The Lincoln County herald., 1872-10-30

Township 0rgasfsatisn.
We have examined the Township Or.
sanizstios Law. upos which the people o.
! this county will vote "roR" or AGAINST
, next Tussdsy, and below ws give some
Of i. features, that our readers may vote
With their eyes open.
:. Each congressional surveyed township
. shall constitute . municipal township.
, This win make eighteen townships 10
Lincoln couaty. The officers Of town.
chip are Supervisor, Clerk. Assessor,
Collector, Over.eer of Highways. Cons'a'
bic, two or four Justices of the Peace
sho bold efice two or four years.
I Each Supervisor is chairman Of oil
meetings. fence viewer, judge of election,
com missioner Of highways, overseer Of
the poor, treasurer Of the township,
member Of the county court, commits
siouer Of bridges; surveyor of roads,
which he must lay out, regulate, keep in
order or vacate; purchase all things re
quired by the township, and IN general
to discharge all the duties which must
necessarily devolve upon any person
having such . multiplicity of things to
look after He receives sl.50 a day
while in the township, and SO rer day
out of it,
The Clerk keeps the books, papers and
records, aud 10 judge Of election; and
with the two justices Of the peace con
stitute the Board that twice q year audit
all claims against the township. These
claims, after being allowed, are certified
at the end Of the year by the Clerk Of
the County Court, and the Court order.
tax upon each township of an amount
sufficient to pay this Indebtedness. If
the tax is promptly paid, man may get
bis money within two years Of the time
be earned it. This special township tax
Is in addition to the proportionate part
of the state, county and school tax Of
each township.
l. The Assessor aud Collector are each
Judges of election, and their duties are
similar to those now discharged by the
county officers having the same titles
The Collector returns his delinquent lists
to the county Treasurer, and the Treasu-
rer must collect all delinquent taxes BY
distraint and sale
Each township is laid off into as many
road districts a. the Supervisor thinks
best; and the Overseer Of Highways
superintends the work ana does as he is
ordered by the Supervisor. Having Eve
days poll tax, aud 80 cents on the 500
property tax, as the highest limit of work
and taxation, and an overseer IN each
district in addition to commissioner for
each township, reads onght to be good.
The County Court is composed of all
the Supervisors, bat a majority of the
whole number may act. They constitute
the Board Of Equalization on objects Of
taxation. Their other duties are the
same as those prescribed for the County
Court as at present constituted. They
meet once year, and as much oitener as
they think best
The two Justices are to be elected once
in two years, but another section of the
law says they hold Office four years. iu
which event each township will have four
justices Of tn. peace. The board of
aduitors is composed Of the clerk and
two justices and as it is not specified
which two Of the four justices shall be
members Of the board, some conflict Of
authority may arise as to who constitutes
the auditors or township court to decide
upon accounts against tho township.
To use an expression of the "late
lamentsd," tho sdoption of this law will
require one hundred and eighty pegs to
fill the official holes made by it, being i
clear gain Of one hundred and eigh,
added 20 those We now have, who mus
all be paid for their services out of th,
county aud township trsasuries.
We announce the name of Hon. Thos
NJ. Carroll Of Pike county, in this numbe
of the Herald, as an Independent candi
date for state senator from this district
We think this very iDjudicious, if no
, an unworthy. aetisn on the part Of Mr
Carroll, Who has claimed to be q goo,
Democrat, aud was nominated aud elscts,
to the position to which be new aspire
by tho Democracy four years ago, an,
who durinO tho proaant >c~ n,;o, -h>,