 70 3 60 155 Charles Tarbell, constable 3 45 1 85 156 Demont Anderson, constable 2 25 2 25 157 E. G. Hance, constable, assigned to W. H. Willson 4 85 4 85 158 White & Burdick, supplies for clerk's office 18 03 18 03 159 Charles Ingersoll, conveyance to County House 5 00 5 00 160 Andrus & Church, supplies for Board 55 11 50 00 161 Charles A. Smith, sprinkling bill 5 50 5 50 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING -S, 1891. 81 162 F. A. Brown, assigned to N. and P. Pearson, labor 163 John Blanchard, coroner's jury 164 Willis Shurter, constable 165 H. J. Wilson, painting county 'clerk's office assigned to W. H. Willson 166 Auburn Orphan Asylum (See Town Budgets) 167 L. Trembly, supplies SUPERVISORS' SERVICE BILL. 168 John E. Beers, 169 R. Horton, 170 R. Wolf, 171 F. E. Bates, 172 T. Jones, 193 C. M. Titus, 174 C. W. Conger, 175 J. H. Kennedy, 176 J. H. Conklin, 177 A. H. Pierson, 178 R. A. Crozier, $ 700 $ 700 I 00 1 00 29 00 29 00 39 6o 39 60 2 00 200 84 58 84 58 88 68 88 68 63 00 63 00 89 12 89 12 85 8o 85 8o I17 13 117 13 93 31 93 31 100 84 Ioo 84 88 28 88 28 98 02 99 02 72 00 72 00 Total $9,931 98 $9,862 '7 SUPERVISORS' ACCOUNTS. The following is a statement showing the amount of compensation audited by the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, to the members thereof, at its annual session of 1891, the items and nature of such compensation, as audited ; the number of days the Board has been in session, and the distance traveled by the members, respectively, in attending as a Board of County Canvassers, and the regular session of the Board of Supervisors within the past year. Published pur- suant to the fourteenth section of the act of the Legislature, passed December 14th, 1849. TOWNS. SUPERVISORS. Days with County Can. vassers. Days with Board. An- nual Session. Compensation, at $3.oc per Day. Mileage at 8 Cents per Mile. Days with Committee Work and Special Meeting Compensation, $3.00 per Day. • Mileage Commitee Work, 8 Cents per Mile. Copying Assessment Roll and Extending Tax. Miscellaneous Services and Expenditures. Total Amount Service Bill. Rate of tax on the dollar for the several towns re- spectively. Caroline Danby.... ..... Dryden Enfield Groton Ithaca Ithaca, (City) Ithaca, (City) Lansing Newfield Ulysses.. FredE. Bates John E. Beers John H. Kennedy T. Jones C: W. Conger C. M. Titus Richard A. Crozier R. Wolf J. H. Conklin. R. Horton Albert 11. Pierson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 23 23 .'J 23 23 20 23 23 23 $72 001 72 0000 72 00� 72 00 72 00 72 00; 63 001 72 00 72 00 72 00 $2 24; 2 08[ 3 84 5 44 I 3 521 2 56 4 48 1 1 1 $ 3 00' 3 00'' 3 00 $10 50 10 50 25 00 10 60 15 87 42 13 12 76 14 12 19 54 $89 12 89 12 100 84 85 80 93 31 117 13 72 00 63 00 88 28 88 68 99 02 .0057 .00673 .01 .0132 .0069 .0202 .0081 .0162 .0101 Total 11 250 783 00 $27 36 3 $9 00 $162 37 $981 76 STATE OF NEW YORK, )r COUNTY OF TOMPKINS—BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 1 S. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the number of days the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County was in session during the past year: the nature of its duties, and the time necessarily employed and the distance necessarily traveled, by the individual members, respectively, in the discharge thereof. I also certify that no accounts were audited by the said Board, for any member thereof, or for any other person, without being verifi- ed according to the statute in such case made and provided. Dated December 18th, 1891. FRED L. CLOCK, Clerk. oo SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 83 Town Audits. CAROLINE. Abstract of the naives of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Caroline, on the 5th day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. r D. M. Bowman, excess tax 2 Geo. J. Nelson, Overseer of Poor 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 George Wolcott, Assessor John L. Mandeville, Excise Commissioner Wm. K. Boice, Excise Commissioner . James S. Young, Overseer of Poor Pearl Legg, Ballot Clerk Will E. Snow, Ballot Clerk Richard Whittaker, Poll Clerk ro J. E. Lawrence, Ballot Clerk it Harry Davis, Poll Clerk 12 George R. Peck, Poll Clerk 23 E. D. B. Shurter, Poll Clerk 24 Henry D. Thomas, Poll Clerk 15 C. L. Crandall, Ballot Clerk 16 Frank N. Patch, Poll Clerk. 27 John J. Norris, Inspector . i8 C. J. Hamilton, Inspector, etc. 29 John Besemer, Inspector and Messenger Claimed. Allowed $9 08 $9 08 8 oo 8 oo 26 8o 26 8o 9 00 900 300 300 4 00 400 4 00 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 4"00 400 400 400 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 12 00 800 12 45 8 45 28 44 14 44 84 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 20 John Davis, Inspector and Messenger $18 56 $14 56 21 George W. Hawkins, Inspector . 12 00 8 00 22 Frank V. Davis, Inspector 12 00 8 00 23 George H. Richardson, Inspector. 8 oo 6 00 24 W. T. Graham, on Registry Board and Ballot Clerk . 12 00 10 00 25 R. E. Brink, rent of hall 12 00 12 00 26 F. B. Lounsbery, Clerk of Registry Board 4 00 2 00 27 John Cross, Justice of the Peace 9 25 9 25 28 R. F. Abbey, Excise Commissioner 3 00 3 00 29 W. V. Personius, Justice of the Peace . 11 0o II o0 3o John J. Peters, Justice of the Peace 8 5o 8 5o 31 F. Huson, on Registry Board and Ballot Clerk . 8 oo 6 oo 32 L. D. Bacon, rent of rink town meeting . 8 00 8 oo 33 O. D. Mulks, Constable 7 45 7 45 34 Samuel Woodhull, Inspector and Messenger. 13 56 1I 56 35 William B. Wolcott, Inspector 8 oo 4 00 36 S. B. Landon, damage to wagon 10 o0 10 00 37 Ira Bogardus, Cominissioner of Highways. 172 00 172 00 38 Fred B. Lounsbery, Town Clerk . 61 26 61 26 39 George C. Whitley, Overseer of Poor . 14 00 12 00 40 R. G. H. Speed, Justice of the Peace 13 S0 13 5o 41 Ithaca Journal, printing 47 20 31 3o 42 Edward Lounsbery, hall rent . 12 00 12 00 43 D. F. A. Reid, M. D., medical service to poor .. 58 75 58 75 44 Fred E. Bates, Supervisor. 37 95 37 95 45 A. D. Foote, hall rent I2 00 I2 00 46 H. A. Hildebrant, Assessor . 36 00 36 00 $782 75 $716 85 We the undersigned, composing the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Caroline, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the accounts audited by us this 5th day of November, 1891. FRED E. BATES, Supervisor. WALKER V. PERSONIUS, JOHN CROSS, JOHN J. PETERS, r Justices. R. G. H. SPEED. FRED B. LOUNSBERY, Town Clerk. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 85 ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 47 A. 11. Landon, . ` $4 00 48 G. K. Doughty, 32 6o 49 D. M. White, 21 00 50 Geo. E. Harris, 12-00 51 F. E. Bates, 600 52 O. D. Mulks, 6 to 53 O. D. Mulks, It 85 $93 55 DAN BY. Abstract of the naives of all persons whopresented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Danby, on the 5th day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. Claimed. Allowed I J. B. Thatcher, Justice of the Peace and Ballot Clerk . $12 25 $12 25 2 L. G. Thatcher, Inspector and Messenger 13 8o 13 8o 3 M. A. Dumond, Health Officer 2 00 2 00 4 W. T. Kellogg, supplies for poor and rent of hall . . 22 85 22 85 5 C. J. Bruce, Inspector 8 00 8 00 6 Chas. Snyder, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 7 Chas. D. Allick, Inspector 8 oo 8 00 8 T. J. Hutchings, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 9 DeWitt Allick, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 to John J. Cooper, Inspector and labor. to 00 10 00 It Frank D. Smiley, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 12 Geo. T. Howland, Clerk of election . 4 00 4 00 13 Zebulon E. Smiley, Justice, Inspector and labor . 18 00 18 00 14 Geo. E. Morris, Assessor and book 21 65 21 65 15 Frank Brock, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 O0 86 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 16 Horace Elyea, Assessor and book $16 65 $16 65 17 Wm. Howland, Overseer of Poor '2 00 2 00 18 Sarah Jennings, Election supplies 65 65 19 Geo. F. Howland, serving criminal warrant 6 oo 6 00 20 Wm. Howland, Inspector, Messenger and labor . 16 So 16 8o 21 L. L. Beers, surveying highways 8 5o 8 5o 22 T. W. Slocum, Justice of Peace. 2 00 2 00 23 Z. E. Smiley, Trustee, rent of school house No. 2 . 5 00 5 00 24 John E. Beers, Supervisor 29 56 29 56 25 John E. Beers, reporting births and deaths 5 00 5 00 26 Levi H. Hollister, Inspector 8 00 8 00 27 Robert A. Grant, Inspector and Messenger 13 52 13 52 28 A. W. Bennett, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 29 Frank Fuller, Ballot Clerk, assigned to J. E. Beers.. 4 00 4 00 3o H. S. Beardsley, Clerk of election 400 • 4 00 31 Chas. C. Mabee, Inspector 8 008 00 32 T. W. Slocum, Justice of the Peace 5 90 5 90 33 Clarence Slocum, Constable 8 35 8 35 34 T. W. Slocum, Justice of the Peace 8 00 8 00 35 Jacob Wise, Justice of the Peace 8 oo 8 oo 36 Will Bierce, supplies for poor . 16 6o 16 6o 37 Ithaca Journal, printing and tickets. 33 00 33 00 38 Wm. H. Baker, Town Clerk and clerk of election . . 8o 5o So 5o 39 Wm. H. Baker, chairs for town hall . 15 00 15 00 40 Geo. M. Meaker, plank, labor, material—highways . 552 64 552 64 41 Geo M. Meaker, blacksmithing on bridges, &c.. 26 50 26 5o 42 Geo. M. Meaker, Highway Commissioner . 182 00 182 00 43 Theodore Brown, Overseer of the Poor 17 50 17 5o 44 H. 5. Beardsley, burial of pauper . 28 00 28 00 45 Town of Ithaca, supplies for poor. 20 50 20 50 46 Chas H. Ostrander, Clerk of election 4 00 4 00 ADDED By RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 47 Euz & Miller, books for town records 6 35 6 35 48 Town of Ithaca, Overseer of Poor 38 16 38 16 We the undersigned, comprising the Board of Town Audits of the town of Danby, do certify that we have this day examined the accounts here presented and have passed upon the same and have entered the name of the person pre- SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891.. 87 seuting the account, and the amounts claimed and the amounts allowed in the proper columns of the foregoing list. Dated Danby Nov. 5, 1891. JOHN E. BEERS, Supervisor. J. B. THATCHER, JACOB WISE, ZEBULON SMILEY, T. W. SLOCUM. Justices. WM. H. BAKER, Town Clerk. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an abstract now on file in my office. WM. H. BAKER, Town Clerk. DRYDEN. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Dryden, on the sth day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. A. C. Hanford, house rent 2 W. W. Sherwood, interest on $40o for 8 months, on $30o for 6 months 3 W. W. Sherwood, Commissioner of Highways 4 Geo. H. Hart, Inspector of election 5 Chas. T. Fitts, Inspector of election 6 D. R. Montgomery, Inspector of election and Messenger 7 A. M. Clark, Ballot Clerk S James B. Ferguson, Ballot Clerk 9 Geo. E. Monroe, Poll Clerk 10 J. B. Fulkerson, Poll Clerk . ri H. C. Warriner, Poll Clerk . 12 Frank Sheldon, Ballot Clerk 13 O. K. Rhodes, Inspector and Messenger. 14 A. A. Seager, Inspector of election Claimed. Allowed $9 00 $6 oo 25 00 25 00 377 00 377 00 12 00 12 00 I2 00 I2 00 18 96 18 96 4 00 400 400 400 4 00 400 400 400 400 400 4 00 4 00 27 56 17 56 12 00 I2 00 88 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 15 Corry G. Dusenbery, Inspector election and Messenger 16 Bradford Snyder, Poll Clerk 17 Chas. H. Palmer, Inspector and Messenger 18 S. U. Dennis, Inspector and Messenger 19 W. J. Sherwood, Inspector 20 Milton E. Snyder, Ballot Clerk 21 Win. H. Middaugh; Ballot Clerk 22 J. T. Morris, Poll Clerk and house for election . 23 J. D. Ross, Ballot Clerk 24 F. D. Hill, Ballot Clerk 25 H. M. Givens, Poll Clerk 26 Geo. E. Goodrich, Poll Clerk and stationary .. 27 C. D. Burch, Inspector and Messenger . 28 Daniel M. White, Inspector 29 S. McKee, Inspector . 3o H. C. Sutliff, Inspector and Messenger 31 Frank W. Smith, Inspector and Messenger 32 Alfred Bishop, Inspector 33 E. T. Brown, Poll Clerk 34 Lintford Sutliff, Ballot Clerk . 35 Frank Douglass, Poll Clerk and Stationery 36 Geo. H. Houtz, Poll Clerk 37 Geo. F. Primrose, Ballot Clerk 38 Wm. Cady, Poll Clerk 39 W. E. Sutfin, Poll Clerk 40 W. J. Shaver, Jr., Inspector and Messenger 41 F. E. Mineah, Inspector and Messenger. 42 Sylvester Hite, Inspector 43 James Hoffman, 44 Geo. H. Hart, Special Officer—Town Meeting 45 Geo. W. Sutfin, Special Officer—Town Meeting . . 46 Geo. L. Beslen, house for election 47 Jacob McKinney, Special Officer—Town Meeting . 48 G. C. Sweet, undertaking 49 Andrew Cole, Excise Commissioner. 5o D. M. White, Excise Commissioner . 51 O. Luther, Excise Commissioner and Ballot Clerk . 52 Luther C. Simons, Excise Commissioner 53 Ithaca Democrat, 54 J. C. Larmore, Constable . $13 65 $13 65 4 00 400 17 32 17 32 13 5o 13 50 I2 00 12 00 400 400 4 00 400 16 5o 16 5o 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 4 00 4 10 4 10 19 04 19 04 I2 00 12 00 I2 00 I2 00 14 00 14 00 17 72 17 72 I2 00 12 00 4 00 400 400 400 425 425 4 00 400 4 00 4 00 400 400 4 00 400 14 24 14 24 17 8o 17 80 12 00 I2 00 15 00 12 50 2 00 2 00 200 200 17 50 12 50 2 00 200 61 50 36 50 900 900 13 08 13 08 700 700 15 00 15 00 95 75 95 75 7 75 7 75 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 89 55 Geo. E. Monroe, Justice 56 Geo. E. Monroe, Town Board 57 Geo. E. Monroe, Attorney's services 58 Dr. J. J. Montgomery, Medical services 59 Dr. J. Beach, Vital Statistics • • 6o J. C. Larmore, Overseer of Poor 61 1?r. J. J. Montgomery, Birth and Death Certificates . . 62 Ben. J. Sheldon, Assessor . 63 Paul Ewers, Constable 64 H. A. Strong, Constable 65 C. W. Parker, Attorney Speer case 66 W. J. Shaver, house rent, Gould family 67 J. H. Kennedy, service bill, 68 Gardner Gitsen, house for town meeting, assigned to J. H. Kennedy 69 H. C. Warriner, Town Clerk, 1890 70 A. L. Smiley, Justice 71 W. E. Brown, Justice. 72 W. H. Richardson, Excise Commissioner 73 E. F. Weaver, Justice 74 G. E. Underwood, Justice 75 Geo. E. Underwood, Justice 76 F. E. Darling, Town Clerk . 77 A. Ewers, Assessor 78 R. M. Smiley, Assessor. 79 F. E. Ellis, Constable 80 Bradford Snyder, Overseer of Poor 81 M. J. Owen, Marriage Certificates. 82 Theron Johnson, Ballot Clerk. 83 Mariette Bogart, caring Pool family. 84 Dr. Homer Genung, Vital Statistics . 85 Dr. Homer Genung, hall for election 86 Dr. Homer Genung, Medical services $19 90 $19 90 14 00 14 00 20 00 20 00 74 00 74 00 600 600 36 00 36 00 425 425 64 00 64 00 13 75 13 75 31 75 31 75 5 00 500 39 00 00 00 41 64 41 64 40 00 40 00 26 30 26 30 23 50 23 50 16 oo 16 00 3 00 300 14 00 14 00 14 00 14 00 450 450 52 02 52 02 58 00 58 00 58 00 58 00 2 90 290 46 00 46 00 150 150 4 00 400 I0 00 I0 00 5 25 5 25 12 50 12 50 6o oo 6o oo $1,835 98 $1,76148 The foregoing is a true abstract of all claims presented to and melted by the Town Board of Dryden, November 5, 1891. F. E.IDARLING, Town Clerk. 90 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 87 Dryden Village, to use of hall 512 5o 88 Henry Wavle, to use of hall 15 00 89 W. W. Sherwood, Commissioner 133 34 90 Solomon L. Howe, Ballot Clerk 4 00 91 Geo. E. Goodrich, services . 5 00 92 J. H. Kennedy, service bill . 12 00 5181 84 An abstract of appropriations voted at the town meeting , held at Dryden Center, February 24 and 25, 1891. 5120.00. For iron joists for iron bridge near John Keenan's. 5120.00. For iron joists for iron bridge at Malloryville. $80.00. For iron joists for bridge near Eugene Weaver's. $40.00. For bridge near widow Dixon's. $6o.00. For bridge near James Sutfin's. $150.00. For widening road near Philander Bush's. Total 5S70.00. The above is a true abstract of the appropriations voted at the town meet- ing, held at Dryden Center House, on February 24 and 25, 1891. F. E. DARLING, Town Clerk. ENFIELD. