Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-10-07

annual exhibits of the county funds
but the amount received from that elias
of fees, wherein the statute requires pay
ment from other sources, as for instanc,
from the individuals requiring the ser
vice, there are no means of ascertaining
except by inference from the probable
amount of business done through the
office, IA that acdy. Upon a reasonable
estimate of the receipts, from this source
the amount may be fairly assumed al
from five to eight hundred dollars, thus
leaving Mr.. Albert, with an income oil
Deer hcO thousand dollars a gear; a Pc
sition worth contending for, but not at
the expense CT "PLIGHTED FAITH! ~
Again, some three years g Mr.. AL
bert made a mistake in the county levy
of about three hundred dollars, and the
same went into the duplicate, and John
R. Stephen. Treasurer, was over-charg-
ed with that amount, which he after
wards paid in his annual settlement
By the next season, the mistake was
discovered, and Mr.. Albert, as Auditor,
to cover it, made an EXTRA LEVY of
that amount, on the taxable property of
the towns Of NEW PARIS, CAMDEN,
WINCHESTER aud EATON, which
was collected and applied for the use of
the Auditor, to save him in the premi-
ses. This levy was made to cover the
mistake of the Auditor, without color of
authority under the statute, for if the
mistake could have been rectiied by a
future levy, it should have been done by
an order of the Commissioners, on the
taxable property at large, of the county.
The specific levy on the property of said
towns, was oppressive and unjust. 1t
was an exercise of the some man pow
err" and the levy was an unwarrantable
act of taxation. This is a plain state
mcnt of the transaction, and whoever
doubts its accuracy, are requested to call
and examine the records, or ask Mr.. j.
R. Stephen, former Treasurer, or Jos.
Brewer, present Treasurer, who will not
deny the assertion.
Again, Mr.. Albert went into the
Clerks office, since Mr.. c. w. Larsh
was installed, and took a large amount
of old papers, books and public docu-
ments, and sold them to paper-makers
at two or three cents a pound, and has
not yet, or had not a short time ago,
accounted for the proceeds. Among
these papers and books were fifty four
volumes of the laws, containing the
Code, which cost the county siry cents
purofQsne. Tifese looks belonged to
the County, and were paid for out of the
State fund. They were to be sold at
cost to the people of the county, many
of whom would now like a volume
With these books he also sold five or
six bushels of House and Senate Jour
nails, and other documents of public in
t%erest, and the people would like to
know by what authority the Auditor
performed this service, for surely there
is nothing in the statute that authorizes
him to dispose of the public property in
way. IF the sale had been ordered
by the Commissioners, it should have
been upon notice and at public auction,
to secure the public interest. IF any
QUE doubts the above statement, let him
call upon the Clerk or his Deputy, and
ascertain the facts.
These, voters of Preble county, are
facts taken from the record of Mr..
who is held up to you by a few,
as being such an "honest," "capable''
md faithful Auditor, and who, thro
and deceit, is about to FORCE
himself upon you for the fourth time, in
the face of solemn pledges, not to do so !
Take these facts in connection with the
truth, that he has received some
$4,000 in clean cash out of the Coun-
ty Treasury and other sources, and only
$4,000 in personal and S180,OO
real property for taxation, upon which
he pays 1898 taxes; we say with such
antocedents, it may be fairly presumed
that Mr.. Albert, IN point Of .fact, is
scarcely a citizen of the county, for
wherever a mans property is, there is
his person also. By@adianosition of
his receipts, he has clearly eyinced that
his largest interest in Preble county, is
he 4aai,oy's Office, and whenever he is
of that position, he will follow
md supcrintend his investments in the
vest.
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