Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-13
The Tax Levy Agaju.


Editor of The Republican:
Your statement affixed to my last
article: that ajax Payer" is worth at
least $4,000. (you will not find it so
much by thousands IL you examine
the tax duplicate OF the county,
prompts me to reply to his last arti-
Gle. The only issue between "Tax
Payer" and me. which your reading
tax payers will care a continental"
about is: did the county Commission
ers, in June last when they levied 90
cents on each 800. and 80 cents on
each poll for county revenue; and 10
cents on each 500 for sinking fund;
levy a tax that will meet all the de-
mands against the county and put
large balance In the hands OF the
treasurer or I'm some bank? This is
what seems to trouble "Tax Payer
If II troubles you kind reader please
give me your attention just this once.
This levy Of what "Tax Payer" COM
plains is not collected this year. The
first installment will be due In April
next. 1t is levy to meet the ex-
penses OF the next fiscal year that Is
from June first next until June first
1879. 1t takes the ready cash In hand
to pay current expenses and this
cash was provided for by levy
made In June 1876 you pay the last
installment In Nov. next. Now let
us see as near as we can calc ulating
from all the data, we have ut hand
how much OF balance will remain
In the hands Of the treasurer OF the
last June levy by the end OF next
fiscal year. Turn to page eleven
Auditors, annual exhibit OF this year.
There Is not fund In the exhibit
from tho county building fund to the
foot OF this page that the Commits
sionors have anything more to do
Will tAktCA ~ 10 COiCCtCoJ III Oli-
cial capacity than you have reader.
These funds mostly belong to the
township. and go to the township
trustees In June and July. Foot the
county revenue. sinking fund. bond
interest, bridge and building fund
balances together: and we have
81, 665.55. The taxes due this fall
of the Nov. installment OF all collec-
tions will give to the county revenue
fund $l1, 575,17. To tho sinking fund,
bond interest and bridge funds each
$1.726. As. which will give us $16.75s,-
81, to be added to $47,665,55, will
make ga. 420.O7. The lovy OF June
last II all collected will give us coun-
ty revenue next year s15.524, 80.
Poll tax $l,795,50. and sinking fund
81. 762. &c which added to the ga. AGO.
on, will mako a grand total OF $S9.-
502,35. While this amount Is being
collected we shall be paying out to
redeem bonds $4,000 and 10000.
Interest on bonds this year 5000,
next year $1,000. Then will be the
county expenses OF this year and
next. III same as last will amount TO
81. 89l.S2. 1t will require at least
q, 1000 for bridges in the next two
years. This Is low estimate con-
sidering the condition OF many OF the
important bridges in the county,
These items OF expenditures footed
Will make sS7 .S9l.s2 this amount
deducted from $50. J02.35, will leave
In the hands OF the treasurer only
81 ,6l0,63. on the 3lst, day OF iiay
1879 the end Of the next fiscal year,
that Is from the terrible levy OF June
last. Now the above calculations are
made on the theory that the APP
nroaching Nov. installment and the
3ane levy OF this year will all be
collected, which will not be the case;
but portion Of the present delin-
quent will be. I think IL Is fair to
presume that there will be a very
large delinquent list along about the
days Of specie resumption. / take
this view Of the matter. The delin-
quent may be less and 1t may be
more than $4,000. Experience
teaches there will be delinquent
list and any calculations made for
the future with a delinquent list left
out will not be realized. "Tax Pay
er" talks about crookedness or any
insinuation he has made that II true
would place the commissioners In
not very enviable position I for
myself care nothing about and will
not waste time to reply to. have
mighty little confidence in or affec-
ton for a newspaper correspondent
who Is ashamed OF his name and
lodges behind delicious signature
such as "Tax Payer" or "Sylph."
They are generally persons like
Burns "Jolly Beggar' with no
character to lose"
'Ihave seen such sparks before!
And have seen worthless village eur:
Bay all night with incessant noise
The silver moon:
While she, scrcnely throned in her pearled car
Sails In full state siong."
Fl. BARNABY,
Bourbon Sep. 10th, 1877.
N. b. For explanation and justiil-
cation OF tho commissioners act In
paying 81, 900 premium on a $4,000
bond refer you to my article OF
two weeks ago. IL. ID.
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