The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-11-14
TO the Citizens and TAX FayeI y
CT Cecil s'Dlfufy,

TgfllE undersigned, Commissioners of Cecil
Il county, Respectfully submit the follow
ing Report, in addition to the :: Statement
! of Receipts and Disbursements for 1851"
recently published in The comfy papers.
That Statement shows the total amount Of
comfy tax. levied for the present veal. to be
$38 ..iS.0i and that the rate Of county tax
alton is 80 cents in the SlOl. a comparison
| Of the above GsErcs with the Levy for 1886
viii sIl uW decrease ia the amount levied
this year Of S 1887 &C. and difference in
the rate Of county taxation of - cents in the
$lJ0- the rate per 1856, having been Is cents
per $50.
The entire charges for The present year
| amounted to about SIP 800, but by strict
economy, and and the pIrtial settlements
effected thus far during our term Of office,
with certain delinquent officers of former
yeaIs, we have been cnallcd to reduce tho
amount necessary to be levied to the sum
named viz: $3S Oh. This sum proyi-
dcd fully for the actual, or estimated cXpcn-
SEES Of the year to July LIST, llsi-thc date Of
The Lcvy-witl the exception of an account
oil s1GO.I1 for repairs O Road, which has
hten held in suspense, owing to the publicly
expressed dctermnatin Of the swncr to APP
peal to our Successors in office in regard TO u
deduction made by us from said account.
III" expenses Of the wear were greatly in
creased by the cost Of road repairs. The al
loWahces for General repairs of Roads,"
. Salary OF Road Supervisors :: Incidental
Road expenses" and :: Special Appropria-
tion for Roads, as per the Statement pub
lSLed, amount in the aggregate to $l2 ,9SG.I0.
Add to this the excess of expenditures for
repairs of roads in 1856 over the appropria-
tons for that year (about 81, A00,) which
having been paid in cash is not included in
the Levy for this year, and we have AS the
IDr in II
Eid"d for in cash and by Levy, the sum Of
5 IT $50 10 about 3S per cent, or little
more than one third Of the entire Levy.
The expenditures for roads, it will be
| seen are increasing annually under the pres
cnt system Of Road Supervisors. Whether
the advantages derived from it, by the con-
coded improvement in the condition of tho
public roads generally throughout the county
are cqnivolent to the increased expense Of
the - stem, is a question for the tax payers
Of the county to determine. In our opinion
(and we deem it Il part Of or duty to the
taNphylnS community to express that opinion
herc.) it is an expensive system.
The Levy for Bridges amounts to Sc $50,
and provides for the building of eight en-
trcly new structures the completion of ono
began last year, and the repairs Of three
others. Five Of the Ieight new Bridges arc
| under contract and near completion. the
| remaining three, such as will secure their
completion early this winter; and the last
of the eight (that over IS Sharon Run,') only
awaits the action OF certain Road cXam-
mcrS appointed to determine the proprictv
of changing the route OF the road al the point
where the Bridge is proposed to be placed.
Ono OF the Bridges to be repaired has been
completed. the remaining two are under COLI
tract, and will be finished at an early day.
Part of the Levy for Bridges WAS estima-
tcd--thc levy having been made prior to
contracting. \ small amount, say $500;
will have to be levied next year to meet tho
excess of actual cost over our estimates
Il WAS impossible to estimate exactly the cost
Of the work provided for, in the absence of
full specifications, and no: desirable to pro-
vide too largely, and thereby induce cXtrav-
agant proposals from bidders.
All the Special Appropriations for roads
and bridges were pcitiomcd for in writing or
by the personal application OF heavy tax
payers, ana it is believed that the improve
mcntS thus provided for were impcratively
demanded by, and will add materially to the
general welfare and growing interests Of the
county.
The levy Of 1856, for the Aims House was
found to be sufficient to meet the expenses
of the year, and pay the deficit of the pre-
yious year. The high prices of provisions
at the making Of the levy for the present
year induced us 10 continue the Levy at
50 700.
All Of which is respectfully submitted;
DAVIDSON d. PEARCE,
JETIIRO j. MCCULLOUGH,
ARTHUR W. MITCHELL.
A True Copy, Attest,
JAMES S CRAWFORD, Crk.
Nov. 143w.