The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-27
COUNTY Affairs.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE,

1hdTCH Il, 1919.
This Office, during the last year,
has been. and for some time to come
will he, one of onerous Labor The
duties can be nei her neg ectel nor
wrongly done with impumty. Ig-
norance of law Is 40 excuse, evasion
of it is cunning wickednr>s and
violation of 1t Is seldom less than
crime.
The recent incumbent, Mr. Hayes,
by nigh; and day work, tor more
than SIX months, succeeded in per-
tectlng The count,s title to a
quaint y of property more than sut-
ticIent to liquidale the legal f,ati"g
debt OF The town and county mu
nicipallties. This pr petty must
be faithfully protected or disposed
of honestly for the benefit of the
holders OF legal claims against US.
The large floating debt in the
shape OF town and county orders IS
being massed IN the hands of par
Ties who are abe to wait for an non
est disposition OF the property, aud
fan htu application CT the proceeds;
| bat Il continuance Of the diScDunt
transactions or issue of uuauthor-
ized orders will involve the authori
Ties III some damaging li,igaiinnS.
| Holders of orders will seek to Sc
care their claims by judgm' nt>, and
compel The levy Of cash taxes to
pay them in full. AS was stated
last week, our courts will not HtOker-
dte' a liability in an authorized or
der in wLo>oever hands; and they
20 fur her and say they will not
allow a claim where it is tainted
with fraud upon the tax payer, how
ever just might have been portion
of the same.
In contravention of the law it is
patent to the community that the
Town and County Boards are con
>tantly issuing orders III the rate of
one and a halt to two dollars for
one dollar of valid claim, and no
holder can plead innocence OF this
fact. This aoiM, or rather polc-cdt,
currency is broadcast over not only
this town but among our Duluth
neighborS, and is, if possible, II
greater disgrace to the toIerators
Than to the manufacturers of the
trush. 1t Is asserted that We have
a surplus in tax titles and certlfi-
Gates to meet these liabilities. The
surplus has been reduced, as stated
the 18th inst, by $4,000 abate-
ments; after eliminating taxes irreg-
ularly assessed, through the incom-
potency and neglect OF the assessor,
Mr.. Hayes was enabled to perfect
title To about two thirds of the
residue; aud the latter even after
jud smen., is the subject Of discredit
by parties cIamoring for abatrments.
liz 1862 and the fore part OF 1870,
under J. d. Howard, p. Z. Brad
shaw aud ID. Dean, or William
kimball. our town aud county affairs
were brought to n cash basis, with
! $4,4oo.oO IL the treasury We
then bad alb u, $4,000 or $4,000
OF tax assets which, upon their july-
meut and legal counsel, the Board
disposed OF, in part tor a dredg e
and the residue 10 the highest bid
der>, after SIX weeks public notice
And these latter tran actions we've
when the county did no. owe dol
lar that could not be paid aud or
ders We're as good rs gre nbacks
and remained SO until the modern
practices began To- deprvciate ,hem.
For 1872 there WAS AN Item of
$4,000 levied for maps and docu-
ments for the County Surveyors
office aud incidentals; the maps and
notes have been made up, copies
distributed, and all incidentals paid;
and $ls5.O0 OF fund undrawn
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
THE QUINN SCOOP"