Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-18
County Treasurer's Report.

SOuhaN AtSpOlts
OFFICE TREASURER OF THURsToN COL
OLYMPIA, W. T., May 10, 1883.
To the Hon. Board of County Commits
siOnerS:
GENTLEMEN: This being the close of
the fiscal year of 1878, l herewith
submit my quarterly statement and
treasurer's joint statement, and take
this opportunity to call your attention
to some facts and figures, knowing
that you will use your best judgment
rs to the proper and most iudicious
use o! :be anne. The Territorial fund
has beel romptly paid into the Ter
ritorial fr.-.cury. Inc cOIIectlOn mas
been bett.r than former years, and so
far as the accounts between Thurston
county and the Territory are con-
cerned, they will balance, so soon as
the Auditor furnishes the usual tax
statement to the Territorial Auditor
and he has made the balancing en-
tries. The
GENERAL SCHOOL FUND
And the various school districts of the
county are in q flOurishing condition,
greatly improved over the previous
year. Most of the districts have a
large proportion of their funds on
hand and are just commencing their
usual summer schools Only three
districts have Over-issued orders on
their account with the Treasurer and
have now outstanding orders. They
are No. l, No. 81, special fund, and No
~. The amounts to the credit of
many Of the districts is quite large,
for instance Seatco districts has $685.
7S, Deschutes 1926. .43, Tumwater $751;
81, Grand Mound $347.l4 and many
smaller districts have u good balance
to their credit on the Treasurer's
books. There has been apportioned
out of the 1887 tax $500 per scholar
which is the bulk of the tax resources,
for the school year. School district
No. l, for several years has been strug-
Cling to free herself from heavy
building-debt and has nearly ac-
complished the feat. With one more
small special tax and the aid of an
other liberal county school tax, she
will be able to clear herself and thereaf-
ter maintain ten month school each
year. The amount collected on last
years special tax and previous years
delinquent tax, Was $2,S99.25. Dur
ing the year, general fund $3,56O.31 !;
total revenue $6.459.56; balance on
hand $l1.S7. Building orders, with
ver..' little accrued interest, outstand-
ing mounts to 81, 1888. Salary orders
for first five months school of 1SS7-S
only outstanding, SO you can see that
by duplicating the last years revenue
the heaviest Indebtedness against any
district in our county will be wiped
out. The
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
is we'll III hand. Amount on hand
!or your di posal is 81 ,479.94.
ROAD FUND.
The, has been no satisfactory
change in the road laws, so as to facili-
tate The working of the roads and col
lecting OF road tax, and the tax in fact,
in past year. has been collected with
the usual annoyance as regards the
redemption Of road receipts, and the
same necessity remains for its correc-
ton that there has been hitherto The
law and the practice in collection
varies widely as to locality, whether
| east or west OF the mountains. In
conversing with the Treasurer of an
other county he informed me that his
! county extended no road tax on the
assessment roll until the tax became
delinquent. Then delinquent road
tax was placed on the regular delin-
qIent roll. Other counties do not
collect their road tax until the year
following the year it is levied, and
cannot say how they collect their de-
linquent road tax, SO that am still of
the opinion that the most satisfactory
and most economical method for the
road districts is to require the Super
visOrs to report and settle with the
board of commissioners in February
term OF court, and then to extend the
uncollected tax with the proper per.
centage on the delinquent tax list the
following March. The Treasurer has
notified the road supervisors that theii
funds (Which he collected) are ready
for distribution. Yet only few have
at present date, applied for the same
There has been collected on road fund
by labor and by the Treasurer, $5,342.
81 during the year, and the balance
now Oh hand is 81 1865. The
COUNTY FUND,
To which ! now call your attention
is the fund with which you have most
to do. From the county fund all
extras must be paid as well as the reg