Daily Republican., 1879-03-04
Our @ unity Financcs.

days RsPURLIcAs, published state
nsnt Of the receipts and disbursements
fths county, which gives some idea of
the financial condition of the county,
but there are great many items
which no doubt many readers would
like to have explained in a more ex-
plicit manner. This however is no
fault of the County Treasurer Al there
u no law which makes II obligatory
upon him to give any information what
over, and therefore We can bs thankful
to him for what information h. has
given Us. Mr.. Herbert had $l3, 902. 10
on hand at the commencement of the
Ascal year, Feb. 2sth, 1878, and has OH
Aand at the end Of the year e22, 1880.
It will be noticed that the county car
sies along temporary lo'ns, or what We
would call Ansting debt of from $751;
900 to S5S, 900. One item of receipts is
1l, ,34O.24 refunded by the Levy Court
Commissioners. This IL one of the items
which NO doubt the people would like to
know something about, and why Levy
Court man should have money to re-
fund. Tn. report shows that during
che year there were $66.30 taxes paid
in for 1875, three years over the time
for which there were levied, and there
we're paid q, $50. or for 1876, two years
over the time for which thev were lev.
led also that there were paid in for
1877, s32, ,562.O5 one year over the
time for which they were levied. BY
reference to the Auditors report we find
that At the March term of the Levy
Court in 1878, there we're Ss,O9l.75 of
the taxes OF 1876 unpaid from which
deduct $2,83s.02 paid Treasurer Her
bert during last year, and there is yet
= defalcation Of Is, ,25373 from the COL
iectors of 1876. From tn. State Audi
cor. report there were due at the same
Levy Court in 1873, S32, ,475.Os Of
the taxes OF 1877, and according 10
County Treasurer Herbert's report
there were paid in during last year
S32, ,572.05, a trife Of S86.97 over what
the Auditor had the county charged
with. From this We must conclude that
the taxes have all been paid for 1877
and SS6.97 over.
Another item states that Isaac Grubb,
OK Sheriff, paid in costs to the county
t2O9.ls, and Sheriff Pyle paid s25.s2,
also that John P. Springer, Clerk of
the Peace, paid sl66.03 in costs to the
county. These are items the public
cannot understand. the general i'm
preston being that the costs were
larger. In the disbursements of the
county it is noticed tha. S2S, ,s09. 30
we're paid to the Trustees Of the Poor,
45S, ,74s.4s for temporary loans and in
teres. on the same. The accounts al.
1owed by the Levy Court are Jumped
and set down a, S4s, s,453.Sl. No doubt
the people would like to know what
there is inside OF that big lump, and
that is an additional reason
why detailed statement should be
made. The bonded and floating debt of
tbe county amount to sll3, 800, TO meet
which there are uncollected taxes of
SA,574.3S, and balance in the treas.
sury Of s22, $500, leaving the total
debt of the county at $47, ,040.6l. There
is an apparent discrepancy in the re-
ported receipts Of the taxes for 1878,
which in TIA. Treasurer report is set
down at S95,210.3S; deduct this
p amount from the whole tax levy for that
year which is Sac, ,456.5G, and there is
t"f( DdlaHce 10 colltCt VI @oi @1O' o..
H. l"e assets at the bottom of the Treas
u'"r'A report the amount yet due for
ta>rr for 1875 are given at $37, 100000
in round numbers, showing discrep-
.Ancy Of Sl4, ,246.lS. Perhaps this dis
crepaucy can be easily explained away
and If II can that ia inst what the DpO-
pie want. The $l4, 24S.lS may posi-
bly, have been allowed for errors ifsuch
-rrjrs were allowed at tho February
meeting of the Levy Court. Let the
Leyy Court make detailed statement,
50 that everybody can zee where the
money goes.
SENtr0l, Patterson, ConOver, Don