The Trinity times., 1855-09-01
The Supervisors and the County
Treasurer,

The last Legislature passed the following |
law Concerning the Duties Of County
Treasurer :"
SECTION !. It shall be the duty Of the |
several County Trcasurcrs to make a de-
tailed report. at every regular meeting Of
the Board Of Supervisors Of his county, Of
all moneys received by him, and the dis
bursements thereof, and Of all debts due to
and from the county, and Of all other pro
ceedings in his office, 20 that the receipts
into the Treasury and the amount Of dis
bursements. together with the debts due 10
and from the county, may clearly and dis
tinctly appear.
SIC. z. II shall be the duty Of the Board
Of Supervisors 10 cause each ard every re-
port made according to the provisions OF
section first Of this Act, 10 be published in
some newspaper in their county; and if
there is no newspaper published in their
county, then they shall cause the same to
be posted in i've public places in the
county.
SEC. 3. If any County Treasurer shall ne
| glect, or refuse to report, as required in
section first Of this Act he shall forfeit and
pay the sum of five hundred dollars for
every such neglect or refusal, to be rccoy-
|
| the name Of the people Of the county, in
any court Of competent jurisdiction, and
applied to the use Of the county and it
shall be the duty Of the Board of Supervi-
sors to institute such suit or suits.
SEC. 4. That this Act shall take effect and
be in force from and after the LIST day OF
July next
According to this law our County Trea-
surer has subjected himself to a fine of five
that gentleman, that he Offered to make a
report to those wise men who regulate O.
our county affairs, at their last regular
meeting, and was informed by them that
then did not require it, and that it would
not be necessary for him to make report
at that time Now, it is possible that these
Solons did not require such report for their
own information and satisfaction, but we
think that this is a matter in which the pun
lie have some interest. The community
wish to know, and hare right to know,
from time to time, what the condition Of the
County Treasury is-what money has been
received and what money paid out-whether
the county debt has been increased or di-
minished, and to what amount.
These are facts that interest the commu-
nifty generally and the law has provided a
way in which they shall be inlormed-and
we have not been able to discover any au-
thority in the Statutes which gives permis-
son to the Board of Supervisors to exempt
the Treasurer from the performance of this
duty We have heard that the Sheriff has
paid into the Treasury, during the last two
months, an unusually large amount of rev
cnue, derived principally from the sale Of
Foreign Miners Licenses, and that through
the promptness and efficiency of our officer:
in collecting the revenue, the Indebtedness
Of the county has been considerably re-
duced. Now, if such is the case, the fact
should be made public, and no permission
from such Board can exempt the Treasu
rer from the payment of the penalty pre-
sAs present instance, that our very able
Board of Supervisors ought to be made tc
pay the fine themselves, for they are actu-
ally the parties to be blamed, if the state
ment made to us by the County Treasurer
is correct.