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Enfield on the 5th and 6th day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audit- ed and allowed each. • No. Name. Nature of service. Claimed. Allowed I Dewitt Lanning, Ballot Clerk . 4 00 4 oo 2 George W. Budd, erroneous tax. 11 14 IT 14 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 01 3 Jared T. Rumsey, Interest on Commissioner's Notes . . $17 28 $17 28 4 Wm. T. Wright, Inspector of election 12 00 12 00 5 Chas. Miller, Inspector and Messenger 17 8o 17 8o 6 John M. Russell, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 7 J. C. Wetherby, Inspector and Messenger 17 8o 17 8o 8 W. H. Smith, notifying Jurors, Justice fees for new road 8 to 8 to 9 A. S. Nobles, Town Clerk and Jurors fees for new road 16 00 16 00 to Wm. H. Drake, Assessor . 34 00 34 00 II Joseph Van Marter. 32 00 32 00 12 Chas. Wright, stationery . 3 55 3 55 13 John Holley, Note and Interest by Commissioners .. 77 25 77 25 ,14 Wm. H. Drake, erroneous tax 5 00 5 00 15 Fred Warren, erroneous tax 8 13 8 13 16 Esther Smith, Interest on Commissioner's Note . . . 6 oo 6 oo 17 J. G. Wortman, use of hall for election and services . . 115o r 1 5o 18 Mark Hausner, Constable, services at town meeting . 2 00 2 00 19 Grant Curry, Inspector of election 12 00 12 00 zo John Russell, putting up booths. 1 5o 1 50 21 Wm. Barber, Citizen Member Board of Health.. . . 2 00 \ 2 00 22 G. O. Hine, Constable, services at town meeting .. . 4 00 4 00 23 M. Norton, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 24 Ambrose Babcock, Constable at election. 400 44 00 25 Lewis Van Marter, Constable at election 4 00 400 26 Walter S. Brewer, Poll Clerk of election 4 00 4 00 28 Dr. L. T. White, Health Officer, etc 14 75 14 75 28 James McKracken, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 29 M. L. Harvey, house for town purposes and care of booths 33 00 33 00 3o Corey J. Harvey, Ballot Clerk 4 0O 4 00 31 J. F. Tracy, Surveying new road, etc 8 5o 8 5o 32 Everett Smith, Assessor 36 00 36 00 33 J. H. •Theall, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 34 Alfonso Griffin, Overseer of Poor and personal service 8 oo 8 00 35 John King, for sand 3 00 3 00 36 Edwin M. Owen, Inspector of election 4 00 4 00 37 Chas. F. Swick, filling in bridge 6 oo 6 00 38 Levi Ervey, work on bridge, assigned J. G. Wortman 6 5o 6 5o 39 Alfonso Griffin, Overseer of Poor for supplies 8 5o 8 5o 40 Geo. K. Darragh, Ex -Town Clerk. 22 15. 22 15 41 F. Barber and J. N. Wortman, putting up booths . . 3 00 3 00 42 James M. Owen, Overseer of the Poor. 20 50 20 50 92 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 43 Ella M. Babcock, caring for Mrs. Cooper, assigned to J. G. Wortman $37 43 $37 43 44 J. H. Newman, Commissioner of Appraisal 7 50 7 50 45 L. F. Colegrove, Commissioner of Appraisal. 7 50 7 50 46 G. H. Hopkins, Commissioner of Appraisal . 7 5o 7 5o 47 J. T. Newman, Legal services. Io 00 10 00 48 T. Jones, Ex -Bonding Commissioner •6 00 6 oo 49 Wm. Ammack, Bonding Commissioner 15 5o 15 5o 50 J. M. Owen, Overseer of Poor for supplies.. . . . , 2 00 2 00 51 J. N. Wortman, Ex-Commissioner—Blacksmithing (Reconsidered November 14, and rejected).. . . . 15 95 00 00 52 J. N. Wortman, Ex -Commissioner and personal service 66 oo 66 oo 53 J. N. Wortman, Ex -Commissioner and team work 33 00 33 00 54 H. H. Lanning, Excise Commissioner. 3 00 3 00 55 Geo. W. Budd 8 oo 8 oo 56 C. H. Hubble, Commissioner, labor and material. 790 78 790 78 57 F. B. Aiken, Justice of the Peace 23 50 23 50 58 T. Jones, Supervisor 8 00 8 00 59 T. Jones, Supervisor 35 50 35 50 6o Fremont Willson, Excise Commissioner. 3 00 3 00 61 D. M. Searles, Justice 21 00 21 00 62 Chas. H. Hubbell, Commissioner of Highways . 176 00 176 00 63 John Russell, Town Clerk tot 88 for 88 64 S. M. Oltz, Justice and house for use of town 32 00 32 00 65 Assessment of damages for new road 974 01 974 01 66 Chas. H. Hubbell, Commissioner of Highways, and building new road . 870 40 870 40 67 Wm. F. Smith, Justice of the Peace. 41 50 41 50 68 George Kirby, Inspector. assigned to Grant Curry . 12 00 12 00 $3,801 9043,785 95 We the 'undersigned, town auditors of the town of Enfield, do hereby certi- fy that the above is a correct list of bills presented with amount claimed and allowed. T. JONES, Supervisor. W. F. SMITH, D. M. SEARLES, S. M. OLTZ, F. B. AIKEN. Justices. J. M. RussELL, Town Clerk. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 93 ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 69 T. Jones, Supervisor $ 300 70 Grover Updike, erroneous tax 2 00 71 Frank S. Stevenson, Ballot Clerk . 4 00 72 Ithaca Democrat, printing 22 00 $31 00 GROTON. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of,Town Auditors of the town of Groton, on the 5th day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited"and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of claim. Claimed. Allowed I M. A. Downing, Inspector $4 00 $4 00 2 Wn1. H. Kosleubader, Poll Clerk . 4 00 4 00 3 Wm. H. Burnham, Inspector and Messenger. 18 36 18 36 4 Ward D. White, Inspector and Messenger. 18 36 18 36 5 Samuel Penuoyer, Poll Clerk. 4 00 4 00 6 Edgar Bush, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 7 H. J. Stevens, Registry and Inspector . 12 00 12 00 8 Beun Townley, Ballot Clerk, . 4 00 4 00 9 A. J. Conger, Poll Clerk and booths . 6 00 6 00 to E. W. Allen, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 u W. H. Buckley, Registry, Inspector and Messenger . 14 00 14 00 12 F. W. Crittenden, Ballot Clerk . 4 00 4 00 13 P. W. Allen, Inspector and Messenger 18 0o 18 00 14 A. S. Stearns, Poll Clerk . 4 00 400 15 H. S. Hopkins, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 16 C. P. Mosher, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 17 Jno. J. Young, Inspector 12 00 12 00 18 M. P. McElheny, Inspector. 12 00 12 00 19 Dana Rhodes, Inspector and Justice town meeting . 12 00 12 00 20 Wm. D. Baldwin, Poll Clerk 21 W. C. Allen, hall for election . 4 00 I2 00 400 I2 00 94 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 22 W. H. Lockerby, Medical service (Knapp) 21 00 00 00 23 Wm. Williams, Overseer of Poor 35 54 35 54 24 Nelson Harris, Assessor 44 00 44 0 25 M. D. Goodyear, Vital Statistics ro 00 10 00 26 M. D. Goodyear, Doctoring -Poor, as per contract .- 45 .00 45 00 27 C. A. Townley, Excise Commissioner .. . . . . 6 oo 6 0o 28 E. A. Hand, Vital Statistics. 8 75 8 75 26, Reubin Anthony, board and care D. Ouderkirk, as - 'signed to Win. Williams 33 00 33 00 3o John I. Booth & Sou, Undertaking Poor. 22.00 22 00 31 John I. Booth & Son, Undertaking Poor. 15 50 1550 32 John I. Booth & Son, Undertaking Poor. 23 00 .23 00 33 John I. Booth & Son, Undertaking Poor. 15 50 15 50 34 J. M. Montfort, Merchandise for Poor. 27 93 27 93 35 J. M. Montfort, Merchandise for Poor.. 41 56 41.56'. 36 f. M. Montfort, Justice . 17 8o 17 8o 37 I. G. Hinman, room for election 10 00 10 00 38 C. W. Conger, Supervisor. 48 38 48 38 39 H. S. Hopkins, Justice, 10 bills criminal cases .. 57 05 57 05 4') L. J. Townley, printing 65 61 65 61 4t J. H. Gunn, Poll Clerk and Poor 5 00 ' 5 00 42 Wm. Webster, hall and booths 15 00 15 00 43 V. B. Gross, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 44 Luther Grey, Inspector and Messenger 15.65 "'15 65, 45 Francis Webster, Inspector and Messenger ' 1q oo 19 00 46 Jean I. Weeks, Inspector . 12 00 12 00 49 Allen Howard, Ballot Clerk. 4 00 4 00 48 F. J. Per Lee, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 -49 T. L. Fisher, Constable. ° i 8o 1 8o 5o L. M. Ogden, Excise Commissioner . 6 00' 6 00 51 H. D. Spencer, Excise Commissioner . 6 00 6 oo 52. Newton Baldwin, issuing permits . 5 00' 5 00 , 53 Newton Baldwin, Justice, 5 45 5 45 54 Newton Baldwin, Justice . 4.95 '4 95 55 B. L. Robinson, Vital Statistics and contract . 43 75 43 75. 56 Jno. J. Young, Town Clerk . 68 33 `68,33 57 Wm. H. Burnham, Assessor's Clerk 6 oo 6 oo 58 Alvin Howard, Assessor 37 00 37 00 59 A. M. Baldwin, Vital Statistics ' .2 75 2 75 60 A. J. Conger, Assessor 28 00 28 00 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 95 61 Ward D. White, Commissioner of Highways. 6 00 6 oo 62 Wm. M. Ellis, Inspector 12 00 12 00 63 Marshall Woodbury, Constable . 4 45 4 45 64 E. G. Galloup, Undertaking and Merchandise .. . . 20 55 20 55 65 Geo. M. Beckwith, Vital Statis.ics and services, assigned to C. W. Conger . 7 75 7 75 66 Nelson Stevens, Justice. 4 25 4 25 67 Newton Baldwin, Justice . ... .. 14 ,00 14 00 68 Simeon Gray, Commissioner of Highways. 46 00 46 00 69 Begent & Crittenden, Merchandise 46 85 46 85 70 Jones & Gobel, Merchandise 74 86 74 86 71 A. E. Lanning, rent of house. 10 0o to 00 72 F. A. Sherman, Constable 41 '50 41 5o 73 C. W. Conger & Co., Merchandise for Poor . 60 94 6o 94 74 R. J. Pierce, Constable and lockup 38 67 38 67 75 J. S. Love, rent 36 00 36 00 76 Simeon Gray, money borrowed for town. 175 00 175 00 77 E. G. Galloup, Merchandise G. A. R. 57 69 54 69 78 E. G. Galloup, Merchandise G. A. R. 15 42 00 00 79 D. R. Stout, Merchandise G. A. R. 3 59 3 59 8o E. R. Nye, use of hall 35 00 35 00 81 Groton Bridge and M'f'g Co., Bridge and Merchandise 354 98 354 98 82 H. S. Hopkins, Justice . • a6 00 16 00 83 C. A. Boyce, Medical service by order G. A. R.. . . . 35 75 35 75 1 $2,137 27 $2,097 85 C. W. CONGER, Supervisor. J. M. MONTFORT, H. S. HOPKINS, NELSON STEVENS, NEWTON BALDWIN, JNO. J. YOUNG, Town Clerk. ustices. ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 84 H. S. Hopkins, Justice . $7 00 85 H. S. Hopkins, Justice . 6 35 86 R. J. Pierce, Constable . 6 10 87 J. W. Barr, Registering Marriages. 1 25 88 Wm. M. Avery, Ex -Town Clerk. 22 i8 96 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 89 U. Underwood, Ex -Overseer of Poor, assigned to Begeut & Crittenden 90 Anson Wait, Constable. 91 D. R. Watson, Registering Marriages ADDED BS' RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 20 00 32 95 125 $97 08 92 C. H. Tarbell, rent of house G A R $15 88 93 Mount & Moe, G. A. R., for Wm. Trim . 6 r6 94 Wm. A. Smith . 2 25 $24 29 ITHACA. Abstract of the naives of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Ithaca, on the 5th day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. Claimed. Allowed I G. A. R., relief. $641 o8 $641 o8 2 Bentley & Eaton, Groceries, 462 5o 462 5o 3 W. P. Harrington, Town Clerk, assigned Wm. Spencer 174 00 174 00 4 D. B. Stewart & Co., Groceries . .. 589 00 589 00 5 City of Ithaca, Police 1076 75 1076 95 6 City of Ithaca, Recorder . 1311 20 131f 20 7 J. H. Tichenor, Clerk 4 00 4 00 8 E. H. Bostwick, Inspector, assigned M. N. Tompkins 8 oo 8 00 9 Kearney Bros., O. P. 3 50 3 50 10 Morgan & Bishop, Physician . 6 5o 6 5o II A. B. Kennedy, Supplies 1 5o 1 5o 12 J. P. Merrill, Clerk. 4 00 4 00 13 Wm. P. Harrington, Cash for supplies. 25 35 25 35 14 Len Leonard, cartage, assigned Wm. H. Willson. 12 30 12 30 15 Ingalls & Co., Supplies, O. P. " " 9 25 9 25 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 97 16 Luther Lewis, Assessor $ 5o 0O $ 5o 00 17 J. P. Merrill, Justice, assigned W. H. Willson 321 25 321 25 13 J. B. Taylor, Ex -Town Clerk, " 187 33 187 33 19 J. J. Williams, Assessor. 114 00 114 00 zo R. L. Smith, Justice Peace, assigned W. H. Willson 41 o0 41 00 2I 20 00 20 00 III it22 20 00 20 00 23 A. N. Ackley, Canvass tax payers " i,2 00 2 00 24 F. R. Benton, " 2 00 2 00 25 Martin Besenler, Vital Statistics. 1 00 1 00 26 Ithaca Journal, Printing 225 97 225 97 27 Enz & Miller, supplies 14 20 14 20 28 M. N. Tompkins, Attorney . 8o 00 80 00 29 R. L. Smith, Justice Peace, assigned W. H. Willson . . 59 to 59 to 30 M. N. Tompkins, Attorney 24 00 24 00 31 George Frost, Groceries O. P 67 O0 67 00 32 D.L.& W. R. R., CoalO.P 310 26 310 26 33 Charles Bundy, Groceries O. P 12 00 12 00 34 Ithaca Democrat, Printing 490 11 490 11 35 McClune & Fisher, Supplies O. P. 6 35 6 35 36 Andrus & Church, Supplies. 15 5o 15 5o 37 Spence Spencer, Office Supplies. 12 83 12 83 38 J. C. Westervelt, Coal O. P 47 25 47 25 39 J. C. Stowell, Son & Co., Groceries O. P. 164 00 164 00 40 J. C. Stowell & Son, Groceries O. P. 109 00 109 0O 41 E. D. Norton, Printing. 2 99 2 99 42 Dr. White, Health Officer 5o 00 5o 00 43 R. L. Smith, Justice Peace, assigned W. H. Willson . . 32 00 32 00 44 E. B. Hoagland, Jury Board 5 6o 5 6o 45 Wm. P. Harrington, Town Clerk, assigned Wm. Spence 64 00 64 00 46 Comfort Hanshaw, Excise 45 00 45 00 47 James F. Moore, " 45 00 45 00 48 Amos O. Hart, 9 00 9 00 49 F. E. Tibbetts, Clerk and Polling Place 45 00 45 00 5o Sawyer & Glenzer, Groceries, O. P. 319 50 319 50 51 Crozier & Feely, 500 00 500 00 52 Audrews & Slocum 149 00 149 00 53 Melvin W. Quick, 170 00 170 00 54 Isaac Dodd, Overseer of the Poor . 182 05 182 05 55 A. A. Hungerford, Groceries O. P., assig'd J. M. Heggie 90 00 90 oo 98 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 56 Naughton, Bro's, Groceries O. P. $207 00 $207 00 57 Wm. H. Wattles, Coal, O. P., assigned J. M. Heggie 54 oo 54 00 58 H. W. Stephens, Groceries U. P., 28 00 28 oo 59 E. S. Jackson, 67 00 67 00 6o C. W. Earl, Under Sheriff 190 40 190 40 6t T. S. Culver, Groceries O. P., assigned J. M. Heggie . 28 oo 28 oo 62 M. E. Poole, Justice Peace 252 25 252 25 63 E. Tree & Son, Groceries O. P 50 00 50 00 64 Geo. E. Buck, 277 25 277 25 65 Crozier & Feely 31 o0 31 00 66 A. Tompkins, Cartage " 95 00 95 O0 67 James Dick, Coal 5 00 51 00 68 Walter Conway, Groceries O. P., assigned J. M. Ileggie 122 00 122 00 69 Hill & Foster, 111 00 III o0 70 Thad. S. Thompson, 112 00 112 00 71 George Stephens, 262 00 262 00 72 Deavenport Bros., 178 00 178 00 73 Holmes Hollister, Lumber Highways . 207 46 207 46 74 C. S. Wattles, Lime Highways 6 80 680 75 C. J. Rumsey, & Co., Supplies Highways 4 to 4 Io 76 Jacob W. Kline, Lumber Highways . 400 4 oo 77 Webb Wallace, Constable service, as'd Wm. H. Willson 11 3o I1 30 78 E. G. Hance, " II 80 11 8o 79 to 80 to 80 8o II 6o 11 60 81 8 75 8 75 82 If 22 95 . 14 45 83 21 95 6 95 84 8 20 8 20 20 00 20 00 85 '` 86 Stephen W.Vorhis, 1 95 1 95 87 14 35 f4 35 88 17 30 17 30 89 E. C. Wolf 25 8o 25 8o 90 19 30 19 30 91 H. H. Miller, c,W. H. Willson i 95 2 95 92 Adrian M. Bellis, " 800 8 00 93 " 800 800 94 8 20 8 20 14 90 14 90 95 H. E. Baker, SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 99 96 E. C. Wolf, Constable service, $112 6o $112 6o 97 J. W. Tibbetts, Sheriff, 68 70 68 70 98 A. J. Krum, Constable, " assigned W. H. Willson II 25 I1 25 99 Adrian M. Bellis, Constable, assigned W. H. Willson 8 20 8 20 100 Wm. Sullivan Deputy Sheriff, 42 25 42 25 Ioi Mrs. Cath. Deegan, Groceries O. P. 15 00 15 00 102 Chas. Hausner, Deputy Sheriff 4 00 4 00 103 H. L.,Haskins, Supplies O. P i 5o 1 5o 104 J. W. Brown, Medical O. P II oo 1I o0 105 Dr. Winslow, " " 48 50 38 5o io6 Dr. E. Meany, 129 00 129 00 107 Dr. J. A. Lewis, Poor Doctor, assigned W. N. Noble . 146 35 146 35 108 J. R. Comings, Undertaker O. P., " J. M. Heggie . 20 50 20 5o 109 Dr. Meany, Poor Doctor 83 33 83 33 110 C. R. Baldwin, Undertaker O. P, 38 25 38 25 III Albert Niedeck, Deputy Sheriff 12 00 12 00 112 Dr. E. Baker, Medical 140 00 140 00 I13 E. F. Marsh, Groceries O. P., as'd J. S. Kirkendall . 15 00 - 15 00 114 Joseph Fowles, Wood O. P . . 2 75 2 75 115 A. J. Beers, Undertaker O. P 25 00 25 00 I16 Thomas Ryerson, Groceries O. P. 6 00 6 00 117 A. B. Dale, Assessor 303 00 303 00 118 Jamieson & McKinney, Highways supplies 4 00 4 00 119 F. A. Warner & Co., Groceries O. P 19 00 19 00 12o Tillott Kenney, Dry Goods O. P . 3 00 3 00 121 D. H. Wanner, Groceries O. P . 32 00 32 00 122 L. A. Clapp, Printing . . 