Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1913 — SAYS WE OWE NEWTON COUNTY BIG ACCOUNT [ARTICLE]

SAYS WE OWE NEWTON COUNTY BIG ACCOUNT

Expenses for Change of Venue Cases Are to Be Borne By County Where They Originate.

Newton County Enterprise—Ever since 1903 Newton county has been paying expenses incurred by. reason of changes of venue in cases brought to this county from other counties and getting no renumeration therefor. The law provides that “the county from* Which such change of venue has been or shall be taken shall pay to the county to which such change of venue has’ been or shall be taken all such expenses as have been or shall be incurred by the county to which such change of venue has been or shall be taken, including in criminal cases the expense of keeping the prisoner, if any, and in all cases the fees paid such county to the jury trying the cause and any of the regular panel of jurors not engaged in such trial, allowances to bailiffs and all bther expenses necessarily incurred by sueh county in consequence of such change of venue and the trial of such cause.” Clerk McCurry, having gone carefully over "the records for ten years past, at Judge Hanley’s suggestion, has certified ufffraid allowances due this county from other counties on account of change of venue cases, as follows: Jasper county .$2,210.00 Benton county 680.00 White county 218.00 Lake county 43.00 Total ....$3,151.00 Inasmuch as it is made the duty of county councils to make proper provisions for the payment of such claims taxpayers may Reasonably hope that this county will soon be reimbursed for these expenses paid on account of litigation brought here from other counties. Ton years is a long time between settlements and there is no apparent reason why these matters should not be audited at .the close of each term of court and the matter adjudicated at once. The question also suggests itself why the various sets of state examiners that have visited this county have not reported these delinquencies from other counties?