The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-03-06

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In the general statement there is
a Ditch fund, and a Section 16 fund,
Redemption fund and Show Lii
cense fund, which are not itemized,
amounting to about $4,000 and the
State tax, which we do not find
charged in the statement, which
should properly be deducted from
the above difference, as well as the
bridge account of Jackson township,
but cannot account for it ali.
We make no charges of fraud or
embezzlement againt the county
officers. Possibly they can explain
this difference. We cannot. We
give them the opportunity, and in
Vite them to do so. They have
submitted a statement to the people
which they certify is correct and an
examining committee have append
ed their signatures to the statement
as correct, yet its several parts will
not agree with each other. They
should be able to explain, and we
shall insist upon that explanation.
Since the above was written, a
Sandusky Register has been handed
to us, (our copy has not yet come
to hand) in which the editor attacks
the commissioners of this county for
the discrepancy which we have shown
between the itemized account of the
county fund and the general state
ment. If the commissioners cannot
explain the difference he has said
nothing too severe against them,
although he evidently overlooked
the fact that in the itemized account
the State tax is not charged, while it
may be in the general statement.
The Register closes its remarks with
the following
The Commissioners of Sandusky county are |
Democrats. Their party has sole control of |
that county and yet we would not do them, |
nor their party, any injustice. If they can |
explain their report to the satisfaction of the |
Taxpayers of the county, we shall be well |
pleased. If not we shall have done our duty |
in the premises, duty which belonged to the /
Fremont Journal, but which it declined to
perform for some reason best known to it and |
the Commissioners whom it seeks to defend
even at the expense of the Republican party
in Erie county and honest management in its
own county.
The Fremont JOURNAL has per-
formed its duty, and in the above
the Register will find complete and
entire analysis of the commissioners
statement-not single item, but in
detail. We have not at any time
sought to defend the county COM
missioners, nor have we reason for
doing SO, much as the Register would
desire to be able to show. While
we believed the statement to be cor
rect, and we accepted it as such upon
the testimonials attached, we could
not do otherwise than refute the
statement of the Register as to the
greater expenditures of this county
over those of Erie. But as soon as
satisfied there was something wrong
in the statement, we have laid the
matter bare, and called for an ex-
PLANTATION.
And now while the Register is
again on the war path, we insist
upon its giving an explanation of
its county affairs in relation to the
items we called it's attention to
several weeks ago. If there is no
wrong there he should not be afraid
Of the explanation.
In 1872 there was a balance on
hand in Erie County of $13,O85.83; |
there were collected on the dupli-
cate $23O,73O.98, and from other
surces 81, ,907. .9O-in all $245, ,74411.
The disbursements of all kinds
amounted to $I9O455.8O leaving
balance on hand of $55, ,2S9.31. OF
these expenditures $17,765,64 were
for State tax, and SIS, ,e43.9O for new
Court House, total of $33,4O9.54, |
which deducted from the $l9O,455.SO
eft the total ordinary expenditure
Of Erie county through its different
funds $167,O46.26.
In 1873 there was a balance on
land of $55, 5,2S9.31; there were col
ected on the duplicate $228,G60.86,
md from other sources $5,81716-!
n all $2S9,76z33. The disburse-
nents of all kinds amounted to II
1868, ,44869, leaving a balance of
OF the expenditures
were for State tax and
i43, ,656.30 for new Court House, ! J
otal of SCI, ,826.36 and leaving the I
otal ordinary expenditures of Erie G