Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-03
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In present treasuIerS haAds-noihltg'
This amount will be reduced so much
as shall be found due from the late treas
urer. HIS bail Ia prepared to pay the same
when said amount Is sscertalned, winch |
amount is not vet fully ascertained, but |
will perhaps be about $50. The receipts
of the county accrue wholly, We believe, |
from pedlars' licenses and "A very limited
amount for ottioe rent IN the court house,
amounting, in all ordinarily TO from So
to $500.
The general statutes make the county
cbargeabte with office rent, fuel, lghts,
and stationery, for the two probate
Offices in the county, from and after, the
first day of August last. Oh the above
accounts presented and allowed, some
thing more than one hundred dollars, have
originated under the provisions OF the
general statutes as aforesaid.
By the provisions of law approved
Nov. 81. 1859, there was assessed tax
Of three and one fourth cents on dollar
of the hist of the polls and rateabIe es-
tate Of the inhabitants OF The county OF
Rutland, for the year 1889, for the pur-
pose of paying the Indebtedness aud de,
! fraying the expenses OF said county and
| nroyidino also for the collection and pay
| nept of said tax into the treasury by the
Isl day of January, A. D. 1860. 1t -
presumed said tax was collected and PAID
| into the treasury according to the provls-
| ions of said act, and that the late treasur-
er faithfully and legally disbursed tbs
same. But it will be observed that after
3 period now Of about three and q han
years after the payment of said tax, there
| is another deficiency in the funds OF me
county of something more than 81 ,loo,
which verv naturally suggests the inquiry
whether the usual and ordinary receipts
of the county are sufficient to pay the
current expenses OF the same, or whether
some other means should be devised and
adopted to save an annual deficit Of tue
| treasury.
| Since 1859 there have been some ex-
traordinarv drafts upon the treasury not
liable to accur annually. We find that
the late county judges gave an order on
the treasury, dated I}ecemher 9Th, 1889,
for something more than 81, 100 (the or
der is not now before us, bat the above is
about the amount), for the expenses IN
part of repairing the Jail. But as
this was charge upon the treasury prior
to the levy and payment of the tax pro-
yided for by the laws of 1889, funds
were provided for its payment by the
collection and payment of said tax. Ia,
payments have occasionally ben mad,
from year to year, by the county treasur
er, the last of which, amounting to 800
was paid last september, and there re
mains balance now due on said order
inte..est included. of about 1886, which
! makes a part of the liabilities here repor
ted. While the endorsements made o.
I saie order, in whole or in part, have bee
paid from the ordinary receipts Of III
county, it is perhaps fair TO presume tina
portion of the funds provided by sai
3 tax and for the payment of this order, hav
Z been dsbursed in the payment OF the Ia
bllities of the county, and therefore i
perhaps fair to presume further that tn
present deficit is not attributable TO tn
order. But in arriving at this conclusion
G we are left to conjecture and clrcumstar
e tial evdence,as in reference to many othe
particulars, in consequence of the absenc
:" of the books and papers of the lat
treasurer.
!. 1t is proper to add that we knew notf
= ing of the order givenin 1859, for r.
+ pairs of Jail, until of late, as it was civ
. en- before the county clerk was require
e TO keep record of all orders given, as
4 now the case.
: One more unusual expensew INQUIRE
: by the late Judges in the Fall Of 1866
9 amounting to 5000, for the purchase
a safa for the Fairhaven Probate distrie
: We SPEAK of this, not because we disal
e prove the purchase, but as in part accoun
g ing for the present deficit.
Our investigations lead Us to conclud