Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-04-15
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SuNBURE, ApHIL u, 1871.
s;Tifg AUpITohs REroRT.-The long
Hooked for Auditors Report has at last
made It's appearance in the Ring organ of
laet wock. The Democrat publishes it with
oat any comment, pro or con, believing
that the least said, the less attention it
would attract We publish il in this issue
and would ask the taxpayers to give it q
close investigation, and see for themselves
how their money is expended. As we have,
for year past, repeatedly stated that the
Ring had S04, 900 of taxes 40 ,York upon
during 1870, and as some of our ceteinpo-
ries, not long since, thought otn calctla-
tions cNtravagant, we now find that with
the figures before us, that we were rather
belosY than above the mark in our estimate.
The Auditors Report makes the sum $685.
553 80 instead of $4,000, or $1,553 80
higher than we had stated. 1t appears we
were too low in the amount of tax levied for
1870. The Treasurer is charged with the
$50, ,G33 90 ofuncollected taxes for 1869 and
previous years, and the amount of county
duplicates for 1870, the sum Of $55,9l9 43,
making altogether 295, 553 33 for county
purposes alone to work on during The year
1870. or this amount S54, ,004 56 has been
expended, and the balance of FIJI ,4O2 2l, is
left in the bands offayorite collectors.
The whole amouut.of taxes remaining
in the hands of collectors on the 1st of
January 1871, being MS follows: ..
Amount of outstanding coun-
ty taxes for 1870 and previous .
years, III, ,4O2 Fl
Amount of outstanding State II
taxes for 20 and previous years, 2,S44 10
Amount outstanding Militia tax
for 1870, .... 1877 90
Tos.l, S46,2 ,223 81
1t will be seen that-sonlc of,the accounts
do not compare very favorably with those
of former years, being considerably higher,
while others arc somewhat moderated,
fearing that the taxpayers might object to
them. The Commissioners according to
the Democrat, are the most efficient officers
the county ever had, but their excess OF
modesty does not prevent them from pre-
senting larger bills for their own pay, than
any Commissioners ever did teforc. We find
one charging for three hundred and Que
days, twelve days less than there are work
ing days in the year, which twelve days,
We presume, are included in the three
weeks, or 2l days, when he was ON Il Jury
to assess damages in the coal region for
Railroad companies. This would leave
nine days OF an excess not eSactyaccount-
cd for. His colleague from the upper end
h.ts charged for Two hundred andtwenty-one
days, and had it not been that duties .r-
qnired him Oh his farm, and siectionecrinr
last fall, lis number VI days would probably
have reached those of Ills colleague who has
to undergo the same trial to be reelected
this fall. The last of these Commissioners
nppearG.te'be the most liberal, having rr-
turned only one hundred and ijftyfye days.
Perhaps his conscience restrained him FROM
returning time when lac was absent in the
Mahonoys auctionecring and attending to
other duties. His presence however, was
not required much, IT'S the others generally
transacted all the business. The incidental
expenses are considered very moderate,
considering the amount of incidental Juss-
ness transactions about the Court House.
In closing up the report, the Auditors
say, that upon due examination of The
expense books, the Indebtedness of the
county, III unpaid county orders, is S27,-
I,o I,,1o . ;,,.,I J.. Al,
Commonwealth Of Penusy ylvania, in lieu Of
state taxes, unpaid rs per State Trcasurcr's
Report is 81, l3l 60; the an,o4,Gt due John
i. Fiddler, former Treasurer, -, l50 Gl,
and amount of an outstanding bounty or
der issued in 1862, is S725-aH subject 10
reduction BY the outstanding taTcs, tchca col
iected." Probably it would have been well
If the Auditors would have ascertaned
what these S27 ,j1S Is orders were for,
whether they were for the miscellaneous
accouut which is omitted, and were held
over for the purpose Of not making the ex-
pcnditurcs of the county too .eStavagapt
for tho last year.
Whcn'the aSpayersc cXapirc this report,
they will no donbt agree with us, that it is
high time to run out the Old politicians who
nrc asking for office from year 10 year, and
place new men in their stead. We feel con.
Ildent that every taxpayer will experience
great change, and will not have 10 toll q
month or two cycry year 10 ray his take:
10 keep in office men who care but little fol
the interests Of the people rs long as the,
are alleEsed Ae G,ttep ut the public olil
,tlaaisalyes. We shall publish some of th,
reports ofpast years hereafter, to show villa
a difference tlere is between meu wh'
worked flr I'M, intrr.si uf tina n.n,,l, mn,