The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27
cOTrs.poadenes Bai'in'ore coHaiy t'aioH.
BALTIMORE COUNTY BOOK KEEPING

MsssTs Editors Pew Americans "to the manor
born have of late years had little 10 say about
our local county affairs and printed less, tdoes the
reader OF Tue uSioN SEQ the Point!) but opine
that when the leaves open Il will be oiherwise said
Your correspondent begs leave 90 inform your
readers, and all others whom IL may concern. that
II he knows himself does hereby say he ha. no
private spite spleen 90 crafty nor axe to grind
except the one 10 have our officials in both the
County COMMISSIONER and Treasurer's Offices 10
try and get back 10 that safe and true line that
did upon time in our day exist in both Offices,
system Of book keeping that required n certain
collector of taxes in the county lWho lived 10 n
ripe age and passed away only last year, TO 20 10
the bank where the Treasurer of baltimore county
kept the funds and deposi,e osHf o. the credit
Of the Treasurer, 80 that the eolIector's account
would balance before n receipt in full was given
by the Treasurer. Here is where the writer will
stand, and he Who eanno, come up 10 this line must
and will 20 undcr-and don't you forget u. We
stand on hard pan. will shoot at no game on the
grannd. bRt will try and wing them, and uhan
they fall 10 the ground let the people of the
county take care OF them. II Is principle and d.
ness We will fght for.
The Grand irqusst for the December term. 10
whom your correspondent, in his last article, gave
point, and as they were sworn In open court 10
examine and see uha, the feed cost % keep the
90 called fire department Of the county. Al this
writing their report Is not in print. We shall
await u. but " rumOr quotes . paragraph Of
their report correctly. they did not say Jumbo's
feed or the Office Of the County Commissioners
nary time. but did say Il would take them a
whole year TO 90 through the Treasurer's books.
Wei, In short. they report nir 10 the court, aud
no more could be expected Of the special commit.
tee uhen they vaultsd around and about the two
Department., u Is said. just about one koHr ou, Of
the twenty four days service they we're paid for
When they finally adjourned Il has come out that
only twenty-five were sworn In In open court, and
not twenty-ihree as the Law requires. Here Il up.
wards ~ two thousand dollars Of the peoples
money gone where the woodbine tuineth. No hill
they have found will hold water and their report
as on the TreasureFs ofce IL also niT. no oath be-
hind or before u. and Is not even ht 10 be pu, on
aJohnny-eake board 1894. Had this report on
county affairs been true. bona eis paper Il had
all the eAr-marks of having been drawn % order.
We bring TO memory one report Of the order class
that was made by . Grand Jury AZ the March
term. ISIS, when u adjourned Tor fear the ceiling
Of tis JHyy esald Jsi-but Il didn't
Judge Phelps. Of Baltimore city, says. .NothinE
tends 10 bring the administration Of jastee ints
contempt 90 much as fAyoritism," and 90 say We.
For the future ws shall make haste slowly, and In
our nsEt article our farmers and tax payers Of the
county viii iitiis where the proceeds of their
granariss. sorn-housss, pOtatsss, ke, have gone.