Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-16

last winter requiring this publication to be
made, whereas it is done under the general
statutes of 1866, and was published two years
ago by the Pioneer Press itself. The law
explicitly declares:
1.-THE board of commissioners shall make
full and accurate statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the preceding year, which
statement shall contain full and correct de-
scription of each item, from whom, and on what
account received, to aOhona paid, and on what
account expended" etc.
The law further provides for its publica-
ton three times. Under this law every coun-
ty in the State publishes a detailed state
ment. In Hennepin, Goodhue, Washington
and every other county in the State Except
Ramsey the name of every witness and
juror is given and each name makes full
line, while in the GLOBE it is compactly
given with two names in line, COMPRISING
it into the smallest possible space. Instead
of the Hennepin county auditor scorning to
give those items he gives them all and more.
He gives the name and amount of each one
who received aid from the county. In this
county Auditor Davis has put in four lines of
the expenditure for the poor while in Henne-
pin county it makes over three columns.
This is in accordance with the law quoted,
and Auditor Davis, in his effort not to
spread p mas really failed to comply with
the full requirements of the law. 81 would
have been matter of economy to have
printed the name of every persioner on the
county bounty and the amount paid, as the
law requires, as hundreds of dollars would
be saved if parties expected to have this fact
made public. Ramsey county is the only
county in the State which has thus curtailed
its report. Instead of finding fault with
Auditor Davis for giving details, the real
fact is that he has not given as much detail
as the law requires.
| The legal rate for this publication is
Is cents per square for the first insertion
and 371a cents per square for each subse-
quent insertion, or $1.5O per square for
three insertions. The GLOBE has volun-
tarily contracted to publish this at % cents
per quare for each insertion or 81 cents
per square for three insertions. This re-
duction enables the county to publish the
this statement for one hundred and fifteen
dollars less than the rate fixed by law.
We venture to assert that in the whole
State there is not another county where
the work is done so low.
There was law passed last winter requir-
ing the county commissioners to publish
ther proceedings, but that has nothing to do
with this financial statement as the law fol-
that is at least thirteen years old. The pub
LEGATION of their proceedings under the new
law will cost from ten to fifteen dollars per
month, and they give the public an Of
fetal public record OF what is being done,
prevent improper things transporting, because
it is known they will be made public.
That the public may see what manner of
critic it is which censures the county officials
and the GLOBE we institute little COMPARE
son. The GLOBE contract provides for the
payment of 40 cents per square for the first
insertion of advertising, and % cents for
each additional insertion. Now compare:
On the Both of March, 1873, the r. p.
charged special election advertisement, 10
squares, 3 times, $15. Under the GLOBE
contract it would be $500.
April Z, 1873, the p. p. charged tax ad
vertisement, 8 squares, 80 times, 1876. I'm
der the GLOBE contract it would be $25.26.
i The same date teachers examination ad-
vertisement was charged by the p. p. at
squares, IL times, $50. Under the GLOBE
contract the charge would be $6.4O.
April 3Oth, 1873, the p. II. charged notice
to taxpayers squares, weeks, 1877. Uude1
the GLOBE contract it would be $2O.64.
: August 10, 1878, the p. p. charged bono
advertisement, squares, 26 times, $50
Under the GLOBE contract the charge would
be 1920.
August 10, 1873, the p. r. charged OK
animation of teachers advertisement,
squares, 10 times, $1,000. Under the GLoBl
contract the charge would have been 1854
These are bills taken at random, and. i
we should 60 back to the year prior to tn
establishment of the GLOBE, the p. p. bill
would be found from twenty-five to fifty pc
> cent. above it's charges last year.
The public can judge from these figure
whether the county officials are acting hon
d estly in the interest of economy or the re
a verse, and also how much ground there i
: for Bill Kings Minneapolis sheet (printed a
St. Paul) to assail the GLOBE for unjus
Il charges.
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