The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10
COUNTY FINANCES.

10 THE EDITOR OF THE CECli WING
The undersigned had hoped that the ELI
tor OF TIE Cecil DcmOcrat, inasmuch a
he is also clerk to the Board of Cnunt,
commissioners, would have Furnished
the public with that information relating
to the matter of county finances which
the magnitude of the task seems to har,
deferred the late grand jury from unearth
ing, and which it was the object of a re-
cent article of the undersigne to obtain
W C say the ~agnti"de of the task. suppos
ing that the late grand jury had heard OF
the efforts Of Il grand jury in Baltimore
county, a few years since, which, though
it protracted its labors to the beginning
of the next term of court and was con
WINGED that many thousands of dollars OF
the public money had been stolen. was
unable with all its efforts to find out who
stole it. The late grand jury of this
county may have been actuated by re-
gard for the interests of the taxpayers
and feared to incur the expense incitlen-
''i 10 Il thorough invest iS"'ioh. N't"i'i'-
standing this. the $3.50 which they are
accused by Tie Ut,aocrH with necdlesslv
expanding. may prove to be the most
profitable Investment ever made i'll be
half of the taxpayers of the county.
especially if the slight stiyaliun made
should induce the next grand Jury to
make a thorough and perfect one.
But our hope OF obtaining information
ii"ii liio c,'i'oi vi t"f ''"'"cF"t en- ier III
MS eapacHF as eai'"f OF as clerk, mas
proven 10 DC aei''iNt' as "theSs ms long.
i'li oll.iS riSii'roie Oh ti'e general SUD
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1on tb,t is.
Amount of levy specially for bonds. .Sjl 400
AMOUNT OF Jail and school bombs paid 2i,3'"
$500
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These facts the editor of Tic Dan jc1ot
has neither denied nor satisfactorily ey-
planned.
~ Would il not have been better,
than r,isir,, sucb , du.t 70 9, Ltt1o nm,
pose. 70 have explained WHY thev rxcrad.
ID th.ir outhnritr undcr tbn act nf 1S-o
md made an overissur III so0n nf ia;
,,nds. viii not thn n,Iitnror yH. U.',I
.,,,t in b;s ,,n,,itv nf n.lit,r n,. l,,r,y,,,.,,
ten I've ms his nn;,,;nn wl,,tL,.r ,r 49,,
he person. L., naIn th,+ n,.n,;..,,a NV.
ndlctahle thereiSs, And if 81 was nnt
that Repuhiltan gran" -, .n,.,,,,
h!e tor not lhdlctlhG them: Ill o. -,;,,
"'il. 1t Is not Suiilcleht answer 1" SLY
mat the "IerlS>fe WAS mace ID! III take
ma II Srch answer Is mace, are s;.la per
sons NOT ih''ic'''le i"f negligence.
CO Why did he hot explain why they
'cyied to pay said bonds 81 100 more than
the lawful issue and al.2GD more than
the ovcriSSue? If done unintentionally.
does not the query above apply to this
lction as we'll? And if done intention
lily. was it done IL provide Tor seine def
.iency existing previous to the issue OF
the first of said bonds and which is not
now apparent. but which some future