Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-02

They showed due the town from tax
duplicate fines iccnscs, dc a total ec-so
Deduct delinquent taxes s2ml
Receipts Of IRENE D. (not iaxaLie.l lib
Efr Moons Ss-essnrnts - csc
Oh o-ders4redecmrd 's'- .-'oo
Leaves balance s--ets:,o pay ont $50.
They paid their own orders <,"f'
Show ing n I.alanr- ON hand .s,si
They report On hand sesea eent'.
Second:
Again. The tax duplicate alone. without re-
ceipts fr.'m ethe' ss'urrrs, was = ss'i..
They appropriated fur the year 3.oV
That woull have a surplus OF sz,S.s
Deduct Delinquent taxes, erroneous sssess-
ments and iremen receipts Z-ni
Shows on hand. exclusive ef receipts
f.oIn other sources Ssse
They report serea cents.
Third
Again. There wa. due the town. from all
sources. To ie collected $ibSJ
Deduct de linqncucies. Re-, as aJsve Z.s,i
Mould leave available balance si,iss
The old debt outstanding MAS SI.m
Appropria tions for ls6S J,Isi- 6Gsi
The actual debt as LETT is 4VW
Usaccounted for 81 I'D
Whore as the money? Somebody
has il, and it was the business of the
board 10 SO keep theii books as to show
it. New, without charging any one with
dishonesty, the writers for the Demorruf
(who run tue business Of the lsie boar,D
had best show us where the money wenl
To, or else dry up about the crrurs or
want OF ability or honesty of the present
management
They seem to have particular spite AT
G.. ii. Reeve. j don't mix; but lis ..slnaiI
potatoes" in the way of deccncy To abuse
IA whole community because they dislike
one man. So far as he is concerned. he
DOESN'T seem To !hiuk much of them, or
care much about them and they never
VIII gel good ordinances, or get rid of
bad ones, 10y any such course us they are
pursuing.
They groan awfully over an increase of
the salary OF the officers The law re-
ouires that the salary of the trustees.
clerk, assessor. treasurer and marshal
shall be fixed by the bylaws, and that the
board shall cause 10 be paid all other Off
GERS q just and reasonable con,pensa-
ton. (See section Is, of the law author
iz;ng corporate towns-)
Now, this is mere matter of expedi-
ency, or, il you will, Of taste. There Is
over million dollars OF properly and The
private rights Of 1900 people placed un,
der the Charge of these officers. aud every
act OF theirs is without the direct consent
ofihGse people. An Office or officer to be
effective must be respectable. To CON-
mand respect, the Office must pay enough
10 justify = respectable msp To accept il
and devote time enough to discharge his
duty under NIL IFS requirements Ele. ma
man with brains enough will ACCEPT II,
simply for the sake OF being abused az
these democratic writer's abuse people.
The present board have made tho effort
to make The. position respectable. They
have liked a le,son. b'e salary for the OF;
GERS, anil require them to attend to tbeI,
duty, AID have fixed heavy penalties fol
failing 10 do sn. Let them be enforced
Let the people put in and keep in The
best men they have, and pay them dc
Gently. and they will be more sure ri.
good government than II they pay moth
ling and leave the Office to he scramble,
for, for sake of the sieailnss. Busiues
men viii not devote the necessary tim
for nothing and one who IL not q bus;
ness man Ia not fit for The office, and
put there the public VIII suffer far NOR
loss and injury tGan The expense Of