The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-13

ever, verbal, written or otherwise.
for the County for which he is such
Supervisor
And Chsp. 5s7, See. II, Of 1865,
directs that The Drainage F.nd
shall be expended by the Super
visors :n Arsining and recIsiming
the swamp and oyeraowed lands.
DIsTRIcr ATTORNEY,
Douglas County.
IT'S STIRRED EN- Up
Il Granger :" Ium6les to tie Tad
t rack md tells as ,ohat be don't
K"oao about the County Finances
Listen to his "Cdckte".:
MARCH IL, 1875.
Messrs. Elitors:-In your last
issue are some figures relating to
the County finances, omitting the
town levy for 1870. The tax of
1875 is mentioned doubtless by
mistake. The town tax will be
levied in April and the county in
November of rs.
In the published official report of
Messrs. Thomas Clark and Geo. W.
Perry, Committee, to the County
Board, December 6, 1873, tit cost,
we believe, forty dollass) appaars
the following:
RESoURCEs.
Ta1certi6cates& & delinquent taxes 81 ,Os4. "a
LIABILITIES.
Amt due Dist School fund
from delinquent taxes 81 .2476S
Co. orders outstanding S,S55.4l
Total tiO, ,lOs.O4
Surplus e6, ,95l. 10
The county holds property az fol
lows:
Court House and public Offices, say 81 5, ,Oo0 Do
Jail aud public grounds improved,
1h,tH.O0
Sundry franchises, estimated 2b,OOp.0O
Total county property $500
The tax levy for 1879, including
State, school, town and county WAS
429,7l7.9O.
Salaries fixed as follovc
County Treasurer 81, 900 90
County Clerk ,4sD.OO
District Attorney $4,000
For some special reason the salary
Of the County Judge was raised
$500, which applied to the new
Judge to be elected.
The Register Of Deeds, Clerk OF
Court, and Sheriff, janitor, jailer,
etc, require about 1880 more. In
fact, we are on the safe side when
we state that it costs the ta1-payers
over $500 a month to pay salaries
of only county officials. This istne
regular expenditure. There are
irregular expenditures, to-wit: Su-
pervisors' lumber bills, expense. to
Madison Of tie Clerk, County
dredging and other luxuries.
In fact, certain families have been
supported mostly during the past
ten or fourteen years by the county.
The voters appear to number
about $50. The farmers about halt
a dozen We omit entirely the sal
aries of six or seven school teachers
and six or seven town officials. Is
it any wonder that the finances of
the county are out OF order and
that certain officials are against
giving up Office or showing up the
papers2 the same men seem an
nualIy to be on the committee of
examination and are always county
officials. The farmerN and lab0ring
men seem to stand no show what
ever; neither does a whiteman with
an Indian wife. Every Irishman,
German and Swede must show lis
/ papers, AZ letters Of inquiry are 60
ing in every direction from the
Court House.
We have also overlooked COM
menting upon the County Official
Forty-Doilar-W w hitewsshing Com
mittee and the report; County Sur
veyor's and County superintendent
expenses; the Quinn Scoop and De
Koven Convention; and that one
county Official under the Attorney
Generals sdvice il serving the
public gratuitoasly, while the Dis
trict Attorney snd Sheriff, under
His Exceliency's appointment will
I. doubtlere run again in The tall.
MoRAL-Don't issue FIVE hundred
per month to run the Court Hnuse
and 20. ders' viii s'rix", isthc advice
of = Granger
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