Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-10-07
THE. DEMOCRAT.
The County Expenses.


Asthe County expenditures are the bur-
then of the delinquent Republican eandi-
dates song, We have taken the trouble to
examine the record in reference to the in
debtedness of the County,and the means Of
liquidating the same.
The Auditors Report to the County
Commissioners at their June torn, 1858,
shows the entire Indebtedness of the Coun-
ty, at that time, to be SO, $50. The
amount of delinquent tax returned to the
Auditor, by the Treasurer, was something
over $4,000; of this, there was about the
sum ef $500 County tax, proper. A
portion of it will not be collected, of
course; but it is reasonable to suppose that
there will not be more than 81, 900 lost,
which would leave S4,5OO. In addition
to this, there is the sum Of 1924 due from
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail
Road Company, for 1867. which the Aud
itor of Allen County informs US he ha.
made arrangementsto have paid in April,
1859; this, added TO the 81. 500 wound
make So. 400, which is about 81, 800 over
and above the County Indebtedness.
The Republicans are circulating the
statement i different paris of the County,
that our County indebtedness is $1,000
some put it as high as ,OOO-but are
very careful not to say word about the
amount due the County. Amy person, with
ordinary discerning powers, can see from
the foregoing figures that the bug bear sto
ry of the Republicans is for political effect.
and not fol the purpose of posting the peo-
pie in regard to the facts.
The expenses of the County cannot be
calculated one year in advance; but the
Commissioners estimate the probable ex-
penditures of the County, and levy The tax
accordingly. II the year should prove to
to be an unhealthy one, the expenses of the
Poor, Insane. DC, may be double that
of the year from which their estimate is
taken. 1t was not expected that they
would fOresee that there would be storm
which would damage our Jail to the amount
of three or four hundred dellars. The
Poor are taken care of by the Township
Trustees, and the Commissioners allow
their orders, or those interested appeal
The fees in criminal cases, the allowances
Of Jurors, Bailiffs, Assessors, Commission
ers, Road Viewers, Judges of Elections,
&c., are all fixed by law. The law makes
provision for taking care of the Insane,
and specifies the allowance for the differ
ent items of expense connected Herewith.
From these, and many other allowances
made by law, it will be seen that but few
of the county expenses can be reduced,
unles. the laws are changed. The Com
missioners have but very small margin
left to operate upon forthe purpose of re-
ducipg the expenses of he County Last
year, the amount of receipts was within
TWO dollars of being equal to the expenses.
After examining the County records.
and the acts of our County officials. we
are assured that every officer has discharg
ed his duty faithfully. Their duties are
plainly marked out. and if they fail to
discharge them properly. any citizen OF
the County can file an affidavit, setting
forth cause of complaint, and have the
matter investigated. If they fail to Dc
this, bui sneak behind the contemplate and
eowardly plea that it's no use, they have
all the money DC, you may conclude
tha, they know their statements to be
be false, else they would bring forward
some testimony for tie purpose of sub
stantiating them. gd Until they do this. set
them down as those who .'falsify the rec
ord" The delinduen: Republican candi-
dates do not tell the people that nearly
one half our County expenses are from or
ders aud allowances of Republican Judges
4 We do not charge them with making al
lowauces not authorized by law. but men
tion The fact to show the unfsirness of those
who are so anxious TO get the management
of the County affairs. e I'a H@"l H7sa
We have given general outline of the
state of our County finances; the statements
are all taken from the record, and are net
mere idle rumors, but are facts that dare
not be denied. Their leaders manufacture
false statistics in regard to the expenditures
of the County. They charge our officers
with taking more-fess than the law allows
l-squandering the peoples money, and
other crimes equally black-but bring nc
proof. Until they do prove their state
ments correct, we shall consider them
wholly and entirely false.