, 1879-03-12
C0I]NTY FINANCES.
A.. pfoplo Not to Know Where the
NV Money ID Deposited.
r.,roordinary Dackdown by a Ma
= ;orIty Of the Commissioners.
-1s.. Some Of Them Have to Say In
"A nefsuue Of Their Action.

RFfI a
"A" nafeupe Of Their Action.
r.,,rrs reporter started out yesterday to
I,.,r la somo OF tho County Commissioners
to'e,s o.., .Y,raort,iuary conduct In voting Mon.
o. us. s.,n,t n motion OF Commissioner FitzVcr.
q! ~ ,,s m the tabto resolution Of Commits
Nv :" n,r,lnr for reconsideration OF the vote
as,sh aouss At tic previous meeting, the following
us,nn. %n NJ ,omc resolutions introduced by Fitz-
ss,f.ld wcro adopted:
sr.,-d-W Whether hn (lhe Comfy. Treasurcf) Is
.,na p,coedeuce 10 any Of tho outstanding osdeFs'
in4: u T.. Tho names Of the banks with whom he
i t1dyeuo..!ug, and tho amounts deposited With
sssaanA-A lit Of tho bids received for the county
>!r.4s t.tcy nut On the u1arket: nlao tho Hat Of
!ss.n Gauu sot, together With tho amounts and tho
!uy .,mes of The purchAscts.
sI Tne object of the reporters Inquiries waa to
.,..rtsIn why tho Commissioners voted In tho
s.s.,,rn on the motion to table the motion 10
..s..or,jdcr-wl,y, In abort, they wero 80 stron-
a.n,lr opposed to The Treasurer's being
.s11.d upou to answer by next Monday ccr-
~, tnouirirs which, on their face, seemed per-
s.,,,v nrpocr to put to TINT oillcia:. The first
r.ntcman met was Commissioner Durlng linn
III tle author OF the motion to reconsider,
nd 10 him the reporter propoundcd Ills conun-
drnrn.
uMY view Of the case,n responded Mr.. Bur-
,no. sgas that this was something about which
ws,.n'. o,1r duty 10 ask the Treasurer. II the
ss,ect Of the resolutions was TO ASCERTAIN
rhsthes be had been doing something
b. ought not to have done, why woo
sonld Ind Il out without any resolutions, and
scold him about It. But to bring the matter up
n ihis public way was, as ! thought, not e1-
.tl1 rjcht. But my objection to the rcsnlu-
tJons WIS grounded principally on the provisions
topialued In tho fourth and fifth clauses. I
dklu's tbnk that tic Information called for-in
resri 10 the names Of the banks be deposits
rtlh and the amounts deposited witt, each-was
tac6 Information as VIC could ntk from him. In
tit, Iconsldcrel that as his business, md not
ou,s. As to the list Of bde for the bonds,
ioufe thu salo of the bonds. and it was said
l6at The adoption of the resolutions at the
NERVOUS meeting was having that effect al
isidy."
tIou Interfere with their safcl"
/, "Wcll, great many men who buy bonds
: don't care to 90 on record would prefer not
to b.ye 1t published. Tint WIS our oplnlon.
Perhaps IL might have been q mistaken one, but
ihat Vas all there vas tott. There was no other
potlva wil1tever."
HYou LAY you could get all this information
sl!hout the MD Of resolution II you wanted
NF' '""'
"Cortainly. by going personally and looking
u The Tteasures's booka any time: ind in view
Of ths, aul the considerations / have men-
toned, re thought It WINS
HARDLY THE PROPER THING
torequcst hin to furnish much Information In
The form Of report"
Commissioner Wood was the next gcntlo-
man encountered, md, In answer to the report
ertouestions, replicd as follows:.
