The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-01-07
THE CECIL WING.
THE COUNTY FUNDS,
.JANU RY 2, BSaA.
AND MATTERS RELATING TuERETt

should again refer to the subject of the
management Of the county funls-a
subject, quit. thoroughly discussed dur
ing the late political campaign.
The cause Of the delay Of our no'c,
of that article, will appear from an edi-
torial note in The IThig Of the oath ult.
Nothing of public account was effected
by the intcrposition to bring about an
understanding: and as our right as a
journalist TO discuss the public acts of
public officers cannot be e;'ioned, We
proceed to slight review of the article
III question. We have all along said We
| had no controversy with Mr.. Scott; we
never alluded TO him in this contest,
until he made it necessary, and then in
the milde>t manner possible under the
circumstances; and now that We are
forced again TO refer to Lam it shall be- to
his public acts alonc--and to them only
in so far as he has himself connected
them with what We have been cen ur-
ing as Encouragement of the county
funds.
This controversy, and particularly the
part of this article which is to follow, is
diSagreeable to us; it will not be entire.
" uninterrsiing to our county readers
however. as il will lead thom, or has
led than, into some of the modern modes
Of sqnandering the public monies and
abusing public trusts.
Mr., SIS last articl, is spoken Of on all
sides as being remarkable only for weak
ness and 'mpudrnce. We propose to
notice none Of its epilhe's and none of
its abuse, but only to refer to its figures
and its alleged facts.
First, then; any man who is not fool,
knows that the record which shows the
result of suit in the circuit court is to
be found in tie office of the clerk of that
court, and the record there shows that
the collectors sued by the late county
commissioners did not owe the county.
! ! his point we have before discussed and
it remains undisturbed by Mr.. SCOTS
futile remarks, in which he purposelv
m'squoteS our language.
In justice to John Cooley Esq, who
is now absent from the county. we will
make another remark touching the suits
in question:. 1t has been industriously
circulated that Mr.. Cooley, without IT,
thori.y from the commissioners, brought
those suits foi the sake of the fees. Mr..
| Scott, the clerk to the commissioners
their officer, to do their bidding--fur-
uisIed Mr.. c. with copies of the bon ds,
and charged the county with so doing,
and the commissioners paid him. The
conclusion is irresistible, that the COM
missioners did order the suits, or that
Mr.. Cooley was not the only one who
consrired for fees.
he next matter to remark upon is
his late reference to his published state
ment Of the expenditure of the railroad
taxes, in which statement he put down
$ll7.79 as having been paid to US. This
sum we stated did not come out of the
railroad money; but he contradicts US
fatty. Hear him:
sBnt i few words more in regard TO his living
! and dIssracriul comments upun the clerks at
count. 1t will b" remembered that Mr.. p. c.
| Ricketts,, states, with that arrOun, before him.
there was in HE clerks custody 5000. rs, sur
plus funds lndrr ndent OF the railroad funds,
out Of which ronM and which he insists did.
pay his Y d"linrs. Tha! pronounce and will
prove o"hagcou'y .tuise."
The harlihood and impudance of this
man Scott, must astoniSh any man who
will examine the books, as kept by him
self, IN the commissioner office. We
shall be little particular with this s117
affair, as it seems to be the starting
point Of the dispute between him and US
ii vas part OF sum levied for us in
1851; the collector did not have fuuds
to pay US; it was levied again in 1859
included in balance to meet defcien-
cies. On the 12th of May last, not hav.
ing still received it, we mentioned the
matter TO the commissioners, and on that
day they passed the following order, as
will appear by their Minute Book:
"Ordered. That D. Scott; Treasurer, be and
he hereby is authorized TO s",llc with p. c.
Rlckells his outstanding allowance for 1851, O.
that portion yet unpaid by the Collectors, IL.