Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-03-16

DessNNtOee
Net gain to county in DISCRIMINATION "a
This understand to be the result of hold.
ing the tax payers and the Collectors strictly
up to the payment of accrued interest on
their tax bills and Of the prompt payments
into the State treasury, securing all the dis
count allowed by law.
The County Treasurer remarks: "The
adoption Of uniform system of collection
of State and county taxes has placed the
finances of Dorchester, both as to the paw
ment of current county expenses and tax
levies due the State, In much better con-
diton than most of the counties of the State.
A few years ago our county owed a floating
Indebtedness of more than thirty thousand
dollars, with annually accruing interest,"
This has been paid, and not only has the
pay as you go system been put into practi-
cal operation, but by reference To the inter-
est account you will observe that net gain
has been made to the taxpayers OF the coun-
yty to the amount of three thousand, two
hundred dollars and sixty-one cents. Its
utility will readily be seen by reference 10
the Treasurer's and Levy Books for the last
four years, showing the receipts and dis
bursements to have been forty two thousand,
five hundred and seventy eight dollars more
than the levy for the same period of time.
There are no good reasons why the ordinary
rules OF business system cannot be equally
as well applied to the collection and dis
bursement of public monies as they are TO
private corporations, and while at first there
were in the minds Of some of our people
grave doubts as to the success of the system
adopted by the law Of 1873, chapter 100, il
is no longer an experiment; that 1t is prac.
taal at.1 hat koa h.. a
out is proven by the fact that Collectors have
settled promptly, as required by law, with
out any suits being instituted against their
bonds, and only in very few cases have
there been any tax sales OF property, not
perhaps exceeding q half dozen 10 the last
four years.
by reference to the Report of the Comp
troller Of the Treasury Department 1t will
be seen that there was due Sept. 30, 1882,
from Collectors Of State tax levies, 1878 TO
1889 inclusive, $500,601 OF, and ii to this
be added the accrued interest to Sept 30,
1882, 1t will make total of more than six
hundred thousand dollars. ($60S,44 ny
None Of this large sum Is due from Dor
chester county"
And here / would call the attention of
your readers to the fact that while of this
large sum Montgomery county, with District
Collectors and no County Treasurer, owes
$11,90l SO, Prince Georges and Wicomico
counties, with each County Treasurer and
no District Collectors, owe respectively $780,.
288 20 and $17,738 So.
BY this showing it will cleaply appear
that while our system is notthe best ii would
not be improved upon by the adoption of
County Treasurer system without District
Collectors, but that the plan of having the
taxes gathered by District Collectors and
disbursed by County Treasurer, serving at
the same time as Clerk 10 the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, is the model or true plan,
II there is anything Of practical value in the
experience of Dorchester county.
Your readers will also readily perceive
that we now have the foundation in our sys-
tenn for the superstructure of that, and which
would have been overthrown by the adop-