The Empire County argus., 1854-07-01
Coloma: Saturday, july I, 1854.
COUNTY FINANCES.
Tax-payers Read.

We have several times spoken of the financial affairs of
this county and Saturday last published Report from
the County Treasurer which will be found the first pag0
of toays paper and to which the attention Of the reader
is invited We to this topic again, because it is
in which all of readers directly interested and in
der that justice may be done to all parties directly
motey connected with the collection and disbursement of
revenue
We find in the Mountain Democrat Of Saturday last,
Report from the Treasurer in figures similar to the Report
lay before readers to-day with the following remarks
appended by that officer He says
"Eighteen months ago the Indebtedness of the county
900 which has been paid off and after paying
all the expenses up the present time there is
in the Treasury surplus oi S3,loo AZ"
The Treasurer then eongraulaes the citizens of the
county in this wise
81 venture to say that there is not county in the State
in as prosperous and solvent condition as this"
In apologising for the small balance remaining in the
Treasury having isbused $35,320 4S in MONTHS for
cnrrent expenses and for all the County Officials in lump,
the Treasurer uses the following language
~During the last eight months the current
penses have been greater than before that tme owing to
the great increase Of criminal business which has more than
doubled"
With flourish of trumpcts in winding up his Report, the
Treasurer takes occasion to white wash gratuousy his
associates in Office and while claspng the aterng
ton his soul that the bruised spirits Of the county
officials under the magic power of the alvo he administers
will be purer and brighter and their official acts be
permitted 60 unqucstoned, he throws in the following
congratulatoly and welurned period;
Gan the officers connected with the collection of the
have displayed great energy and in the
discharge of their various trusts, and owing to this fact
congratulate ourselves in having county in the
best financial condition Of in the State and long
have officers like present ones possessed with high
pride of character and feelings of honor and gratitude
the people who have placed them in the position they
occupy we have nothing to fear for county finances
W. Ii. STONE. Treasurer
Ths Editor of the official organ as an accompaniment
and in duty bound, repeats his 'hrcc told tale' by
way of tickling the vanity of the 'county officers He
eays
''They are worthy, honest capable, energetic set of
as is clearly proved by the Treasurers report
The present occupants of the official chairs in this county,
inducted into office the first Monday in October
last being about since And inasmuch the
Treasurer has travelled back eighteen months find
thing which to found hope,' will look into
of the former reports of this officer he being the
former Treasurer of the county, and if there any
casion for boasting.
On ths 18th day August last the Treasurer says his
report that
The average monthly receipts into the treasury Sl 96
The average monthly expenditures. 4s
Leaving surplus of receipts expenses of 3f59 As
This report is made for the time intervening between
Nov 24 1852 and Aug TO- 1853, 'beng period of eight
and a half months" Here have average monthly
rate of current expenses of 22 S per month In the
Treasurc late report for period of five months since the
10Th of January last have average monthly expend
iture of SEVEN sIxTY-FoUR DOLLARS NINE
CENTS! This is improvement with a vengeance.
In this report of Aug l0th the Treasurer employs
the following significant language
eff the average monthly receipts and expenditures should
continue heretofore, the county debt of $IS
O23 81 will be liquidated in five monhs'
1t be recolccted that this language employed on
bens have had very little DO with the OFFICIAL CLOAK
of yfour thousand dollars Indeed shall show pres
emily that they have been otherwise employed than in
paying off this old EIGHTEEN MONTHS DEBT.
We quote from the Treasurer's report of Recepts
and disbursements of the Treasury for YEAR, from the
zh of November, 1882 and dated December 2 1853 In
this report we find the following summary and remarks.
''Total $147 23j 80
Tho States portion of the abve GO $50 90
One year ago the indebtedness of the county amounted
to nearly DOLLARS. which has been PAID
excepting few scattering ORDERS which there money tc
redeem when presented The expenses have been
paid during the time excepting some orders that were
drawn ON the special fund.- amounting to 1856 90 which
will be paid in about month";
Here we have receipts for year..... $50 2S5 50
Deduct $50,000 90 old debt paid 000 90
We have left for expenses .......$ $50 2S5 so
To which add s4756 drawn special fund ..4,756 90
Gives total county expenses Of So, ,04 SO
for ENTIRE YEAR, monthly average of...292O II
1t appears that county expenses, exhibited in the
Ireasurers todays paper for the lasFvE MONTHS
have exceeded the entire expenditure of
in the sum of TWO sENENTY-EIGHT AND
ToRTYNNx CENTS amounting in the aggregate for
MONTHS LAST PAST to...... $50 4S
Being monthly average of................706 064 90
Deduct monthly average Of last year. 1920 II
We have the expenses increased monthly this
gear to the tune of. f....................$fl l43 92
In order that the comparison may be exact will
compare the corresponding months of year, with
the FIVE months of year published by the
Treasurer.
In the "Miners' Advocate of July %, 1853 find
Statement of receipts into the Treasury from Nov. "a,
1852 to July 4h, 1852 (being period of seven monh
we extract from this report as follows
dotai receipts SSI,1oS II
PORTION belonging to the State. Is
foron belonging to the county. 1915 W
LssVlng balance to redeem county orders Of 62S Is
From these figures have for the five months of last
year. corresponding to the five months this year, total
ofrecepts, pro rata, $31 ,226 30
Average monthly receipts. .62f5 27
average monthly expenses es................2,727 ,727 25
Average monthly surplus expenses. .....351S o2
Ssrpius receipts for FIVE months, pro 500 10
THIS YEAR.
We have for FIVE months total receipts. 3 sos 81
Average monthly receipts. ,70l 10
Average monthly 7