8 00 8 00 123 Geo. N. Pew, Stone Highway 59 80 59 8o 124 Patrick Clines, Groceries O. P 72 00 72 00 125 Dixon & Robinson, Supplies Highways 27 70 27 70 126 M. A. Townley, M. D., Medical 15 00 15 00 127 Charles M. Titus, Supervisor 38 77 38 77 128 Horace A. Brown, Commissioner Highways 405 00 405 00 129 Wm. J. Totten, Justice of Peace 70 00 70 00 130 F. E. Tibbetts. rent polling place, as'd J. M. Heggie 29 00 29 00 131 W. F. McClune, Clerk of election, " 400 - 4 00 132 Wm. Mack, Inspector Election, assig'd W. H. Willson 20 0o zo 00 133 E. J. Brown, Inspector Election, as'd 4 00 4 00 134 A. M. Parrott, " 4 00 4 00 135 A. W. Randolph, " 8 00 8 00 136 J. C. Warren, tt8 00 8 0q • 100 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 137 H. L. Stewart, Inspector Election, as'd W. H. Willson 138 Thad Thompson, 139 E. E. Ingalls, 140 John Bolger, 141 Wm. Mack, 142 H. S. Miller, " 143 F. J. Woodruff, 144 W. G. Brashear, 145 A. N. Ackley, 146 Henry B. Illston, 147 J. P. McCormick, 148 E. H. Mowry, lt 149 Will Hausner, 4. 150 Geo. N. Pew, 151 E. P. Deavenport, 152 Geo. A. Tappenden, " " 153 L. S. Mackey, 1S4 Geo. L. Vorhis, • 155 E. S. Jackson, Jr., Poll Clerk, 156 A. M. Bellis, Inspector Election, 157 P. H. Groody, 158 Joseph W. Miller, 159 Sanford Manning, 16o Chauncey S. Dean, 161 M. J. Acton, 162 T. J. Barker, 163 Wm. W. Montgomery 164 Charles Terwilliger, 165 E. S. McCarthy, " 166 Chas. L. Tabor, " 167 Will Hausner, 168 M. J. Acton, 169 F. J. Barker, 170 P. R. Benton, " 171 F. J. Woodruff " 172 H. Seward Miller, 1" 173 J. C. Warren, " 174 H. B. Illston, 175 Chauncey S. Dean, 176 W. G. Brashear, " " 177 H. Seward Miller, " oo $8 oo 800 800 800 800 4 00 400 8 00 800 3 oo 800 4 00 400 Soo Soo 800 800 4 00 4 00 8 co 800 8 00 800 8 00 8 oo 8 00 800 8 oo 800 800 800 Soo 800 800 800 80o Soo 8 00 800 8 00 800 800 800 400 400 800 800 8 00 800 800 800 800 800 8 00 800 400 400 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 20 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 I0 00 IO OQ s SCJPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 101 178 J. W. Stephens, Inspector Election, as'cl W. H. Willson $4 00 $4 00 179 John E. VanNatta, 28 00 28 00 18o Louis Rouillion, Clerk Election, assig'd W. H. Willson 4 00 4 00 18t W. S. Warren, 4 00 4 00 182 Frank Cole, 4 00 4 00 183 Rundles Donovan, 4 00 4 00 184 W. S. Crittenden, " 400 400 185 A. A. Hungerford, tt tI400 400 186 John Toomey, 4 00 4 00 187 C. H. Wilson, 8 00 8 oo 188 E. C. Tichenor, 4 00 4 00 189 F. H. Fortner, 4 00 4 00 190 Ed Nourse, 4 00 4 00 191 H. E. Scout, 4 00 4 00 192 Wm. H. Harrington, " 8 00 8 00 193 Wm. W. Montgomery, " 20 00 20 00 194 E. C. Tichenor, 20 00 20 00 195 F. C. McWhorter, 16 00 16.00 196 E. J. Brown, 20 00 20 00 197 Fred S. Shaw, 4 00 4 00 198 A. W. Randolph, 4 00 4 00 199 Chas. H. Wilson, 4 00 4 00 0 200 Mrs. Jeff Beardsley, rent polling place 8 oo 8 oo 201 Charles Bundy, 20 00 20 00 202 20 00 20 00 203 Chauncey S. Dean, excise commissioner 36 00 36 00 204 R. L. Smith, Justice Peace,. 15 45 15 45 205 26 50 600 206 Jason P. Merrill, " 10 00 10 00 207 Adrian Bellis, Constable deputy, 8 00 8 00 208 L. S. Mackey, District roll tax payers 2 00 2 00 209 Jacob Peters, Poll Clerk Election, 6 00 6 00 210 H. S. Wright, Inspector " 18 oo 18 00 211 P. H. Groody, " assigned W. S. Blue 20 00 20 00 212 James Dick, 28 00 28 00 213 J. P. Tuthill, IC 20 00 20 00 214 D. L. Burtt, Clerk it 16 00 16 00 215 C. H. Van Houter, Inspector Election 20 00 20 00 216 J. J. Williams, 8 00 8 00 217 L. B. Gross, 20 00 20 00 218 N. M. Gillett, " 8 oo 8 oo 102 SUPERR`'ISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1591. 219 J. G. Burns, Inspector of Election, 220 Chas. Terwilliger, " John Terwilliger 221 John P. McCormick, 222 Gilbert H. Fisher, 223 Leonard Baldwin, " 224 D. M. Fowler, 225 Dr. J. W. Brown, 226 Chas. H. Slocum, 227 J. W. Preswick, 228 Chas. H. Brooks, 229 E. H. Mowry, 230 Frank Ford, 231 Johu J. McGowen, 232 L. S. Mackey, " as'd James Dick . 233 John M. Wilgus, M. M. Sweetland 234 Geo. N. Pew, 235 II. L. Haskin, 236 H. L. Stewart, 237 Wm. 0. Newman, 238 Chas. J. Sanford, Clerk, 239 Eugene Terry, 240 Arthur J. Baldwin, 241 Fred D. Johnson, 242 Rundles Donovan, 243 John Donovan, 244 F. Van Vradeuburg, " as'd Will Tree . 245 Jeff Rhen, 246 0. P. Hyde, 247 248 Jesse W. Stephens, 249 W. L. Vant, 25o J. M. Welch, 251 James L. Murphy, 252 T. S. Thompson, fl 253 A. S. Fisher, 254 H. J. Wilson, 255 John. J. Hanshaw, 256 Chas. A. Ives, 257 Chas. Stanion, 258 H. H. Miller, 259 J. D. Beardsley, $8 oo $8 oo 20 00 20 00 20.00 20 00 16 00 16 00 20 00 20 00 28 00 28 00 28 00 28 00 3 oo 800 400 400 8 00 800 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 4 00 400 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 I2 00 I2 00 20 00 20 00 4 00 400 20 00 20 00 I2 00 I2 00 400 400 4 00 400 400 400 400 400 4 00 400 800 800 20 00 20 00 4 00 400 4 00 400 400 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 400 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 103 26o W. J. Crittenden, Clerk of Election $12 00 $12 00 261 Edwin Hoagland, " " 4 00 4 00 262 W. G. Hull, 4,400 4 00 263 H. J. Brown, Inspector, 4 00 4 00 264 N. M. Gillett, Clerk, 4 00 4 00 265 A. S. Cole, 4 00 4 00 266 John Donovan, 20 00 20 00 267 H. T. Burtt, Poll Clerk I<4 00 4 00 268 Frank Cole, Clerk 4,4 00 4 00 269 J. H. Rhen, 4 00 4 00 27o J. M. Stewart, 20 00 20 00 271 J. D. Beardsley, 4,400 400 272 Ed Jackson, Jr., 20 00 20 00 273 Stephen Kennedy, " " 4 00 4 00 274 City of Ithaca, Polling place 45 00 45 00 275 William McKinney, Board Health . 8 oo 8 00 276 Mrs. Hellen Beardsley, polling place, as'd Frank Cole zo 00 20 00 277 W. R. Morey, distributing boxes . . 2 00 2 00 278 John Terwilliger, rent polling place 28 00 28 00 279 Chas. Terwilliger, Deputy Sheriff, as'd W. H. Willson 4 00 4 00 28o Spence Spencer, registration. 8 oo 8 00 281 Sawyer & Glenzer, rent polling place 40 00 4o 00 282 John Vaut, rent Town Clerk's Office . 40 00 • 40 00 283 Hose Co. No. 5, rent polling place . 4o 00 40 00 284 Myron Van Orman, rent polling place 20 00 20 00 285 Chas. Ingersoll, rent polling place. 20 00 20 00 286 Sprague Steamer Co. No. 6, rent polling place . 40 00 4o 00 287 A. M. Cradit, rent polling place 20 00 20 00 288 George Dodd, Constable Deputy, as'd Chas. Ingersoll 1 70 1 70 289 Jason P. Merrill, Justice Peace . 4 10 4 10 290 A. N. Ackley, Inspector, assigned Blackman Bros. . . 20 00 20 00 291 Fred McWhorter, Poll Clerk,4 00 4 00 292 Geo. Lattimore, Inspector, assigned Rothschild Bros. 8 00 8 00 293 Helen Leonard, erroneous tax 1890 9 64 9 64 294 Cornelius Leary, coal and wood O. P 438 46 438 46 295 Robert Reed, Inspector 8 oo 8"oo 296 Michael Mitchell, Clerk Election, as'd McCrea & Reed 8 00 8 oo 297 C. H. Van Houter, Inspector, " 4,8 00 8 00 298 Godfrey & Gilbert, road scraper and plow . . . . . 15 3o 15 3o 299 James Lynch, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 30o E. C. Wolf, Constable . 2 55 2 55 iO4 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 301 Nicholas Pearson, Ex -Supervisor $46 00 $46 oo 302 R. L. Smith, Justice, assigned W. H. Willson 56 oo 56 oo 303 53 30 51 4o 304 C. H. Van Houter, Inspector 8 00 8 oo 305 J. J. Ayers Durling, O. P. orders . r7 00 1100 306 G. A. R. rent polling place 40 00 4o 00 307 John H. Staley, Inspector . 8 oo 8 oo 308 Robert Harvey, Supplies 5 35 5 35 309 Note, Highways, 250 00 250 00 310 Blackman Bros., 0. P. orders 114 00 114 00 311 Drake & Townsend, 0. P. orders 107 00 107 00 312 F. T. Greenly, 0. P. orders 42 00 42 00 313 I,. V. Coal Co., O. P. orders coal and wood . 746 93 746 93 314 C. M. Titus, in account with the town of Ithaca (in excess of excise) 100 75 100 75 315 T. J. Bierce, Deputy Sheriff, as'd Treman, King Co.. 4 '70 4 00 $16,974 16 We the undersigned, the Town Auditors of the Town of Ithaca, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct list, and the statement of all accounts examined, audited or rejected at the meeting of said Board of Auditors, held at the Town Clerk's office on the above date, November, 1897. C. M. TITUS, Supervisor. JASON P. MERRILL, M. E. POOLE, SC Justices. Wm. J. ToTTEN, W. P. HARRINGTON, Town Clerk. ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 316 James Norton, supplies overseer of Poor 317 F. R. Benton, Inspector, assigned Phillip Harris . . 318 P. S. McAllister, Clerk of Election, as'd W. H. Willson 319 H. H. Miller, Deputy Sheriff, assigned W. H. Willson $20 00 800 4 00 580 $37 8o SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 105 STATEMENT OP ISAAC DODD, OVERSEER OP THE POOR. Receipts as per statement of John G. Smith, Nov. 5 to Dec. 2oth 189o. Cash in Bank $117 00 Towns Ulysses and Danby 85 00 Disbursements as per Statement of J. G. Smith, . Cash on Hand Receipts as per Statement N. M. Gillett, Dec. 20, 189o, to Feb. 17, 1891 from all sources . $222 17 Disbursements $217 69 Cash on Hand, Feb. 17, 189r. 448 Receipts as per Statement Isaac Dodd from March i, 1891, to Nov. i, 1891, from all sources $328 28 $87 41 114 59 $202 00 $202 00 C. M. Titus, Excise receipts Cash . 100 75 $4,154 57 Disbursements as per Statement Isaac Dodd from March 1, 1891, to Nov. 1, 1891 C. E. Titus, audited Feb. 17, 1891 STATEMENT OP COST OP THE POOR. $222 17 $4,255 32 $4,583 6o $328 28 4,255 32 $4,583 6o Outstanding Bills as per Statement, Nov. 1, 1861. $7,018 27 C. M. Titus, disbursements audited Feb. 17, 1891. 4,255 32 Disbursements of J. G. Smith and N. M. Gillett from Nov. 5, 189o, to Feb. 1891. . Cost of Support of Poor $11,273 59 $305 Io $11,578 69 106 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. STATEMENT OF HORACE A. BROWN COMMISSIONER HIGHWAYS. Receipts from all sources from Nov. 5, 1890 to Feb. 17, 1891. Cash on Hand Nov. 5, 1890 Disbursements Nov. 3, 1890, to Feb. 17, 189r . $47 75 Services Nov. 5, 189o, to Feb. 17, 1891. 56 00 Cash on Hand, 17 Feb., 1891 21 22 Receipts from all sources from March rst, to Nov. 4th, 1891. $583 63 Cash on Hand Feb. r 7th, 1891 21 22 Disbursements as per Statement from March 1st to Nov. 4th, 1891 $425 44 Cash in Commissioner's Hands 179 41 LANSING. $r24 97 $r24 97 004 85 $604 85 Abstract of the naives of all persons who presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Lansing, on the 5th day of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. Claimed. Allowed r James G. Buck, Service bill $36 0o $36 00 2 H. A. Teeter, Commissioner, Service bill 53 00 53 00 3 M. W. Searles, Town supplies 3o 12 30 12 4 R. Beardsley, rent for hall 10 00 10 00 5 J. M. Smith, Service and use of hall to 5o 10 5o 6 Henry Field, Excise Commissioner . 3 00 3 00 7 J. W. Pratt, Poll Clerk and services . 4 25 4 25 8 Hiram Bower, Poll Clerk . . 4 00 4 00 9 H. W. Bower, Inspector 12 00 12 00 xiWm. Dates, Inspector and Messenger . 17 8o 17 8o • SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 107 i i Chas. Barger, Inspector $12 00 $12.00 12 Chas. G. Hagin, Poll Clerk. 4 00 4 00 13 Glen L. Bacon, Inspector and Messenger . 20 08 20 o8 14 Fred Townley, Inspector and Messenger 19 64 19 64 15 Will Davis, Inspector 12 00 12 00 16 F. M. Wooley, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 17 Wm. A. Singer, Clerk of Election 4 00 4 00 18 Geo. Ryan, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 19 C. G. Benjamin, Supplies to Poor. 47 87 47 87 20 B: M. Hagin, Criminal Bill . 6 45 6 45 21 C. G. Benjamin, Board of Health, 4 00 4 00 22 C. G. Benjamin, Office rent. 9 50 9 50 23 A. J. Conlin, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 24 Frank Singer, Inspector 12 00 12 00 25 John Conklin, Election Clerk 4 00 4 00 26 Samuel Hudson, Inspector and Messenger 14 00 14 00 27 Frank Tarbell, Election Clerk . 4 00 / 400 28 Chas. E. Robinson, Service bill . 37 00 37 00 26 L. R. Lyon, use of hall 25 00 25 00 3o Earl Teeter, plank . 16 00 16 00 31 R. Beardsley, Poor supplies 41 54 41 54 32 N. E. Lyon, Criminal bill 3 90 3 90 33 Wm. Mead, Poor supplies 44 O0 44 00 34 Ithaca Journal, Printing bill 63 00 63 00 35 Albert VanAuken, Constable 19 94 19 94 36 P. L. Smith, Poor supplies io 65 io 65 37 0. S. VanPaten, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 38 Willson D. Williams, Inspector . 12 00 12 00 39 Henry Blakley, Poor supplies 5 00 5 00 40 W. H. Lockerby, Medical service . 4 50 4 50 41 W. A. J. Osmun, plank 13 34 13 34 42 L. R. Lyon, Poor supplies 11 84 i 1 84 43 Dr. A. Rosencrans, Medical service . . 17 25 17 25 44 Dr. A. Rosencrans, Medical service 30 00 5 00 45 Daniel Sullivan, damage . 7 00 5 00 46 W. H. Barr, Medical service 4 00 4 00 47 W. H. Barr, Statistical report 1 25 1 25 48 W. H. Barr, Medical service 2 00 2 00 49 W. H. Barr, Medical service 25 00 25 00 5o W. H. Lockerby, Medical service . 16 5o 16 5o 51 W. H. Lockerby, Medical service . 16 00 16 00 108 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 52 W. H. Lockerby, Medical service $to 5o $to 50 53 S. J. Barnes, Assessor 46 00 46 oo 54 G. M. Hopkins, Poor supplies 41 -78 41 78 55 Ben Golden, damages 1 t oo It o0 56 Daniel Sullivan, Service bill 64 36 40 00 57 C. W. Conger, & Co., Poor supplies 9 90 9 90 58 Hiram Herrick, Service bill 44 00 44 00 59 C. E. Wood, Town Clerk, Service bill . 40 00 40 00 6o C. E. Wood, Disbursements and registering . 9 82 9 82 61 J. H. Conklin, Percentage 28 83 28 83 62 J. H. Conklin, Service bill 27 68 27 68 63 N. E. Lyon, Service bill to 0o to 00 64 B. M. Hagin, Service bill 12 00 12 00 65 Charles Drake, Service bill . 12 00 12 00 66 Frank Tarbell, Service Bill to 0o to 00 67 N. E. Lyon, Ballot Clerk 4 00 400 68 G. C. Gifford, Legal service 15 00 10 00 76 C. S. Gifford, Legal Service, assigned G. C. Gifford . 51 00 35 00 $1,241 79 $1,172 43 I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the bills audited by the Board of Audit of Lansing on the 5th day of November, 1891. C. E. Wool), Town Clerk. ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 70 To Overseer of Poor for support of Poor of said Town S5o oo 71 James L. Baker, Legal services �9 00 72 A. H. Clark, Excise Commissioner 300 73 Chas. H. Bacon, Ballot Clerk 4 00 $86 oo NEWFIEI,D. Abstract of the names of all persons who. presented ac- counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the town of Newfield on the 5th and 6th days of November, 1891, i SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 109 . with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. Claimed. Allowed 1 A. H. Palmer, Inspector, District No. i $12 00 $12 00 2 C. R. Seabring, Inspector, District No. 1 12 00 12 00 3 Smith Douglass, Inspector and Messenger 17 64 17 64 4 W. E. Rush, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 5 Wm. H. Payne, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 6 I. N. Van Ostrand, Poll Clerk 4 00 400 7 Estus Patterson, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 8 Peter Dorn, Inspector and Messenger, District No. 2 17 96 17 96 9 G. W. Osmun, Inspector, District No. 2 . . . . 12 00 12 00 10 Julius Stamp, Inspector, District No. 2 . . . . 12 00 12 00 11 George Swartwood, Ballot Clerk, District No. 2 . ., 4 00 4 00 12 Alfred Conklin, Ballot Clerk, District No. 2 . 4 00 4 00 13 A. D. Brown, Poll Clerk, and Clerk Registering . 8 oo 8 oo 14 Wm. Sunderlin, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 15 Alvah Brown, rent of house for election 7 00 7 00 16 I. B. Palmer's Estate, Rail Road Commissioner . 6 70 6 70 17 A. J. Starks, Inspector and Messenger, District No. 3 . 17 64 17 64 18 Frank B. McAllister, Inspector, District No. 3 .. 12 00 12 00 16 Delos Cutter, Inspector District No. 3 12 00 12 00 20 J. C. Thompson, Ballot Clerk, District No. 3 4 00 4 00 21 J. W. Dean, Ballot Clerk, District No. 3. 4 00 4 00 22 Milton Peck, Poll Clerk, District No. 3 4 00 4 00 23 Benj. Starr, Poll Clerk, District No. 3 4 00 4 00 24 L. T. Carpenter. Assessor 37 50 37 50 25 R. Horton, Attorney and expenses in matter between County of Schuyler and and Town of Newfield . 