The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-10-13

1914, S31. 90
Total error of calculation in three assessments,
1922, 731.OO. .......
But while the Board of Control and Review, or
its clerks, made these errors increasing our taxa
BILE basis, they also omitted to copy many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars which were return
ed to them by the Assessors, and the Assessors
omitted thousands of dollars of property which is
daily coming to our notice and the taxes being
promptly paid, which will more than equal the
amounts this Board has been obliged to take off
on account of the errors made as above stated
One of the most notable omissions is a single as
sessment amounting to Sl7S,SOS, which we have
corrected and collected the taxes on it.
The statement of this committee shows that
S,627.S2 was paid during the twenty months i'm
mediately preceding our term of office on account
of printing bills. To this amount they should
have added amounts due for printing contracted
by the late Board and paid by us-$2, 2OO-mak-
ing $1O,S27.S2, instead of $S,627.S2, for said
printing bills. 1t is true that have spent
great deal for printing, but the Acts of the last
Legislature required us to publish in two county
papers and one city paper, the names OF all de-
linquent taxpayers which cost Sc, APO, which was
never required of any former Board. The print
ing as required by the new assessment act was
considerable, and which does not occur but once
in ten years also the act changing the mode of
collecting taxes required many legal publications
not heretofore necessary.
This committee speaks of the county owing the
aims house fund $54,936.02, as though we had
used that amount of money out of that fund, when
in fact every dollar of the aims house money had
been spent before we came into office, except ST.,
633. 33 in notes which we have collected and in
vested as required by law, and which now stand
to the credit of the county.
1t is also stated that we owe the school fund
S17,92526. We do not owe the school fund cent
When we came into office we found that the Pres
ident of the School Board had been carrying u
check of SO, 59O9S in his pocket for one month be-
cause there was no money in bank to pay it. We
paid that. and have paid to the school fund since
Dec. |, 1875, including this check, S155, 1887,
which is more than three times much as was
paid them during the preceding year, and no one
knows this better than the President of the School
Board who is now so industriOusly publishing and
circulating documents disappearing this Board,
because we have felt it to be our duty to institute
suit against him to compel him to pay into the
Treasury of the county $7,275.46 which we con-
slider he justly owes.
1t is stated that according to the Auditors re-
port the county's liabilities were $3.50, 6S5.9S.-
This is true as far it goes, but the Auditors re-
port does not undertake to state any of the old
bills or Indebtedness which had not been present
ed for payment at the time we came into Office
Their statement is from the books up to that time
and the books then showed
Bills payable and presented before Dec.
5th, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 23,1S6.67
Accounts and orders passed previousto
Dec. 9Th, 5.."....."............... 35,5S7.94
In addition to this we have paid to the
school fund, out of taxes collected
from old levies ....................... 100000
For Edmondson avenue bridge, under
contract made by our predecessors,
but built during our term. ............ 100000
Commissions for collecting State and
county taxes for previous years.. 9,344.0O
Judgment, interest apd costs ip case Of
Baker VS.. Commissioners. ,.,.,....,,,,: 100000
Road bills afterwards presented ,,..,,,. 100000
Court expenses for Sept. term, 1851. 6,744.74
Aims house bills for November, 1872. 1921
Costs in removed ases.................. 100000
Bills for printing, not passed upon
until after Dec 9Th, 1876. 10000
Attorneys bills do.................... 1,225.O0
Bills contracted under the street law,
police service, and many other bills
not presented for payment until after
Dec. 9th, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
Total amount ofindebtedness of foFmep
Board Exclusive of amt. due aims
house fund, $54,936.O2, and amt. due
school fund, $17 ,02526). ,D2066
Messrs. Isaac and Yellott when they prepared
their statement charged us with the taxes on this
and all former years, but give us no credit for $4S