The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-10-10
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nj kpAyer and . person having q
..,uuiary interest in che affairs Of this
- s soun,ty, I wish 70 pressnt . few Saeta Of
esxh;eh i have become possessed. 1t is
I : ri.h no desire 70 offend the feelings Of
: nar.ies interested. The facts here pre-
!, spn,et are a matter Of record and cannot
i. cosrsroverted .sz -
= from the Records IN the County
. :: g,adae's Office It viii appear that appro-
-. ! ,,r,stions amounting 10 over 81 400 we're
!. ! made TO pay extra clerks. under NJ. Tur
:. = ne ner. ever and above the regular salary
s,,of The Deputy, and for work which he
,a.shouid have done himself. Mr.. Toste-
vii, has nsrsy been allowed one cent for extra
labor, and it can be shown that the work
-ofthe Office has been fully doubled. He
With one assistant, has kept the books
mp even. It is we'll known that Mr.. 'For'
ger placed The labor of the Office in the
hands OF clerka, and did none of it him.
..pslf, q. 3, -s.,s>ss. NJ. =. I'd. = Ut u:
- .H.appeal to Township clerks and Dis
trsass,rers to know if in many instances
:. they we're not compelled: to return tc
their townships without the money they
came to draw from the county treasury
xud for this there was good cause Is
Mr.. Turner himself knows he kept no
regular account with these townships
and school districts. 81
rfany citizen will take the trouble to
examine the records of the City Council
he will find that 8fr. Turner was repeat
edly asked to make out the amount oil
moneys due the city district, although it
was his plain and lawful duty to pay out
these moneys at the regular time. The
CITY Council, after repeated failures on
the part of Mr.. Turner, were compelled
10 hire the present incumbent, who was
then surveyor, to 90 10 Mr.. Turner's tax
books, and ascertain the sum due, anC
Mr.. Turner paid out upon that report.
The City Council records show, to-day
an appropriation out of its treasury tt
pay for this work, that should have beer
done by the County Treasury.
Since Mr.. Tosteyin has been in Office
every cent Of money belonging to thu
Townships and districts has been paid t.
date readily, and to the full amount col
lected. He has done more than that, h
cas- paid to accommodate districts ahc
townships, at any time it might be want
ed, and at intervals that the law did no
exact. The money was always in the
treasury ready for the use of those t.
whom, it belonged. ~'
The records of the Board Of Supervisor
ya,osg that Mr.. Turner reported Sbou
$1,000 road moneys in the Treasury tina
he did not know where it belonged, AM
the board had TO make some kind of al
equitable division. What was Mr.. Tur
ner put there for? If he did not know
who did3 When he received moneys
could he not tell upon what lands the.
were paid A person capable of filling
the position of Treasurer need never b.
at fault in this matter.
Why was it that Mr.. Turner compelled
the taxpayers of Pottawattamie count!
to pay Babbitt & Carpenter two Thousand
one hundred and twenty dollars ane
sixty cents for advertising, when N
had received Dido seven hundred anC
six dollars and eighty-six cents? Tax
payers would like to hear this question
satisfactorily answered
Is it for this cause that BAhbitt L Car
.penter are so Justify urging the election
OF Dir. Turner?
As before stated, We have none bu
the best feelings for Mr.. Turner, bu
when men who, are urging his election
resort to all political lodges and chica
merry, by swapping, &c, to defeat per
son who has proved himself every way
Qualified, it is time that the people wer,
,mado acquainted with few of the facts
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