The Placer herald., 1856-10-11

dodge of the Editor of The Press, but
it will not save him. Although the
| Trcasurer's books does not show the
arbOie ala0a}u of scrip issued, yet
they show there was accepted to Oct
lst '56. from June md. '56. the sum of 7G,5o2 90
Perhaps small portion OF this 16,502
dollars may have been issued prior to
the 2nd OF June, 1886, and included
in the estimate made by the Press,
and if so. We are that far in error in
our calculation. However the books
of the officers of the county, so far as
they could furnish it, have been our
guide,
Added to the debt of June ,. makes 15S,9G9 OS
The amount of interest that is prob
ably due on this amount is (estima
ting ten months interest on the whole
which we think little enough as the
County is paying now scrip sirfeen
months od) ).................... 1924 %
This makes the amount of 172,2lG 80
Credit on the above amount, re-
deemed in scrip from June 2, 1856,
1856, to October lst 1856, $54,0lS G6
Interest on same, 5,703 II
Paid ON Jail I,G00 90
The Treasurer estimates he
will be able to redeem, after
making up his account for
Sept, 1856, ISIS 81
--- GG,l40 G5
Leaving the audited debt Oct. /. '5G $l06,075 65
Now. we know there is n large num-
Der of accounts outstanding against
the county to the lst Of October, inst
in an unaudited state at least 10000 90
Making the present Indebtedness l2G,075 65
This item of $4,000 is based upon this calcula-
ton and we place il far below what we believe it
to bc:-From the lst Of June to the LIST of Oct
1856, were accepted &7G502, nearly all Of which
was accepted about the middle Of August
when the Supervisors adjourncd-,hey allowed
all the accounts and ordered scrip to be issued for
that amount. Now, if this large sum accrued be-
tween the 2nd Of June 1856. and the 10Th Of
August. 1856, two months and half. how much
will have accrued at the same ratio, from Aug.
10Th. to October lst 1856. one month and bali
Why, exactly Sl5,70l II II From this it will be
seen that our estimate if erroneous is far too low,
for it is we'll known that durng This last one and
half months the greatest amount OF business IS
generally transacted, and during part of this
time the Court OF Sessions. the most expensive in
the County has been in session.
Let us now deduct the debt ON the 2nd Of June
1867 ($6S,S from the present debt above,
which every one must admit to be correct (bl2G,
0I5 G5,) and we have an increase OF the county
debt under the present administration, from the
2nd June, 1855, to the lst of October lS5G-onc
year and four mOnths-of S57 POI 46. If they
proceed for the remainder of their term at this
rate what debt will we have. Let us see: Ii in
sixteen months they have created a debt OF SOL
25l 16 what will be the debt created 10y them at
the end OF thcir term eight months hcncc-eXactly
the sum of SS5.SSl 60, which, added to the debt
Of June, lS55 will make the pretty round sum of
Sl54702 SO i!
The Placer Press says, that on the 2nd of June,
1858, the County debt was .......... S5,735 90
We think we can add to this. Il little
lat,pp psI1In Itn lp-tt of bn 'nII
of Sessions, then acting as Supervisors.
was held a short time after the officers
elect entered upon their duties in 1853,
and nearly every cent allowed then
was for services rendered prior to the
lst June, 1858. the sum Of .......... 1900 90
For one quarter Go. Judges salary 100 90
Amount of Jurors and Election Off
GERS fees, due for services prior to lst
June, 1858, and issued after 900 90
Which makes sll9S5 90
and which we admit was The then existing debt.
Now take this sum from SGS,S2l 10 and we have
SjG.S36 10. the debt created by the democratic
administration, which we are willing to admit
We might. following in the footsteps of the Press,
charge upon the first administration of the county
the cost Of the present Court House, about S22,
600. and thereby increase it to S33 9S5 90. and
decrease the debt Of 1858 and 81 to $36,936 10,
but we will not, but are willing to shoulder it,
aud can prove that this debt was created not by
fault Of officers but by fault Of the law by fault
of the Fee Bill under which accounts against the
County We're charged. But not Of this now, bat
let us compare our debt with yours. We made a
debt Of S56S36 70 in two years. and built a good
Court House. You, in sixteen months make ~
debt Of $57 ,254 4G and build Jail. Our Court
House cost $4,000 and your Jail, you say, cost
$l6,525 Il. "Dost like the picture
In 1855, the people of this county paid n
tax of $l.G5 on the one hundred dollars
worth Of property, but this amount was not
enough to satisfy these Know Nothngs they
wished to grind down the people and require
them to pay higher and greater tax, If it
had effected any good the PeoP e would not
complain, but our showing above proves
beyond doubt that it has not.
About the lst Of March, $50, special Act
was passed by the Legislature, providing for
leyying an additional tax of 800 on the
$4,000 worth of property. Itproyides that
half of the amount shall be applied to the
payment of the contingent expenses OF the
County, and the other half to the General
Fund. Among these contingent expenses
are included printing, board of prisoners,
fuel, lights, stationery and books, and it was
contended that by paying for these items in
cash, the expenses therefor would be reduced
materially. Let us see how this has been
doue. In 1853 and 1854, S. G. Astin charg-
ed the County for board of prisoners at the
rate Of $40 each, per week, and received his
pay in County Scrip, although it was then
worth only about Sjfty,fce cents on the dol
lar. In 1886, w. T. Henson receives $40
per week, for board, for each prisoner, and
! receives his nay in cash.
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