This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
A.) 1967 - President Lyndon Johnson accepts Seals from Robert Morse, national Christmas Seal chairman and Dr. Daniel Jenkins, president of the organization that later became the ALA.
B.) 1975 - President Gerald Ford accepts Seals from Vikki Carr, national Christmas Seals chairman and Dena Paresi, thechild Christmas Seal artist who designed the Connecticut Seal.
C.) 1970 - President Richard M. Nixon accepts Seals from Gail Patrick Jackson, national Christmas Seal chairman.
D.) 1979 - President Jimmy Carter accempts Christmas Seals from Lorna Garrison, child Christmas Seal artist for the District of Columbia.
E.) 1984 - President Ronald Reagan opening the Christmas Seal Campaign at the Oval Office with Pearl Bailey, national Christmas Seal chairman.