The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19

| leading ana mIseraOIe rot," the books
in the Treasurer's Office show IL and
the vouchers sustain it.
We say, therefore. that the amount
levied is neither excessive, exorbi-
tant or extravaganza. Allegany conn.
ty's fund for 1883 was over $4,000
and s11 900 has been levied there and
in the case in 81 Maryland Report
referred to in last weeks issue the
contingent fund levied was 500 600
and the Court said there was nothing
wrong about it.
The fund having been lawfully lev.
led, and not excessive, has It been
squandered. as charged in the Demo.
crdt, or misapplied?
If not. it has been legitimateIy
expended the people have NOT suf.
fered, our contemporary is frank to
admit.
That it has not been properly used
we deny, and defy them to prove the
contrary. We know that they al.
lege THAT the people have no means
of finding out in what manner it is
SPENT" but that is nothing more then
Misrepresentation and mh-state.
ment known to be so by the arthor.
The Treasurers' law, it bei> 3D..
ocraiic law, prepared by Deudcrat.
introduced by a Democrat tito and
passed by Democratic legislature
and approved by a DemoJatic Gov
ernor, requires the Treasur Or "to keep
certain books in which shll be en-
tered full account of all rceipts and
disbursements and shall 8o keep a
full and fair cash account sowing all
sums of money received b him so
as to indicate the sources Nence the
same were received respectively, and
showing all sums of moneylisbursed
by him, so as to Indicate th purpose
to which the same were applied re.
spectively," and further, hat sail
books. documents and papes belong
ing to the Treasures offict shall be
the property and records o Garrett
county," so that we have uder this
law in the Treasurers' offie records
showing exactly how everydollar of
the counties money, inclrling the
contingent fund. is being Expanded
and disbursed, and being che prop
erty and records of Garrettcounty,"
they are public records opn to the
inspection of every citizen and tax.
payer of the county, and had the
Democrats been sincere aid earnest
instead of making generalmis.state-
ments, misleading Institutions and
false charges they would have first
examined the records, anil then, il
anything wrong was fotnd, have
made charges supported with specif.
cations and statements of facts. This
they have not done, no record has
been examined. no investigaidns
made. as we are informed by the0f'
ficers having charge of the records
and offices, and therefore all their as
sertlons have been made without
knowledge of the facts. are fabrica-
tions mallciously made for political
effect, on the principle of "anything
to win"
But back again to the inquiry. and
we say the contingent fund is not an
useless expenditure of the peoples
money and has not been squandered.
AS already shown 1t is necessity in
every county and is used and paid
out in accordance with law and there
fore not corruption fund.-"
The law lit being the same as
quoted by the Democrat)is that "they
1.-THE Commissioners shall allow no
claim against the county not proper
ly chargeabIe to the same, and to
which the claimant shall not produce
legal voucher" and in the disburse'
ment of the contingent fund this law
is observed. The claim or voucher
is first presented to the County Com.
missioners for their action and ap-
proyal, and if properly chargable to
the county and approved by them.
an order is drawn for the amount, di-
recting the Treasurer to pay it out OF
the contingent fund, and on the pre-.
sentation of that order, and that
alone, it Is paid by the Treasurer and
the order retained by him as his
voucher. This done the proceedings
of the County Commissioners. in
which copy of the order is recorded,
and the books and vouchefs'- g. Ut sit
Treasurers' Office constitute a com
plete record of the transaction-oper
to the inspection of the world. In
this way is the fund of 1889 being
disbursed-it has not yet been paiG
out in full by one half-and Therefore
not yet squandered. Court deficiency
S726, has been paid. the discounts
81, 299.73, are to be charged up, insol
Vencies estimated at abOut 81 6On No