Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-17
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t=rrrs u A04f1c j., OF Pu1t0eY.
Mi ss FOR IAKPA YERS. lsal
On the 10th of October you will be
called upon to choose men who shall
control the finances and general busi-
ness of the County for the next two
years. The election is an important
one to you: From you must be gath
cred the means by which these offices
are supported. If your taxes are bur-
densome, if you believe that there has
been a lack Of economy in the control
of our County finances, the remedy
must be used now, and not deferred till
the tax-colleetor raps at your door. We
ask yeu go with US in careful exam
inatIon Of the way thecharges placed by
you in the hands of certain men have
been treated within the last few years.
TheDehao aoeratic party has had full con
troll Of the finances of the County for
the last five years and partial control
fora longer period. Bylour showingi it
will be seen that extravaganza has
marked their course until to-day our
public treasury if not bankrupt is pre-
vented from being SO by money bor-
roWed and transferred from fund to
fund without legal sanction. Let us
compare she condition of the treasury
while under Republican control with
itsPresent condition gr
dhls6l funder Republican control) the
total taxes and revenues from 9TH
er sources were $I64, ,2S6, ,95. .s
Total Expenditures for same year
$l37, ,03O, 16.9o sssltfa.i 519ssh- 4
Balance in Treasury S31 ,41O 90. z
InIls70 lunder Democratic control) the
total taxes and revenues from other
sources were $3.50, 500, 72.
Total Expenditures for same year
$329,740, IS. s. - Il I'D
BaIaneein Treasury SO, ,829. 4. z
By comparing the Expenditures Of
'B1 and s'70 the reader will see that it
cost $l92,F1O 40 more to keep up our
County Offices and pay expenses in 1870
than in 1851. The increase Of popula-
ton VIII not account for this. The
census sh ows an increase in popula
tion of less than ,O0Oo or ten per cent.
while the increase of expenses has been
about rs per cent. We have, It's true,
partly built several turnpikes, none of
which, however, are paid for, nor will
their whole cost tbalance the excess of
expenditures for the year 1870. The
costly iilfirnary will not absorb the
amount, for at last settlement only
about 81, ,0oO Of the $4,000 which it's to
cost, was paids SIG, 600 had BEEN paid
on the work, but $20, 900 of that was
is.sa - !" p - " ~ N'alis seie anu
has haaYf Maid and hay,s.esF cannof n,afnr
into o,,y sfs,+evro,,+ - How ,,,,,5F mono
Az, f,,o stII,a s,,,,,,, ,,as boo,, ,,,sd
,,e y,sg ard 81, !, ii S., Z, al forn,ad
5e q, .,e,.,, - ~, ~ t,n 5,', =,
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- -, = -
SeHefaI treasury IS surprising, amount
- ~ eAfo eeA no 49,. a. 49,
AAS " Fto,uV7, ". a4NONi thS SOAuuIlS-
sioners having no legal right to levy
am excessive surplus fund merely for
the purpose Of redeeming some much
depleted fund, we may safely infer that
the above overdrawnisum is the ap-
proximate Indebtedness of the County
treasury. Think Of Belmont County
being In debt from thirty to 'fifty thou
sand dollars. 5.,sE 5sdW ssas4ls qvasd
l4,etg,,ts ,oop5 u Ttta - fAa of f;on
fo, tbe yoors 1oeI M ~ IL fnannas of
4ba e,;1 i, ,,Te,.a oo;, fro,Iad h., pen,,b -
Iosns f,. ,,o s,..,,. ,,1 90 - - ,,
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is8iz,o3n; every sIoe I.is 5ilasa I,..... a %
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Il Dinerence-.-...- Al
THE control Of the finances for the
last hYe years has been exclusively
Democratic. See the regular increase
IN. IN tax rates. We give an average per
gents without extra ieyles. laaaf ass
iss-a IS