The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-04-22
The Figures--Here Ihey Are.


The editor Of the Journal asks US to ''giVs the
figures" to show wherein the late Grand Jury re-
port is "whitewash, and to crafty him, and at
the same time to give the public an insight int
this terrific decsment, We comply.
The report says the liabilities Of the county are
$224, 7S9. 80, and that the Commissioners havein
hand, as ''asssts, with which to discharge these
the sum Of $2Ss, 3S9.O4.
Let us see how much money the Commissioners
can realize from these "assets," within reason
able time, to pay the pressing claims against the
county:
~ The Baltimore city per cent. stock, F"
valued at Sos, soc, is in the nature Of bonds net
yet due, and the Commissioners will be obliged
to sell this stock before it can be Of service to
them. There il SEINE dsubt about the Pswer Of
the Commissioners to dispose Of it, without
special act. This they asked from the last Legis-
lature, bat it was not granted.
(2.) Jerusalem Mills turnpike stock, Sl2, 225."
The Commissioners have no certificates for this
stock, and if they had it would not be worth the
paper it is written upon.
(3.) "Amsunt due the county from VIM.
Parks, $780," This sam was involved in law
suit as also the question as to whether the coun-
ty should not take his property for the alms-hOuse.
Parks claimed that the county was obliged to
take his property for the alms-house, and much
litigation grew out of the controversy. Parks
finally paid the Commissioners $500, which did
net more than pay the expenses of the suits.
a. "Westsrn Run turnpike stock, 1000"
This is worth little or nothing. 1t is certainly
not "assets'' which the Commissioners can use in
dischasging the Indebtedness Of the county.
Isl "Baltinere and Towsontewn narrow
gauge railroad stock, $780," This is worth alb
solutely nothing.
(6l Patterson and Twins notes, due frem
the sale of the cid alms-heuss property, $685.
49," This is good but the notes are act yet due.
(7l Takes unpaid, on which judgments have
not yet been obtained, on portion Of which
suits have been entered, Sl65, 5O5.5O." All the
uncollected taxes or taxes in the hands Of default
ing collectors, are here counted as cash "assets"
in the hands of the Commissioners, when the fact
is not more than ene-half Of this sum can be cell
lected without suits, which will necessarily result
in much delay, and heavy expense. Is this
net the most apparent "whitewash?"
49, ''Taxss on which judgments have been
obtained, see, 527.22." This will deserve
closer scrutiny. 1t is true Judgments have been
obtained to this amount, but can the Conmis-
sioners make the money! Docket Ne. IL, in the
Clerks Office, page Sc, discloses the fact that
Judgment to the amount Of SIS, 1856 was obtained
against John W. McCauley and Daniel ]. McCau-
ley, on New. 26th, 1873. The docket entries in
this case further show that this Judgment was
credited with S., Oss, On Nov. seth, 1875, by Or
der of the late Board Of Commissioners, for abats
ments which it made on taxes due by Jehn W.
McCauley. On the same day this credit was
made an order was given by the counsel to the
Board to stay execution on the balance Of this
Judgment for one, tive and three years. In this
condition Of affairs the present Board cannot re-
alize one cent on this Judgment until Nov. Both,
1876, and then emily cne-third of the balance, af-
ter said credit. There are other judgments, some
of which have been partly paid, and others never
will be-
Will eur neighbor of the Journal inform the
public what these judgments are, the names of
the parties against whom they stand, and what
property they possess cut of which to make $780,
527.222
We do not hesitate to say again that not only
is this report a complete "whitswash, - bat it is
also false frS~ hTi6s % end, Barring the Por-
ten oniy- feferring (, .op,s r,iuar matters. The
report seems to nave lad no ether object than TO
bolster up the Demoo 80 n.r,x of this county.
We may be wrong oo,,;ns N this conclusion,
but We submit the -. % all fair-miuded
men.
As' ceul's. NE a--4SsSe nailain that the neE 3
OF oOnmissi0psEsy 95hsy, notwithstanding