Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-03-26

IHE COT>TY oTATEMEST.-N q pu'i'Sl
this week the Annual Statement OF the
County Commissioners We believe thai
The CLARION is the only newspaper in the
county that has published it, excepting tAost
two which the G mmissoners pay for such
publication. We have given it to ollr readers
because they have learned to expect it and
although the publication will yld liz no 'h
rect remuneration yet we trust that the ap'
probation of our efforts to place II before oul
readers will repay us. Our read rs having
learned to expect it each year we have
as il may be worth anything to explain the
reul condition of the county treasury is Goa
ccrnti, it is not only imperfcct but m>s!rad-
ing The few headlines s,ating that the
items in the account were nsccltained and
settled at the April Term 1884 is provcu to
/ be misleading when we examine, or ins;ai ca"
! the Sheriff two ch'rg sand find that lie il
/ charged $lO53s.lo IN sud Sta enclt, yet hal
held Office bat six m,n'hs ut the tim o. tho
| June Stss on; in other words the sum nam
cd above covers 4 PERIOD Of time after that
at which settlement was made according to
! the heading or else StcriH Grove was max.
ing no1.ey faster than any other sheriff ever
had made ii.
The S a;cmcnt diff RS very Ii tie FROM its
immediate predecessors save in one o. two
items, the most noteworthy of which j. the
difference in the amounts pA'dcountry news
papc for doing. practically tn" SAM work
50 far VS. THE CLARION is concerned in that
matter, It is content TO know that it placed
Tie N .;i,r VI, rcscrl ed, in the hands Of the
Boar and received Treatment III roughly III
con>Onar CO with al that Night be h"rNW ct
cd Of !. body Of men capable OF acts on a
mori, plnc with tlat ofthc selection Of the
tax collector. for instance. We refer MT to
Vie putlic Local l.. ws but f. the fact that
in s,uuch rs til. advertising drr'nG tic yer
60 III rot lOs. IDLY account for the dill renee
in lhr accounts Of tie tour 60, ntry ntW>pa-
p, r. III 1Wo.t tl'm were p>id ncar!, or
quite douh G - mich Ior publish NJ tie
(uu> ~ Sta mtli e Nnc tie other two.
w ln.kr this ,,dlCt On and if We are in
error wruvc more than \, illnr I" We corrrcl-
r1 if !; viii ed! to our cnNglttrnuc. on
tie subject,
Nr'tss:Ji', VIC nay ,\le'i 70 lean Noth.
inc from Ills Sta,t iut!t a. to de o>r ny o.
the Reform Et.ly i,"n 2uI";cd iraslnrch as
il covers II q v,ry sight PORTION of tn"
tii' c d'lng Whic til, Is" Las been in vogue.
We mast Wait another year, or rntl after
ur next Leg stature is alb II, ready 10 al-
journ, before the pco ,lc viii have placed he
,rc II NJ any evidence of its worth or
wor'hl",, IS, when il will be to, lat to
remedy it.
While on the subject of,ll;s Reforms Mes
urc, we would sugg's St ,h"' in our tumble
opjl ion the Board Of (halics nnd ort'c-
zion "rrs decidedly in lis construction OF til
pail o',hr law which requires them to I'd
rv..w for proposals to supply Non'ryu"
when, instead # pu,'ishin nopr or more
ncws aper. lDer needs AMI 2sIli e for i H.,
TIC" mil NS:s IF s4'a a!p9isr+ prjh:R on s'jp<
"FpLor" to "'si o"ly as Mey nay p'rn IL
aver Neopp~hNNy 10 nv tn ~ Ir"st
md 10 draw it DE mIN,st possible, his
smpcll~ of f,Nolitiem and suggests the i,v.
ofa t chi corporation, 'ne,c,ed by circle.
There is vet ne o'itr matter Of w,inh v"
wish to make mention W. do rot rnlrr-
A'2nl W the Cu"ntF Commissioners enter
In l.r S,rirl,,.rt h, tom -, &tIO4 tlr Il ~.