The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-01-18

isssrriae fussksr 1850. The sspi-
talisss oil he eosstry hsss shas Tar rssposd-
q sobly 70 he sslls nads spsn then y t1e
0osnnnsni, aSd have given Is assastsnce
and seaport - Desesssry = tnas re7oefea
b. the soldiers il the field. Ssx hundred
thssssa9 gailass ues, Of whom sven:y
thousand are from cur swn State, are 10
arms, giving thsir labor, their hsalsh, Ana
shsir lives, Tor The country, and nes the call
comes 70 us shs are q hume, and We are
asked 70 gre little Of cor substance TO The
sane gsod eanss.
Iha,e caused 70 be prepared from doca-
msnss il the o&ce Of the Auditor Or STATE
. table, hereto appended, giving some inter
setting Information touching ;hs ta1ss paid
By our pecple. Is will psrhaps be . c.atter
u surprise to maBy that the taxes for the
support Of the State Government bear 90
small proportion TO the entire amount OF
taxes pai6. u appears from this table that
the whole amount af taxes for all Purposes
fer 1861 sas 81, 100 600, and that Of this
anount emily $500. 600 vas expended from
the State Treasury fer state purposes, vhiie
81 ,40o, 600 weYs expended from the several
cossty Trsausufies fer county anda other
parposss. regard this table IS usefn', fos
this ameps other reaseos, viz: that the
people have been led TO believe that the
great bnlk OF our ts1es VAS caused By the
expenditures Of The State Gore4pnsnt under
appropriations made b. the General Assem-
bly, and they have been taught TO look to Q
reduction OF State expenses as the means Of
relief from taxation. THE table shows
clearly and conclusively that Of every IS ,66
paid BY. the peopls OF the State 40 taxes, but
one dollar reaches the State Treasury or il
used for State purposes, while the othes
81, 66 are retained 10 the counties and used
for county and other purposes. Iwould not
desire our people to relax their vigilant su-
peryision vi State expenses, bn. ! am Of
opinion this information may lead them to
give a. vigilans supervision TO the expeudi-
iures Of their respective counties, where
equal vigilance IL, 10 nv Judgment, equally
needed. Il 10 evident from an inspection
Of tbs table, showing the amount Of taxes
and the purposes for which paid, that if i;
be deemed desirable to decrease our presen.
expenditures by..an amount equal or approx
ima,ing 10 the amount OF taxes required By
the General Government, much the greater
amount Of such reduction must be made in
the taxes levied Tor other than State pur-
poses. s.e4r.
In some particulars the expenses Of the
State may b materially less for the next
priasion Of $l9, 500 for the Revised Stat
u.es was temporary, and will not again Be
required. Tho amount appropriated for
past indebtedness Of the Penitentiary,
gas, 800, has nearly paid that Indebtedness,
and bus nominal sum will be needed for
that purpose. The amount appropriated
for the general support Of the Prison has
been so we'll managed that the amount there
Of un.xpended il Defined by the " arden, SUD
eient for the next two years, so that the
amount Of $4,000, appropriated at the
last regular session, for that purpose, need
sot be renewed in whole or in part. OF
the amount Of So, 200, appropriated at the
last ssss.oa for finishing and furnishing the
centre and cast wing Of the Insane ASYLUM,
about $4,000 remain unexpended, which
balance, With $40, 900, now asked for is
deemed sufficient to complete tho whole
building. So that the appropriation needed
for construction account in that Institution
may be S55, 900 less than at the last session.
The Blind ASYLUM at Vinton is now under
sover, ard not liable to injury from the
weather, and il you should deem it advisn
bio not to make any appropriation for its
present completion, Sic, 900 may be deduc.
I'D from the amount Of the appropriation
IT the present sessionlas compared with that
II the last. There has been paid during
hs last two years to, Agricultural Societies
he sum OF about $4,000. II you think it
advisable to withhold any appropriation for
bis purpose for the next two years this
Ium may be saved. The foregoing sums
in the aggregate to $l76 900 are
he expenditures for the objects named for
NO years, and if withheld will be a saving
II $50, 900 per annum from the amount of
itate taxes. This amount, | doubt not, may
- increased by careful examination of
'ur State expenditures and strict economy
o $l00, 900, and il q proportionats reduce
ion oil. couuty;and township expenses can be
made, the entire amount Of the tax required
y the General Government can be raised
without Increasing our present taxntion.--
commend the matter to your most earnest
md careful examination. ~zua In, =
In order to make the revenue OF the
State more certain, ! recommend that the
county Treasurers be required By law to pay
be State Trsasuror, ct fixed times, certain
proportions Of the amount Of revenue due
% the State, until the entire sum for each
tear is paid, whether the County Treasurcrs
rave received the entire amount OF State
AZ or not. Al present the State 10 wholly
helpless as to ito revenue. It has to depend
Wholly upon the officers Of Counties for its
selection and transmission, and II the
county officers are inefficient, the State is
nI,fn.a r,nI 80 Ienhlo hv
NV to the State for the amount Of State tax
assessed in it, but this liability, without.any
means Of making it practically effective, is
Useless. II the counties were required to
Jay the revenue due the State, whether col
ecsed or not, the county Supervisors would
e stimulated to require Of the Treasurer
srics performance Of his duties; and If, in
addition, you should so change the present
aw as to give County Treasurer, in lieu Of
a'ary, percsntum On the amount Of money
collected aod dishussed. or provide for
awnship collectors, 20 be paid In the same
ray, cor taxes would, In my opinioD, be
more puassuaily paid.
ALSO recommend that it Be made the
lots Of tbs Board Of Supervisors Of each
county to employ D competent accountant
NICE in each year to examine The accoonts
4 each county efieer, asd state ~ accouns
'stwsen each officer md his sounsy, and be-
wecn ofkces and ofioss, and also that
,ounty TrsAsurcrs, and I'll other persons
rho receive public noneys, BE- prohibited,
Iuder severs penalties, from esing them 10
ny way, Or placing them with ethaED T. be
lscd for their private hene&t
The law Of Congress inposips . direct
~ Ter the sappors 81 the GENERAL 0ovssn-
neat gives 70 any ststs The privilege Of
the amount Of tax Assessed upon
t. people, and allows such state to retain
'fscen Per cent Of the smeuns, On coeditioD
be State shsll assume the psyusas Of The
'alasse u NE tar. Thsssotos asisss the
mpastant quessios: What shall the State
Is il The prsmisse2 h must be rsmem--
1cred that e the State assumes the tsx, the
asiss slnssse, less fifteen Per cent, muss BE-
aid 81 Ne State pheihse the State collects
% ust. Keeping this in fscollecsios, let
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