The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-09-30
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Tie total amount of the Levy for 1854 is
Sl2 So Us the above sum OF 81 ~ II. II he
ing dciuc,ed thcrrtrom leaves 81 DISCS,
which would have been tie amount II the
levy for this year, lat for the unusual clarg-
rs; and that amount-ly leaving the balance
to meet nSolvcnccs and incidental expenses
500 less. which could have been spared
thcrrtrom---woull only have required coun-
~ tax OF 80 cents in the SlOO.
Comparisons of the county taxes Of the
pre- sent with those Of other years, have been
made, and doubtless Will still be made by
persons Interested in doing so, to the disad
vantage Of the present County Commissions
crs; We may therefore, with proproty make,
in this Report, as incidental to the subject,
such comparison as is warranted by the
facts and figures; taking the last year, Ohc
only one since the new aSsesslnent,) as our
example.
The amount of the Levy last year was
S3l ,lSG 90, and the county tax was 40 cents
in the 500. We have shown that hut for I'M
usual expenses 80 cents in the 500 would
have been the rate of tax this year; or, u
cents in the 500 less than last year. But to
the S31 1850 levied last year, 1900 re-
ccived from the Railroad Company, and cx-
pended by the late Commissioners in addi-
ton to that raised by the tax Of As cents in
the 500, is also to be added, making an ag-
gregate Of $43, lSG0S to have raised which
sum would have required county tax of GO
cents in the 500; and as we are not at liberty
to suppose the influx of that railroad money
led to any unnecessary expenditure on the
part Of the County commissioners, such a tax
was virtually imposed on the people by TAX
ing that sum, which, if uneXpended then,
would subsequently have decreased their
taxes to an equal amount. SO we see that,
in fact, the county tax in 1858 was 3 cents in
the 500 more expensive to the people than
the county tax of 1854, all the Levy counted;
and "a cents in the 500 higher, dcducting
the unusual charges we have enumerated.
And if the sums expended last year and those
growing Immediately out thereof, which ought
to have been provided for last year, but which
have been crowded into the present year
amounting, as will appear from the statements
hercinbctore given, to about 81 400 00-had
been then levied, it would have required last
year an additional tax of II cents in the 500
to have raised that additional amount; and
this II cents added to the SO cents in the
500, which we have shown was the actual
amount expended, would have made the
county tax for 1858, "a cents in the 500; or,
ii cents in the SlUU higher than in 1854, the
whole levy counted. But we have shown
that the taxes for the present year, except
for extraordinary charges, would have been
but 80 cents in the 500; or. IS cents less than
the rate Of tax justly chargeablc to 1858.
Thus, fair comparison seems to show II very
considerable difference in favor OF 1854.
Induced by the considerations referred to
at the commencement of this Report, we have
| been thus explicit in detailing the causes by
which the heavy taxes of the present yeal
\ have been made necessary. All Of hich is
respectfully submitted. 90
JAMES l.. CRAIG,
DAVID SCOTT,
CHARLES II. 1IAINES,
-.... County Commissioners.
A true copy. Attest, e- ~ o.
PA RICKETTS,, elk,
Sep 30, '54 Sw Co. Epm'r,. Cetii Co.