The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-02-03
BOISE COUNTY FINANCES.

BOISE COUNTY FINANCES.
In this issue we publish a synopsis of the
Quarterly Reports of the County Auditor for
the year ending January |. 1870, and also q
Recapitulation in the form Of q tabular state
ment, which has been made out BY Mr.. Molo-
ney, in accordance with the order Of the Board
of County Commissioners, showing the pres
emit financial condition of Boise county. The
statement has been carefully made out, and the
figures are taken from the books 10 the Audit
or's Office, running from the organization OF the
county down to the present time. The princi-
pal OF the County WarraHts outstanding on tho
lst of January amounted to $57,297 81. and,
as it appears from the statement, the amount
Of interest accrued brings the total amount due
on that day to the sum Of s7s.i69 So, but the
assets, being cash on hand and Warrants OF
Ada county, reduce the debt to the sum of s57,.
74O IT, Taking the previous statements, or
Reports of County Auditors, rs well as the
statement and Report published in this issue,
and of the amount of debt now due. it 10 fair
to presume that the actual principal. without
interest of outstanding warrants, would not
exceed $4,000. Another item to be deducted
from the total amount Of the debt, as given in
the statement, and of which there is of course
no record, is the amount of County Warrants
which have been destroyed by fire. either acct
AauSaltv infan IVA haya haan m
formed of several lots of scrip which were lost
in the fire OF 1865, as also of considerable
quantities lost in the FIRE of 1867.
In 1865. when the Democratic party came
into power. county finances were IN such de-
moralized condition that Warrants were not
worth ten cents on the dollar, and persons who
served as jurors have been frequently known.
after Court adi ourned, to light their cigars with
the scrip which they received IN payment for
their services. Gentlemen who are better post
ed ia regard to our county affairs than we are,
estimate the total amount of County Warrants
which have been destroyed. and which will of
course never be paid. at from eight TO ten thou
sand dollars; but say it is only $1,000, then this
SUN deducted from the amount of the princi.
pal outstanding would reduce the ( tai amount
of Warrants outstanding Ia about the sum of
SIS, 900, which, when the interest is added.
would make our total county debt somewhere
in the neighborhood of forty-five or ffty thou
sand dollars
This We think n good exhibit. and speaks
well for the Democratic administration of
county affairs in Boise. On the ist of Janua-
ry. 1867. the total amount Of the outstanding
debt Of Boise county, without interest, was
Sl26.945 81, according to the Report of the
County Auditor made at that time On the Ist
Of January, 1868, the total amount of the debt
was 800. s26 So. without including interest, SO
that it will appear. from the foregoing figures.
that during the last three years Boise county
has actually paid of fully 800 600 Of the prin-
cipal of the debt. besides paying in cash the
heavy current expenses Of the county during
the past two years. We are confident that
should our revenue laws remain unchanged.
and the amount of taxes collected during the
present year approximate anywhere near the
amount collected in 1869, that on the lst OF
January, 1871, Boise county will be able to
present clean balance sheet The prosperous
condition Of our county finances will Of course
be anything but acceptable to our political OPP
ponents and few GROWERS in our midst. and
they will endeavor. in every possible manner,
to misrepresent the facts, but as figures won't
lie" we think the Democratic party has rea-
son to feel proud of the manner in which their
public officials have conducted the financial af
fairs Of our county during the three years last
past, and the came can be said of the financial
condition Of the Territory, which we propose
10 review at some future time, and show that
the enactments Of Democratic Legislature
have placed our credit on firm basis and Civ.
en confidence in the security of our Territorial
Bonds and other evidences OF Indebtedness.
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CONFERENCE.-The are glad to learn from
recent dispatches that the Senate has con.
irmed Hon. Z. J. Curtis as Secretary of Ida