Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-03-03


Every warrant issued at the April, July
and October term of 1899 of your board,
OH the current expense fund is paid, and
27oo ON the January term of this year.
All road warrants issued last April,
July and October are paid TO October /,
1899; $1,000 of the warrants which were
issued in January, 1899, are paid, leaving
s., 700 dre on that meeting of the board.
We have today $4,000 of uncollected
taxes of 1899 and were that amount paid
and turned into the treasury and not hav-
ing had TO pay the IS 900 of court house
bonds, then, every warrant issued on the
current expense fund of last year. would
paid,
In the January term of 1899. 1890 in
warrants were issued OH the current ex-
pense fund In the January term, 1900,
$4,000 were issued, taking out the un-
usual expense of repairing the Jail, 5000,
and the small pox scare Of last fall, which
cost us $500, it leaves a difference of
only 5000 of this January term compared
with the term of year ago, which is
very slight, considering the extra ex-
pense we are laboring under on account
of the great growth Of the county within
J the past year. Our expenses connected
with the court matters were never SO
great as this year, with one exception.
We have paid $1,000 on the court house.
Permit ME to state here, for the benefit
of the public, that the county year under
the law is from April to April /, and on
April of each year we commence new
series of warrants, and when we speak OF
a year we mean from April to April
unless designated differently, as all war
rants issued at the January term af any
year are for the preceding years work,
would earnestly ask you 10 consider
the table carefully, as you will see
wherein great deal Of the extra tax fol
the year comes i'll. The past Legislature
} compelled all property TO be assessed al
, a cash value; but when doing so left the
, levy the same as the years gone by
: compelling us TO raise SII,I5o fc- schools
: in the place of ss,742 in the year before
t making difference in that one item o
S5,4I4. And hope we have moi maj
S in all this fair land of ours who will kicl
J against any public school expenditure
r For the free public school is one OF III
i corner stones of the American republic
i In the bridge account we raised S66
more than in 1893, and if any man vii
S 20 over the reservation and see the vas
y amount of good that that amount {
:. money did, by putting in culyerts an
{ small bridges, thereby enabling a rancho
e to go along with load and not stop
l. unload, he will say, Here is wise ea
D. penditure of money" We had to rai'
al 500 more last year on &C ,ount of tt
state wagon road than we did the ye'
Il before. We also raised 81 500 more f
ie the county road than i'll the precedir
III year, and the various road districts raise
a themselves, as district road tax Ito be G
to pended in their own district) 81 ,ooo al
permit me again to ask wherein mon'
can be more proftably used for the be
eft of all concerned as in good roads.
good many taxpayers complain of 4
high taxes, and are unquestionably rig
in that complaint. Any new country
necessity must have high taxes-all q
the same in that respect. Now, how C
''' this he remedied? The only wav is
'' keep the expenditures down to the 10
est possible notch consistent with go
- management and economical administI
" ton. Also great many think We shou
anticipate the future and let the coun
:. run behind some, so that when the res
" vliion land is proved up on ii can III
help us out to bear some of the burden
-" taxation, not ask the old part Of t
=" county TO stand it all Doubtless tn
are right TO a certain extent in this; |
here comes the point, while We have
constitutional limit in regard to account
NO Indebtedness, FIVE per sent is the cons
"a. tutional limit of Iowa, Illinois and
ny great many states. and Eve per cent.
=, the taxable valuation is what IS rec'
uized by the business world, as a s.