The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-13

EDITOR HERALD II am reluctant to write
for the public, but, when the business in
terests of the taxpayers are trampled upon
by selfish men We deem it proper to call
pnblic attention to the fact. / was always
under the impression that the County Com
missioners were elected by their constituents
to serve the whole county and not part Of
it only. The present Commissioners are all
from the southern end Of the County, and
consequently they serve the people from
their section and neglect the people from
| the north. The people here desired new
bridge built across the Stonycreek, north Of
Shanksville, in place of the dangerous and
dilapidated old structure. The Commits
sioners refused to do anything for the
| North and our township supervisors are
compelled to leavy a tax of about six hum
dred dollars upon our people in order to
build bridge the Commissioners were in
duty bound to build, especially when the
south Of the County can have county
bridge over almost every rill.
| The Commissioners sent ont their notices
that they would levy tax of five mills on
the dollar. After the notices had gone forth
they added another mill TO the dollar which
to say the least looks like ineapability. But
then these immaculate fellows must have a
clerk whom they pay fat salary with fat
ter perquisites and his son is paid hun
drcd dollars year to clean the Court House
vard .nt fau o,Iar small ;te,as fo small
to mention, while other parties always cut
the grass and make the hay while Schrock's
son draws his pay and does not earn two
dollars of it.
When this august body hold their ap-
peals the clerk gets an additional fee. The
best livery team in Somerset must eprocur-
ed and all this at the expense of the County.
Even when bridge is viewed the livery
must be on hand or they cannot go,
We think it is time for the people, or tax
payers to call halt so that these prineely
commissioners may have time for little re-
Election. They might then see the folly of
borrowing thousand dollars az 10 per cent
interest to buy safe not needed when
plenty of money could be had for per
cent. We can see no use however in bor-
rowing money to buy safe at all unless
they want TO put the borrowed money into
1 it. The tax payers money is all squandered.
We desire TO know by what authority
the Commissioners levy tax on purchase
money? In this way they secure double
tax from persons who have invested money
in property. We presume that il will not
be long before we will all be compelled to
pay double tax SO that these "Imrnaeu-
lates' can fare sumptuously, hire clerks
yard cleaners, livery rigs and purchase safes
for ornaments about the Court House.
The Mercantile Appraisement has been
inserted in the Meyersdale Commercial and
Somerset Democrat of this week while it
does not appear in the HERALD. At this
postoffice, Brine, we receive ore copy of
the above named papers, while the HERALD
has large general circulation here, and as
we are tax payers VIC would like to see the
advertisement in the HERlLn which was
heretofore the official newspaper Of the
county and which has larger circulation
than the other papers combined.
BEAST BuTIER.
To THE ScHsoL DIKE,rosS OF SoNERsrT
COUNTY.
GENTLEMEN In pursuance of the forty
third section of the act of May s, 1854, you
are hereby notified to meet in convention,
at the Court House. in Somerset, ON the first
Tuesday in May, A. D. 1881, being the third
day of the month, at one O'Clock in the af-
ternoon, and select, riu rooe, by a majority
of the whole number of Directors present,
one person of literary and scientific acquire
ments, and of skill and experience in the art
of fteaching, as County Superintendent for
the three succeeding years. and certify the
result to the State Superintendent, at IIar-
risburg, as required by the thirty-ninth and
| fortieth sections Of said act,
| J. B. WuIPKEY.
! County Superintendent OF Somerset Co.
/ IL