The Georgetown news., 1856-05-08
To the Voters of Ell Dorado County.

county seat, we condense the following CO.
gent and unanswerable reasons why the tax
payers Of the county especially should vote
against removal. We regret that we have
not room for the entire address. Among
the reasons advanced, are, 'that this special
election incurs an unnecessary expense of at
least $5,000 which might have been avoid
ed by submitting the question at a general
election, but for the overWeening anxiety
and Selfshness of a fer saloon keepers, ira
ders and spectators of Placerville. Again,
removal will involve the County in the loss
of the present Court House, containing am
pie room for county offices, of substantial
character for wooden edifce, and amply
sufficient for the holding of Courts for sew
eral years to come. The new County Jail,
now nearly completed, at cost of $4,000,
will also be total loss to the County"
an the eUent of rmora', the County Treas
ury will de drained for payment of rents for
public offices, apartments for the holding of
courts and confinement of prisoners, and for
guards to watch about the unsuitable shan
ties thus employed, amounting to at least
$4,000 per annum, until suitable buildings
can be erected by the county. All this, too,
when the county has complete and adequate
buildings standing idle"
Furthermore, the removal of the county
seat from Coloma to Placerville will not
only involve the county in the loss of pres
ent buildings, disorder and damage of NOV
able property and enormous rents for offices
and other buildings, where the county has
none, besides the cost Of this special cleo
ton, but entail upon the county direct tax
alton to the tune of $4,000 NET, exclusive
Of the cost of collection"
mo subterfuge, Misrepresentation. or
oily CANNON trick will extricate TAXPAYERS
from this burdensOme demand on their
property If majority of the people vote in
favor of PlaceryiIle at the approaching
election. Retain the county seat at Colo
ma, direct taxation will be avoided. No
tax will be required for county purposes:
current revenue will pay current expenses,
and ultimately liquidate all outstanding de-
mands against the county"
'SeUeral thousand dollars for assessing
will be saved to the county if the county
seat is retained at Coloma A considera-
ton worthy of attention among economical
and Industrious citizens who have at heart
the present and future welfare of the county.
"ShO'Hd the county seat be removed to
Placerville, grounds on which to erect pub
lie buildings will have to be purchased, and
not dollar of the $4,000 can be used for
this purpose. The sum total, every cent,
in the language of the law, must be expend-
ed EXCLUSIVELY for the erection of public
buildings
Capital! this Placerville arrangement.
Squeeze $50, 900 net from the taxable prop
erty OF the county, amounting to So on
every $lO0, on the assessment roll, to be de-
voted Exclusively to the erection of fine
buildings IN that city. Meantime the cur
rent revenue derived from poll taxes and IL
censes must be devoted to the payment of
rents, paying guards, paying expenses of re-
moval and defraying the expenses of this
uncalled for election, which no man out of
Placeryille ever desired, and no man in the
county ever petitioned the legislature to au-
thorlze, and all the time the county running
IN debt. The county must continue with
out bridges of her own, remain destitute of
good roads, the poor sick go unproyided for.
and everybody pay toll to private compan-
les in whatever direction they travel, with
county credit deprecated and no funds in
the treasury-all this, if the county seat is
removed, and no compensation in return.
except the erection Of a fine palace in Pla-
cerVllle from the hard earnings of the peo-
pie.
"COl0ma as nearer the center of population
than Placerville, and more convenient for
the transaction Of public business. The
| official Of l0
1855, show total vote of 8,877-of which
2,S09 votes, or one-third of the whole. were
polled North Of COloma, between the South
and Middle Forks of the American River.
and 3,l69 South of the South Fork and
West Of making a total of g.
005 votes nearer ColOma than Placeryille.
All the county East Of Placerville, includ-
ing Indian Diggings, Brownsville, SC. poll
ed only $50, and PlaceryilIe, including the
Upper Town, 1922, making 2,872@and
showing clean majority nearer Coloma
than Placerville, of 3,l33
"No sane man will ever deny, that Colo
ma is more acceptable for all the Northern
portion Of the county than Placerville. To
descend and ascend mountain travelling
each way, IN crossing at Chilean Bar to
reach Piacerville, would be a great hard
ship. For all the Western portion of the
county, Coloma is more easily reached than
any other town except Diamond Springs
aud Ell Dorado-embracing too, as it does.
more than one-third of the entire vote cast
at the last election.
"Coloma has excellent roads in every di-
rection, is more central, when population is
regarded, than Placerville, therefore moth
ing is gained by the mass of the people by
removal. Great loss to the county will ac-
crue, and vast inconvenience be inflicted
upon great majority of the citizens of Ell
Dorado, if Placeryille should be successful
In her darling measure of changing the