State ex rel. News Pub. Co. v. Pike County

Citations

• 20 Ohio C.C. Dec. 406

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES — PUBLICATION.</p> <p>Walters, Cherrington and Jones, JJ.</p> <p>1Í.'Sufficient Itemizing of Commissioners Annual Reports.</p> <p>•The provision of Rev. Stat. 917 (Lan. 2193), requiring county commissioners to make an annual report “itemized as to amount,” does not .necessitate the statement of expenditures with the explicitness of an r account, hut permits the entering, as one transaction, of the aggregate •sum of items, when such report shows said aggregate sum to have been paid out in a single payment to the same person for a specified purpose. :For example, under the heading, “stationery and supplies for county .officers,” the report showing that distinct items were purchased for the ruse of the probate judge which were paid out in a single sum to B. ‘Bros., is a sufficient compliance with the statute. The various subheads in the report, such as “allowance to counsel,” “allowance to justices and mayors,” “insurance,” sufficiently describe the purpose of such several expenditures. Walters, J., dissents.</p> <p>Turnpike Directors'’ Reports Do not Require Particularity of Statement • Required of County Commissioners.</p> <p>Turnpike directors’ reports of receipts and expenses made in conformity to Rev. Stat. 4898 (Lan. 8371), attached to county commissioners’ reports need not be. set forth with the particularity of statement required by Rev. Stat. 917 (Lan. 2193).</p> <p>■¡[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>