The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-05
$50, 10000 SO, o.ou
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Pay principal. .SI3, 400 90 pay int $40, $4,000
Thus it will be seen that the sum of
$50 400 principal and sl9,ts0 interest,
aggregating the muniiicent sum of $50
1S0 has already been levied-with 81, 900
in school bonds still outstanding. to meet
the interest on which the levy was made
this year-thus increasing the figures t"
the round sum Of &93, $50. rs the amount
charged upon the Taxpayers to meet
bonded debt of $50. 600.
But this is not q',jts all. In the levy
list for this year QSSD stands an item
Of some Importance, 4 levy for deli
cheney of 80 900, which doubtless grew
out of this bond transaction--ana which
even the Editor of Tile Democrat has con-
ceCed was deficiency on sohsC account.
If this be added We have the grand total
of 41O2. $50, all of which has been levied
and collected from the people-eNcept
the sum of $1,000 yet to be l.vied-for
still outstanding school bonds.
Now does not the simple question oc-
cur to every taxpayer, Why was not the
amount annually levied appropriated to
the special use for which the Legislature
authorized it to he made?
Why was the law disrcgartled and the
people Of the county mulctcd into raising
so large an ultimate amount to meet this
bonded debit
,,, ~
IIole-in-tl,e- Wall' needed these annual
levies for othtr uses than the legitimat"
one for which the special levies were au-
thorizcd.
What were these uses?
Mr.. Reese suggests them when lie re-
fers the oygnmcat about deficiency 70 the
people.
Contingencies trtra compensation,
and tltrn commissions, none of which
appeared i'll the published annual state
ments Of county expenditures.
How often have the tax payers scanned
these statements (?) in vain to iind where
the Clerks salary was madc u3!
How often have the innocent tax pay
crs wondered how the figures could be so
nicely balanced. and yet simple c"try
of 500 for salary of Clerk was all that
appeared in the published statement rs
his official reward. Such a modest sum.
too, and yet for ali that the people ever
saw. it vas all he ever received.
Creduinus taxpayers,
What rich mine. what . veritat!e
bonanza in the Hole in-the- Wall proved
this bond fund
What political lemon. and how well
/ squeezed
Year by year it was drawn upon, year
by year it was taken from the people.
and applied to illegal uses, until in the
Spring of 1880 the oininous whisper went
round that there was d deficiency do,rn
statrs
The grand jury took the matter up.
\ prominent Democrat of the lower
districts bitterly censured the loose meth
DDS of the IIolc-in-the- Wall III re.
port prepared by the grand jury, but
which report never saw the light.
As an available medium of nforma-
ton. the newspapers We're called into
rcquisitiou. The Editor Of the Dem0-
crat for the nonce, the sihterranean mana
ger. was appealed to. His reply was bat
Il futile t;alliance with the subject
and an evasion of the issue. until at last
Mr. Reese. one of the Board. under his
own signature, acknowledged that "twcn-
ty-two thousand two hundred dollars
! levied, collected, and disbursed over and
above any and all claims or debts against
the county that appeared on the levy
list was the actual amour. of the cX-
pcnditure-cal it By what name Won
choose. which was illegally and imDrop-
er!y misapplied TO uses Mat aer,' op-
psared IN tie trhtjfS mari, I" tie tar-pnE-
crx and taken from tie joRd lGry. There
is nG mystery any longer in the dark cor
ne:s Of that hlissfal refuge of patrioti"
r,tDrmCrs. The Hight is let in, and the
brilliant record Of that grand !iIancicr-
ing (?) Job shines like a beacon to AL
initiative pearty brethren to come inf
! Won can--and do likewise