The Empire County argus., 1854-08-05
County AHAirs.

the Rayinc city.
County AfT.its.
We have laid before our readers on several &C.
casions heretofore, facts and figures derived from
the official reports Of portion Of the officers Of this
county, showing that our expenses have been enor-
mously increased 10 the startling amount Of upwards
Of four tiousana dollars for ercrp moat}, and
amounting in the aggregate to the handsome sum
IF SEVEN THOUSAND AND sNry-FoUR DOLLARS
MONTHLY We have waited patiently to see this
astounding extravaganza explained, but nothing as
yet, has met the eye. Perhaps the Sovereign Off,
cials at the Court House have in their Immaculate
wisdom arrived at the conclusion that the People
have no business to know what has become Of their
money,-the Peoples money If they had any
disposition whatever to communicate information
they could have done So through this paper.
More dian this, it is said they have the columns of
easily through that have shed q little light on the
turbd stream of our county affairs, True the
Clerk unbosomed the fruitful treasures Of his oiice
June 30th, 1854 and gave US few round sums
audited by The Court Of Sessions, for erey ,eJrtc
1caOterer." Leaving the cool balance Of na.e ttou.
sand tao htadasi ainry three dcAltrs oaa tareay
Seren cents unaccountcd for.
pretty good pile this to slip away without any
body knowing where 1t has gone too. There is a
little gap get to be filed up, the people want to
know how much uoney was received in that qop
and alsoit this struggling balance, which appears
to have nc resting place now was di6bur5ed during
that PERIOD at the same time both sides of the
question VIII be very desirable. At allcycnts what
has become Of that SO 233 II. Who Enov-s,--
Who can tell! And more, who On the face Of all
Gods earth has any business to know? In short
is il not the heigh;h Of unadroratcd absard:ty iog
tle people to desire any, or the least infyrna..ou
Should the people 90 begging f3r information Of
their servants? What has tie County lulge to 90
with his salary Of four thousand dollars per anrum
fr his services, that he not furnish ateraent
Of County affairs? Is he afraid 10 do it? Il the
picture so black that nobody dare explain the con-
d,on Of things in detail? If not let Us see the pic
ture; our columns aye open for the interesting
figures.
We hear that the Court Of Sessions is to assem-
bic the coming week. If So 1t viii be a LcGtting
occasion for the Judge to instruct the Grand Jury
10 look into the finances Of this county In doing
this let the itcmizcd bills on file ia the Clerks Office
be scrutinizsd, thoroughly carefully and dlligent-
-ly scrutin.zad. Let there be no wbitc-washing
process. Let these accounts be compared with the
Statute, with the letter Of the Law and no finch
ing, no fear Or favor IF there has been ovcr-charg
ing let the wrong fall at the right door, if not say
so, and have and end Of this business
The Grand Jury also with propriey look
after the County Jail, and inform the people how
much per week has been paid for boarding prison
ers Information about this institution is desirable.
very desirable.
Let the sum total Of orders, ordered by the Court
Of Sessions lie compared with the sum total drawn
10y the Recorder and paid by the Treasurer.
The dormant Scrip" should receive attention
also, find out how much there is Of that Ascertain
what amount Of scrip is now oustanding if any
In short, let the people know for once how matters
stand Know to dollar how much this county is
in debt, what amount there is in the Treasury, so
that we can have o clean start hereafter without
being reminded Of an old debt every quarter. If
the accounts are properly kept in our public Offices
all these things can be ascertaincd in very short
time. Considerable time and careful investigation
will be required to investigate thoroughly the item
lied accounts audited by the Court of Sessions and
on file in tie Clerks office. Here if we mistake
not viii be found mares nest.