The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-06-21
Remonstrance Against Building a New
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Jail.
The following remor strsuce is in circulation
throughout Wayne County at this time, and is being
generally signed by the People:
To the Honorable Board of County Com
missioners:
In consequence of the "Order,' issued
by your Board, on the 18th of this
instant, in regard to the construction of
n new Jail at the County seat, and of an
additional five cents tax on the hundred
dollars valuation, you have levied for
that purpose, we, the undersigned, citi-
gems of Wayne County, do most respect
fully protest and demonstrate against
said proposed building, and additional
tax on us for that object, for the follow
ing, to us, good and sufficient reasons,
to wit:
1st We demonstrate against the cree
ton of said jail, because you have just
repaired the old one at an expense of
some six hundred dollars, and made it as
secure and good as it was when it was
fret built, about twenty years ago.
ID We demonstrate against it, not
only as a useless expense, but for the
reason that our County is already bur
dened with debt of one hundred and
twenty nine thousand, six hundred and
forty two dollars (8129,642), and we
deem it the part of wisdom, that rigid
economy should not only always be prac-
ticed in public expenditures, but more
particularly and especially whilst that
debt is unpaid; believing that public
debt is not public blessing and should
be liquidatcd at the earliest possible
moment.
3D. We demonstrate against the build
ing Of said Jail, not only in consequence
of its useessness, and the present heavy
debt Of the county, but because the Tax
es of all kinds, for the support of Nation
al, State, County, and Corporate purpo
ses, are already sufficiently burdensome,
without adding thereto, unless the OBJ
ject was Of manifest necessity, which we
believe the building of new prison is
clearly rot of that character.
Therefore, and for these reasons, do
we respectfully demand of the honorable
Board of County Commissioners, to an
null the Order, for building new Jail,
until the County debt is paid of, and TO
reconsider the additional levy of five
cents on the one hundred dollars valua-
ton, and expunge it from the order book;
believing, as we do, that fifty cents for
County purposes is all sufficient, and IN
accordance with that spirit of well di-
practieed by your honorable body, and
enabled you to pay off S97 of the
County debt, and which will, by pur-
suing the same commendable course, en-
tirely extinguish that debt in two years
more. All of which we respectfully
submit, &c
June 10Th, 1866.
In connection. with the above, and as
manifesting disposition to carry out
the "order'' Of the COMMISSIONERS, in
despite of the circumstances of the
People of the County, we are informed
on good authority that promin ent citi-
zen Of Centreville, gave il as his opinion
that the Board would adhere to their de-
termination TO go ahead with the pro-
posed building. notwithstanding :" faro
thirds or three .toartAs OF tie tar payers
sAoald sign TIE rsmoastranee. > Now, we
have more confidence than that in the
action of these servants of the people.
and We do not believe that they will so
disregard their expressed will.
Il may be that this extraordinary
declaration, was made by authority, and
that majority, of the Board will so dis
regard instructions. In that event, the
people have sfiT another remedy close at
4apdto eonPsi obedience to their wishes.
: Aad, as = dernicr resort, they WI not
hesitate to apply the remedy. notwith-
standing it interferes somewhat with the
arrangements and programme Of the
party to which they are attached. The
question of economy in public expendi:
lures, particularly when it comes in a
shape Ike the above proposition for
what is shown to be useless expendi-
ture of money to be raised by taxation,
overrides all party considerations, and
when any officer ignores the positive y
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