The Placer herald., 1856-10-11
TIE COUNTY FINANCES.
KWOW-WCTUTNG REFORNT.

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The people have declared by their voice that
TIA reign Of corruption should end; they nave
elected Legislature and Executive whose watch
word was "Rciorm," and lhc iulGlmcnt Of that
promise will be demanded. "-Piacer Press, Jan.
| 18th, 1856.
Fatal word! Yes Reform" was your
watchword, not only in matters of State but
the same cry has brought the present County
administration into power. The fnltiment
Of that promise is now demanded. Can you
make a clean breast Of it, and stand before
the people acquitted? We shall see. We
have not heretofore gone into an exact com
putation Of the state of our County finances,
but satisfied ourselves by charging in round
numbers, what we believed to be true. You
deny our assertions and appeal to the record
By the record then be you and your party
judged.
In the canvass Of 1854, the then Wing
party, now know-nothngized, for the pur-
pose of carrying their County ticket, and de-
leating the Democracy, charged a ruinous
and eXtrayagant expenditure Of the public
money. As the opponents of the Demo
cratic party commenced this FIGHT, and
preached "REFORM AND RErRENCII-
MENT,' we propose to take them on their
own ground aud shall prove that with every
advantage in their favor they have failed SIG
naIly to come up to their promises, and the
expectations Of the people.
On the 1st Of June, 1855, the debt of the
county is reported by the Supervisors to be
$GO,524 81 Subsequently to that time and
after Whigeery alias Know Nothngism was
in power, we find from official published re-
ports, that to this debt is added $l4,983 GS
by way of old accounts which had been pre-
sented to the board prior to lst of June, but
had been postponed for action until the old
officers had retired. We also find added the
sum of $2,5lG 81 interest on debt, making
Il total of $7S,025 8. We know that 10y
going into the figures presented IN these re-
ports that we can reduce this amount, for IN
the different accounts presented we find that
in the 1reasurer's hands there was $5, ,GG2 25
and in the accounts with the Sheriff and AS
SCISSOR we find some several thousand dollars
worth of licenses and receipts charged to
these officers; and it is reasonable to suppose
as they had been collecting sometime that
they bad received a good portion of the
amount of these receipts, and if so, III fair
ness the amount should be credited on the
old debt This debt, the X. Ms. promised
soon to extinguish, but frovn the reports
published in the first seven months OF their
term it appears they were adding to instead
of taking from it. On September Goth,
1865, they report debt Of $9o,552 II and
en- the lst of January, 1856, they still have
debt of $0l,564 3O.-Ihis WAS decreasing
the debt with a vengeance. Instead of $7S,
O25 10 we have sol, ,5G4 so, an increase Of
$13,530 II, and we take them too at their
lowest estimate, for they must have financier-
ed amazingly to bring it that low, as we will
show that if that low at that time they have
put new spurs on their feet since then, and
have ridden the Horse Of State at greater
speed than ever before.
The Board Supervisors Of the County report
on the 10Th day Of May, 1853, The county debt
In their second report made on the
29th, Sept. 1855, they add to this
debt scrip issued upon bills for serV-
ces rendered by the old county Off
GERS and for other expenses chargea-
bic to the old administration, the sum
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1888 G8
| And they report the probable inter
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