Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-08-30

til the 1st of June, 1879. The first in
stallment Of this levy will be due on
the third Monday Of April, 1878. The
expenses of the county for last year,
that is, from the June LIST, 1876, until
June 1st. 1877, was s23,945.9O. The
$16,927.73 OF county revenue on hand
the 1st Of June last, not $4I ,2S9.49 as
stated by TAX Payer" is a part of
the proceeds Of the levy that was
made for county purposes June 1st,
1876. To meet the current expenses
OF this year it will be seen at a glance,
that the county revenue on hand
June 1st will be insufficient to meet
the county expenses. and pay the I'M
redeemed county orders OF sSS3.56
out standing June 1st; that it will
secure portion Of the uncollected
levy OF 1876 (due first Monday in
November) to meet these expenses.
The levy for county revenue in 1875
was If / recollect, 40 cents, in 1876
was 80 cents, and in 1877 twenty
cents on each 500 valuation OF the
property in the county. This reduc-
ton Of twenty-five cents in two years
is largely owing to the fee and salary
bill passed by the legislature of 1875,
which materially reduces the pay OF
county officers. On the first OF June
last, the bonded debtedness OF the
county was $4,000 due Oct. 10, 1878,
$4,000 due Oct. 10, 1880. To meet
this indebtedness OF $4,000 there was
on hand Of the sinking fund S19, $780,
A. the March term of court the COM
missioners considered the project of
applying a portion OF the sinking
fund on hand to the payment of the
$4,000 due in Oct. 1880. BY nego-
tiations they obtained the best terms
they could from the parties holding
the $4,000 bond, and at the June
term paid of, or ordered the county
treasurer to take up the $4,000 bond.
Can order by the way he was not
bound In law to respect, but done so
cheerfully at the request of the COM
missioners. without respect to wheth-
er it effected the "balance of some
bank or not.') By this arrangement
the county will avoid the payment OF
the interest OF 1873. 1879, and 1880 on
these bonds, saving 70 the county
Of 5000, less the 81 1000 premiums
paid, nett saving to the county Of
81. 900; and in view Of the fact that
the funds now on hand, the commits
sioners In their Judgment thought
the arrangement good one FOX the
tax payers Of the county. 1t viii be
seen that there now remains on hand
Of the sinking fund 1896. 30. The
Nov. collection will be (estimated)
about $2,000-this will give us about
$ll 300 to meet the $4,000 bonds
due next year. The levy OF June LIST
was put at ten cents for sinking fund,
and in view OF this fact that the Sec
ond installment Of this levy will not
be due until after the maturity of the
bonds. and as the building fund may
not all be available, and as there was
no levy for bond interest it was con-
sidered that ten cents would not af-
ford more than an adequate sum to
meet the requirements. The uncol-
lected installment Of this 10 cents
levy and the delinquent can, as "A
matter OF course, be turned into the
county revenue fund after the in
debtedness is discharged. AS to thu
$46,997.5S delinquent taxes, ~Tax
Payer says large portion will be
collected. Certainly it will: but he
forgets that a portion of the levy OF
this year will be delinquent s46,997.-
So more or less. Neither "Tax Payer"
or the county commissioners can at
this time say how much. AS to the
insinuation OF "Tax Payer" that the
county commissioners are taxing the
people to keep up the balance OF some
bank, or to accommodate county
officials with money to use, or loan,
Is an insinuation not warranted by
the facts in the case. 1 have no time
or disposition to attempt to refute
them. They are the vagaries OF
mind suspecting its own weakness;
and this leads me to suspect that
Tax Payer" may not be much OF a
tex payer, and that am in conflict
with wind mill. 1t will be a pleas
ure to give any information can to
any real tax payer, but let him give
his real name so we may know who
he is. 1t Is duty county officials
owe real tax payers to explain when
called upon. II the s46.9S7.5S de-
inquent was all collected not over
one fifth would go to the county rev.
enue fund, balance would be proper
toned to other funds. H. BARNABY.
For the information OF the writer
OF the above we state that "Tax
Payer" is a citizen of Marshall county
worth at least s25, 1000 Ed