The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-05-18

a Fair Proposition % Res
duce County Expemses.


TO the Board OF Commissioners OF Du.
| boia County The County Auditor has
called my attention 10 On order OF the
County Board asking the printers o. Du.
boIs county n bid against each other for
may Be able 10 control. presume they
do this upon the superstition that Dubois
|county 10 too povert y-s'ricken 70 pay
the rates provided BY law for legal pub
Ilications, and their judgment In thi.
respect ought a. be good. A. their Official
position and oaths Of nee require them
Ito Be informed % to the financial con-
Iditi0n ofthe county. AZ least once year,
by personal examination OF the books.
No doubt, however. people generally
will Be somewhat surprised. As l &C.
knowledge 10 have been, 10 learn Of this
impoverished condition, as II was gener-
lally believed the count, was ont OF debt
had several thousand dollars IN treasury
and over $4,000, 900 Of tax duplicate 10
fall back upon, IL necessary.
Ofcourse the poverty OF tho count,
Was the impelIing cause for this order.
- the statutes OF the State provide. in
| Sec. COLL. under the head Of "Advc~tis.
ing" that THE compensation for such
printer for such advertising shall be 81
herein Get forth. to.wit: For each I'D.
vertisement. per square Of two hundred
sud fifty ems. firsi insertion one dollar
For each additional insertion fifty cents
| ] presume each Of the County Com.
nissioners Il too honorable and high
minded to attempt 10 lower the legal
wages OF any workman for tho county
unless the dire necessities Of the county
demanded Il and give them credit for
their sense Of honor. But l do not be-
lieve they should stop with the printers
alone Psinters IRE not generally ~
wealthy sa county Officers are. aud can
III afford 10 take less than fair price for
their labos Each Of the County Com
missioners h reputed 20 be In good finan-
lcial circumstances. The same statutes
lprovide. In Sec. 2623. 1.-THE County
lCommissioners' fees shall be as follows
For each DAYS attendance as 4 member
OF the County Board or Board Of EQUAL.
Ixsiion, each Commissioner ahsll receive
three dollars and fifty cents."
Now what act could Commissioners
lido that would be more praiseworthy. IL
| . poverty stricken county, than to pass
ian order covering back into the county
treasury their fees provided by law. and
thus donate their valuable services 10
help the slim county tressuryf This
they have the unquesiIoned right 10 do,
and no man could say them ray or i'm
|pugn their motives BY in-inua'ing that
they were trying 10 make chesp personal
|capital q some one else's expense. This
would be truly magnanimous and 10
show that l think they ara generous
enough 70 do all IN their power to save .
depleted county treasury, and not wish.
ing them TO have I'll the honor Of saving
the county money, now propose:
"Ifeach Of the County Commissioners
OF Dubois county, will do al their duties
80 Com missioners for = year. from June
let, 1858. 10 June lst, 1889. and enter In
their Order Book an agreement "a do
aud perform the same for the compensa.
ton in full Of one cent each, for said
year, ! hereby agree 20 do all the adj
vertising In the legal control OF said
Board Of Commissioners. for one year
from said let day Of June 1888, for the
sum Of one cent - full compensation
CLEMExT DoAxE.
/ submit the above conditional bid In
good faith. being ~ DESTROYS 70 save the
county money as either Of The Commits
sioDers. and further suggest that they
petition the next Legislature for anthori-
" 10 lei out each Of the county Offices t.
the lowest bidder. No doubt persons
would be found % a,temp, the discharge
Of county Officers duties for good deal
less than The present cf{lcsrs receive, and
Il would save al the expense Of elections
besides. Let ne "let."