49 45 49 45 26 Frank Seaman, Ex Justice of the Peace 4 00 4 00 27 Andrew Smith, expenses and services in the Schuyler County case . 10 46 10 46 28 John Lamkin, Ex -Commissioner Highways 18 00 18 00 29 James W. Douglas, supplies for poor 314 02 314 02 3o James W. Douglas, Services as Overseer of Poor .\ . 3o 00 30 00 31 S. A. Seabring Estate, Ex -Supervisor . . 21 14 21 14 32 C. W. McCorn, Railroad Commissioner for 1890 and 91 12 00 12 00 33 Edgar A. Brown, Excise Commissioner, for 1890 and 91 6 00 6 00 34 C. W. McCorn, Excise Commissioner .. . . ... . . . 3 00 3 00 110 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDIVGS, 1891. 35 James Stamp, Excise Commissioner 3 00 3 00 36 Aaron Alexander, use of house for election 15 00 15 00 37 George W. Apgar, Printing tickets, etc 29 00 29 oo 38 F. F. Gillett, Constable 13 25 13 25 39 Aaron Poyer, Services at town meeting 3 00 3 00 4o N. C. Cook, use of rink for election 15 00 15 00 41 N. C. Cook, Supplies for election . 3 46 3 46 42 Newfield Sign Works, for painting signs 4 00 4 00 43 D. H. Tabor, Assessor 3S 25 35 25 44 P. S. Dudley, use of hall for election 28 00 28 o0 45 John C. Thompson, Assessor 38 6o 38 6o 46 Martha M. Smith, erroneous assessment 2 27 2 27 47 Martin Brower's Estate, Constable 4 00 4 00 48 J. W. Dean, Health Officer 2 00 2 00 49 C. C. Cook, Medical services 400 4 00 5o Mrs. J. 1.. Stoughton, erroneous tax 13 00 13 00 51 Simeon Sincebaugh, Constable . 3 00 3 00 52 Ezra T. Runlsey, Com'r Highways, borrowed money 614 10 614 10 53 Ezra T. Rumsey, Commissioner Highways 132 00 132 00 54 Benj. Starr, Town Clerk 15 00 15 00 55 R. Horton, Supervisor 47 36 47 36 56 A. H. Stamp, Justice . 18 00 1 S o0 57 Benj. Starr, Town Clerk 37 03 37 03 58 W. H. Van Ostrand, Justice 20 20 20 20 59 A. K. Allen, Justice 19 6o 19 6o 6o Benj. Starr, Town Clerk 59 30 59 30 6i Seymour Grover, Justice 10 00 10 00 $1,888 53 I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an abstract now on file in my office, BENJ. STARR, Town Clerk. ULYSSES. Abstract of the names of all persons who presented ac= counts to be audited by the Board of Town Auditors of the SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 111 town of Ulysses, on the 5th and 6th days of November, 1891, with the amount claimed by each and the amount finally audited and allowed each. No. Name. Nature of service. Claimed. Allowed 1 William Austin, Inspector $4 oo $4 00 2 James G. McLallen, Clerk of Election 400 400 3 William Austin, Legal service 23 00 23 00 4 H. Van Order, use of house 2 00 2 00 5 F. W. Osborn, Overseer of Poor 30 ro 30 io 6 J. R. Emery, Estate 2 00 2 00 7 J. W. Kirby, Assessor 36 00 36 oo 8 M. T. Rolf, Assessor 47 25 47 25 9 Elias Smith, Poll Clerk 4 00 4 00 Jo O. M. Wilson, Poll Clerk .. 8 oo 8 oo i r George H. Almy, Poll Clerk 8 oo 8 oo 12 P. F. Sears, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 13 Albert G. Stone, Ballot Clerk ...........4 00 4 00 14 H. C. King, Excise Commissioner 3 00 3 00 15 E. S. Teed, Ex -Town Clerk, assigned A. H. Pierson 14 50 14 50 16 C. L. Adams, Printing, assigned A. H. Pierson , . 33 00 33 00 17 J. Barton French, Vital Statistics . 3 00 3 00 18 A. F. Allen, Printing 11 45 11 45 19 E. A. Snow, Ballot Clerk, assigned E. C. Almy . . 4 00 4 00 20 William Austin, Legal services . 40 00 4o 00 21 E. A. Snow, Ballot Clerk 4 00 4 00 22 C. L. Adams, Printing 5 25 5 25 23 W. L. Hall, Photographing Bridge 8 00 8 00 24 A. A. Beard, Stationary 65 65 25 George Wolverton, use of hall 22 00 22 00 26 E. T. Stewart, Overseer of Poor 15 52 15 52 27 E. T. Stewart, Undertaking 16 00 16 00 2$ E. T. Stewart, Undertaking 10 00 10 00 29 Seneca Spicer, Constable . 14 50 14 50 3o S. A. Sherwood, digging graves 12 00 12 00 31 E. C. Almy, Ballott Clerk and use of hall 29 10 29 10 32 W. D. Dimmick, Inspector and Ballot Clerk . 8 00 8 00 33 A. B. Smith, Ballot Clerk 8 00 8 00 34 Charles Van Anrburg, Ballot Clerk 8 00 8 00 35 W. H. Gauoung, Commissioner Highways 30 75 3o 75 112 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 36 J. Flickinger, M. D. Physician . $38 00 $38 oo 37 J. Flickinger, M. D., Physician 10 0o To 00 38 J. Flickinger, M. D., Vital Statistics 4 25 4 25 39 Leroy Trembly, use of house . 8 oo 8 00 40 F. A. Kerst, M. D., Vital Statistics 7 50 7 50 41 Henry Williams, Inspector, Poll Clerk and Messenger 13 00 13 00 42 John Van Buskirk, Undertaking 20 00 20 00 43 W. G. Farrington, Excise Commissioner 3 00 3 00 44 Willis H. Morgan, Assessor 54 75 54 75 45 A. H. Pierson, Supervisor, Services in the Durling and Atwater Cases 13 79 13 79 46 W. I. Sherwood, Overseer of Poor 5o 16 5o 16 47 F. A. Kerst, M. D 7 5o 7 5o 48 E. T. Stewart, Undertaking 20 00 20 00 49 A. H. Pierson, Supervisor 55 32 55 32 5o J. R. Broome, Vital Statistics . 7 00 7 00 51 John Kerst, Town Clerk 62 98 62 98 52 Henry Hutchings, Justice and Town Board 800 8 00 53 A. P. Osborn, Justice and Town Board 36 65 36 65 54 N. R. Gifford, Justice and Town Board 4 00 4 00 55 John N. Barker, Justice and Town Board 24 00 24 00 56 W. H. Ganonng, Commissioner Highways 2 00 2 00 $926 97 $926 97 We the undersigned, comprising the Board of Auditors of the town of Ulysses, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true list of all bills audited by us at the annual meeting, November 5th and 6th, 1891. A. H. PIERs0N, Supervisor. A. P. OSBORN, N. R. GIFFORD, Justices. JOHN N. BARKER, HENRY HUTCHINGS, JOHN KERST, Town Clerk. ,ADDED BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 57 Frank Terry, Inspector Election $12 00 58 S. L. Stone, Inspector Election . 16 00 59 C. F. Hunter, Inspector Election . 20 20 6o E. M. Corcoran, Inspector Election 16 oo SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 113 6x Thomas Kirby, Inspector Election $26 88 62 M. T. Ward, Inspector Election i6 oo 63 W. H. Van Dine, Inspector Election 12 00 64 N. R. Gifford, Inspector Election 22 20 65 Clermont Sears, Inspector Election 12 00 66 John M. Barker, Inspector Election 8 00 67 Mrs. Wm. Hall, erroneous tax, 1890 13 oS 68 A. H. Pierson, Supervisor 8 48 69 T. H. King, Surveying and Drawing Map . 12 00 $194 84 114 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Reports. REPORT OF COUNTY TREASURER. Supplemental Report of Geo. H. Northrup, County Treas- urer from November 12, 189o, to January r, 1891, of County Business. RECEIPTS. Cash on hand Nov. 12, 189o. $7o6 07 From Comptroller of New York State for non-resident taxes accepted 141 70 J. H. Calklin, Supervisor on account of unpaid taxes . 4 48 J. H. Kennedy, Supervisor on account of unpaid taxes 4 47 Self supporting patients at Willard Assylum 392 58 ' Fine from H. S. Hopkins, Justice of Peace 5 00 School taxes from railroad 170 47 Proceeds of note discounted at First National Bank . . 2,481 10 DISBURSEMENTS. To C. W. Conger, Supervisor, fine To N. Pierson, Supervisor, fine $3,905 87 $5 00 25 00 D. W. Bailey, Balance due Enfield 1 23 School District Collectors. 170 47 Willard Asylum 3,056 21 Gas bills 47 12 F. E. Bates, Supervisor, headstone for Corryell Cannon, a deceased soldier 1,� 00 Salaries 135 42 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 115 T. J. Stephens, headstones for John Patterson, George Cur- tis and Thos. Flood, deceased soldiers Court expenses C. J. Rumsey & Co., bond box Cash paid Chas. Ingersoll, County Treasurer $ 45 00 189 09 I 00 215 33 $3,905 87 Infant Heir Report from November 15, 1890, to January i, 1891. RECEIPTS. Cash in First National Bank, November 15, 1890 Cash in Ithaca Savings Bank, November 15, 1890 Bonds and Mortgages on hand November 15, 1890. . Interest received on bonds and mortgages . DISBURSEMENTS. Paid Lizzie Teeter, 21 years of age Interest on investments paid to heirs or their guardians . Paid on account of Laura M. Sexton, lunatic Cash paid Chas. Ingersoll, County Treasurer, Cash in Ithaca Savings Bank transferred to Chas Ingersoll, County Treasurer Bonds and Mortgages, turned over to Chas. Ingersoll, County Treasurer $I,105 22 5,408 13 32,970 13 62 93 $39,546 41 $ 554 83 143 48 142 84 996 02 4,789 It 32,920 13 $39,546 41 Surplus Moneys Report from November 15, 1890, to Janu- ary 1, 1891. RECEIPTS Cash in First National Bank, November 15, 1890 Cash in U. S. Trust Co., November 15, 1890 Received of C. R. Woolcott, Referee case of St. John, vs. Curtis, executor, et al $1,622 92 5o8 94 290 24 $2,422 I0 116 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. DISBURSEXENTS. Case of Baker vs Brown, et al Cash paid Chas. Ingersoll, County Treasurer Cash in U. S. Trust Co., transferred to Chas. Ingersoll, County Treasurer, exclusive of accrued interest... . . TOMPKINS COUNTY, SS : $ 38o o8 1,533 o8 5o8 94 $2,422 10 Geo. H. Northrup being duly sworn, says that the foregoing Reports of "County Business", "Infant Heir Fund" and "Surplus Moneys" are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief and are true statements 'of all moneys received and paid out by him as County Treasurer from Nov. 12th and 15th, 189o, to Jan. 1, 1891. GEO. H. NORTHRUP, County Treasurer. Sworn to before me Jan. 5th, 1891. L. H. VAN KIRK, County Clerk. To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County. The undersigned Trealurer of Tompkins County respect- fully subrnits his annual statement of receipts and disburse- ments of the County funds from January 1, 1891, to November 12, 1891, as follows : The receipts from all sources including balance on hand January i, 1891, amount to the sum of . The disbursements for the same period Balance in any hands In Tompkins County Natiqnal Bank $95,082 99 94,520 o8 $562 91 $478 52 On hand 84 39 $562 91 SUPERVISORS' PROCtEDII\TQ S, 1891. 117 I certifythat there stands this day on the books of this bank to the credit of Charles Ingersoll, County Treasurer, the sum of $478.52, Nov. 12, 1891. GEO. C. MOWRY, Book -Keeper Tompkins County National Bank. TOMPIIINS COUNTY, SS : Charles Ingersoll being duly sworn, says that the following statement is comet t to the best of his knowledge and belief, and is a true report of all moneys received and paid out by him, as County Treasurer since January r, 189r, to November 12„1891, excepting moneys belonging to the Infant Heir Fund and surplus moneys. CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer. Sworn to before me this seventeenth day of November, 1891. ALBERT G. STONE, Notary Public. RECEIPTS. Balance from G. H. Northrup, Ex -County Treasurer One per cent. fee on State tax On account of the tax levy 1890 : Town of Caroline $3,713 32 Danby 3,711 63 Dryden, 10,357 25 Enfield 2,838 00 Groton . 7,001 34 Ithaca 25,648 8o Lansing 10,240 27 Newfield 3,8o9 87 Ulysses . 8,016 04 $75,336 52 Superintendent of Public Instruction . Self supporting patients Willard State Hospital . . Fines from L. H. Van Kirk, County Clerk Avails of note discounted at Tompkins County Na- tional Bank, Credit Court Expenses School Taxes from railroad $215 33 181 79 $14,721 43 461 74 15o 00 2,461 25 348 01 118 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Fines from Justices of Peace : T. W. Slocum $ 3 00 A. S. Smiley, 3 00 H. S. Hopkins . 10 00 A. P. Osborne 3 00 J. M. Montfort . 5 00 J. P. Merrill . 13 00 Interest for Tompkins County National Bank .. . $ 37 00 I 00 State Game Constable 250 00 Collateral Inheritance : M. Van Cleef, Attorney estate of Mary Barnard G. C. Chambers, estate Sophia B. Barney . . . . 422 75 $144 53 $567 28 Non -Resident taxes, allowed from State 351 64 DISBURSEMENTS. $95'0$2 99 Paid Comptroller of New York State $18,179 13 Superintendent of Poor orders 4,929 76 District Attorney's office rent 200.00 Willard State Hospital . 7,766 39 Susquehanna Valley Home. 553 52 Fuel and Gas : Coal $553 08 Gas . 230 56 $783 64 Sheriff office rent o 35 00 Postage and Stationery 15 00 New York State Institute for Deaf Mutes 225 00 Auburn State Asylum Criminal Insane 195 00 Auburn Orphan Asylum 292 00 Ithaca Hone 52 00 Ithaca Home for children 182 50 Clerk's postage 15 00 Court orders. $4,199 8o 1 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEbINGS, 1891. 119 Burial of Geo. R. Williams and Owen Brady . . . Tombstones for the following deceased soldiers : Gabriel R. Ballart, Geo. Gruesdall, Enos Cook, Horace Root, Patrick H. Hart, James H. took, Albert Sanford, A. E. Van Inwagen, C. A. Van Vradenburg, A. E. Lashier, Wallace Sandburn, Owen Brady, G. R. Williams, Chas. L. Wood, H. H. Straight, John L. Robinson, Albert Thomp- son, Ebenezer Perry, Joseph T. Estes, Edward Williamson, Albert Prame, Henry Mastin, Chas. Cornwell, N. Gosline, L. Shaw, H. H. Philes, Jno. Smith, A. C. Gosline, A. B. Harrington, at $15 each Court Expenses : $ 70 00 435 00 Stenographers $26o 66 District Attorney's expenses 26 34 Surrogate,s Office 2 50 Hon. H. J. Mead, holding court 70 00 J. T. Newman, Examining County hooks 1890 . 36 00 Bills Payable : Note, First National Bank, Ithaca, N. Y. $2,181 54 Note, First National Bank 2,500 00 Note, M. N. Tompkins 1,368 15 Note, cash paid John Boice 2,100 00 Collectors of School Districts . Paid Supervisors fines received from Justices . State Game Constable Collateral inheritance ; Draft State Treasury. $538 92 Commission on above 28 36 County Audits Court House repairs $5,100 30 $8,149 69 $254 24 37 00 223 38 $567 28 $II,541 73 loo 00 120 SUPERVISORS' PROCEED1IG}S, 1891. Salaries : County Judge $2,500 00 County Treasurer goo 00 Clerk of Supervisors 150 00 Chaplain of Alms House 50 00 District Attorney 600 00 Clerk of Surrogate's Court . 250 00 Jail Physician . 50 00 Sheriff's Janitor account 350 00 School Commissioners . 400 00 Surrogate's Janitor account 95 00 Special County Judge 50 00 Clerk compiling Comptroller's report to 00 Court Stenographer, (paid to state) . 472 79 School Moneys : Caroline 52,544 22 Danby 2,151 59 Dryden 3,894 58 Enfield 1,586 41 Groton 3,116 to Ithaca 8,065 87 Lansing . 2,542 25 Newfield 2,832 58 Ulysses 2,531 13 Cash on hand Trial Balance, County Treasurer, November 12,1891 : Cash on hand $562 91 Due county from Caroline 4 26 Danby 3 99 Enfield 23 97 Groton 27 07 Ithaca 2,067 69 Lansing. 8o 88 Newfield 38 64 Ulysses 210 48 55,857 79 $29,264 73 562 91 $95,082 99 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 121 Fuel and gas account $ 19 11 County Audits . Ioo 6o $3,139 6o .' Due Town of Dryden $ 11 85 Superintendent of Poor z8 Willard State Hospital 2,759 98 Postage and Stationery 64 New York State Institute for blind . 41 67 Court Expense 129 79 School Districts. 93 77 State Game Constable . 26 62 Repairs on County House 75 00 $3,139 6o INFANT HEIR FUND—SCHUDULE A. Report of Chas. Ingersoll as County Treasurer from Janu- ary 1, 1891, to November 15, 1891. RECEIPTS From G. H. Northrup, Ex -Treasurer, Ithaca Savings Bank $4,789 I I Cash on hand 996 02 Bonds and Mortgages Deposited by order of Court for the accdunt of the Babcock Heirs McAllister vs. McDonald, et al Interest received on Mortgages, etc DISBURSEMENTS. Paid out on Court Orders to the following named heirs 21 years of age, in full : John E. Smith. $700 00 424 46 $30 77 $5,785 13 32,920 13 $1,124 46 1,466 55 $41,296 27 122 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Eliza C. Metzgar . Frank E. Seagar. P. G. Ellsworth, Attorney McAllister vs. McDonald, Willard State Hospital, bill of Laura M. Sexton . . Catherine McDougall, her share of principal . . . Interest paid out to the heirs or to their general guardians Cash on hand In Tompkins County National Bank . . . Bonds and Mortgages, see Schedule B Nov. 15, 1891 29 16 47 28 $I07 21 134 04 130 36 20 16 868 71 19 15 3,633 79 36,382 85 $41,296 27 I certify that there stands this day on the hooks of this bank to the credit of the Infant Heir Fund, the sum of $3,633.79. November 15, 1891. H. L. HINCKLEY, Cashier Tompkins County National Bank. INFANT HEIR REPORT—SCHEDULE, B. Investment. MORTGAGOR. DATE. HEIRS INTERESTED. Amount of Interest. