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Although more than a year and a half had elapsed since Poitevent had been awarded the jail contract, it was not until an October 1868 meeting that a warrant was issued for payment of the amount of $2,100. The order specified that "the County jail" had been built at Gainesville.
It appears that Poitevent's contract was not inclusive of some costs, and so in a January 1869 special meeting, a number of vouchers in small amounts were ordered. These included cleaning and whitewashing the County jail, blacksmith work, lumber and labor for the jail. The word "labor" is curious, as it would seem to have been included in Poitevent's commitment, but in this case it was only for ten dollars.
Perhaps not related to the jail issue, it is noteworthy that in the January meeting, a warrant was issued in favor of Poitevent for $600 for "county paper" which he had delivered for cancellation, but the amount surrendered was not shown. It is probable that he was being paid for one of the promises made during the war.
In one case, a new warrant was issued in the amount of $10 for $50 of "city money." In another, $605 was paid for $1,270 of warrants.
Certainly confusing in the matter of the jail is that in September of 1869, the Board ordered the President (Samuel White) and DR Wallace "to confer with City authorities in regard to building a jail, and also to call for specifications and estimates for building a jail similar to the one burned in May last...." A search of minutes of meeting since May does not disclose any discussion of a fire; moreover, it is not clear whether the City was Shieldsborough or Gainesville.
Subsequent meetings do have mentions of a jail, but only with regard to repair of a jail house door and the payment to a blacksmith.
It may be significant that in November of 1870, the City of Shieldsboro authorized Hancock County to use the city jail as the county jail. Presumably, then, it was the Gainesville jail that had burned in May of 1869.
Disappearance of Treasury Money
FH Seal appears as Treasurer in April 1868, when he gave his report of the fund for "destitute widows, orphans, etc, of deceased soldiers, amounting to $266.66." The report was accepted, and Seal was ordered to distribute as required by statute.
At the October 1868 meeting, a simply worded paragraph reveals that "a fine of $200 be imposed upon the County Treasurer for his non attendance at the regular meetings of the