The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-12

Oao corSrYs financial statement Tor
is. will hardly be called an attractive
L,eunent, but 1t Is document which tho
nIyayea Of the county ought TO read, Tor
hs the COMMISSIONER account Of their
ssudship. Fortunately 1t Is not necos.
Ar to read It all at once, and everybody
sred not read 1t all. For example, each
uzIayer will do well to run bis eye over
The names Of persons who have received
Ror relief in bis district, that he may
jake whether bis money has gone for the
nl.I Of tue needy, or whether unworthy
people are being helped.
twill not be aIniss to sec who 10 70.
Giving help in adjoining dlstries, Tor In
IN, cases 1t will be losnd that apppli.
aas ars no respectors ot district lines.
h. theory Of the Commissioners Is that
he publication Of the names Of persons
Esitvei will contribute TO the detection oil
lapstOn and s, It Wilt the people will
atc SaaicIent interest in their own Attain
bsdiiy the Board Of unworthy cases.
Wae's il was found that penon was re.
oiviRg relief In two districts We under.
sand that they were stricken of the roll
dnsh. IIu! the system oil relief ought TO
be ,achIto make 3 double DRAFT impos-
able, 10 the light Of thl, experience per.
hlps tue Commissioners will devise q
simple plan to meet these cases. Tho
county must hslp those who are properly
saageable upon 4, but II 10 mot intended
tohelp those who are able TO mako their
living, or those who belong elsewhere. For
this purpose Of out door relief, In The q.
hibit called the continEen. poor fund, us
'Psnt last year sl3,73l, about 5000 leas
than Tor the previous year.
The condensed exhibit OF anseth and
liabilities, receipts and expenditures, should
be read with special care. Perhaps it's q
little TOO condensed Tor the reader who will
not akV the time to elf IL; and having
done that, Il he b. Of aniIqdihhR turh, he
VII wan! to know something. not 10 be
!OuuG in the exhibit For example, there
IS au ittm, due sundry roads, 1890"
which Oh inquiry Is found to mean that
this sum was appropriated, to, but noi
drawn Tor, certain county roads. Another
Item reads roads and bridges, general iund;
$SVS' This Is not 4 lucid statement.
Oa inquiry thiSitsm is Iouud To be the catch,
all iot such items as 1t has been thought
unnecessary to give In detail. It contain
the sun Of sTT,I+l 81, being deficiencies
charged back TO Ohio county on account o
roAd' ov'Idawn; thSt Is to Say, fourteen
EoAi' have been allowed 70 draw. In eIeesI
oil theiF several appropriations, sums iron
~ 70 to'S'SST. Lett be understood tha
A'' "'S APPeAm on the books, but very ieN
tax payen take the trouble 10 consul
the books, And the TACT that the appropriA
tons 10. these roads have been oyordrawl
u not placed before the public, q I. ,bbpl,
be. Better still, there should be no Syer
drawing. 80 "
The Board bassa ia levy on III, .stIn,t,.
the appropriations on the leyy md A. ovs,
draft is very likely TO d.rGnro n. q yhsl JI
budget. An ovsrlrAit shoulS bs n, ,...r,., ~,
as last resort In a great smetren.,, ~ Th.,
seems to be no check on these o,e,d,,it,
They accumulate, are run into N. e,n,,,
fund, charged to the county, aud the sbs;,
ashinS. the road Is buried In oblivion. a.
result Of this Is that the road money i. i,
distributed among the districts .eeordIr
to the Boards original inten,ioa, A,
other is that It helps TO keep up The con,
ty debt. The expenditures ios al mn,
poses last year were $1,000, t2,Iss 4.
than for 1889. :