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. lst Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. lst Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 2d Mol tgage. 1st Mortgage. Jacob Bates. E. J. Bentley. Tamar A. Chase. Wm. M. Dates. Hiram A.Davenport P. & J. Driscoll. O. H. Gregory. D. W. Gillow. Sarah .1. Griffin. Mary B. Ingersoll. Edwin Jillett. S. and N.C. Johnson S. and N.C. Johnson Louisa A. Miller. John McArthur. Geo. P. Pickens. Carrie A. Smith. Carrie A. Smith. Sam'l A. Seabring. Feb. 4, '82 Jan. 2, '91 Mar. 29, '83 Oct. 17, '85 Tune 5, '88 Mar. 12, '89 May 1, '86 Feb. 11, '84 Dec. 31, '89 July 14,'91 June 19,'80 April 20,'91 July 5, '87 June 7, '86 April 11,'74 Feb. 8, '88 Mar. 28, '82 ,Jan. 26, '88 June'll, '85 Mabel McNeil $551 43 John Broas. 58 98 Carpenter, heirs of J. D. 81 54 Carpenter, heirs of Dan'l 60 00 Heirs of Noah Keator 1500 00 Chase heirs 259 07 Heirs of J. D. Dates. 831 97 Heirs of Paul Layton. 242 18 Lizzie Teeter. 383 61 Mabel McNeil 519 02 .tmith heirs. 60 80 McGilivery heirs. 370 00 R. V. Crittenden. 138 88 Heirs Margaret Dudgeon 2876 03 John H. Holt. 1035 00 Heirs Chas. Simpson. 300 00 Griffin heirs. 2444 44 Carpente,, heirs of Dan'l 777 23 Goodspeed heirs 801 44 Carpenter, heirs of Dan'l 300 00 Carpenter, heirs of Dan'l 300 00 Wyckoff heirs. .2400 00 Van Horn heirs. 1150 43 Lyman B. Pickens. 511 82 Carpenter, heirs of Dan'l 500 00 Ada P. Blackman. 100 00 Fred Bunnell 100 00 Mandeville heirs 779 73 Amount of Mortgage 761 95 1500 00 259 07 831 97 1714 49 2376 03 1035 00 300 00 2444 44 777 23 801 04 300 00 300 00 2400 1150 43 511 82 500'00 200 0730 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1801. 123 INFANT HEIR REPORT—ScHEDuLE B. (Continued). Investment. MORTGAGOR. DATE. I HEIRS INTERESTED. Amount of Interest. Amount of Mortganc 1st Mortga•"e 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 2d Mortgage 1st Mortgage. 1st.Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. 1st Mortgage. Note of J. A. J 0111 Sincebaugh Douglas Selover. Geo. Si mom lnna E. Stanford. April 24,'91 John Broas. Drake, heirs of Catherine Clara Searles. Mary and Lizzie Teeter. Fleming heirs. McAllister & McDonald. Lyman B. Pickens. McKee heirs. Young heirs. Wyckoff heirs. John Manning. Lora M. Patch, Lillian Kirkendall. Jennie M. Thomas. Olive Shurter. Elizabeth Simpson Clara Searles. Mabel McNeil. McKee heirs of John. Laura M. Sexton Carpenter, heirs of .T. D. Carpenter, heirs of Dan'l Fuller heirs Mary Hughes & children Tobey heirs Lora M. Patch. Carpenter, heirs of J. D. Griffin Ada P. Blackman. O'Brien, heirs of Jane Clara Searles, D. and M. Woodin O'Brien, heirs ofJane Pew heirs. Fred Brown. Heirs Jane Whitlock. John Manning. Fred Bunnell. Mabel McNeil. McKee. heirs of John Carpenter, heirs of Dan'l Wilgus heirs. E. & Julia Seeley. M. E. & M. L. King. Keator Bros. Eldert heirs. Fisk. heirs. Manning vs. Raub. Carpenter, heirs of .5. D. Hanford heirs. .lane O'Brien. Clara Searles Susie G. Van Horn. Fogarty heirs McKee, heirs of John Kittle Axford Carpenter, heirs of .3. D. Ada P. Blackman Fogarty heirs Clara Searles. J. B: Warren. Simpson, heirs of Chas. Hanford heirs Carpenter, heirs of .T. D. April 1, '89 Oct. 24, '83 April 1, '84 Mary S. and H. M. Mar. 31, '86 Thompson. Eron C. VanKirk. Jan. 20, '72 Wni. H. Wood. Martha Woodin. Elston and Fred E. Bates. Note George Simpson, Ella Dans, Frank Dans, C. M. Bliven. Note of C. M. Note Wilcox, Titus, secured by m't'g of C. A. Ives and J. M. Osborne. Slocum & George, secured by first mtg. Daniel Lane. Feb. 10, '86 April 5, '76 Trial amount invested in Mortgages, etc 42 98 46 78 56 19 42 89 347 70 290 42 73 04 148 84 123 00 100 10 272 88 450 67 100 00 243 75 60 86 3388 94 855 29 39 33 105 38 2.56 28 184 31 411 18 49 90 88 33 795 00 265 00 400 00 176 00 176 00 174 00 826 31 49 66 4346 21 13 185 48 18 56 63 38 371 60 619 57 460 00 154 75 481 00 156 58 562 50 115 40 171 14 75 79 100 00 50 00 150 00 10000 100 00 420 43 282 76 96 1 534 23 529 00 98 86 237 11 27 82 37 00 35 98 500 00 900 00 1510 011 3388 94 0.100 00 2000 00 850 00 174 00 826 31 3500 00 500 00 800 00 1500 00 500 00 $36,382 85 124 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. SURPLUS MONEYS—SCHEDULE C. RECEIPTS. Cash on hand U. S. Trust Company January 1, 1891 Received of H. S. Hopkins, Attorney for Joseph Harris vs. Herbert C. Newton Received of Jared T. Newman, Attorney estate of Austin D. Mallory . Received of Judge Ellsworth, Attorney Yaples vs. Monroe - Received of Judge Ellsworth, Attorney Jonathan P. Purdy and others Received of W. G. Gibbs, administrator estate of Geo. W. Sherman Received of Manning vs. Shaw Received from Geo. B. Davis, Referee Sweetland vs. Dewitt Received of M. Van Cleef, Attorney Townley vs. Townley DISBURSEMENTS. $5o8 94 1,533 o8 73 82 26 27 109 04 590 13 1,550 00 568 26 84800 24 73 $5,832 27 John Learn estate $17 46 David B. Torrey estate . 290 24 Cowdry vs. Ervy 518 34 Parsons vs. Parsous . . 87 67 Yaples vs..Mowers . 109 04 G. W. Sherman estate 1,550 00 Harris vs. Newton 73 82 Sweetland vs. Newton 724 00 Cash on hand 1,952 76 U. S. Trust Co 508 94 $5,832 27 TOMPKINS COUNTY, SS : Charles Ingersoll being duly sworn, says that the foregoing reports marked respectively A, B and C, are correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 125 Schedule A is a truc -,-port of all moneys received and paid out on ac- count of the Infant Heir Fund, from January 1. 189r, to November 15, 1891. Schedule B represents the condition of the securities, and investments of the Infant Heir Fund November 15, 1891, excepting worthless and insufficient securities taken prior to 1878, a list of which appears in the report of November 16, 1886 (see supervisors' proceedings of 1886, page ioo). Schedule C is a report of all Surplus Moneys received and paid out by him from January 1, r89r, to November 16, 1891. CHARLES INGERSOLL, Treasurer of Tompkins County. Sworn to before me this second day of December, 1891. ALBERT G. STONE, Notary Public. I certify that there stands this day on the books of this bank to the credit of Chas. Ingersoll, County Treasurer, account of " Surplus Moneys" the sun' of $1,952.76. November 16, 1891. H. L. HINCKLEY, Cashier Tompkins County National Bank. UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Nos. 45 and 47 Wall Street NEW YORK, Nov. 29th, 1891. This is to certify that there was on deposit in this company on this date at the opening of business to the credit of the Treasurer of Tompkins County, the sum of five hundred and twenty-four dollars and sixty-four cents, "Surplus Moneys". $524.64 H. L. THORNELL, Secretary. Tr 126 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT. ITHACA, N. Y., -Dec. 1o, 1891. To the Board of Supervisors, Tompkins County : I have to report that since the ist day of January, 1891, to date, I have received for Tompkins County, money as fines, and paid the same to County Treasurer as follows, Treasurer's receipts herewith : Willard Predmore, fine, (sentenced at January term of sessions) Frank Cummings, fine, (sentenced at May term of sessions) Jerome Towner, fine, (sentenced at May term of sessions) • TOMPKINS COUNTV, SS , $35 00 6o oo 55 00 $150 00 Leroy H. Van Kirk being duly sworn, says that he is the Clerk 'of the County of Tompkins and that he has received no moneys as fines or otherwise for said county, except those set forth in the above report. L. H. VAN KIRK. Sworn to before me this I ith day of December, 189r. DEWITT C. BOUTON, Notary Public. TOMPKINS COUNTV TREASURER'S OFFICE. Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 3o, 1891. Received from L. H. Van Kirk, County Clerk, thirty-five dollars on ac- count of fine of Willard Predmore, January Court of Sessions. $35.00 CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer. TOMPKINS COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE. Ithaca, N. Y., May 12, 1891. Received from L. H. Van Kirk, Clerk, by T. J. McElheny, sixty dollars for fine of Frank Cummings. $6o.00 CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 127 TOMPKINS COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE. Ithaca, N. Y., June, TO, 1891. Received from T. J. McElhenv, Deputy Clerk, fifty-five dollars fine of Jerome Towner. $55.00 CHARLES INGERSOLL, County Treasurer. SHERIFF'S REPORT. I certify that the following fines have been paid to me and that the same have been turned over to the parties mentioned below, viz : 1891, Sept. 2S. Turned over to Chas. Ingersoll as County Treasurer, Henry Hougur's fine $50 00 Oct. 2. Turned over to C. L. Smith, as Recorder, Nelson Grover's fine 20 00 Nov. 2, 1891. $70 00 J. W. TIBBETTS, Sheriff. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. To the Honorable, the ,Boas.' of Supervisors of Tompkins County . The undersigned Superintendent of the Poor of Tompkins County, respectfully reports that from the i5th day of Novem- ber, 189o, to the 15th clay of November, 1891, the following named persons have been supported in the County Alms House : 128 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDING -S, 1$91. n1 LONGLNG TO COUNTS'. Names. No. Days. Names. No. Days. Richard King . 365 Frank Barber r Moses Myers . . . 365 John Mahan . 2 Albert Downer 365 Robert Whipple . 2 Jaynes Hewitt' 290 Frank Milburn 2 Lena Collins, (colored) 365 Joseph Theron 2 Frederick Davids 365 Abram Collins . 4 Pattie Scott, (colored) 365 John Maney . . 2 Stephen Fowler. (colored) . 9 John Meginty . r Samuel Finch . r George Puff. r John Smith r Wm. Thomas 2 Edward Johnson 145 Francis Blue 2 John Sanders r James Strong 2 John Davis r John Ryon 1 John Carson i Charles Cummings I Frank Duncan r George Sanders i James Kelly . i John Warren 2 Wm. Collins 350 Philip Barnum. 3 Thomas Carter 2 James Bush 3 Wm. O'Brien 2 Charles Reed r Frank Burns 2 Amos Reed i Albert Benton . r Amos Sanders . r Robert Smith i Case Reynolds r John Farrine i Thomes McCarty r Frank Wilson i Joseph Sullivan . i James Nelson r George Strong 2 Thomas Flynn 4 Robert White 1 Charles Monroe . 55 Charles Monroe 2 David Campbell . 3 Philander O'Connor 2 Samuel Scott 2 Thomas Strong 2 Peter Skinner . r Hiram McDonald 2 James Strong 2 Charles Maney 2 Thomas Theron r Maggie Sutherland 1 George Whiteing II Edward Johnson r Thomas Miller i i James Flynn 2 Ira Suthard 19 Thomas Strong 2 Jeruma Streight . 239 George Thomas 2 James Schult 82 Charles Monroe 2 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 129 John Meginty 2 John Bishop 2 John Merrill 2 Eliza Dawson 114 Wm. Whipple . 34 James Carroll 2 Thomas Lane 33 Charles Reede . . 1 James McCarty 31 Charles Monroe . 1 Paul Scott, (colored) . 239 James Scavenger 3 Willis Sanders 1 George Reede . 1 Thomas O'Brien.. i Isaac Johnson . 1 John Tompkins 1 Jom Jones i Abner Slack . 2 Thomas Jefferson 1 Francis Obdel . 2 Alson Strong 3 James Oak man 2 John Stout 1 Charles Smith 1 Thomas Finch 2 Isaac Chapman 252 James Thorn 2 Joseph Scott . 3 Edward Crumb 2 Wm. Barrett 3 George Hance . 2 James Collins 1 James Fletcher 3 Frank Williams 1 John Thomas 2 John Brown . 1 Theo Stout 2 John Mahone r Loran McGegan . 1 Robert Whipple . 1 Erastus Snook 2 Edward Simmons 78 Aaron McRean 2 Edwin Grunner . 1 Jim Stone . i Total County 4,340 ITHACA Horace Whitehead 365 Bertie Carpenter 187 Daniel McClune. 365 Charles Wilkison 69 Seth R. Peak 157 John Quinn 33 Abram Shepard 186 Mrs. Wm. Dyer . i George Thompson. 365 Bella Swan (colored) 103 Joseph Jones 365 Daniel Carney 126 A. R. T"aylor 365 Abram Pellum 161 Emeline VanAlstine 365 Avimic Swan (colored) 71� Daniel Cook So George Short 153 John Sullivan . 365 George Ferguson 94 Dyer Pangburn 365 John Bishop . 89 Carrie Carpenter 213 Frank Ranney 84 Peter Nicholson . . . 365 Cora Swortwood 65 130 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Nelson Wright 78 Robert Swortwood. 39 Abram Case 140 James Wilson . . 23 Charles Schuyler 355 Total Ithaca DRYDEN. Hiram. Dodge . . . . . . . 365 Akis Burton Frank Corcoran 365 Silas Tucker . Elisha Wilcox 365 5,783 142 6o Total Dryden 1,297 CAROLI NE. Everett Boyer .. 202 Michael Ward Mrs. Z. Venerable. 365 Total Caroline GROTON. John McCarty ULYSSES. Janes Ferguson . 310 Jackson Purdy . . . . . . 150 Total Ulysses, 460 46 613 342 ENFIELD. Everell Kellogg . 214 Morgan Wallenbeck 23 Emeline Auble 4 Total Enfield 241 LANSING. Barney Moore 99 Sally Peters 59 Lorenzo Kent . 365 Total Lansing 5 �3 DANDY. Jerusha Cronce 365 Bertie Steinmyre Elnora Cronce 365 Steinmyre .... , Ira D. Nichols . . . 365 Total Danby . . 4 1,103 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 131 NEWFIELD. Richard Vreeland ` 354 Michael Corbit . 295 Sarah J. Vreeland 365 Total Newfield . . 1014 The whole number of days said paupers have been sup- ported in County Alms House, 15,671. No. Days. Cost of board and Clothing County 4,340 $854 58 Ithaca . 5,738 • • • • • 1,129 86 Dryden 1,297 . 255 49 Caroline 613 120 72 Groton 342 67 35 Ulysses 460 90 58 Enfield 241 . . . . . . . . . 47 46 Lansing 523 103 00 Danby . 1,103 217 19 Newfield 1,014 199 66 15,671 $3,085 89 The amount of Drafts drawn on the County Treasurer for bills audited by the Superintendent for the support of the in- stitution, during the said year over and above the proceeds of the farm was $3,397.45, of which $314.93 was for improve- ments, leaving a balance of $3,o82.52 for the expenses of the house. The following accounts have been audited by the Superin- tendent of the Poor, and drafts drawn on the County Treasurer for expenses incurred from the 15th day of November, 1890, to the 15th day of November, 1891. Date No. order. CLASS A—Meats. Dec. 3, 1890 5 A. L. Wets, fresh meat . $20 29 Dec. 20, " 9 W. H. Morgan, pork 6 49 132 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Dec. 20, 1890. 10 W. T. Nixon, pork . $25 91 Ir Frank Carman, " 19 97 12 Henry Andrews, " 20 84 13 Wm. Kelsey, " 30 29 14 Jno. Vanderbilt, " 31 46 15 A. J. Williams, " 24 29 16 C. J. Fletcher, 22 78 27 John Theal, " 23 20 18 Joseph Andrews, " 42 90 29 J. P. King, " 27 23 zo Henry Hausner, " 16 11 21 Martin Hausner, " 24 91 22 Elam Rolfe, " 34 44 23 James S. Lyke, " 17 99 24 H. A. Bower, " 33 50 25 Thomas Kirby, " 32 07 26 S. M. Paddock, " 68 86 27 Tertulas Jones, " 14 72 28 Clarence King, " 28 82 29 Michael Branan, " 22 39 30 Henry Swartout, " 10 02 32 L. B. Curry, " 14 04 32 John Sherwood, " 14 63 33 • Edward Pyle, 6r ro 34 Arnold Vincient, " 13 95 35 J. H. Moss, 45 71 36 Robert Whipple, " 21 40 37 Wm. T. Newman. " 73 15 38 Elias Smith, " 7 40 39 David Colgrove, " 15 95 March 4, 1891 64 Geo. Batty, fresh meat 10 61 72 Jonah Kirby, 7 75 Oct. 7. 2891 200 Geo. Batty, 14 87 Nov. 4, 1891 206 A. L. Wets, 90 62 207 Wm. Stebbins, mess pork 4 05 rob Charles B. Owen, 9 90 CLASS B—Groceries and Provisions. Dec. 2, 1890 1 J. W. Kirby . $993 31 $4 00 0 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 138 Dec. 3, 1890 6 J. C. Stowell $ 8 63 8 E. C. Stewart. . . 119 67 Dec. 20, 1890. 40 J. H. Moss 37 50 Dec. 25, 1890. 44 John Kerst 69 Si Jan. 7, 1891. 52 D. B. Stewart & Co . 12 58 53 Hawkins & Todd 6o 07 56 Manning Atwater 78 27 57 Frost & Brown 15 18 59 J. C. Stowell & Son 14 01 Jan. 14, 1891. 63 Drosley Pease 10 63 Feb. 4. 1897. 65 E. C. Almy 17 03 66 James H. Moss 6 40 March 4, 1891. 70 James H. Moss 2 6o 73 J. C. Stowell & Son 14 40 74 Clinton Westervelt 6 00 April 1, 1891. 76 D. B. Stewart & Co 10 76 May 6, 1891. 78 J. T. Howe 22 79 8o J. C. Stowell 8 68 81 D. B. Stewart & Co 39 62 June 3, 1891. 83 John Kerst 25 50 July 1, 1891. 85 E. C. Almy 25 13 July 11, 1891. 