The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-01-14

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/ On sa,0ss property ct dclinquonts cas-.
/ on o. polls Of exempt rerson- ... m.ou.
on col polls Of delinqucuis .... lll sd.
Z Total ......... .....- .......... Hsi.e
Total saved by nsushmsn ...... si.sasa
I Il will be seen from the foregoing com
paratiye statement, with reference to the
years 1875 aud iSSo, that the difference be-
tween the credits Of the two Sheriff. on &C.
count Of tax lists was exactly 81 ,2SS.G0-
naughman'- diligence having been worth
to the county that much more than Re.
land'-. 80, our estimate Of the amount
.aved to the county by Mr. .. ~ 200 wa.
slSG les than the actual amount And
really, this is all that the public !. inter.
ested in knowing Nobody cares about the
minute Of this business.
We put the difference m the number Of
delinquent- at about 500. The squire puts
it at 5l3. We missed IL SO, overaiing il
that much. The Squire missed il IA
undertaking Il that much--the true differ
ence being az. We based our statement
upon an impromplu answer 90 question
Of ours given by the Clerk, without exam
ming the record. The 'Squirc's statement
purporis TO come fresh from the record H.
self, or else from what T. more rcliable-his
own infallible recollection.
The difference in dollars and cents be-
tween the credits Of Mr.. f. and those Of
Mr.. u, in the years mentioned on account
OF delinquents proper. is sl,ll9l0. Our
statement was that ii was oboui y 200, We
missed it $3.50. The Squire says il was
only SSlLj0. lie missed it S3otGo. so
we without an Inspection Of the records,
came much nearer to the truth Than he did,
speaking, a. be seemed to DO, after careful
examination. This is our answer to his
lecture to M about making statements with
out ir,t knowing what we are talking
about
And, by-the-way, Mr.. feland is till
claiming several hundred dollars Tor delin-
quents and other matters for the years he
was in shioe, including the year ISIS; and
no twiihslanding hi claims have all been
investigated aud passed upon by the Court,
over and ever, and those be j. now urging
have been fatty rejected, we see by the
record that an order was made at the last
term, son motion If w. G. ibta0, FL to
refer them to the Justices for investigation.
So, what his number Of delinqnent- FOR 1873
will ultimately amount to-with the
'Squire's assistance the Lord only knows.
The Squire, in bis calculation and COM
parison Of the tax business Of the year 1879
with that Of lsSO, makes il appear that
Mr.. b. saved 10 The county o. between
those years. SiS7.2O only. Now, we deem il
unnecessary to point out and particulsrile
the 'Squire'- errors any further than We
have done, but we DO assert, and appeal 10
the record TO verify what we say, that that
saving to the county, after dcduct.ng the
$500 boaas given 20 Mr., T., was S93s.G0,
which is Sl5l 40 more than the Squire has
ascertained il to be. Il may not be inn
proper to -ay in this connection that this
amount is not all that Mr.. Il. saved to the
county by his superior industry and Wig
lance. lie saved very considerable sum,
as we are Informed, in the way Of taxes col
lected on delinquent lists-old LIFTS which
had been in the hands of Felsnd and upon
which he +. had almost totally failed TO
make collections. And be saved for the
county in other items, which we think il
now 10 specify.
We know that the County Court can not
make an appropriation without an Act Of
The Legislature enabling il, but why did
squire Poriman agree with Mr., Baugh
man, in the presence Of several by ISLANDERS,
hat II he would submit his name to the
people on the $40 platform and should be
elected, he would vote for him 10 have il.
lie knew at that time, a. we'll as be does
loS, that be lad no right to appropriate
funds without an enabling Act which Act
could not have been gotten for two years.
The Squire admits that he proposed the
,boye 10 B., but says that he meant that he
must get a majority Of all the sotes in the
This latter must have been a men
Ial reservation, as he did not 20 express
himself, as We can prove by several gen
.lemen. In either case the squire j. in
consistent lie had no right 10 vote away
money, but he agreed do il II over hall the F.
ieople in the county said 70, Law or no law, .
which being interpreted means that his .
ayoring or opposing the bonus depended .
,pon hor popular il was. Iii was uery pop .
liar he was for il; II not he Was agia il. .
Truly an the deinagogue- are not yet dead. I
We do not wish 10 be understood As OPP
,osing the purcha-e Of Mr.. Nandeyeer's
property; We have been for ID all the time,
utwe docontend that there was a. much
ight 20 give Mr.. b. $500 ~ there Was 10
ppropriate $3.50 ior buying house. The
soond Section of The Act enabling the
ouniy Count TO purchase the buildings on
'ourt square are in these words
'That proresds of the houds authorized TO be is-
iei by ibis Aci, shall be used Ia the puruhase of
be- tavern house, Haar house Ac., situated ON
BE- Court-llouse square, removing the houses on
10 ground purchased, ienclng ihe same, aud such
bsr Acts necessary 10 .slafe - puhiis buiidings
aiasl hfe.'