Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

Aftorney ...... ...... ....., ...s...t t0'Vy
Auditor and CLERK .... .'''''''' owe
Recorder .... ........'s'''''''''''', .s 90
Sheriff =. ,.., .....ss'''s'''''''''. 'sY.SY
N,oss co
increase In nssessors office .....,s ?s.eo
Increase In troasurers office ...'' ESQ
s27i.9e
Approximately the expenditures ana
dIshursemcnts for the last quarter TOT
general expenses and salaries, etc, WI
10 about the same ns the frst quarter,
The principal improvements maze
have been those on county roaos, pa,
tloularly the Sugar House Hoau,
"Ulntah pugway." and the erection OF
the new bridge on the sugar House
noad." ali roads throughout the county
40 far as possible have been repaired oy
the board Of county commissioners,
whose wishes In this connection nave
been TO give each road district as nueh
Improvement on the roads as the IMAM
oes OF the county would permit.
The Sugar House Road Is source
of much benefit 10 the county at large,
and especially TO the beet growers OF
the vicinity through which IL passes.
During 1893 the expenditure on ac-
count OF aid for poor has been excep-
tIonally large, although the demands on
the county having been somewhat less
than those OF 1895. during which period
IN. sum Of q. $50 10 was necessarily cx-
nended ON account or relief OF poor and
hospital; the expenditure and dlsburHe-
nentp during 1899 up to Dec. ist being
s6,3i3sG for poor and hospital. The to-
tai amount expended ana di.burscu Tor
she vear will in ali probability not cx-
coed 400 in addition to the amount al
ready expended. leaving margin In fa-
yor Of the county for 1899 OF something
over ii 600
The Poor Farm also figures largely
In The expenditure and disbursements.
The cost OF maintenance ls S3,53f.. for
the wear isgs' which amount includes
maintenance. palary OF superintendent,
md ali contingent expenses. For 1893
the costs will be about 500 less than
that OF 1898.
cor,rry rprAstrpEp.s OFFICE.
SoS"
Probably the most important onicc In
the plan OF county government ls that
OF treasurer. The fact that II Is the
source OF supply OF the necessary funds
with which the wheels OF government
are fabricated, makes II 30. The real
importance, however. lies In the ar
rangement and compiexity OF the du-
ties OF the Office as prescribed by law.
Prior to 1897 the duties OF county
treasurers consisted OF acting as Gus
todlan, usually by proxy In the shape OF
a local bank, OF the county funds. and
OF acting as the agent Of the county In
the redemption OF property sold for
taxes Since that time the duties have
been multiplied until the treasurer :
Office IL, the year round, the scene OF
wide awake. accurate activity.
For the treasurer. the year proper
begins In early summer when the first
tax notices are sent out. Then follows
a busy period preparing for the WORK
which follows later In the season. Hard.
iy are the second tax notices mailed
before taxes are due. and then comes
what the habltues OF the office call "thc
rush" The law says that taxes are
delinquent Nov. Is OF each year. and
while this IL legally so. the treasurer
frequently finds II convenient to ex-
tend the taxpaylng season n few days
while the law supposes he In writing w
the list OF delinquent taxpayers on
the third Monday in December the sale
Of property for unpaid taxes begins;
all property Ia sold before the first OF
the year.
For the past few years the approx.
innate amount OF taxes assessed In We.
Der county Is $500, 900. OF this amount
10000 goes 20 the State for State ant
state school purposes, 100000 Is Og,
der citv'a tax AZ coo goes TO ogden cit,
sehools sac 600 10 Weber county Will,
$40 900 il the county school tax ant
schooi lay levied by IN. various schoo
sistrlcts FOR current EXPENSES. In IN,
rali.ction and disnositlon OF this larg,
.um ~ Nancy tho present treasurer
Mr. Alma n Chambera mas reduced IN,
sv.te,n 10 such a science that practi
csiiv cverv cent IN accounted Tor Thi
sta,cment cnrrles Win IL no idea o
The Immense amount OF work and skin
rsc.s"ary 10 the nttnipmant Of sucl
ana ana Whsn 4, IL unders,ood thn
hmnareda ~ nIeces Of property are as
ssssea in Tho name OF ogden city AM
vvnher county throuah the Issuance o
tax deeds because 81 unpnId taxes
when The amoun, on tax sales ench Yea
raaches into The tho,Isands. when IN
a,no,,,, ~, ,axa, ON nronorty under ia,
sale Tor nrior years renches into IN
,housanas. whom the iiet OF erroneou
ga aa,,,,,a assoss,nan,s ,,r,hraces over
No., dIs,ric, An .be countv, whom IN
chargas 10 a. ycnuptv commIssioner
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az ,o,,s 10 r,or,,a,,ss nvsnssod Ia nor
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1917, aa % ,y
.ti,sh ssti,a 800, H., 800.