The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-07-05
The County Debt--Facts--C Commissioner
Jones on Pcuifogging Raid Tor New
JuII.

The County Debt--Facts-Co mmissI oner
Jones PeuifogginE Raid Tor n New
jail.
Not having time last week to devote u the examin-
alton u Commissioner Jones's data that It's impor
lance demanded. particularly he announced in his
munication with grand flourish, that it "canuot
be controversial we accepted his version for the
nonce bat it, in order tuat It's
oDtncraJte character may be tested promising that it
has the look of need Of ventilation" than
the old Jail, to make it truthfuily healthy.
For The purpose Of bringing Mr. Jones's statement
before the reader, ws again publish it
cat the beginning Of the fiscal wear l7ta.our cnuu-
~ in debt 1929 900; in addition to that may
all current expenses for "a me year ing
total Of f263, 000 And for the pnrpnse of hquidat
ing that portion of the above debt that fen due during
that year the Commissioners levied INK OF eighty
cents to the 500. That together with the thirty
cents that the State levied for Military, on A relief
fund for soldiers wives aud families. which, by
act Of the last Legislature, was left in tie county
treasury when ii collected, enabled the county OF
fcrrs paw off 1874 0e0 OF the county teet, leaving
On unpaid balance against the county OF $4,000 10
ptv which we had hand the 1T Of june 1855,
s63.5Tj o. leaving the present Indebtedness OF the
uuprogided for onl, S65.224 81. To meet
which, together with the current expenses of the
county for the fiscal 1856. have levied tiX
81 ~ the 800 and five cents for the pur
Pose of building jail. We have also given notice
til who hold bonds against 'he county. that due
O. present them for payment against the 10Th OF july
l,Nio. when the interest viii stop. There are but
: 38S Of them. So YOU see, that have an actual
balance on hand and above all debts against tie
county, that a due of over S6l, 900
This, it will be recollected, he prefaeed by the aa
Glars that 'fsr candid, and correct" Let
us examine it. The county debt is sl2g,642. There
Is interest SIPS 200 Of this one wear be
added. amounting to $4,000, thus making the actual
debt s23T ,542. Admit the amount ION hand" the
LIST of June TO be, he says, Sos, rs 66-it would
leave balance of s7376 81 instead Of So 224 "a
present indebtedness unproy ided for. Quite
difference, here, Mr.. Commissioner, and It certainly
Lacks being either "fsir candid correct as YOU en-
dprsed your data = The current expenses Of the
county, from June TO June, provided tor at last as
sess4Ient t65) is estimated ss5,0oo Deduct this
from the actnd amount in treasury. June lst 1856.
after deducting the s233s of bonds proposed to he
PAID ia July which leaves s6I 437 80 tia there and
the uusppropriated balance hand S27 49, that
ghs and should be applied to the payment OF the debt
Of the eoanty, and stop the interest that sum- if
Me.srs Jone. and Pierce, the two Commissioners
who keeny slive TO the enterprise Of building
\ Jail. we're anxious to "Subserye the inter-
est Of the county" in public capacity should
BE- and would allow themse elves to be swallowed
20 whom Commits sioner Jones owes a deep debt Of
gratitude for assisting him to befog the county debt
and make il appear easy and the burden of taxation
light, aud thus pettifos the new jail into existence