, 1877-02-10

necessary money y To como !foH' - 4 very
natural question. II Inns already been urnon-
stratctl that the shortage canuot hr made M by
temporary loans, for tlc Treasurer has refused
to t party tb my further nnce, nnd capitalists
have refused to n'lyanse money un'efe ne 10
operates.
fur getting the money, or r.lnn1ng the tounty
machinery. IA. TINT tho cnstnty ho carried for
{rDonucil., mi. MeClescst-whtch .s n very
frnll cort to tic to, and mnst ,e found wanting.
Then, the next hest thing, and thc lncritabiss,
II the Cost-llnusc Is to bS pushed fortsr,a will
much needed anil rigid economy 1T every depart
inunt Of tlle county Government mist be fnaug-
,,rate.l. To eiu.e the Institutions fn question
wo,lli he t1cplora6lc tn contemplate, hut what
fs the rcnictlyf The contractors csannut supply
tltein ,fcss they get the NANCY for their gotNts
tlsstanrc. by tho fact that en''c nj them l,avo
already begun to complain of he tnrtllness with
We er l; asS ees ns IN nc eeSf Gun
their rcwartl. ....
Bur THERE Is ANOTHER nonS TO TnR DILEMMA,
s,r was when thc boartl was making It's annual
II thr "opinioa' of Tho County Attorney that
tt Ind tic p'wcr tn lssuc tho 51,UD,U00 III
boa!. Tl'e ria,t IT,. Wns .hsn to make the sppro;;
were Issued, 10 tfhn.fcr the appropriation to tho
eerI f.t,nt artt this bridge orcr thu difficult
ttcs. pct,lng The ,lccs*ton Of the bond ensc,
thl. was tho scheme of the County Attorney,
mud II II also lnlevtl to have bern tho fcl,cne
VI tIlc " fstng" montts nIu, wten tue Court
lIo,lsu Injunction ease wns wu., IN tho fact
Tint II tax had hcefi extended tu push
u ,''"' tSa supreme Court on tle 5eosi
1leeton 1las changed tic ''opiniou" Of tho
Cuunty Attorney as to the power to translcr
!llc Cotst.ftut'sc appropriation to tug General
ter s' MT s Hnow is Wbatoser @ % may be e tic he ispo
slt!on Of the Hoan1, however. there Is grayc
doubt abont 'ts power to- turn oyrr tar col-
lcctc! fnr 0tlc 1llri1sc to any other u*c. IN
The matter repeatedly Of late in quietly sub
nitting to tl,e County Treasurer. refusing to
}!ay oslett drawn On the building trom tho
tiel'cra' Fund; Hence, the protaoiiittcs ere,
| rights Ut tlie noaFa Notwithstanding, that tho
x4,5.tD0 will 70 the Court-ifousc, anil the other
| r,lb1tc fnstprcsts be i1th1c to sustce. Th!s
probability would seem to be increased too, by
mt 60 on ut Uncr tic county WILL be liable to
the contractors ON tho work for damages, per-
| tlaps In excess VI the nppronrs satfon.
On the wToc, tho situation is dubious, and II
| Is next to impossible to see tho end. However
disastrous It may be to tho public interest. no
I one ran fail to
PLACE THE ntAMr WHERE IT BELoSos.
Tic rccklcssncsa OF the Board has been en-.
! cn,ragcd l,y its counsel, aud contracts have
been tnade and improvements entered upon In
the lacc of the fact that there was no money III
the Treasury, md under protests ;. from tt,e oyer
1t may he overcome, hut time alone wlll test tho
matter, and bring relief from the wrongs tho
| 1,oarti llns inflicted. At the best, new bontls
canuot be Issued before about Dec. !, and then
4' at tie %e0 baliotbos. ts Wcther ti'e consent
Ut the people can b. gotten to lssue more bouds
tlcpend. largely on tie management ol county
affairs II, The nsattme' anu pon %'1ss dss
Legislature to teg1statp the men ont Qf power