Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-01-14
For the Sentinel.
CENTRAL POINT, Jan. IL. 1860

Board Of Supervisors, you remark that the
Board of Supervisors voted hereafter to
take county orders in full for delinquent
taxes" Either you or myself are in error.
AS member of the Board: do not rcmetn-
Der that the motion prevailed, but was voted
down. was opposed to the proposition,
and voted against it. But my opposition
was vain, it. Gas you intimately the Supreme
Court has decided that county orders shall
he lawful tender in payment of delinquent
taxes. For if such decision has been
made, the action Of the Board pro or con
could effect nothins--for the Treasurer
would be obliged to receive county orders in
full for delinquent tax under the decision
Of the Supreme Court.
Now the questions, has there been such q
decision,-and If so, when; please inform
US. If there has been such decision. it
would be bad taste in me to attempt to con
trovert its conclusions. But acting upon
the subject as I did, in ignorance of the ex.
istence of such decision, l may be allowed
to give the reasons which controlled my &C.
ton.
First, all delinquent taxes are due to three
specific funds. $50 to speak) to wit State,
School, and County. The law expressly
requires that gold and silver shall only be
received in payment of the two former
Now need not say that the orders upon
tho treasury of Goodhue county are no,
gold or silver, and while it is advocated hv
many that receipt from the Treasurer in
full for delinquent taxes, paid with county
orders, is benefit to the county finances BY
absorbing large amount of the county or.
ders, still, we would ask, does this mode o.
paying delinquent taxes ]iquidate our in.
debtedness to the State or School fund p
By no means we are still indebted to The
State and School fund, and BY receiving or.
ders to cancel the obligations against whom
the taxes were levied, we wipe out the only
legitimate assets Of the county, wherewith
to meet our debt to the State and School
fund.
There is not school district in this coun.
ty which, within two years past, has been
entitled to an apportionment of the school
fund, that will not corroborate this state
ment. County orders have been drawn upon
our empty treasury to get money, and M
money found; when, if the law had taker
its proper course, the orders would hay.
been drawn upon the treasury by the trus
tees Of the respective school districts, and i
there was no money in the treasury to pa,
them, the Treasurer would only have re
piled s. Wait until the delinquent taxes ar,
paid, and you shall be 'me.ed out a porto,
in due season =" But let the Board pass
resolution that county orders shall represen
the money which the law wisely provide
shall sacredly be paid in gold and silver
and re may wait until doom's day Jude
such financial policy for one farthing to sup
port our common schools. Money is tn
thing. and no financial legerdemain which
shall divert the plain provisions of the Law
from its legitimate provisions will answer
In my humble opinion, every Supervise
who voted that co::nty orders should be re
ceived in full for delinquent taxes, voted t.
rob- indirectly, the various school district
OF his town. from 40 to SO per cent, Of thei
>fjust dues. or just that amount that count,
orders are below par; for we assume Il
iee''noueat taxes which have been legal,