86 Jacob Vanderbilt 18 12 87 James H. Moss 6 58 Sept. 2, 1891. 95 D. B. Stewart & Co 114 98 Oct. 7, 1891. 99 D. B. Stewart & Co 10 32 Nov. 4, 1891. 103 D. B. Stewart & Co . . 38 22 104 Hook Bros. 4 75 Nov. 12, 1891. 110 D. B. Stewart & Co 30 53 CLASS C—Fuel. Jan. 7, 1891. 54 Fowler & Farrington March 4, 1891. 68 Fowler & Farrington April 2, 1891. 75 Charles Seaman May 6, 1891. 79 Fowler & Farrington July 1, 1891. 90 Geo. H. Vann Aug. 5, 1891. 92 Geo. H. Vann Oct. 7, 1891. 97 Geo. H. Vann Nov. 4, 1891. 105 Geo. H. Vann $832 73 $115 54 90 82 34 00 35 99 9 04 10 98 46 26 11 48 $354 11 134 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS; 1891. CLASS D—Improvements. Dec. 3, 1890. 2 H. V. Bostwick pork barrels $45 25 3 Treman King Co. 52 07 , Dec. 25, 1891. 41 R. H. Stone, fertilizer 25 00 43 Cole & Pinkney, fertilizer 10 8o 42 J. W. & C. W. Dean, lumber 41 32 Jan. 7, 1891. 45 Wm. Allen, blacksmithing . 9 48 46 Wm. Snow, repairing track 18 05 47 Bedell Smith, labor 20 85 58 Treman King & Co. iron beds 42 00 62 Fred Smith, labor 3 25 Aug. 5, 1891. 91 E. A. Snow 12 05 Sept. 2, 1891. 94 B. Smith, repairing stable 5 25 96 Hook Bros., grass seed 5 28 Oct. 7, 1891. 98 J. Van Buskirk, repairing furniture . 10 65 101 J. W. & C. W. Dean, lumber 7 70 Nov. 12, 1891. 111 Treman, King & Co 15 93 -$314 93 CLAss E—Medicine and Attendance. Jan. 7, x881. 5o Horton & Holton, drugs $26 96 55 Gauntlett & Brooks, drugs 5 23 6o F. A. Kerst, M. D. 74 50 Jan. 24, 1891. 64 White & Burdick . 41 o6 CLASS F—Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Mending. Dec. 3, 189o. 3 Benj. Rich, clothing . Jan. 7, 1891. 49 H. C. Almy, mending Dec. 3, 1891. 4 C. M. Stanley, boots and shoes . . . . . . . Jan. 7, 1891. 5! Mosher Bros. & Co., clothing Feb. 4, 1891. 67 H. C. Almy, mending May 6, 1891. 82 H. C. Almy, mending June 3, 1891. 84 Chapman & Becker July r, 1891. 89 H. C. Almy, mending Aug. 5, 1891. 93 H. C. Almy, mending Nov. 4, 189r. 102 H. C. Almy, mending $147 75 $9 62 6 72 13 45 82 09 4 75 5 00 48 12 4 55 4 10 13 33 $191 73 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 135 CLASS G—Miscellaneous. Jan. 7, 1891. 48 Edward Boyer, threshing . . . $16 29 61 E. L. Brown, keeper 150 00 April 1, 1891. 71 E. L. Brown, keeper . 140 00 June 30, 1891. 88 E. L. Brown, keeper . 125 00 Nov. 4, 1891. 109 E. L. Brown, keeper .. . . 125 00 $556 29 The following amounts have been audited and drafts drawn on the County Treasurer for bills contracted for temporary re- lief of county paupers out of the County Alms House from the i5th day of November, 189o, to the i5th day of November, 1891 : Dec. 3, 1890. r E. T. Stewart, relief Mary Murphy and tramps . $12 55 2 L. W. Carpenter, M. D. Medical service . . . . 18 75 3 John Flickinger, M. D., Medical service, Mrs. Day 5 00 4 J. M. Douglass, 0. P., Newfield, exp. Julia Goslin 12 25 5 J. C. Larmore, 0. P., Dryden, caring for tramps 9 40 Dec. 18, 1891. 6 John G. Smith, 0. P., Ithaca, caring for tramps 22 51 7 John G. Smith, 0. P., Relief county poor . . . . 112 75 Jan. 7, 1891. 8 G. C. Whitley, 0. P., Caroline, relief county poor_ 9 00 9 Mary Wood, for board and care Geo. Mead . . . 25 50 10 R. L. Smith; M. D., service 15 00 Jan. 15, 1891. 11 E. T. Stewart, 0. P., Ulysses, for Kate Kelly, confinement. 15 00 12 John Sirrine, relief Whiteing family 12 47 Jan. 24, 1891. 13 Bradford Snyder, 0. P., Dryden, relief tramps 4 50 Feb. 4, 1891. 14 Daniel Sullivan, 0. P., Lansing relief tramps . 2 25 15 Theodore Brown, 0. P. Danby, relief Cavanaugh family 8 00 16 George Whitley, 0. P., Caroline, Jeruma Streight 8 40 17 L. V. Coal Co., furnishing coal to county paupers 37 50 March 4, 1891. 18 T. J. Harrington, drawing coal and wood . . . . 21 50 19 M. N. Gillett, 0. P., Ithaca, relief Co. paupers . 109 00 20 G. C. Whitley, 0. P., Caroline, relief Personius . 11 32 21 Bradford Snyder, 0. P., Dryden, relief tramps . . 4 00 22 James S. Young, 0. P., Caroline, relief tramps . 1 50 23 A. W. Griffin, 0. P., Enfield, relief Summons . . 8 90 136 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. March 9, 1891. 71 Manning Atwater, relief Mrs. Day and Slack fam $47 16 24 L. V. Coal Co., furnishing coal for county poor . 4o 5o 25 Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead 15 00 April 1, 1891. 26 James M. Owen, O. P., Enfield relief Palmer fam 7 90 27 Bradford Snyder, relief tramps 3 5o 28 E. T. Stewart, relief Mary Murphy and tramps 28 oo 29 Theodore Brown, relief tramps 1 75 3o Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead 4 50 May 6, 1891. 31 A. W. Griffin, relief Palmer family 4 05 32 Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead 6 00 33 W. I. Sherwood, relief Slack, Murphy and tramps 18 oo 34 A. N. Ford, relief Personius and Cleaveland . . 18 5o July 1, 1891. 35 R. L. Smith, M. D., service to county poor . . . 15 00 36 Bradford Snyder, relief tramps and expense con- veying Woolever child to S. Valley Home 6 12 Aug. 5, 1891. 37 L. V. Coal Co., furnishing Co. poor of Ithaca . 4 5o 38 W. I. Sherwood, relief Mrs Murphy and tramps to 65 Sept. 2, 1891. 39 Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead 25 5o Oct. 7, 1891. 4o ' Wm. T. Wright, care Ormsby family 15 00 41 Isaac Dodd, expense county poor, Ithaca . . . 193 5o 42 Isaac Dodd, tramps 5 90 43 Albert K. Allen, funeral expenses Mrs. Silas Bailey 17 oo Nov. 4, 1891. 44 Manning Atwater, relief Mrs. C. H. Day and fam 54 85 45 Mary Wood, board and care Geo. Mead . . . . 13 5o Nov. 13, 1891. 46 W. I. Sherwood, relief Mary Murphy and tramps 11 5o $1,048 93 The following statement shows the amount of bills audited by the Superintendent of the Poor to the Overseers of the Poor for their services to the County, from the i5th of Nov., 189o, to the 15th day of Nov., 1891 : Nov. 3, 189o. 1 E. T. Stewart, Ulysses . . . $6 00 Dec. 31, 2 John G. Smith, Ithaca 27 00 Jan 7, 1891. 3 G. C. Whitley, Caroline 4 0o 24, 4 Bradford Snyder, Dryden 2 00 Feb. 4, 5 Daniel Sullivan, Lansing 2 00 4, 6 Theodore Brown, Danby 2 00 4, 7 G. C. Whitley, Caroline 4 00 • Feb. 4, Mar. 4, 4, 9, April 1, May 6, 6, July 1, Sept. I, Oct. 7, Nov. 13, SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 137 8 M. N. Gillett, Ithaca . $20 57 9 G. C. Whitley, Caroline 2 00 io A. W. Griffin, Enfield 2 00 11 Theodore Brown, Danby 2 00 12 James M. Owen, Enfield 4 00 13 W. I. Sherwood, Ulysses 2 00 14 E. T. Stewart, Ulysses 15 Bradford Snyder, Dryden 2 00 16 Isaac Dodd, Ithaca . 52 00 17 James M. Douglass, Newfield . 8 oo 18 W. I. Sherwood, Ulysses 3 5o 4 00 $149 07 Names of persons transported to the County Alms House during the year ending Nov. 15, 1891, with the bills and names of those transporting them, as per transportation book, and where chargeable : Date. By Whom Brought. Name of Pauper. Where Chargeable. Nov. 17, '90. 1 18, 2 24, 3 Dec. 1, 4 Jan. 24, '91, 5 27, 6 May 7, 7 7, 8 Mar. 23, 9 Apri123, I0 May 13, 11 June 8, 12 22, 13 July 14, 14 Aug. 22, 15 Sept.25, 16 18, 17 25, 18 25, 18 G. C. Whitley . John G. Smith . . . Stephen Fowler . County . . Nelson Wright.. Ithaca . . Abram Case . . . Ithaca . . „ . Charles Schuyler. Ithaca . Michael Corbit . . Newfield . Jeruma Streight . Caroline . . Isaac Chapman . County . . . Akis Burton . . . Dryden . . . Barney Moore . . Lansing . . . Mrs. Wm. Dyer . Ithaca . . . Belle Swan . . . Ithaca . . . Abram Pelham .. Ithaca . . Akis Burton . . . Dryden . . . George Ferguson. Ithaca . . Akis Burton . . . Dryden . . . Silas Tucker .. . Dryden . . . Sally Teeter . . . Lansing . . . Bertie Stinemyer Danby . . Stinemyer Danby . . J. N. Douglass . . G. C. Whitley . . Theodore Brown Bradford Snyder H. Herrick . . Isaac Dodd .. . Bradford Snyder Isaac Dodd . . Bradford Snyder J. C. Larmore H. Herrick . . Theodore Brown ti $3 30 15o 1 5o • 1 5o 3 75 • 3 45 195 2 40 3 00 150 150 2 50 2 85 150 2 85 2 85 2 25 195 1 V 138 SUPERVISORS' Aug. i7, June 16, Oct. 17, 24, Nov. 7, 13, 19 20 2I 22 23 24 Isaac Dodd . . . James M. Owen . H. Herrick Bradford Snyder . PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Cora Swartwood . Ithaca . George Short . . Ithaca . Cora Swartwood . Ithaca . Morg Wallenbeck Enfield . Barney Moore . . Lansing . Akis Burton . . . Dryden . $I 5o 150 150 90 300 2 85 $52 35 Amount of grain and produce raised on the farm during the year, and amount now on hand. On hand 5o 28o 55 55 tons of hay 33o bus. wheat . 95 " barley . oats unthreshed. 25 bus. buckwheat 500 corn—ears 400 " potatoes . beans �5 12 25 sweet corn 4 12 " onions 6 I0 " tomatoes 20 " beets 15 200 " apples . . 200 zoo heads celery 150 700 " cabbage 500 8 casks cider 8 S loads pumpkins Corn stalks from nine acres Supplies on hand : 3 shrouds ; 6 chemise ; 4 pair drawers ; 4 pillow ticks ; 6 pillow cases ; 6 towels ; 5 skirts ; 3 shirts ; 1 coat ; 25 yards calico ; 10 yards denim ; 4 yards cotton flannel ; 6 handkerchiefs ; IX barrels sugar ; % barrel molasses ; 2 barrels pickles ; 300 pounds butter ; 10 tons coal ; 2,000 pounds coarse salt. I further report the number deaths 4. The number births 4. it 25 450 350 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 139 The number discharged 89. The number absconded 4. In house November 15th, 44. Received during the year 141. Average number in House during year 42 341-365. Average yearly expense of each pauper $71.86.85. Average weekly expense of each pauper $1.37.83. Amount expended for the maintenance of inmates of house Improvements to property and furniture Expended for out door relief 1,048 93 Services of Overseers 149 07 Transportation of paupers to Alms House . 52 35 • . $3,o76 92 314 93 Amount appropriated by Supervisors $4,642 20 4,91r 41 Surplus on hand . $269 21 Stock on farm : 3 horses belonging to keeper. Belonging to county, 7 milch cows, r year- ling heifer, 1 yoke oxen, to fatting hogs, 2 broods sows, r boar hog, 11 pigs wintering, 15o common fowls. Farm tools belonging to county : r grain drill, r truck wagon, r spring toothed harrow, r pair bobsleighs: In conformity to the 3oth Section, Title 1st, Chapter zo, of the Revised Statutes, I respectfully report that I estimate the expense of the town and county paupers to be supported in the Alms House during the ensuing year, $3,000. Temporary relief of County paupers not in Alms House, $r,200. 140 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Services of Overseers of the Poor, 8200. Keeper's salary, $500. Transportation expenses, $50. The expense for improvements, although somewhat in ex- cess of other years, had become an absolute necessity. The old water closets which had become a menace to the lives of those who were obliged to use them, from their decayed condi- tion, have been replaced by three new earth closets, which are thoroughly cleaned frequently during the year, thus obviating the danger before alluded to. The sleepers of the horse stable had rotted off, the floor giving way in consequence, which ne- cessitated a complete repair of that apartment. These with some other minor improvements make up the sum,, total of $314. 92. The following statement shows the amount of money re- ceived by the Superintendent, and how the same has been dis- bursed : Nov. 15, 189o. Cash on hand $37 38 26, Received from fine, bastardy case 50 oo Jan. 5, 1891. Joseph Knight, for grease �9 o8 Mar. 12, 22 00 May 6, For hams and lard io 6o June 16, From Keeper Brown 20 00 $159 o6 The following disbursements have been made : Nov. 26, 189o. M. N. Tompkins counsel fee in bastardy case, $25 00 26, J. P. Merrill, Associate Justice 20 00 Dec. 3, J. C. Stowell & Son, supplies 5 32 27, Ithaca Journal, letter heads and envelopes, 2 5o Jan. 26, 1891. Expense in Mary Kane insanity case . . . 2 00 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 141 Feb. 16, Expense in Mrs. Handy matter June 5, Expense in Carrie Carpenter case 21, Exp. taking Everell Kellogg to S. S. Home, July 3, Expense in Urilla Tubbs case Aug. 4, Paid Geo. Small acct.. . . . 9, Taking Tom Harris to S. S. Home Postage and stationery Traveling expenses Paid telephone and delivering dispatches Leaving a balance on hand Nov. 15, 1891 $5 00 1 00 9 85 3 16 90 8 90 8 70 40 75 4 40 $137 48 $21 58 The following statement shows the amount received by Keeper Brown, from sales, from Nov. 15, 189o, to Nov. 15, 1891, and which has been expended for supplies, as per Keep- er's book : Hams and lard $98 87 Veal calves 38 63 Poultry 11 15 STATE of NEw YORK, } SS. TOMPKINS COUNTY $146 65 James S. Lyke, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing re- port shows the moneys on hand Nov. 15, 189o, and all money received up to Nov. i5th, 1891, and all moneys expended during that time, and also all the products of the farm received and expended during said time, according to the best of my knowledge and belief. JAMES S. LYKE. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 16th of November, 1891. T. J. McELHENY, Notary Public. The following named children have been placed in perma- nent homes, from the Orphans' Home, at this place, which from the number of inmates is a good showing ; and I would recom- 142 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. mend the Overseers' throughout the county to arrange with the managers for the reception of any of this class who may come under their charge. The cost of maintainance is less than at other places, and quite a sum is saved in transportation : HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMANENT HOMES. Maude Miller . Ithaca. George Dutton County. Urilla Tubbs Charles Tubbs Eddie Tubbs Emma Cummings . . Bertie Carpenter Report of the Superintendent giving the location of those taken to asylums and homes, and where chargeable : Nov. 15, 189o. Thomas Falkiner, Ithaca Willard. Jan. 22, 1891. Charlotte O. Miller, Feb. 16, Ferdinand A. Partenheimer . April 28, Lewis Snyder May 29, Ruth Ann Hurlburt " June 6, Everett Boyer Caroline 15, Elnora Bush Ithaca . 27, Lydia L. Linton, self-supporting " July 15, Arthur L. Williams Ulysses Aug. 1, Albert Monroe Dryden 6, John Walker, County . 9, Mary Menzie . . . . Ulysses ' 18, John G. Smith . . Ithaca . . . . . . " 24, John C. Bovier . . . . . . " Sept. 4, Palmer Shirley . . . . . . " 14, Nancy Schoolcraft . . Newfield " 30, Jannett Butler . . Ithaca . . " 30, James Brown, private patient . . . . " Oct. 10, Charles Whipple Dryden gl 12, Ortha Allen . Ulysses li Mary Woolever Dryden . . S. V. Home. Bertie Carpenter . . . Ithaca . . . . Ithaca Home. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 143 Bertie Stiuemyer Caroline . . . Ithaca Home Theodore Stinemeyer Names of persons who have died or have been discharged from Willard State Hospital during the year ending with Nov. 15, 1891 Dec. 23, 1890. George W. Evarts Died Ithaca. Feb. 19, 1891. Thomas Falkiner Discharged " May 2, Melissa Mott Ul fsses. April 2, Priscilla Thompson . . . Ithaca. June 11, Fay T. Mapes Lansing. July 9, DeWitt Savacool. . . . . . Died Newfield. 15, John W. Ryant . . . . . . . . . . . Danby. 21, Lewis Snyder . . . . . . . Discharged Ithaca. Aug. 24, Caroline L. Tripp . . . . . Dryden. Nov. 2, Arthur L. Williams . . . . Ulysses. 7, James Brown, private patient, Died Ithaca. Nov. 10, Albert Monroe Discharged Dryden. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT. To the Board of Supervisors, of Tompkins County : Pursuant to the provisions of law, I make report of all fines imposed in the various Courts of Record of said county since the date of my last report. Person fined. Offense. Amount. George Van Demark, petit larceny $50 00 Julius Hurwitz, petit larceny 25 oo Willard Predmore, assault, 3d degree 35 00 Frank E. Cummings, violating excise law 6o oo Jerome Towner, . . . . . violating excise law 63 oo Henry Houser, violating excise law 25 00 Henry Housr, keeping gambling house . 