The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-03-18
The Lewiston Radiator on Boise County
Financial Management.

Financial Management
The Radiator published four column ar
ticle in reference to the official reports made
by the late Boise county officials at the close
of their terms. 1t publishes in full copies OF
all the correspondence between them and the
Territorial officers, to whom their official re-
ports should have been made. The following
is the closing of the. article:
"Thus, at this late day, we have the above
showing; but we have DO more money. The
Auditor has made no showing during the en-
tireyear, save attaching his oath to the above.
"Upwards of 5000 poll-tax receipts have
been sent to BOISE county, duly signed By the
Territorial officers, while only 3,l77 of these
are accounted for in the above report, and
yet this claims to be final settlement with
the Territorial officers. The balance &C
knowledged to be due the Territory, instead
of being forwarded to the Territorial Treasu-
ry, as the law required, mas been turned over
to the succeeding County Treasurer, thus
taking the responsibility of final settlement
with the Territorial officers, upon a new coun-
ty officer, and keeping the Territory out of
have been paid over, according to their own
showing.
"From the foregoing, can any man believe
that these officers have been disposed to keep
their faith with the Territorial officers. We
think not, though promising, from time to
time, to make all right, yet never fulfilling,
thus leaving the Territorial Auditor without
the proper data from which, to close his
books with the county, and the Territorial
Treasurer without the money to cancel the
warrants long overdue to sundry claimants
against the Territory.
If as rotton ii system of accounts is to be
shown at the end of the present year, from
Boise county, as has just been shown, the
tax payers Of that county will have just cause
to refuse to pay their taxes, and let the county
government 60 by the board, and the Terri
tory look to other counties for the means Of
support of the Territorial government. The
Grand .Jury's report of that county DOES NOT
TALLY with the report of the County Treasurer
by SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS, and the fail
ure to return the proper accounts, together
with the usual poll tax receipts, leaves the
suspicion STRONG and IMPRESSIVE that there
has been sWINDLING- IN THE COUNTY ON LARGE
SCALE, and it behooves these ex-of1cials to
clear the matter up as soon as possible or
acknowledge themselves to be the sWindlers.
If these men have bondsmen, they had better,
as bail, make thete officials walk up to the
captains office and settle forthwith, for the
law will soon be after Them"
The fact that the report of the Grand jury
and the County Treasurer do not agree by
several thousand dollars, has very ugly APP
pearance- That some one has attempted to
deceive, or been grossly deceived, is apparent.
AS for that portion of the Territorial money
still reserved by Boise county, there is some
equity, if no law, for its retention. This
county has been at large expense in keeping
the Territorial prisoners in the County Jail,
and is entitled to something tor the outlay.
But this does not prevent the officers from
complying with the law, and making their
reports, showing how much money has been
collected from the tax payers, and where it is.
Boise county is as much interested in this as
the Territory can be. That there IS some
thing wrong is evident. "The failure to re-
turn the proper accounts, together with the
usual poll tax receipts" as the Radiator re-
marks, tsleaves the suspicion strong and inn.
pressive that there has been swindling in the
.countv on a large scale" -