The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-07-23
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assnentsf ne leouniy nnan , during the
la& year. publi,Ass sS.ryp laus BILE statement.
showing now and for what purpose the debt
was created. After selecting number Of the
most favorable bills, giving only the gross
amounts. saying nothing about the items, he
concludes by saying, "the above items amount
In the aggregate TO e1S71e6 15."zthus en-
deayorins to impose upon the people the ides
that those amounts were items iegitimately tax
able against the county, in which the county
had no discretion, but TO allow and pay lsgH
Let MS see how fair Is his statement.
One item Of 29,986 73 Is the amount paid
to the Stute. Does he not know that
State taxes are levied and collected separate
and apart and independent Of county taxes,
and that the County Commissioners have
nothing whatever to do with the disbursement
OF that sunni that the County Auditor il re-
quired to set apart that amount and the
County Treasurer is required to pay 1t over
TO the State, witheutthe action Of the County
Commissioners In short, il is no part of the
financial operations OF the county, no more
than the collection of the United States inter
nal revenue. a1ts7ar b. f..H G-'.zuu- 1.gai
Again, Ihe item &C, 724, school tar, Is count
ed in to make up the aggregate. Does he not
know that the principal amount Of that tar
was levied under authority of special cleo
| ton held in Elko School District, which only
included the town Of Elko, for the purpose OF
building and furnishing n school house in
this town. and keeping up a school therein7
that the public Of this district alone wore
taxed therefor, and not the county, There
fore this can not be counted as any part of the
financial transaction Of the county. To this
he adds SLAB, cash on hand, thus counting
that sum twice. .a-. ... -a.rE.- f.'8
Also, we find, "amount deducted from
amount of assessment on property upon APP
phcation of property owners, 1921 81, (" which
means, in plnin English the amount of taxes
reduced by the Board of Equalization before
the tax rolls were ever returned. Why, in this
connection, does he not give the amount
added TO that list by the increase Of individu-
al taxes? It would have swelled his grand
total several Thousand dollars more, and been
just as applicable as any of the above amounts.
And TO conclude, he adds the delinquent tax
list Of last year, rs part Of the just aud equit-
able claims against the county. Ia
He says, in this statement we have not
included the small items Of expense, for our
object is not to show where every dollar of the
county money has been paid out, etc; but to
account for the bulk Of it, and show that il
has been necessarily expended for county pur-
poses" That is inst what is wanted, and for
the purpose OF assisting the Chronicle, we will
give few items, which may be overlooked
by him. For instance, $3.50 for Assistant Dis
trict Attorney. We pay that officer a salary
Of $4,000. Again 500, or 800 per month
for salary Of janitor for the ourt-house, TO
wait on the Judge, md sweep out the court
house once a day; in addition TO which he is
furnished a bed and bedroom in the County
Lodging House. and has time enough to
make his board and better wages than the
farmers are paying for arst-class farm hands.
For 81 yards of Brussels carpet, fixing oil
cloth, and putting up curtains in Judges
wardrobe, Sl4S 10. TO Badt & Cohn, 5O1
yards of Brussels carpet, oil-cloth, plash
cloth, velvet, etc, for judges room, S136;
besides many items by Judge Keeney, such ms
gold pen, thread, desks, tables, chairs, wash
stands, more chairs, stool, cushions, carriage
dusser, sleeping lounge, etc. John Walker,
for distributing posters and tickets for the
election, 1888 80. himself being the Radical
candidate for Sheriff. VIM. u. Gillespie. for
information upon what subject?), $500: Dep
uty, 500. These are only n few Of the items.
We will wait with patience for the promised in
formation from the Chronicle. We want no
more aggregates. We have them from the re-
port Of the County Auditor.
TAX PAYER.