The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-03
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,ri,c County fim"nees.

~ rhe County fih"'" 'H|.
III irbe Board Of Commissioners se'efa'
,,. M ordered the clerk Of tho board to
.Ia .sE. i" MI, for publication detailed exhibit
Z ',,Se ' Gouncial Affairs ofthis county, in &c.
o,,,aurr S' with the following requirements
ol.he act Of lSSl:
+" .nh" MI Counw Court Of every county,
xlbjn four weeks after Inc ilts. !ern'' ~ ! snaII ,
sa. s 10 be published in one ? or more !, ne%s.
vamer, .a,SS " or L none be pnblished IN tho
Ppn,% ,,S " ,s,.,e,j a, earI place OF voting In
sT"'',:, .c,,n,y nm account Of tho receipts and
T,e"ii,Ircs .''v Of the county during tho pre-:
t3leAG'.s,Tiv, t3lG,T ,ear nj by separate items, and
yIOus .'si" rnier distinct heads, and IL
aFF'nss" st"trtaea, s Of the debts Of
,pS @''%e "e,,uty, Showing the purposes for
WV sS;cJ, 5' ratlI debt WIS contracted, tho
,I,"" hma" uj"n i becomes due, and up to
s1I", sl% ,ime the interest thereon has been
viii Viii Thc Clerk ofthe County Court shall
I IS,ssarc for publication the sai'l account,
ir.9 r9 inr mrriormiug such services shall be
'Inwpd reasonable compensation by
rIuch I Court. Aud every clerk who shall,
ri,Iin ,i,h tie tine prescribed, fail 10 perform
thr duties required by the provisions ot
hi, srclion, shall forfeit the sum OF fifty
dollars" Y.f.llai.
In accordance with this requirement Of
,he law and the order Of the Board OF Com
missioners, the Clerk Of tho Board is now
urcparinr the exhibit called for, and we
prcsrlmc that will be ready for publica.
ton in the next week or two. @
j. Is high time that such m exhibit Of
the Gnancia! affairs OF this county was
made. The lxTELuGrScEHh has persistcntly
called attention for years past 10 tho
necessity for such exhibits, and has com.
wrel the blind manner in which financial
matters in this county have been kept
in The background with the full and
detailed statements that are published
for the annual information OF taxpayers
among or Pennsylvania and Ohio neigh-
bon. a5'-
In view Of the iact that the tax rate for
county purposes has been raised this year
lsom 80 10 10 cents OH the Sl00, the people
will feel quickencd desire 10 know upon
wha. grounds il WIS done. They will want
,oee thorough and exhaustive itemized
account of our receipts and expenditures.
Its generally understood that the in
creased levy results from the necessity Of
pvovidins Tor the floating debt OF the coun-
.yia The shape Of accepted and unpaid or
ders, 4 large amount OF which are held by
he banks. 1t seems that neither the Board
Of Commissioners nor the public knew the
aaioaH. OF these orders with exactness un.
tilacomparativcly recent date. It further
seems that they amount now to about
$500. Is + A
The excuse made by tho Board for nc
keeping track ofthis floating debt, and pro
riding for its payment before this, is that
thebooks OF Clerk Deitcrs were kept in
suchan unbusiness like way that they could
not know the real condition OF the county
finances. a.@ S7
it's not probably worth while to com
ment upon the past, but the public have {
righ. now to tho fullest expose Of the
condition OF the county finances. It il
generally understood that the road fund o
The county has been wrctchedly managed
We took occasion in March last to com
ment III severe terms on the way in whicl
it was squandercd. The President Of III,
board, Mr.. speideI, unavailinsly protestet
against such waste Of the taxes Of tn
county. But all the same, the money wa
appropriated in the same foolish ant
thsiftlcss manner. r.5
Ills not generally known, but it is q fac
that in tho neighborhood Of $4,000 wa
spent in this way last year, counting tht
county and local Ieyies, and counting TIN
work done and contracted to be done, IN,
now comes another county levy OF ovel
%da0o 10 be supplemented by abou
5000 Of local levics, to be wasted in til
same manner this year. This results iron
ttc Ios.roIling system in vogue in til
Board, by which zone man helps auothe
man in return for help rendered or cs
pecscd,' as log-rolling has been defined. {
Ohio county taxpayers have lost m in
mcpse amount Of money because Of Il,
eovcrcd.up and lump-job way in whic
their taxes have been dispensed. The ne
cesslty for publicity was never more appal
ent than now. Here VIC have IL great Il
OF unpaid orders, the amount and chara
ter OF which have, rs we said, been largcl
unknown to tho members Of tho Boart
which could never have found their wa
into the banks 10 accumulate interest ha
IN accurate and itcmized account Of Of
receipts and expenditures been published
Secrecy WINS long ago pronounced the bar
Of both thrift and honesty in public Il
lairs, and certainly the experience Of Il
taxpayers Of this county goes to prove Il
'eoreec,ncss.of that saying. It is high tin
Tor Il radical change. 5t,z.5. 49, Al,
4 l.AR0R RIOT.