Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-11-03

Gallup. mills ..tsst4s.4.4t...sss 300
To pay interest on school house
bonds. Gallup. 5 mills ........... 500
s y. Nos. ~ and 35.-
To pay Interest ans one tenth
principal on school debt. 2 mills a0o
=. -. No. B.
To pay interest on school house
bonds mills .................. 200
y. -. No go
To pay interest on school house
bonds. 2 mills ................. 30o
s -. No 81
To pay interest on school house
bonds. . mills ... 90. .,......... 400
n IL estimated that from this levy
about ti8ooo0.oO win be realised. Il
will be- seen that the levy OF 9M mills
Tor general county purposes gives the
county for paying all the current cOun-
" expenses less than one-slxtecnth Of
that amount. and from this less than
ten thousand dollars viii be realized.
Thls is the fund out 81 which the
sheriff II supposed TO get all his big
money and when We know that che
other officers got their salaries from Il.
and the pay Tor feeding from twenty %
forty prisoners comes from the same
source az well az the pay fOr other
work done and supplies furnished the
county. Il viii be readily seen that the
sheriff cann0t act any very large
amount from a. The other fund out Of
which the sheriff ls supposed 10 receive
his princciy fees In the court fund. for
which there is ,svied nve mills From
the levy Tor this fund perhaps thirteen
thousand dollars win be realized. out
of this the grand Jurors. the petit iur-
oras. the ballins. the Interpreter, the
court criers. the district attorney and
other cficlIls are paid. and they per-
haps draw about two-ihlfds Of said
amount so when the expenses OF the
deputy sherlns In running al over the
county In suhpoenaeing grand and
petit Jurors and witnesses Is taken out
of the fees 81 the sheriff Il will be no.
tioed that his net fees cannot amount
10 any princely sum
II will De- noticed that there IL levied
60 pay interest on the bonded debt 81
Bernalliio county. which wss created
whoily during the reign of the Areas
and Oteros. nine and onc-auarter mills.
or almost a min more than is levied %
pay the current county cxpenses and
the expenses of running our courts
70 VIII be- noticed that the levy Tor
territorial purposes. which Is regulated
by statute. over which the commits
sioners have no control whatever. Is
fourteen mills
It VIII be- noticed that tho levy FOR clty
purposes In albuquerque. which Is reg
uiated entirely by the city council h
eleven mills. and that wc pay FOR school
purposes In Albuquerque Ave mills
These levies the commissioners do not
attemp, 10 exercise any control over
and simply levy what the city council
and the board Of education aaka.
Two and ono-half mills are levied Ia
complete payment on the COchiti bridge
which the citizens Of Albuquerque al.
most unanimously pctitioned the com.
misslOners 20 build
We commend a careful study OF this
tax levy 10 every tax payer In Berna.
lillo county. and when you have consid.
cred the matter In all It's phases, w
think you Will come 10 the conclusion
thar our county commissioners have
done the very best they could. under
the circumstances. OF course they car
ana viii do better In the future. foI
many of the expenses they have to levy
FOR now have been left over as heri.
tagc from the reckless lgismanagemeni
and expenditures 0f previous admins
tratlons, and as soon as they can b,
eliminated from the tax roll a very dif
fereat showing will be made In the a.
sessment, the tax levy. and the rate ol
taxation.