Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-08
Is Il Satisfactory:

knows Just as much OF the details
OF this vast sealed corporation be.
fore reading this statement ss
be does after reading it. 1t gives
everything in the lump but It gives
nothing Ia detail. The account is all
nicely balanced, but there arc many,
many openings through which the pto.
pies money could have slipped.
To begin with, this report furnishes
no. The least assurance that the money
collected found It's way into the treas.
ury Of the Board. l:reports The gross
amount received from the counties Of
the District, and the gros, amount re.
ceived from each county for each year.
Now, The people wan to know how the
Board knows that al! the mOney col
lec,ed was paid over? There is a
charge o! SI9,l3j % Of commissions
paid for collections, and for this large
sum the people have a right TO know
that every dollar collected was paid
over. a great many people believe
that not nearly all the money has been
paid over, and we believe so, but the
only answer that any Of Us can get is
that if we will point out the dishonest
employees they will De dealt
with. This is wholly unsatisfactory.
1t is not the duty Of the
people TO run around spying for the
Levee Board; Il is the duiy Of the
Leree Board 10 MroW around their
employees such guards ha! Il WiN be
nee! 10 impossible for any one Of item
TO appropriate me dollar rrung out
Of tie hord cnrHtAgs If The people.
This has not been done, and until ii
shall be done, The people will complain,
a. d knowing the vast amounts that
pass through the hands Of the Collcc.
tors they will suspect fraud whether
there is sny fraud or not. The Board
can easily 10 this. Ii they
will cause their Collectors 10
publish every month the amounts
Of cotton on which they collected taxes
al erery LAM ng in TIE diiIeren; couu-
ties, it viii pc almost impossible for
the Collector. = report less amounts
than were ac.uN y shipped, without dc.
lection. The GDard should recolleci
that nearly a quarter Of a million dol
lars pass through the hands Of lheil
Collectors annually, and they cannot
blame those who pay this vast amour.
for desiring 10 LaoG that it all reaches
the treasury Of the Levee Board.
CONSIDERING the shortnCss Of the
time until the Legislature will adj ,urn.
isn'tlt about time for the Citizens Com
miltce to make a report Of some sor;
Nine. tenlhs ofthe people are in favor
of the compromlse-which saves TO the
city nearly four hundred thousand dol
lars-being carried out, and only objecI
to the harsh aud useless terms that &C.
companied 1t. All the Aldermen favor
the figures Of the compromise, AM Mr..
Loyd's opposition arose solely from
the harsh terms to which WI have allu.
ded above. This being the case, there
was nothing for the COMMITTEE,
10 do but to suggest that the citizsnI
instruct our representatives 10 pass
bill shorn Of the insulting features o.
the present bill, but which shall pro
tect the rights Of all. We hope ID,
Committee will make some such repor
as this, or some report very soon, for !
they do not, the compromise may b
defeated by want Of action, and gu
city may suffer great loss therefrom
I After adjournment, the Legislature vii
not probably meet again for two years
and il some legislation is no
secured the bondholders will attemp
to collect the interest now due then
The Ai,orDey.G General Of the State in
formed the writer that it is unque'
tionably his opinion as a citizen q
V~icksburg that it is far better for tn
city, as a matter OF business, 10 con
plete the compromise on the figure
agreed upon BY the City Governmel
and the citizens a year ago, than I
take the risk of leaving the matte
open. We hope, therefore, the Con
mittee will report at once.
HUNTINGTON, MONEY g. Co., havn
got their little bill through vet,