The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

LOOK TO YOUR RAT.

To the Editor.

Sta,--I taw by your paper last week, that the way-
wardens for the Dorchester district appointed a
Treasurer to the Highway Board, who positively re-
fused to allow interest upon the cash be will have in
hand ; and this appointment appears to have been =tried
by • large majority, and at a time when a gentlemaa in
*very way qualified to 1111 the aloe was proposed, mad
was willing to pay interest upon all cash in band.
Surely, Mr. Bditor, such • glaring bit of pa tronage as
this can never Ind a parallel out of the county of
Dorset. It is really very hard that the rat 'payers
cannot even trust their waywardens to expend their
money without such wilful waste of the funds da,
trusted to them. - . . .

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There 1141WILI to he vary few independent men in
Dorset, if ooe may judge from their votes.
I was told one day tbat rheumatism was like a
tbunib-screw, screwed up as tightly .e. man oneld pos-
sibly bear it, awl that gout is just one tore more.
Now. Sir, I hope the ways's:dens haves% gut the
gout, or on thing bolt as bed as thumbacimerang ; bet
ono thing is certain. they will not vote for a measure
simply because it will tend to save Om °outsets of the
rate.payers' purees. My obieet in writing to you is not
no mach to comment lIPOU the poet as kis to draw your
attention to the future. Will the treasurer be
allowed to open Levers' accounts (as a beaker)? and will
ooe or more of these be eometitues overdraws? and will
, not interest becharged upon any overdraft?
Let the ratepayers attend to this, and let their
treasurer be ri oognieed as their treasurer only, and
sot as their banker, and let there be • little looking
into the amounts ocemionally.
Very few in Dorchester know anything about the
treasurership to the Town Council, but it no happened
that •few weeks ago that upright, honest men, Jobe
Esq., mayor, went into the mounts, and look-
Mg only to his public duty. west to the Old Beak sad
:remonstrated. (Here, Sir, I must tell you that
be in hi.. seal exceeded his ditty, for he ought.
Dot to have recornieed a banking dna at all,
hut to have enelined himself to the treasurer.)
Well, when wee the result? Why, the greet beakera
d iagorged the nice little sees of PUS, and
the tome was set forth to the pubLic thus : "By interest
refunded LW" A nice little rum to be pieced
to the credit of the Borough of Dorchester, _thanks to
the excellent Mayor. This interest was charged, al-
though the trossurer always had • balms io band-
but he, the treasurer, mooed several amounts at the
Bank, some of which were overdrawn. But this was
nothing to the town. Now, Sir, let =seek what would
be the result of • 'meal investigation of all the tree-
surenhipe in the county of Dorset? Would oct
tbs rot. be weed i y reduced f the county tanagerer
ami •Il other treasurers were at °see refused psy,
and wen essipelled to give interest spas the halms@
In their bands?
Sorely it le time that tb• my of looel governateet
abou/d be at an end, ead the pockets el the ratepayers
be hatter looked after.
Behove me case who hss borne the bargee of load
Mies laai emoygli, end
ONE WHO PAYS.

Printed and published for the Proprietor. by Cueitca•
MILLARD, of Dorebeekr, Printer. at Usk
Oahe et Die Darter Monty Ispross. Cbssilt-elreet,
Ditembeeter, Tuesday, April 21, 121112.

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