Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-25
A QUESTION ANSWERED.

/ uhk UeCOLuG8 % III Inc OAC3 taxes = IQcfe Ma
been, and Is now. . large amount OF delinquen
tax collected. Now. Il this 10 applied ~ i
ought to be, we would certainly feel our ia,
lightened next fall when We pay our regula
tax. I was telling several Of my neighbors this
the other day. aud some Of them said we wouli
never know the difference; that by the time |
went through the officers hands it would be ali
ssSke0 xp. Please answer this In your next. q.
we propose to know what becomes Of oul
money from this on, and oblige. Many Prompt
Tax.Payers OF Freedom Township.
The above note comes to Us bearing
the Aullville post-mark. and dated
March 81. No name is given. As q
rule communications lacking the name
Of the author find their way to the waste
basket, but we desire to notice this one
We are not astonished that the writer
wal ashamed to sign his name to BIZ,
production, as 1t displays sitter wiilful
ignorance OF Essiice.
nat occasion has any intelligent
taxpayer of lafayette county to ex-
claim, I'VE propose to know what be-
Of q money from this time
ona' Has there been any disposition
on the part of the officers Of the county to
conceal from the people what is done
with their money! Not at all. The
lntelligencer began during the republic
can administration of Geo. H. Ambrose.
to print the items of the expenditures
made by order OF the county court, and
has never since failed to do 80. The
people are thus enabled to see just how
and where their money goes. The
officers. themselves. r always ready
to exhibit their. books to any citizen
seeking information, and ut the spring
term the county court causes to DO
printed a clear and full statement of the
receipts in the various funds during the
previous year. and the expenditures
Five cents will purchase
the paper containing this report, which
is made by the treasurer, checked BY
the county court and the county clerk.
Whose fault IL it. therefore. if ..Many
Prompt Taxpayers Of Freedom Town
ship" do not already know what be.
comes of their money p
Now, "a to the officers SOAKING up'
the delinquent tax. We do not know
who our correspondent 10, but Judge
from his communication that he is a
man Of average intelligence; from this
grows another. that he must
DO an individual who has permitted
persistent calumnious epithets to pre-.
Iudics him against gentlemen whom he
1are not attack openly, as he has done
'overtly. We are In favor of strict &C.
,ountability of public trusts, and instant
1ecapitation of every officer who is I'M.
Or dishonest; but We loathe as
would q deadly, poisonous snake
he man who traduces character ; espe.
he who does SO by innuendo, or by
The murderer and the thief are
ess criminal than is the creature whose
7ery breath is q weapon to strike down
he fair name Of his fellow man. Soak
ing ap! What is meant by thisp 1t it
means anything it means. stealing; aud
are men, 1t would seem, who out
Of malice can, in an underhanded way,
endeavor to make others, more iguor-
ant, probably, than themselves, believe
such a charge as this against as honest,
and jealous public servants as
any community ever had. Mayhap it is
as Desdemona's companion said to her
oil the ira dacer OF her lord:-
III will be hanged fsome eternal villain,
some bpsy and insinuating rogue,
coggtng. cozenins fellow, to get some
Office.
Have not devised this SANDER"
There are three officers directly con-
cerned in the receipt and expenditure
0fthe money collected from the county
the county clerk, in keeping the ac-
counts and drawing warrants; the col.
lector who receives the money, and the
treasurer who has it in custody, and dis.
burses it. never paying out a dollar sx-
upon warrants ordered by the
county or criminal court. or drawn by
the proper officers OF the various school
districts. All three OF these officers
must be in collision If the peoples
money is wrongfa'ly applied. What
are their namesP Vim. b. Steele, B. R.
Ireland and George NJ. Mountjoy. We
say 1t without the least fear OF SUCCESS |
ful contradiction that no county in this
any other state has three purer, more
energetic or more competent men in