Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-06-28
COUNTY EXPENSES.
Enormous PrOdfcaIify.

The annual Exhibit oil the Receipts and Expend-
lures OF this county, during the last year. has ~
last been published in the Democrat and. that the
people may see how their moEey has been squan
dered, we copy the Auditors Statement. or Fxhbi,
entire. The amount expended on the county Asy-
lum and the expenses of the Poor are enormous,
and ought TO be examined into by those who have
the taxes to pay. 1t is the duty OF the Democrat,
as :he organ Of the party in power, to explain
these enormous expenditures. If honest and fair
it will be an easy job for that print to show it, but
lift fails to do so, and prevaricaes by telling us
that the books and papers at the Auditors office
are as open to us as to them, it will be taken
for granted that there has been an enormous leak
here that should have been stopped.
1t may be all right. but i. appears to US that
there has been a lack of foresight or want of
financial ability in the management Of our fnan-
ccs. We allude particularly to the payment oil
s469 &c for interest on County Orders. The bal
ance in the Treasury. according to the Exhibit, is
:s,lsl a0cts. Is it possible, With the Duplicate
in his hands, the Treasurer could not see that
there would be funds sufficient in the Treasur, to
redeem the Orders7 We will not insinuatc,
have heard il minated that the county money in
stead Of being used for the redemption Of County
Orders when presented, was in the hands of prom
linen. Democrats. who were specializing upon it.
buying up the claim. of soldiers wives, &C.. thus
making nice thing oft However this may be-
We cannot but think, under the circumstances,
that much of this si69 &c if not all, might and
should have been saved tc the people.
The cost printing the Delinquent List as re-
ported in the Exhibits deceptive. More than
much more, we suspect. was allowed for this same
job, at the last session Of the Board, which is not
included in the following report. A. the
March term, the law increasing the price,
per description, for publishing the Delinquent List,
had not then been received, consequently the
Board proposed to allow only the old price at that
term, and the balance Of whatever the law author
lied ut the next or June term, which acceded
to. Whether the Board allowed the SIS and some
cents for the head lines and certificates attached
to the List which Harvey claimed, are not able
to state, as VIC have not had time to examine the
papers in the the Auditors office, but take
it for granted that it did, as the money is needed
to keep the wind in the sickly concern,
Judging from the certificate the publisher filed with
the Deputy U. S. Assessor relative to his income.
If the claim rejected then are the tax payers
Of the county indebted to US FER exposing the at
tempted swindle before it too late to remedy
it. But here is the Exhibit. Read and examine
it for yourselves, tax payers and then say if you
do not think Democracy is costly luxury:
The Auditor herc,rih submits 10 the Board of Com
missioners Of Mar shoH County. the toiloning er-
hibit Of receipts and expenditures of said County,
for the year ending May 81. leG6: