Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-01
TAOS FINANCES.
Readable Report Showing Results of
Expert Examination Of Of
fetal Accounts.

The committee designated by the gov
ernor to examine the accounts of the
various county officials and the financial
condition of the county of Taos, has com
pleted its work and reported the result to
the governor. From this report it APP
pears that Bonafacio Barron, former
sheriff of Taos county, is indebted to the
territory in the sum of $312.S7, subject
to claim for mileage to Santa Fe, being
nineteen trips at SIT each, 1928. That
Lorenzo Lovato, also former sheriff, is
indebted to the territory in the sum of
$l,412.52, subject to claim for mileage
of $136, and to the county for $7S7.23.
That Guillermo Trujillo, a former sheriff.
is indebted to the territory in the sum of
$50, subject to claim for mileage Gov
ering this amount. Cesario Garcia is in
debted to the various funds from 1883 to
date, as follows: For taxes, $l1O9O; for
licenses, county and territory, $323.27,
sub jest to credits for, deductions in the
territorial FUNDS for 1892, for a sum the
exact amount of which could not be as
certained, but which the sheriff claims to
be in excess of his indebtedness. The re-
port also shows that the county is indebt-
ed to said sheriff for the support of pris-
oners and Jail expenses to date, $83S.70.
1t further finds that the .treasurer's books
show cash Oh hand as follows
Interest on the county fund .....,...... $3.50 q
Court fund ...... ....... 6B o.
School fund. ..,.................. 81 81
General county fund ..........,.......,. W
And that the county has indebtedness
outstanding as follows:
In warrants. .... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ll6 90
Bonded indebtedness ..,.....,........ 81 900 90
Outstanding accounts approved for
1877 .......... 49,. l.23S %
Outstanding accounts approved for
New Mexican Printing company . ' Gil s.
Examiners account allowed. ......... 1870 %
In reference to the 1penses of running
the county from 1885 to date the report
shows the expenses for 1885 were $2,533-
AZ; for 1886, $S,666.42; for 1887, $2,6e5.34;
for 1888, $5,05S95; for 1889, $5,O13.30;
for 1890, $5,63593, for 1891, $4,591.4S; for
1892, $S,5S7.53; for expenses of 1898 and
1894 to August l, 1894, $13,l51.17.
This report was made by Marcelino
Garcia, the expert appointed by the gov
ernor, and Mr.. A. Scheurich, selected upon
the part of the Democrats, and Deputy
Clerk l.. W. Brown selected by the Re-
publicans, and 1t is the unanimous report
of the parties selected. From this report
the present financial condition of Taos
county can readily be understood. 1t
will be seen that the sheriff is not indebt-
cd to the county or the territory in any
sum whatever, leaving out the amounts
which are in dispute; but on the other
hand the county is indebted to him. 1t
will further be seen from this report that
the largest expenditure ever incurred in
any one year when the county affairs were
managed by the Democrats, up to 1890,
when the Republicans obtained control,
was $5,05s.95, while the average annual
expense then was less than $4,000,
that as soon as the Republican coun-
ty commissioners went into office the
county affairs were managed more ex-
travagantly, and the expenditures
reached the sum of $8,5S7.55 in 1891, and,
allowing that the expenditures of the last
five months of the current year will be
proportlonally large to that OF the first
seven months of this year, the expenses
for 1898 and 1894 will reach the sum of
$4,000.
1t will also be seen that had the Repub-
lican county commissioners during the
last four years managed the affairs as
economically as did the Democrats prior
to that time, instead of there being an
outstanding floating Indebtedness of
$1,000, as is shown by the report there
would be in the treasury nearly $4,000.
This report speaks for ITSELF and hav-
ing been concurred in by all of the men,
hers of the committee, there can be no
doubt of its correctness.
1t is understood that the sheriff has
collected something over $4,000 in August
which will be turned over in his Septem-
Der settlement.