The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1864-12-17


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: Such is the personnel of the Assembly.
e another communication l will give you til
t homograpby of the Council.
, A LOCKER On.
5 How Boise County Affairs are Managed
: From the Lewiston Age.l
: In gour own Territory, this has not beer
t done-the letter Of the law has been almos
totally disregarded. in Boise county Th
revenue enactment of the last Session is Ger
tainly susceptible of improvement; but tht
root of financial evil, just now, is in county
management and there is where the blow
must fall that would strike it down. Officials
in the county mentioned, through their neg.
ligence, if nothing worse, have actually laid
4 themselves liable to serious penalties. The
forty-seyenth section of the revenue law reads
as follows:
1 On delivering the certified copy of the assess
ment roll to the Tax Collector, the Auditor shal
charge the Tax Collector with the full amount OF
the taxes levied, and shall forthwith transmit by
mail, 10 the Territorial Auditor, a statement fof
the amount so charged, and shall also, at the
same time, transmit to the Territorial Auditor, a
is atement OF the number of poll tax receipts de>
| tlVered to the Tax Collector, and the number Of
/ the said receipt returned to him on settlement.
| which said returned receipts he shall forward to
the Auditor, by such conveyance as the Territo~
rial Auditor, either by general or special order,
may direct, and Shall at the same time, make out
and transmit, by mail, statement of all Terrific,
rial and county licenses issued in the county since
his last settlement in regard thereto, giving the
number and aggregate amount OF eacn kind of
license issued
ritorial Auditor, as comprehended above,
HAVE NEVER BEEN sent AT ALL, by the Boise
county official, and several thousand blank
poll-tsx receipts forwarded there, through
the proper channel, have never been account
ed for; AND NOTHING HAS BEEN HEARD FROM
HIN, officially and in due form, SINCE THOSE
BLANKS WERE SENT, save receipt therefor
So this section has been entirely disregarded.
Section ffty-one reads thus:
The County Auditor shall, on the Tuesday next
following the first Monday i'll each month, re-
port to the Territorial Auditor, the amount of
money in the county treasury belonging to the
Territory stating specifically in said report the
amount received from each source of revenue
prior to making which report he shall examine !
the books of the County Treasurer, and shall ad. |
minister to the Treasurer an oath, declaring that
said books are correct, AMI that all the money re-
ceived by him for or on account of the Territory,
has been duly entered therein The TerritofialE
Auditor shall forward to the Auditor blank forms
for the accounts to be rendered and for the oath
to be taken under this section, and the Auditor
shall from time to time furnish the Tax Collector
with a sufficient number Of licenses taking his re-
ceipt therefor.
The Territorial Auditor has complied with
bis Epart of these duties; but he has not re-
ceived from the County Auditor of Boise any
such reports as are contemplated above And
this section has been utterly disregarded
Section eighty three reads:
The treasurers of the respective counties shall
1T all times hold themselves IN readiness to settle
and pay al moneys in their hands whenever re-
CURED SO to do by an order signed by the Auditor
md Treasurer of the Territory; and the Treasurer
md AudtGF are hereby authorized to draw such
orders whichever they deem it proper TheTreas-I
lTers shall, on the second Mondays in March,
June, September, and December in each year,
settle in fall with the Auditor, and pay over in
cash to the Treasurer of the. Territory all funds Is
which shall have come into their hands as county
for the use and benefit of the Terrific
y, taking therefor receipt from the Treasurer
If the Territory which receipt he shall forthwith
lie with the Auditor.
Such copjoint orders for moneys due have
oeen frequently sent to the Treasurer of Boise
county; and that county has never paid over
moneys due the Territory BUT ONCE The
quarterly settlements demanded, and urgent
Y called for by the Territorial officials, have
lot been accorded. And this section has {
oeen disregarded.
Section ninety-nine of the revenue law '
eads + e1fasf its1 s5.4 X
Whenever any Assessor, Collector, Auditor !
or other offcerupon whom any duty
eyolved under this act, ornnder anysother revenue
ct of this Territory wilfully neglect or refuse to
perform any such duties, or shall perform them in
careless or incompetent manner, he shall be i
Ieemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be !
emoted from oficesin the manner prescribed by !
aW .2
And this section, it seems, has been defed
nd treated with contempt:
We have before us q report of the Grand
-ury of Boisecoanty, of September 23d, 1864. i
4 that report we find It. stated that the I
1oupty Treasurer then held IN his hands. Of Il
territorial funds, ST., ga, GO in gold dust, /
nd $475 in legal TenderS4rNoE7A CENT OF
WHICH, although it has been called for, HAS .
MARDED TO TIE CAPITAL. TT lie
But the Boise county officials, not satisfied Ia
With trampling under foot the restrictions
Manifestations of the Revenue Law, have &C
ualIy essayed to nullify a special enactment g
f the Territorial Legislature. TIE following
81 take 1-em tse Statutes Of last Winter