If you all have been following the slowly updated Hunterdon Republican Newspaper, you will note that during the latter part of the 1800s, the Hunterdon County Collector had to post a bond of $100,000 which was guaranteed not by a bond company, but by as many of his wealthy friends as he could get to sign on as sureties! Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn" <cdavis07@mac.com> To: NJHUNTER@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:39:34 AM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Sheriff "presents" bond Hello. An article in the Hunterdon County Democrat dated November 14, 1935 (don't have page number) describes the recent election of my maternal grandfather William M Schomp as Hunterdon County Sheriff. It mentions that William "presented" a $20,000.00 bond (an immense sum in the middle of the Depression, I would think) at his oath-taking ceremony. I have no idea why a newly-elected sheriff had to post a bond. Do any of the readers of this mailing list have any suggestions? I grew up in HC, but really don't remember much about local politics. Here is text of sentence: "Sheriff Schomp presented his bond for $20,000, which had been filed Monday afternoon with County Clerk C Lloyd Fell. Sureties for the bond are William U Bohren, Walter H Baratles, Mathias W. Buchanan (Mr. Schomp's wife's uncle), Harold B Everitt, Charles C Smith and Charles Holcombe". Many thanks for your help. Carolyn Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message