Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-11
COUNTY FINANCES.
Quarterly Statement From the County
Commissioners, Which Shows the
Condition OF Tarrant.
They Negotiate Loan Of $4,000. From the
Fort worth national. aud Pay the
school Fund Interest.

Arrangements were made yesterday by
the commissioners court 10 settle Tar
rant county's Indebtedness ot $4,000 M
tcrest To the sacred school fund, which 4
has been such q severe burden ON Bll /
Sterett's tender conscience. Tho prefer
of the Fort Worth National bank, which 4
was made several months ago 20 loan the
county money until the LIST of March, I
1885, was accepted. draft was drawn 7
Tor the money, and By tomorrow II will .
probably be on It's way to Austin The (
necessity Tor this action has been FULLY !
explained In rHE GAaEtrr, but briei
resume Of the matter may be OF interest, /
In November, 1883, the commissioners /
court issued and sold 20 the school fund /
500, GOO worth OF courthouse bonds, |
the proceeds OF which were applied to
taking up large amount (about S60, 000) |
OF bridge bonds, the new iail aud other I
public improvements. Tho Law requires /
that the Interest ON such bonds shall he
paid In April, and IN April, 1854, the inter-
est on these bonds was paid up from the !
date of their issuance. Ample pro-
vision was made for the pay
mcpt OF tho annual Interest," and
nearly $4,000 IN taxes was collected Tor
this purpose ON last years rolls The
commissioners, In anticipation OF tue sale
OF $1,000 worth of county bonds To the
city OF Fori Worth, which had hacn fully
agreed ON, applied thts Sl6000 TO other
purposes, expecting to realize on the
bonds Ia ample time 20 meet the Apill
Interest The detalcatl0n OF Treasurer
Nichols, an event which certainly could
not have been iOrCSbeu by human wis
La nnNltlA "A
| carry ont It's agreement and
\ as Il result the county WAS lett without
resource, In this particular fund. The
action Of the commissioners yesterday Is
I happy Termination OF the matter. lt rs
estimated that The levy ut 20 cents on the
| hundred dollars ON this years rolls 90
! nay the interest on those bonds win yield
/ 500. 600, sum sufficient for both years,
| leaving beside handsome margin for
a sinking fund.
ornER PROCEEDINGS,
The resignation OF W. II. Cloud as cons
stable of precinct No, p, was accepted
and j. s. Foster appointed IN his stead.
The report OF MIR Y -. Maddox, su.
pcrinteudcut OF the county poor farm,
was nlcd, II shows fourteen Inmates
Shcrn MaddoN was Instructed TO pm-
chase six chairs for the office oi the dis
trctc clerk, and ten ehalGS Tor the county
court room.
Claims were allowed against the vari-
Gus luhuN Us lo''"NH' NHN" wv wy Wy
fund, sat0 80; general fund, SllGo 70;
courthouse aud Jail fund, $2Si against
the school fund, $3.50,
The quarterly report Of the county
treasurer was rtceiNtd anl ultu
The commissioners count report Tor
the quarter ending October ~ $50 Pre-
SCENTS some Interesting onib, NOM WNlcU
| the following Is C0mplitU+
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TIM several funds ns follows, tn-wit,
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