Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-20
County Affairs.

light. IL shows the Indebtedness Of the
county, on the first Of July last, to be So
054 50, showing decrease of the countys
indebtedness since January lst, 1856, ac-
cording to the exhibit then published. Had
it not been for the changes made at the last
session of the Legislature, in the law for the
collection Of Foreign Miners License, the
county would now have been out Of debt.
with a balance on hand in the treasury.
The huJitor's Report exhibits falling of
in the revenue for the past six months, more
than sufficient to cover the present indebt-
edness Of the County 1t is believed that
ting the expenses Of the past six months rs
n basis, the estimated expenses for the cur
rent year, are in round numbers, about
S47 900 90 1t is believed that at the ex
piration Of another six months, the county
will be enabled TO pay its expense IN cash
All who feel an interest in the county, viii
be gratifel to learn Of continued financial
prosperity. The citizens of the county will
be no longer to pay an accumuiative inter
est but will have means to invest in per
manent county Improvements
In order to free the county from indebt-
edness and te keep it so, it Is necessary to
guard its interests with watehtul care \
short time ago County scrip was so much
below par as to remain on the Auditors
Bo, ks uncm led for 1t is somewhat different
now. County warrants have become vnlu.
a,'e, and parties are now wiling to take
them on long time, if they can only obtain
them upon some trumpcd up and tanciful
claim Weregnrdthe following rs n claim
Of this description, and one that should not
he entertained by the Board of Supervisors.
The question of title is now befnre the prop
or tribunal, for settlement, and when it shall
be decided that the title j. vested in the
persons claiming it, it will then be time
enough to pay the parties, by their attor-
nics," for the square. We have alwaysre-
only legitimate one, and have 50 SPOKEN Of
it heretofore But the springing Of this
claim and insisting upon it with such tcnacity
whilst the tit is undecided, 10 say the least,
looks MS though there might be "a nigger in
the fence" Whydo Me~srs. Bird and Nor
rs-''by their Attornies the Board
of SUPERVISORS that the county ha, no claim,
either in law or in equity and then uifcr tl
deed the one-f1urth Of IN acre to the coun-
", providing the county wiz release all
claims to the balance of the square Ii. rs
asserted in the first paragraph OF the peti
ton, the county has no claim to tie square,
why ,es the second paragraph require the
county to release all claims to it, before they
will comply With their agreement, and exc
cute "A deed for the one fourth Of an acre
But the third paragraph in the petition is
doubtless the point which the parties, by
forth that the parties are willing to sell the
square to the county for the moderate sum
OF three thousand dollars notwithstanding
the second paragraph requires the county
to deed it to them. 1t swouid have been "A
great mistake and spoiled the whole ar
rangement if they had not required the
county to deed 1T to them, before Offering to
sell it to the County. The lawsuit about
the kettle would have been n precedent for
this petition, if the borrower of the kettle
in addition to other points made had deman-
ded payment from the owner when it was
returned
Seriously, however, We have no desire to
keep back from these parties one single cop
per that may be their due. If they shall
establish their title to the square, we desire
that the county shall nny them the full val
ue thereof But We do not desire to see the
county pay TIN ee thousand dollars for moth
ing at all, according to the petition. The
whole affair looks to us like n piees Of sharp
practice for the purpose of raising the wind
If not. Why should they decline giving
deed for the ore fourth acre? That would
n t. compromise their right to the balance.
But no; they Imagine the county archives
will not come here until their deed is pro-
cured. They know that the wants and con-
'. uiences demand th 81 Il removal should be
effected Immediately, aud they imagine that
the outside pressure will induce the board
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