Nebraska advertiser., 1861-01-24
Learinga ter. eonting. fund Of sos al

Leavinga ter. coming. fund of Sc, sos AZ
Your committee are therefore Of the
opinion that it is not only ~expedient, bal
highly proper, that two-thlrds of the ter
~ritorial taxes of 1860 be retained by the
counties respectively in which they were
levied. That the resources of the terri
torial treasury justify this measure and
the monetary condition of the people de-
mands the relief. And, 10 this end, your
committee ask leave to introduce the fol
lowing bill, and earnestly recommend its
passage.
j. P. BAKER,
iJ sdl 81 wv. CLEBURKE,
H. p. Downs,
j. T. GRIFFIN,
so LoUDEN MULES.
"An act refunding a portion Of the ter
%ritorial taxes Of 1850" which provided
that the county ~treasdrers should pay In
to the territorial treasury one third of the
territorial taxes for 1860, and the. other
two rlhirds to be paid to the order Of the
county commissioners of their respective
counties, for county purposes, to be used
as other county revenue. 1t passed, and
was approved January 18th, 1851.
Nemaha county will therefore. receive
S 1867 95 of the territorial taxes, and
under the law providing for the re-levY Of
the taxes of 1860, it will enable the
county commissioners to reduce the coun-
ty taxes a corresponding amount, (should
they deemit expedient). This, together
with the additional property that will be
listed, by assessing the property that had
before been missed, dividing the gross
amount among a greater number, would
make the taxes Individually much lower
than they were by the former levy, and
afford to some extent the relief so much
needed at this time.
The great reduction in the fees and
salaries Of the territorial and county off
GERS Git is hoped) will be an e%ffectual
guarantee against excessively high taxes
in the future. The reduction in the ter
%ritorial expenses are as as follows:
District Attorneys fees were 5000
School Commissioner sally was 1000
Auditors salary was 500
Treasurer's 400
Librarians /" 400
Rent for three Offices 300
Interest at 10 pei, cent. N warrants 1920
I'D Total Is 80 ~ 1850
District Attorneys fees reduced TO 50 100
Auditor 600
Treasurer 300
Lib, and S. Com. offices abolished
$42,O 0 at 6 per cent IN $500
Rent for ~treasurer's Office, the au-
ditor to keep his in the library 100
Total \. $500
Thus saving annually to the territory
SS,240, a sum more than sufficient to
pay the interest on our bonded debt, and
one-tenth of the Indebtedness annually
as provided by law, thus providing for
the liquidation of the territorial debt
without an increase of taxation. Two
and a half mills to the dollar will be am
ply sufficient for all territorial purposes.
Under the operation of the new fee
bill, it is supposed that the county ex-
penses will be reduced at least 40 per
cent, and will not require a county levy
Of more than three mills to the dollar,
thus saving to. the taxpayers Of the
county about two thousand dollars annu-
ally on their territorial and county taxes.
For agricultural interests, a bill was
passed for the encouragement of raising
timber. Also exempting n thousand
dollars worth of improvements on land
exclusively for agricultural purposes.
Also extending the time Of paying taxes
to the 1st of June, which affords the far
mer the advantage of the spring market
before he is required to pay his taxes. 3