25 00 $283 00 144 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. The fines imposed upon Willard Predmore, Frank E. Cummings and Henry Houser, were paid, I am informed to the Sheriff or County Clerk. Jerome Towner has paid $55.00 of the fine imposed upon him, and $8.00 remains unpaid. Julius Hurwitz has appealed from the judgment of conviction against him, which appeal is now pending. No fines have been paid to me, nor has anything been collected by me on forfeited recognizances. All of which is respectfully submitted. Dated Nov. 2 I st, 1890. J. H. JENNINGS, District Attorney. LOAN COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. To the Comptroller of the State of New York : November 1st, 1890, there was remaining as principal Deducting therefrom the Hart Farm It would leave as interest-bearing principal From November 1st, 189o, to October 1st, 1891, there has been paid of this principal sum, as follows : November 15th, 1890, Harriet L. Hausuer, mortgage, No. 771 December loth, 1890, George W. McWhorter, mort- gage, No. 573 April 1st, 1891, William S. Root, mortgage, No. 740 Leavingas interest-bearing principal October 1st, 1891 From October ist, 1890, to November 1st, 1890, there has been paid of principal : Mortgage, No. 694, William Tompkins Mortgage, No. 68o, Jacob S. Green $67 00 Ioo 00 300 00 $467 00 $115 00 115 00 $230 00 525,043 59 1,500 00 523,543 59 523,076 59 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 145 Deducting this therefrom it would leave as interest- bearing principal November 1st, 1891 Adding thereto the Hart farm We have as total principal November 1st, 1891 . We charge ourselves as follows : With interest on the Interest-bearing principal Octo- ber 1st, 189o, $23,076 59 Principal paid as above detailed Interest on principal paid Rent of Hart farm, (unpaid) We credit ourselves as follows : With commission of $25,643.59 • • • • • • • With rent of Hart Farm, 1890 (unpaid) With interest on the Calvin H. Genung mortgage No. 726, (in default) We credit ourselves with New York draft to balance $22,846 59 1,50o 00 $24,346 59 $1,384 59 697 00 to 17 70 00 $2,161 76 $187 72 70 00 900 $266 72 1,895 04 $2,161 76 I hereby certify that the foregoing statement and report is correct. Dated November 28th, 1891. CORNELIUS LEARY, Loan Commissioner. RAILROAD BONDING COMMISSIONERS' AND SUPERVISORS' REPORTS. ENFIELD. To T. Jones, Esq., Supervisor of the Town of Enfield : DEAR SIR :—The undersigned Bonding Commissioner for the town of Enfield, would respectfully submit to you the fol- lowing report : 148 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. The amount of bonds issued by said town according to chapter 907, laws of 1869, and exchanged for capital stock of the Pennsylvania and Sodus Bay Railroad, was twenty-five thousand dollars. Said bonds were dated March ist, 1871, and will become due March 1st, 1901, with interest at seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of March and September of each year. There has been paid and cancelled of said bonds, eight thousand two hundred dollars ($8,200.00) leaving outstanding and unpaid sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars ($16,800.00). The amount of interest to become due the coming year is one thousand, one hundred and seventy-six dollars 41,176mo), and we request that you cause to be raised by tax on said town the said sum of $1,176.00 to meet said interest when it becomes due. We have now on hand a sinking fund of nineteen hundred eighty-six dollars forty-two cents (1,986.42) deposited in the Ithaca Savings Bank. November 16th, 1891. W. H. AMMACK. STATE OP NEW YORK, t TOMPKINS COUNTY, f Wm. H. Ammack, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is Bonding Commissioner of the town of Enfield, and that he signed the above report and that it is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. W. H. AMMACK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th of November, 1891. F. B. AIKEN, Justice of Peace. In accordance with chapter 552 of laws of 1870, I hereby report the bonded debt of the town of Enfield to be as follows : ►'l SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 153 ture of the State of New York, authorizing towns to subscribe to the capital stock of railroad corporations, and to issue bonds therefor, do respectfully report that it will be necessary for said town of Newfield to raise by tax the sum of three thousand two hundred and six dollars ($3,2o6.00)`to pay interest from September ist, 1891 to September ist, 1892, on bonds of said town of Newfield, to the amount of $45,800.0o issued to aid hi the construction of the Pa. & S. B. Railroad, said interest to be paid semi-annually on the first days of March and September of each year. I further report that we have no balance on hand. C. W. McCORN, Commissioner. STATE OF NEW YORK, l S5. TOMPKINS COUNTY f C. W. McCorn being duly sworn, says he is the Railroad Commissioner of the town of Newfield, N. Y., and the above report is in all respects correct and true. ' C. W. McCORN. Sworn to before me this 14th of November, 1891. R. HORTON, Notary Public. To the Board of Supervisors, of Tompkins County : In accordance with chapter 552 of laws of 1870, I hereby report the public debt of Newfield to be as follows : Amount of bonds issued $52,000 00 Amount of principal paid to November ist, 1891 6,200 00 Balance unpaid $45800 00 Amount of interest due March 1st, 1892. 1,603 00 Amount of interest due September 1st, 1892 1,603 00 $3,206 00 154 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Resolved, That at the request of the Bonding Commissioners of the town of Newfield there be levied and collected from the taxable property of said town the sum of three thousand two hundred and six dollars as interest on the above named bonds. R. HORTON, Supervisor. ULYSSES. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y. GENTLEMEN—The Bond Commissioner of the town of. Ulysses submits the following report : The amount of bonds issued by said town of Ulysses un- der chapter 907, laws of 1869, and laws amendatory thereof, was $75,000.00, dated March 1, 1871, due March 1, 19ox, with semi-annual interest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable on the first days of March and September. Amount of principal paid, $2o,800.00. Amount of cou- pons due and unpaid, $84.00. There is deposited with Union Trust Co., New York, $84.00 for the payment of past due coupons. There is. a balance of $51.00 deposited in the Banking House of L. J. Wheeler & Co., Trumansburg, N. Y. There remains outstanding bonds to the amount of $54, 200.00. One year's interest on $54,2oo.00 Less balance on hand 51 o0 $3,794 00 $3,743 00 As the town voted at the spring election of 1887, to discon- tinue the raising of a sinking fund, I therefore recommend that SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 155 the sum of $3,743.00 be raised by tax assessed to said town for interest only. Dated Trumansburg, N. Y., November 2, 1891. L. J. WHEELER, Bond Commissioner. L. J. Wheeler being duly sworn, says that the preceding report is correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. L. J. WHEELER. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of November, 1891. NORMAN R. GIFFORD, Justice of the Peace. To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County: In accordance, with Chapter 552, Laws of 1870, I hereby report the public debt of the town of Ulysses to be as follows : Amount of bonds issued by Bonding Commissioner March 1, 1871 Amount of principal paid Amount of principal unpaid Amount of interest due March ist, 1892 Amount of interest due September 1st 1892 Total amount of indebtedness September ist, 1892 . Amount of money now in hands of Bonding Commissioner to apply on interest $75,000 00 20,800 00 54,200 0O 1,897 00 1,897 00 $57,994 00 $51 00 Resolved, That at the request of the Bonding Commissioner of the town of Ulysses, there be levied and collected on the taxable property of said town the sum of three thousand seven hundred forty-three dollars ($3,743•oo) to pay interest on the above named bonds for the year beginning September rst 1891. A. H. PIERSON, Supervisor. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE REPORTS. Reports of the Justices of the Peace of the various towns. of the county, of all fines and penalties by them collected re- spectively, during the past year : 156 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. CAROLINE. Walker Personius, reports no money received. John Cross reports no money received. R. G. H. Speed, reports no money received. John J. Peters, reports no money received. DANBY. Rec'cl. Pd. Co. Treas. Theron W. Slocum, reports $3 00 . . $3 00 DRYDEN. Wm. E. Brown, reports no money received. G. E. Underwood, reports no money received. E. F. Weaver, reports no money received. Geo. E. Monroe, reports no money received. A. L. Smiley, reports $3 00 . . $3 00 ENFIELD. F. B. Aiken, reports no money received. S. M. Oltz, reports no money received. Wm. F. Smith, reports no money received. D. M. Searles reports no money received. GROTON. Nelson Stevens, reports no money received. Newton Baldwin reports no money received. J. M. Montfort, reports $5 oo . . $5 00 H. S. Hopkins, reports 15 00 �5 00 ITHACA. Jason P. Merrill, reports Wm. J. Totten, reports no money received. M. E. Poole, reports no money received. Raymond L. Smith, reports no money received. LANSING. Chas. Drake, reports no money received. B. M. Hagin, reports no money received. Nelson E. Lyon, reports no moneys received. $13 00 . . $13 00 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 157 NEWFIELD. A. H. Stamp, reports no moneys received. A. K. Allen, reports no moneys received. W. H. Van Ostrand, reports no moneys received. Seymour Grover, reports no moneys received. ULYSSES. Henry Hutchings, reports no moneys received. Norman R. Gifford reports no moneys received. John N. Barber, reports no moneys received. A. P Osborn, reports Rec'd. Pd. Co. Treas. $300 • • $3 00 Total amounts 542 00 $42 00 Jacob Wise, Zebulon Smiley and Jeremiah Thatcher, Jus- tices of the town of Danby, and Prank H. Tarbell, a Justice of the town of Lansing, failed to report. Their attention is re- spectfully called to Chapter 404 of the Laws of 1863, as amend- ed. by Chapter 341, Laws of 1864. STATE OF NEW YORK. COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Oct. 31, 1891. To the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins Co.: SIR :—In addition to the State Tax of one and three - eighth mills, directed to be levied as per circular from this office, duted Sept. 23d, amounting to $17,514.71, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins is hereby required to raise the sum of $01.70 for compensation of the Stenographers of the Supreme Court in the Sixth Judicial District, from Oc- tober 1, 1891, to September 30, 1892, as authorized by Chapter 426, Laws of 189o. Respectfully yours, EDWARD WEMPLE, Comptroller. STATEMENT of the aggregate valuations of Real and Personal Estate, and amount of Taxes levied in the several towns in the County of Tompkins, as corrected by the Board of Supervisors at their annual meeting in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. TOWNS. Caroline . Danby .. Dryden Enfield Groton Ithaca . Lansing . Newfield . . Ulysses . . 8 454 0 cd V 73 cd .0057 .00673 .01 .0132 .0069 .0202 .0081 .0162 .0101 r/7Y W7,/'J,"J/ N•r•J",r"J" I. Fred L. Clock, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, do hereby certify that the pre- ceding is a true statement of the aggregate valuation of the Real and Personal Estate in the several towns in the said county, as corrected by said Board of Supervisors, at their annual meeting in the month of December, 1891. FRED L. CLOCK, Clerk, Library Building, Ithaca, N. Y. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINC}S, 1St)i. Assessed value of Per- sonal Estate. Corrected aggregate valuation, Real and Personal. N I-, I t, U a ct ▪ • oop N V N NLS Amount of State Taxes, CT 00 o CA CA exclusive of School rnosW ow Tax. • C\W 01V W V'.0 A W V GO ? w c ' coa o !Aggregate Taxation. 0 0 V N O's 00'.0 00 GO ,0 S Acres of Land. Assessed value c Estate, includ: lage propert Real Estate porations. 11' 34,747 $877,635 $33,300 $499,661 $2,425 17 $1,783 04 $611 42 33,286 625,622 31,800 493,306 1,796 41 1,764 50 605 05 58,192 1,062,050 56,710 1,370,293 3,354 43 5,022 24 1,722 17 22,007 545,272 27,550 407,440 5,380 70 1,452 43 498 o6 30,725 1,150,045 150,760 1,046,562 3,764 55 3,424 93 1,174 44 19,233 2,935,750 504,460 3,932,214 49,S39 33 13,105 36 4,493 96 37,789 987,988 96,950 1,347,380 a 1,687 68 4,780 78 1,639 38 36,997 484,360 36,190 507,409 5,727 55 1,8o1 61 617 79 19,818 1,047,535 201,260 1,250,572 6,647 11 4,011 84 1,375 70 8 454 0 cd V 73 cd .0057 .00673 .01 .0132 .0069 .0202 .0081 .0162 .0101 r/7Y W7,/'J,"J/ N•r•J",r"J" I. Fred L. Clock, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, do hereby certify that the pre- ceding is a true statement of the aggregate valuation of the Real and Personal Estate in the several towns in the said county, as corrected by said Board of Supervisors, at their annual meeting in the month of December, 1891. FRED L. CLOCK, Clerk, Library Building, Ithaca, N. Y. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINC}S, 1St)i. REPORT OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. STATEMENT of the names of the several Incorporated Companies liable to taxation in the County of Tompkins, the amount of real and personal estate belonging to each, as the same is set down in the assessment rolls which have been sanctioned by the Board of Supervisors of said County, and the amount of tax assessed upon each, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. TOWN. NAME OF CORPORATION. ' Ain't Stock Amount of , taxable, Real Estate. deducting Real Estate. Total Valua- tion. Caroline . . Danby . . . Dryden . . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad Company New York and Pennsylvania Telegraph and Tele- phone Company Western Union Telegraph Company . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company . . Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company . . New York and Pennsylvania Telephone Company Western Union Telegraph Company . . ... . . Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company, (S. C. Division).. . Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad Com- pany Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company . . American Telegraph and Telephone Company . Western Union Telegraph Company $40,000 45,000 8,000 31,400 41,272 57,460 1,980 Amount of Tax. $40,000 . $228 00 45,000 256 50 500 500 2 85 300 300 1 71 250 75 2,548 66o 8,000 53 84 31,400 211 32 250 i 68 75 50 41,272 412' 72 57,460 574 6o 1,980 19 8o 2'66o 26 6o SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. Dryden (con- tinued). Groton .. . Lansing . . Newfield . . Ulysses . . Ithaca . . . Empire State Telephone Company Barnard Washing Machine Company American Telephone Company New York and Pennsylvania Telegraph and Tele- phone Company Western Union Telegraph Company Telephone Company First National Bank . . . Crandall Machine Company Groton Carriage Company Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company . Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad Com- pany Southern Central Railroad Company Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company (Cay- uga Division) . Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad Company . Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Telegraph Company (Cayuga Division) . . . . . 