Vas 10 the third clause, there was no need Of
H. We krow tl,at the Treasurer IL not giving
10y preferences in the mntter Of paying OUT
Standing orders, but Is paying them according
to thelf datcs. Ii you have an order on tome
particular fund, present 1t, and II ho hasn't
any money belonging to that fund TO pay It, he
come tn: Then he pays these domnnds IN the
order Of their dntca. AZ to the Information
concerning tho banks In which ho deposits, I
9oat know how we eau control the Treasurer.
las COMMITTEES have examined his accounts,
shatmors wo can do 1 eadEoE dec. Now. ID
0the list OF bids for the bonds, we arc trying
70 sell cur bonds ut per cent, mud some parties
MySe san do II while some say VIC cannot.
shsh tends to dtscrcdt these bonds, Of course
i!.Ill obstruct their sale. We think tllat pub
lahtng thing Of that kind would l,aro n
tendency to defeat their sale. A bidder docsn't
alsays want the public to understand he Ia buy
hs n the arst place, Il Is nobody's business
and tn the next shouldn't cAre to havo pcopio
taelng my property. There ia the samo obicc-
Gen tat there was when We Ind the income
", and think It would hnye tendency, II
hess things wcrc published, to prevent
Inn right or wrong, should vote according to
ny eoaYlctton, and against anything Of this
kad think, lowcvtri tint tllu resolution waY
Aimed at tho Treasurer for the purpose Ut get
!'ne some item OIL him. and Iilots't think the
Bossa ought to b the means by which anybody
taoull &c. Up warfare Of that kind. Tho other
aauars n te resolutions, The llrst md second,
an wholly useless, because tho Treasurer a1-
fssoS u f,e, aoss r.. WHIT i, they provide for"
mo, str. It wasn't because he objected to
ae resolutions tliMt VIC roconstdered them. for
ue aluh.t object, In regard to tho places Ut de-
post, Ar Fitzgerald claimed tllt tic Treasurer
,na. VA seeelVin, Interest Oh llis moucys. Well.
WHAT CAN WE no ABOUT ri
No ean't prevent hie receiving interest. Ac-
sonllng to Mr.. Fitzgerald, Iii, Tulcy suid last
!saf tlat Interest could be recovered. Aly an
sse,to that was tl,at II the county could recover
H. H. s'9. MeCtea 20 OH all receive Interest, Mtl
ts1s.e p, 9lts1 n e had eot r. u the county could
tnn to hts receiving interest, md II he does, It
shno1e shn ol Out sotcern. We have Treasurer
aao ls RESPONSIBLE, who t.as given goud, sub
Msn!al ~ ooad, aid TINT is what VIZ depend on Tor
sn,, as security Of tlss county. But the pr,n-
Hpal pal objection l,aA to tho rcso-
s'on Was tho QUO I have stated
T. I.,gar9 legar9 10 tho influence its adoption would
.ISg on inc sale OF our bonds. As 1t 10, We arc
MUaNhE more or less of them, ans expect that
Wy WI all DO sold ut the ratio 1.nye mention
~ nor cent. But anything that obstructs
sns Me saIe " an Injury to the public in my opinion,
NV. a wasn't in favor OF calling on tho Treas
H. ss 10 inlofm The public as to tho na1ncs Of
ons Ms purchasers Of those bonds, how much cnch
Il. INV @ @eol MD ell t!at sort Of thing. Suppose,
~ ~ Instance that up to yesterday we tsd not
,s.'a, SM oyer s5,oo0 OF bonds, aud tho Treasurer
tSa SSaa fepork that foct, and II shoul 10 out to
;hs. %s public, bankur might say, oh, we'll,
tStm ao o9nds aFe not selling; nobody ii taking
ia.ai iiasni guess tlls is poor security for mo to
G.S GSt IN Yon cau readily 1re What It would
mi mi !o' Aa said. the bonds orc selling well,
fina.a soo!l ~ He get out this various uenomiua.
;Ias-Ae ;Iosir 800 bonds aro to be rcady today
noses nnseS WILL soil rapidly enough for our pur-
,,ss.aage Wood had nothing to add to the above
Gom :, ,es,ap,ahat!ot, anu the reporter sought Uut
b,cG b,%G,ntl9uar III, , coburu. who was also ready to
WMGp MGp l!s Vots with rcasons:
iMn5." said ho, 1.-THE Treasurer makes q
Ts.n'! Ts.'a!sohthlY report, and the idea was that It
sbrn =, necessary to make a weekly showing
iaora,aaat aat sctnt-nontnly report gayc us all TIC
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