Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-25
County Warrants for Taxes.

county Warrants fOrTaxes
EDIroRs BuLtIoN.-ln the last issue ot
the -Araldnche is an article headed county
Warrants for taxes, which i9 my opinion is
calculated TO produce some trouble in the
collection OF taxes for the present year, by
innocent parties who may chance to read the
article and be influenced thereby. The Ar
atanche to be fair quotes largely from the
territorial Revenue law, hut unfortunately
does not quote enough TO explain the mat.
ter 1t seeks TO make clear. II saws
That 1.-THE revenue law was so amended last
winter as to make county warrants drawn
on the general fund recoverable in certain
counties, (of which Owyhee is one) for all
taxes levied for county purposes" This
position can hardly be maintained by eren n
very strained construction of the law-this
the Acdtdnche man would have seen, had he
read the whole of the Act.
Now In order to ascertain what the law
really is and what it MEANS let us refer IN
Sections 2 and SO of the Revenue Act Sec
ZION alter defining the duties of the Board
oil County Commissioners which can
not effect in the least, the question as to
whrther county warrants drawn on the gen
eral fund OF the county, are receivable in pay
ment OF the proportions set aside for the va
RIO IS special funds" says all taxes levied
under the provisions of this act, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be paid in the Ls
gal coin of the United States, or in FOREIGN
coin at the value fixed for such coin bv the
laws of the United States. or, in legal ten.
der treasury Notes at two per cent above
san Francisco quotations, prOpided horer-
er, that county taxes levied in accordance
with the provisions ofany Special Act may
be collected in such funds as in such special
act may be provided"
Now what are the provisions for collect.
ing in anything but money as provided in
Section 2? The answer is found in Section
70 OF the same Act, which says, 'all county
warrants or orders drawn on the general
iund OF the county, are hereby made trans |
ierabe, and shall be received in payment of
any county taxes, or dues, eccepi poll taxes.
Foreign Miners Licensees. one fifth of license
tax and all taxes which are required by law
10 be paid into any special fund Now the |
special fund known as the "forty five per
cent fund was created by Legislative enact
nent Jan. llth 1866 for speciM purposes TO
wit ; To meet and pay in cash all the cur. |
rent expenses of the Court Honse, Jail, off. |
,es oil the several County Officers, lichts.
uel, stationary, printing and food and cloth |
ng Tor prisoners. Thus the forty five per
,ent fund is placed on the same iootiug as
Inc Special School fund and Special Hospit
II fund. Now if the Audlanche is correct in
is views, then the law is an outrageous cheat
md swlndle upon the creditors of the conn.
Y 10 illustrate, the law compels the Sher-
II TO feed the prisoners of the county for 50
per day, and the Commissioners cannot allow
nm any more. Now the Sheriff cannot af-
ord to feed prisoners for less than that n.
mount in cash, and the "forty-fve per cent
uud" was created that such expenses of the
Jounty might be paid in cash. If the opin.
on of the Aratdheke is sound, and the bro.
PORTION OF taxes due the "forty-ive per cent
und can be paid IN Warrants, | apprehend
he Sheriff will find his County Boarding
louise non-paying institution, for warrants
N that fund will be nearly worthless. A
air OF blankets will cost him $50, and cord
t wood $50 or $40.
An examination of the law will convince
ny one that taxes Or dues going into am of
20 special funds are to be paid in cash.
ny conclusions are. that tax payers would
0 well to pay such taxes to the collector, in
ash, and thereby save themselves and the
ouuty unnecessary trouble and litigation.
food citizens will certainly not attempt to
wade the plain letter and spirit of the law.
TAX PAYER.