9,880 5,400 12,000 28,000 9,500 36,000 47,250 1,500 New York and Pennsylvania Telegraph and Tele- phone Company 2,200 Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company . 15,390 Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Telegraph Company . New York and Pennsylvania Telephone Company Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company.. . Alpha Psi Society . Alpha Delta Phi Society Brush -Swan Electric Light Company.. . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company 50,000 4,500 5,000 300 25,000 50 500 400 70 240 250 378 160 750 5o 5o 0 500 500 400 2 76 70 48 240 1 66 250 1 73 9,88o 68 17 5,400 37 26 12,000 82 8o 28,000 193 20 9,5f0 65 55 36,000 248 40 47,250 382 73 1,500 12 15 378 3 10 2,200 35 64 15,390 ' 249 32 16o 2 59 I.-, CD 750 7 58 50,000 505 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 4,500 90 90 5,000 101 00 300 6 o6 25,000 505 00 Ithacal(con- tinued) almira, Cortland and Northern Railroad Com- pany 6,500 Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company . . 30,375 Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company, (Cay- uga Division) . 9,450 Ithaca Calendar Clock Company 5,000 Ithaca Gas Light Company 4,000 6,000 Ithaca Water Works Company I 7,200 Ithaca Street Railroad Company 2,000 Ithaca Savings Bank 20,000 Kappa Alpha Association . 2,700 New York and Pennsylvania Telegraph and Tele- phone Company I,000 Brush -Swan Electric Light Company 2,500 The Autophone Company . 3,500 Tompkins County National Bauk 5,000 United Glass Works • 5,000 Western Union Telegraph Company . I,000 Zeta Psi Society 1,50 Psi Upsilon Association 2,500 Cornell University Athletic Association 700 Theta Delta Chi Society,2,51 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company400 Total amounts 1 $578,757 $24,231 6,500 30,375 9,450 5,000 I0,000 7,200 2,000 20,000 2,700 I,000 2,500 3,500 5,000 5,000 1,000 1,500 2,500 700 2,500 400 $602,988 131 30 Cl 613 58 hq 190 89 I01 00 L14 202 00 C) 145 44 40440 0040 54 54 w 20 20 0 50 50 70 70 lJ 101 00 IOI 00 yHy 20 20 �1 30 30 50 50 ,. �4 �4 5o 5o c4 8 o8 m $6,8o3 85 Political Directory, AND GUIDE TO TOWN OFFICERS. General Election : The First Tuesday after the first Mon- day in November ; r Revised Statutes (7th Ed.) page 379. Annual Town Meeting : Last Tuesday in February. Pro- ceedings of Board of Supervisors, r880. Annual School Meeting in neighborhood : First Tuesday in August ; Laws of 1889, Chapter 245. Annual Meeting of Board of Town Auditors, comprising the Supervisor, Town Clerk and Justices of the Peace, or any two of the said Justices : The First Thursday after the General Election, at which time all accounts for charges and claims against their respective towns must be presented to them for audit; i Revised Statutes (7th Ed.) page 835, Laws of 1840, Chapter 305. Amended, Laws of 189o, Chap. 569, § 16o, r6r, 162. Annual meeting of the Board of Town Auditors, as above designated, to examine accounts of Town Officers : On the last Tuesday preceding the Annual Town Meeting to be held in each town ; Laws of 1863, Chapter 172. Amended, Laws 189o, Chap. 569, § 16o, 161. Annual meeting of the Supervisors of the County as a Board of County Canvassers : First Tuesday succeeding the General Election : 1 Revised Statutes, (7th Ed.) page 39o. Annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County : Immediately after the completion of the Canvass, or at such other time as they as a Board, shall fix ; 2 Revised Statutes (7th Ed.) pages 926-931. Annual meetings of Supervisor, Town Clerk and Assessors of each 'Town, to designate the place in each election district in SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 163 the Town, at which elections shall be held during the year, and to give notice, written or printed, to be posted in at least eight public places in each district, containing descriptions of the places so designated, and of the time of opening and closing the polls : On the first Monday in September in each year, Laws 1881, Chapter 137. Meeting of Supervisor, Town Clerk and Assessors of each Town, for the purpose of making lists of Trial Jurors : On the first day of July of each third year after July 1st, 1878, at a place in the town appointed by the Supervisor, or in his absence or vacancy in office by Town Clerk ; or, if they fail. to meet on that day, they must meet as soon thereafter as practicable: Code of Civil Procedure, § 1035. The next meeting for this purpose will be held July ist, 1893. County Superintendents of the Poor meet at the County House : The first Wednesday in each month. The object of these meetings is to audit bills payable from the County Poor Fund. TOWN OFFICERS.. Each Supervisor must execute to, and deposit ,with, the County Treasurer, a bond for the accounting of all school mon- eys which may come into his hands, before entering upon the duties of his office. Each Supervisor must make and deliver to the Town Clerk of his town, his bond for the faithful discharge of his official duties, and to account for all moneys coming into his hands as such Supervisor. The Trustees of School Districts shall make a report to the School Commissioners between the 25th day of July and the first Tuesday of August in each year : Chapter 245, Laws 1889. The school moneys are apportioned annually by the School Commissioners, on the third Tuesday in March. 164 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. The Commissioners of Highways must execute a bond to the Supervisor of their town within ten days after their election. Overseers of Highways must file a statement of all unwork- ed highway tax with' the Supervisors of their respective towns, on or before the first day of October. The Tax Collector or Receiver shall, within eight days after receiving notice of the amount of taxes to be collected by hint, execute to the Supervisor of the town, and lodge with him, a bond in double the amount of said taxes, to be approved by the Supervisor. The Supervisor shall, within six days there- after, file the said' bond in the office of the County Clerk of this County. The Assessors must complete the Assessment Roll on or before the first day of August, and leave a copy thereof with one of their number, and immediately thereafter cause notice thereof to be posted in three or more public places in their town or ward. " When the line between two towns, wards or counties di- vides a farm or lot the sante sliall be taxed, if occupied, in the town, ward or county where the occupant resides ; if unoccu- pied, each part shall be assessed in the town, ward, village or county where the sane shall lie." Laws 1886, Chapter 315. The Assessors shall meet on the third 'Tuesday in August to review their assessments, and hear the complaint of auy per- son conceiving Himself aggrieved. An affidavit to the roll by the Assessors, made prior to the third Tuesday of August, is a nullity. The Assessors Must deliver the corrected Assessment . Roll to the Town Clerk on or before the first day of September, there to remain for a period of fifteen days for public inspection, and the assessors shall forthwith give public notice by posting the same in at least three of the most public places in the town, or by publishing the same in one or more newspapers publish- ed therein, that such Assessment Roll has been finally com- SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 165 pleted, the officer to which the same has been delivered, and the place where the same will be open to public inspection. Said fifteen days, within which any assessment inay be review- ed by certiorari, shall commence on the day of the first pub- lication. The Assessor cannot enter the name of a person on his Roll who became a resident after the first day of July. When the Assessors or a majority of them, shall have corn • - pleted their Roll, they shall severally appear before any officer of their County authorized by law to administer oaths, and shall severally make and subscribe before such officer, an oath in the following form which must be sfrictly followed : " We the undersigned, do severally depose and swear that we have set down in the foregoing Assessment Roll, all the real estate situate in the town (or ward as the case may be,) accord- ing to our best information ; and that, with the exception of those cases in which the value of said real estate has been changed by reason of proof produced before us, we have esti- mated the value of said real estate at the sums which a majority of the Assessors have decided to be the full value thereof, and also that the said Assessment Roll contains a true statement of the aggregate amount of the taxable personal estate of each and every person named in such Roll, over and above the amount of debts due from such persons, respectively, and excluding such stocks as are otherwise taxable, and such other - property as is exempt by law from taxation, at the full value thereof, according to our best judgment and belief." Which oath shall be written or printed on said Roll, signed by the Assessors, and certified by the officer. Laws 1885, Chapter 364, 201. The Supervisor must report to the County Treasurer, on the first Tuesday in March, the amount of School moneys re- maining in his hands. Each Justice of the Peace must execute a bond with. two sureties conditioned for the payment on demand to the proper 166 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. officer all moneys received by the Justice, by virtue of his office, which bond must be approved by the Supervisor of the town, and filed in the Town Clerk's office. Each Justice of the Peace shall make a report in writing, verified by oath, each year, bearing date the first day of No- vember, to the Board of Supervisors, at their annual session, in which he shall state particularly the time when, and the name of the person or persons from whom, any money leas been received ; and also the amount and on what account the same was received ; also all sums remaining due and unpaid ; and that all moneys by him received have been paid to the officer duly empowered by law to receive the same. Each Justice of the Peace must pay all moneys received by him for fines, within thirty days after its receipt, to the County Treasurer. Criminal Code, Section 726. Overseers of the Poor cannot furnish supplies to a County pauper to exceed the suns of ten dollars, without an order from the County Superintendent authorizing further disbursements for such purpose. All bills payable by towns must be presented to the Town Auditing Board for audit. All bills for supplies furnished to County paupers, must be presented to the County Superintendent of the Poor, for audit. All bills presented to the Board of Supervisors or any Aud- iting Board, must be verified by oath, stating that the same are correct in every particular, and that no compensation has been received for the same, or any part thereof, except as therein stated. INDEX. PAGE ACT—Providing for holding Town Meetings in Town of Dryden . 44 ACCOUNTS—of Supervisors 82 ADJOURNMENT 74 ALMS HOUSE—Chaplain for 18 Visit of Board to 24 Resolution in platter of 25, 28, 35, 36, 37 Committee to investigate i atter of 39 ANNUAL SESSION OF BOARD 3 AUDITS, COUNTY 76-81 TowNs—Caroline 83 Danby 85 Dryden 87 Enfield 90 Groton 93 Ithaca 96 Lansing . Io6 Newfield Io8 Ulysses IIo BOARD OF SUPERVISORS—Hours of meeting of . 8 BILLS—Hours set apart for auditing 9 BOND—County Clerk's . 14 BUDGET—County 68 CAROLINE—Appropriation for Highways 20 Audits of 83 Added to 30, 59 Tag of . . 69 CHAIRMAN—Election of . 6 Complimentary to 73 CLERK—Election of 6 Salary of 7 In re Comptroller's report 65 Report of—On Equalization to Comptroller . 158 Report of—Ou Corporations to Comptroller 159, 16o, 161 168 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. CLERK—Complimentary to 73 COMMUNICATIONS—Comptroller 7, 1H7 Cayuga County Supervisors . 28 COMPTROLLER—COmmuuicatio11 from 7, 157 COMMITTEES—Regular Appointed 8 On Erroneous Assessment . 10 To draft resolutions . 1 r To investigate claim of town of Groton 33 To investigate platter of County Alms House . 39 COUNTY CLERK—BOnd of 14 Report of . 126 COUNTS,' SHERIFF—Report of. 127 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POOR—Report of 127 COUNTY TREASURER—Report of 114 COUNTY TAX, - 69 DANBV—Audits of 85 Added to . 57 Tax of 7o DISTRICT ATTORNEY—Report of 143 DRYDEN—Appropriation for Highways 21 Audits of 87 Added to 27 District levy 5o 'fax of 70 ENFIELD—Appropriation for Highways . 19 Audits of 90 Added to 41, 48 District levy 62 Tax of 70 EQUALIZATION—Report of Committee on 66, 68 GRAND JURORS—Apportionment of. 11 GROTON—Appropriations for Highways . 20 Audits of 93 Added to 26, 32, 40 Resolution adding to Assessment Roll 58 Tax of 71 ITHACA—Appropriations for Highways 12, 31 Audits of 96 Added to 45 District levy 62 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. 169 ITHACA— Stricken from . . 59 Tag of 71 ITHACA CITY HosP1TAL—Resolution in regard thereto. 20 JAIL PHYSICIAN—Salary Of IO Election of 17 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE—Reports of 155 Attention of, called to Laws 1S7 LANSING—Appropriation for Highways . 12 Audits of to6 Added to 33, 40 Tag of. 71 MEMORIAL TO DR. S. A. SEABRING . 75 MONROE COUNTY PENITENTIARY—Conveying prisoners to by Sheriff 72 NBwFIELD—Appropriations for Highways 2I Audits of lob District levy 52 Resolution for support of poor of 61 Tag of 72 ORDERS—County and town to be countersigned 9 PETITION of Assessors of town of Ulysses . . 63 POLITICAL DIRECTORY . . . 162-164 PRINTING—Proceedings of the Board. 22 Distribution of Printed Proceedings 25 PRISONERS—Conveyance of 72 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES—On printing proceedings of Board . 22 Qn Erroneous Assessment .. . . . 42, 6o 4- To investigate the number of pauper in- sane, etc . . 43 On Insurance 46 On U. S. Deposit Fund and Insurances . 48 On Charitable Institutions 53 On County Treasurer's Accounts . . . . 61 On Superintendent's Accounts 64 On Equalization and Assessment Rolls . 66, 68 REPORTS OF COUNTY OFFICIALS—County Treasurer . 114 County Clerk 126 Sheriff . 127 County Superintendent of Poor 127 District Attorney 143 U. S. Loan Commissioner . . . 144 170 SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS, 1891. REPORTS—Of Clerk Board of Supervisors toj State Comptroller 158-161 Of Justices of the Peace . 155 Of R. R. Bonding Commissioners and Supervisors . Enfield 145 Groton 147 Ithaca 149 Newfield 152 Ulysses 154 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING—Committee on ordinary repairs, etc. 6o County Superintendent to employ Chaplain for County Alms House 18 Clerk to obtain opinion of Attorney General . 19 County Treasurer and Supervisor of Ithaca to raise money in case of a de- ficiency in court expenses 37 RESOLUTIONS—On R. R. Commissioner's report of Ithaca 23 On Distribution of printed proceedings 25 In matter of County Alms House . . .. . . . 25, 28, 35, 36, 37 In matter of Insurance on County Buildings . 43 On returned road tax 49 To reimburse county for money paid . . . 55 To reimburse county for pauper insane 57 In matter of Surrogate's Clerk 59 For printing County Audits etc . 74 SESSION LAWS—Price for printing 11 Designation of papers to print 13, 14 SHERIFF—Allowed $350.00 for janitor 22 Conveyance of prisoners 72 Report of 127 STATE TAX 7, 68 SUPERVISORS—Names of and Post Offices addresses 5 Of Cayuga County, communication from 28 Accounts of 82 ULvssEs—Appropriations for Highways 15 Audits of 110 Added to 32 Resolution for support of poor of 35 District levy 40 Tax of . . . 72 1