The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-10-27

P"hy Sha'l pay 10 whom why, 10 TIE
county commissioners; to them or their
constituted agents, and TO nobody else.
so by the county commissioners alone
could these suite nTes be collected: then
n(one are accountable for them; and they
have collected them with a veneence by
giving away to 'pet" $4,000 for the
signal service Of throwing away Sill
S27 more; all Of which is a loss, and a
robbery OF he taxpayers of Cecil.
In regard to who is bound for the
state taxes, we reprint the following
from writer, who is as well qualified,
perhaps, TO speak on leg al questions, as
these writers in the Democrat.
For The Cecil Wig.
Your Honey! .Stani and D oliver
Tar-payers ct CecI! are you aware YOU will
he required b! the State 10 put your hunts in
5o"r pocA'e's and pay 10 the Treasury Of the
State the thousands which the County Commits
s'oners squandered in gifts to the ia iroad com.
l'any ana TO other pets and avoritcs. Such you
VIII md, to your cost, 10 be the fact.
or the whole taxes due from the railroad,
about one-lhrd belonged to the State. There
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public money as has been perpclrated. On the
contrary there is Il special law requiring the
| payment OF The whoic Vi the taxes due by the r. -.
II. Company. Contrary then, 10 all law. the
! county commissioners have taken as payment in
| lhli, sum, some eight or ten MouS0uA ,H,ILyyS
less than the amount due; which sum, so rakcn
Tor all lhc people OF the county Can lean fir, IN
the published statement, has been idIy suuon-
dafed-and large amount of which is publicly
stated to have been idly Sluandercd: --nnI NO
part OF the sum received, 50 far as the writer
can ascertain. has been yuid to the State. The
three M0nSH"i ana Mrce hHnireA doiiars given to
counsel, simply for saying we will girc agM
eight or Twelve THOUSAND, il you pay us Tvs, I've
Thousand WIZ have to be cNtorted from the iax-
payers Of the county; b,s.les other additional
thousands. TO MAKE up the States share.
So, taxpayers Of Cecil! groun to the rarth
with taxes nnw. prepare for an cAl!a burden. 10
make ur fer NE lavish waste of public money
without authority Of law. Set np,rt yuur Tenth
COW, your tenth sheep, yonr tenth she ch in the
, nell, to pay Tor the thousands ui the puh!c
money -YJHr mlHey-- S'Iuund"rcl and grabbed;
/ Witho NJ Your even having the prvilc ge Of see
ing - sthtc 'nen. showing how it disaIp, AIRED.
Say are not such doings sufficient. welt uiyti
to cause civil revolt; much less, are thew moi
sufficient to prolu' such 70 ing revolt as will
drive from the custody Of the public funds those
thus-rvcn if blinlluly so-negligenl of them.
as well as to keep them oul of the custody %,
those who wonl,I be subject, AT all, 10 the in.
''"e'es wh'c" led to sue" stat & ,y oFsis
Leaving the anonymous yillifiers and
simpletons We !Nrn to the statement we
dr"Eged out of the clerk, in addition TO
his "o5icinl;" and but for us hat $4,000
fee would still have been kept hidden
and 'cret as death from the taX-rlddrn
people. In his statement to The Whiq
he says $4,000 was retained by counsel.
In his statement to the Democrat he
says it was retained by diHercnI counsel.
We rather think 'ndiBcrem counsel cot
mot OF the "grab,' and for very indif-
tereot serylccs. With the clerk we are
on friendly terms and have no contro-
versy, He failed to answer our queries.
except one: why he failed LET the people
guess. In his extra statement, it was
incumbent on him to show what sum
was in his hands when he received the
railroad money, and what he received!
from other sources while making the
payments he enumerates. Had be done
SO different result would have appear
ed. The Sil1.79 paid to lis had been
due two years, and We had been that
I long kept out of it. Some curious per-
sons might asE, how is it that >:iS3. - is
levied for 7, McNeal, for repairing roads
while the same sum precisely is put
down as paid him out Of the rail road
money But let all these things pass.
Mr.. scott gets $500 salary this year; hs
has thought proper to keep this IN the
dark, for 1t is to be found in no publish
ed statement. In the levy list, hung up
IN the Court House for the eyes of the
people, it is put down at $500. 1t has,
also, been told us that he gets 3 per cent
on the $4,000 railroad money and also,
On other monies, which together with
some ether perqusiles will make his
pay about $1,000 for the year We
mention this merely because the people
have no other way of knowing it, it
seems, and they ought to know.
We now turn to the last of the gang
of detamers and deceiyers Of the people
The great Democratic editor, who
needs must add his testimony. What
he said OF the 2 sent reduction, we have
elsewhere fully answered. He drags up
from the depths of the past, what he is
pleased to call "the worse than useless
expenditure by the wings of some ST.
300 upon the Jail wall, which has served
little better purpose than to afford the
prisoners place to play ball and facili-
ty of escape" That Jail wall, the wing
commissioners we're forced to build, BY
the threats Of the court upon the recon.
mendation Of grand jurors; and we'll is
it for the people that the building OF It
vas not deferred till within the control
OF the present county authorities and
their advisors; else it might have cost,
instead Of = 300, half as many lhous-