Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-05

10 about t3l, 900 or about *4.OOO more than
the entire county revenue for the same year
From tho very detective and unbusiness Ike |
system in which the disbursements OF the
County are made, 1t is imrDssible now TO
say whether these expenditures Wero Oil ~
s0lutcly necessary and faithfully scruunlscd. |
They may have been all correct, but IL the |
cSuntv hss bccn deffaudcd or In any way
imposed upon. there 10 now no way OF dctec- |
tiDn. On investigating some Of the princi
nj items however W were gurpFised TO see
lie Roor and Poor House expenditures
Glazed 3 0S,S3S II when the report Of the
DlrtGAen q the 1rst day OF January, 1896,
Ia d 70 believe hat the FoOe H0uaD arm
Il ICES 0eariy 0alnGalaod itself andln pre-
y1Ous years had been . source OF prOnt TO
tie county and that the total Poor and Poor
House expensoo q 1895 was oal1 about
A,7OO, discrepancy showing that nearly
two thousand dollars was missing or con-
cealed somewhere. Your Committee then
proceeded to sSlsioe invggluntlon q ~ ~
ports and cxpsndlsufes = the z. =: Direc.
tors for every year eincc 1851. This invcsti.
htiou disclosed the fact that every one OF
these reports had. though perhaps unsnten-
4onally, conveyed an erroneous statement
rplated to the Poor House farm, ~ follows:
IA I. 1881, Drsesoss rsporsss that for isel the
b. sas ~ i.1sss::y w. -. .9i1Is i
Jan. 1, 1858. drectoss report that In lssaths -
''' sas Il. real a.aei.a:; va:
Jan 1, lsss, dissstoss report tbst for 1862 tn.
''i IL. ne: :s:s.;JP ;s...:s 81 prof..
sss az, director. 81 ,.po;; ;i., In lsss
Hut actually there wss no profit, but
really . loss 81. .::..... es1s o.
but the sstual 49, b .hsae swn sooks
was........... .............. @3.45S72
In justice however to the Directors for
1865 Il should bc stated that much of this
loss was only apparent and was caused by
the excessive valuations put ON the farm
products by tie Directors Of 1854 ,cho are
Gerry much 10 Jlinse for hs misrepresentation
Of that report. A truthful report would have
shown that In 1854 the farm lost $l,7lS 90,
instead Of making profit Of 81 800 as re.
ported, and the report for 1865 would then
properly have shown loss Of only 81, l55 %
Is 10 more fully shown in the new report for
1865, which will he laid before you.
While ON this subject, your Committee
| would say that il the interest on the Poor
House bonds, the Insurance Of the buildings,
the depreciation in the value OF the houses,
fences and other personal property, were
each gear estipastell, and the amount added
| 10 the .aQohal cash expenses Of the Poor
aoaoo, Il WOun show tha4 during the past
| hve yea1s Che iasm has lost over 90 60 and
that 4 10 ~ losing shout %9ytUO per an.
mum.
1t is safe to say that our pauper system
now costs us about $1,000 per annum, be
eides which We pay x2,4OO to support our
Insane, 5000 for expenses Of the jail. ST.
200 for Shcriffs aud Constables, 81 600 tor
criminals, witnesses. &C., and $4,000 for
Jurors fees; showing that our paupers and
criminals actually cost us over S2l 900 pc.
| annum or about three fourths of oar entire
| county revenue. Ii it can be proved that
these expenditures are each and all neces-
| sary, We can only say that for respectable
population Of 81. 600 people, they seem to be
enormous, and We earnestly recommend a
strict investigation Of every detail of these
items. Your Committee would respectfully
say that they fully believe very material
amount could be annually saved by the in.
PRODUCTION Of new system in our disbursc
ments, and the appointment Of regular Of
fetal inspection Of every claim before it is
paid by the clerk. UDti1,tke present sys
TENS, in the Trcasurer's office, and in tho
ONCE Of tho Clerk, are thoroughly reorgan-
ised our treasury Is constantly exposed to
danger. and the appointment Of Commit.
sCCc Va anvCcssSuSsOu VI CA0uItA1UtAUu vi IT,
counts and reports is simply useless and ri
diculous farce.
UOUHTY (RAnIRoAD) BONDS.
Your committee also report that the rec
0rds In the Office Of the County Judge show
Throughout The county In September, 1868,
on the question Of subscribing flfty thons.
and (6O,OOO) dollars 70 the etock Of the
1ississippi & Missouri Railroad, and
also q my thousand (5O,OOO) to
the s1ook of ~ L. ClAiss = Daveu.
port Railroad, and that BY the returns Of
said election It appears MI nearly every
township In the county except Peasant Val.
ley. Rockingham and Daveupost voted OIL
largo majority eGainse the proposition, Int
Ghat To Vo1e Of Datenport 0vorbalanced all)
opposition and the question was carried,
though only By . majority Of sixty
(oO) vdeeA Undef III feselt fifty thous.
and (50,Qeo). dellsrs Of County Bonds
for subscription 70 the j. n. h K,
were issued BY the County JodeA who Tot |
sons issxpolcahle motive violated his duty
ed plae.d ~ 1ondain the hands Of Cook
desoe q rensa 81 a. Hosds Vesr either
exchanged for the Railroad stock, or the
prDceSfb d their III Mounted fot. Il is |
only known that I've c0a6sy never received |
any Railroad stock md ~ eosjre ttansnc. |
ton nom ito inception to its end, % far a. |
shown by the records, was svidehGly man
aged By. Interested parties, who found our
County Judse very submissive to their |
views, and4 6A1et, mad matters entirely their |
own No. Net 70 give tho much space to this !
subject. your Committee would simply state |
that b ussif opihion the payment Of these |
boa1s ehOold y Iifmly refused, and their |
enforced collection rssisted b. every peacca. |
BILE process Of legal operation, IN Of which |
Is respectfully submitted. '7
G. s. WArKrNs, Chairman of Com,
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-Coroose Hsnlsy, Of Hodsoa City, held
the tedy Of an infant en-, tro veass Il aec.
u jaeob Dasehart NJ ~ lbund strsn.
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