Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-03

"PAYINQ OFF THE DEBT.-Ine alepa-
ton that the present Republican board OF
Commissioners are paying of The county
debt is the shallowest sort OF clap-trap,
on n general par with the pole-cat ana
mink literature from the same quarter
venr opo. What wotild the Commissioners
do with the large amount OF money col,
lected yearly from the people II they ana
not use it for county purposes All ior-
mer boards of commissioners have used the
money honestly, and their accounts have
YEARLY been audited by competent board
of Auditors. Every board of Commission
ers since the building of the Court llouse
has been paying off the county debt The
present board has been no less, if not more
extrayarant than former boards.
1t may be regarded by the american as a
great wonder that the money collected oy
| The present board is not stolen, but every
body else would of course expect tllat they
would perform simpl Official duty oy
putting it to legitimate purposes" ".-Deho-
crat Of last ,cCek.
By the above it will be seen that our
neighbor of the Democrd is again trying TO
deceive the people. Imam advertisement
in his own paper, notice is given by the
Commissioners TO thos holding orders to
lEesent them for payment before the 10Th
If November, and that interest will
tbat % h" ;;sr that date. Thus it will be seen
"'' u ~ 1rdemned out of his own mouth.
Wv ooh stlnose that our neighbor will
Guy anything about such clap-trap litera-
ture. The facth that the present board of
commissioners mean business, and that
"N payers wHdrln{T w5il ET Officers of TO-DAY and
those r.ho formerly conducted the offices
under the Rule OF the Ring. There may
be some who do not understand why the
county debt is being paid off during the
| first year that the Republicans have con.
troll of the offices, when formerly the in
debtedness was annually on the increase
We would remind all such that the pre-
sent officers do not feel disposed to fleece the
! taxpayers, and those who formerly held
the offices are considerably non -plussed
because their bills are cut down to what
the law allows them. 1t is perhaps sur
prising that the county did not assume a
worse state of affairs from the reckessness,
| negligence and extravaganza of the officials.
| pie will understand how the taxes were ap-
piled, and how the Republicans have man
aged to pay off the Democratic indebted
ness of about sci 900, in one year. On eX-
amining the records we find that the out
standing taxes are being collected and pro-
perly applied, saving the county over three
thousand dollars interest. Over 81 POO
were cut down on bills of former officers,
held against the county, to which they
were not entitled. From eight to ten thou
sand dollars have been saved the county by
cutting down road damages which were for
merly allowed and which the law docs not
provide for. Over twelve hundred dollars
have been recovered from old duplicates
where collectors were charged a less
amount than the duplicate amounted to.
Many old duplicates have not been settled
on account of Ring collectors refusing to
! come forward and make settlement, which
looks a little suspicious. There is a consi-
derable amount in duplicates of three and
four years ago, which ought to have been
paid in the treasury long since, but as the
collectors have not come forward the Com
! missioners are now compelling them to n
settlement speodly 40 possible. As our
neighJor of the Democrat admits that ST.
$50 Is was paid in the year 1872 for skunk
scalps, the amount paid in 1873, was only
251 G5, owing to the action Of our present
Commissioners, leaving balance in favor
of the county over the former year of ST.
OPS. 80.
BY examining the records we also find
that during the past year, in the Prothono-
tary's office, about 81, COO was saved by the
economy and management Of that officer.
| The costs in the Commissioners Office is
about nine hundred dollars less than for
merly. The Sheriff>s Office has been con-
| Quoted in such manner that over thou
sand dollars have been saved the county,
| although there was n larger number of cri-
minals than in any former year. These
are facts which may be ascertained b. ex-
amning the records, and which the next
county auditors report will show.
With such a contrast in the management
Of our county offices, between the Ring Off
cials and those of the Republican party, we
doubt whether our neighbor will be able tc
deceive the taxpayers any longer by such
paragraphs as the above. We believe that
the taxpayers, whose pockets have beer
probed to the bottom, will agree with us
That it is better to vote for Republican Off
GERS than those connected with the Rims
Democracy, who created the county
debt which is now being wiped out.
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PREVIOUS to the election last fall, Mr.
Lemuel Shipman was seen in Sunbury daill
consulting with the members of the Ring
On Saturday previous 70 the election, b.