Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-05-18

mat Ol labe years ueuauuSi eultOAlal
and otherwise, have been made
through this paper, upon our corpo-
ration officials for statements from
which our citizens could ascertain
the amount of money collected, and
expended upon the streets, etc.
1t is a fact that for years past the
authorities of this town have failed
or refused even when called upon to
furnish any financial statement
whatever, excepting n report Of
receipts and expenditures made by
the present Treasurer over a year
ago. In all this time no other
financial exhibit has been made.
It is a fact that our citizens gen.
orally do not know if the corporation
owes a debt, or if so what is the
amount of it. Nor do they know
what it costs to work the streets,
supposed to be the largest item of
expense, mol could they find out we
suppose except by an investiga ion
of books and accounts unfamiliar to
them.
We have said that Our Joor In his
jeremiade was unfortunate in his
most material statement, viz: that
"during the month of September
last a statement has been published
of the receipts and disbursements
during tho fiscal year ending the LIST
of September 1885," To the fore
going positive, explicit affirmation,
the reply is-no such report of the
last fiscal year was published. The
Treasurer in last weeks REPUBLICAN
says so and that he misinformed the
Mayor: Perhaps it might not be
impertinent to suggest that Our Joor
is paid to know some things on his
own account if not, what is he paid
for?
With reference to the cemetery
lots aud the fund from the sale Of
the lots. There was no question OF
what belonged to the town or what
had reverted to the town or what in
''the Mayors opinion was the pro-
perty of the corporation We had
been informed, and SO stated, that
some Of the parties owning and using
these lots had paid for them and
that others had not paid. MI. E.
W. Joor, Mayor, etc., in his
rambling statement has not answered
this if be intended to do so. And
as to The money from the sale Of
lots and its expenditure he seems tC
think it q satisfactory reply that, h
has paid it into the treasury ano
"you can call on the Treasurer INC
he will acquaint you of the fact
No one has asserted the contrary
the question IS "what was collected
and what became of It," Is it still
in the treasury? He gives the graft.
fying information that the accounts
for money due from the sale of lots
"are now in my drawer" as in "hi'
opinion they are the property o.
the corporation. If there was a sale
the accounts should have been sued
on and Capt. Bramlett informed US
that he had been ready and willing
to bring the suits free of cost to the
corporation but the accounts were
never given to him and that he could
not bring the suits. If the foregoing
in relation to cemetery lots and fund
is not true it is very easy to say so.
And il it is true the people have 8
right TO know it.
Burlesquing this salary business
several weeks ago, we enumerated
some real aud various imaginary
diguities, beginning with the coIpo.
ration mayor and ending with lh'
corporation mule: Probably tbs
latter are the only residents OF th'
corporation who construed our re
marks seriously, which the Mayor
has tried to answer at the expense o
much valuable space.
! 1t may be news to that official tina
an inspection of his and the Treas
urers books is a statutory RICH
guaranteed to every citizen-not
matter of %favor-the hardship is tina
q citizen should be told to go to th'
books If he wants information.
Our Joor evidently consider
"sunbesms and cucumbers" a