Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-09-30

ih's 10 part OF the county attorneys
duties and has always been done by
the county attorney, as o. s. Gal
breath, Arthur Cornforth f. S. White
head. n. C. Miller. w. A. Reese or any
county attorney attorney preceding
Judge Garbanati in the office will tes-
tify During Judge Garbanati's term
as county attorney both myself and
Mr.. Cook wrote some of the resolu.
tions. II is work that the attorney
should do. as resolutions ought
TO be 50 framed as to stand the test
of legal trial should one ever be
made and they have always been so
considered Aside from this. I have
been In attendance on every session
OF the board and have done all the
work required of the clerk. and In
many instances have worked over
time in order to get warrants and
other documents ready for the board
so that an adjournment might be had
and the taxpayers saved the expense
of an other day or days session of
the board. Not in one single in
stance have / ever neglected. failed
or refused to perform any of the du-
ties of the clerk of the board of coun-
ty commissioners.
Fourth. The account with the
county treasurer has not been kept.
The books the county paid near
$l,O0O to open up are year or more
behind. and hence with such indiffer-
ence no accurate account with treas
urer can be or is kept
This, like the preceding statements.
is an utter falsehood. The county
treasurer's accounts are audited by
the board of county commissioners
every quarter and the amount of funds
ascertained by an inspection of his
books, his statements are verified !
his books and those statements are
Immediately recorded by me in the
proper record and may be seen by any
citizen of the county who will take
the trouble to call at my Office. An
accurate record of every claim al
lowed and every warrant drawn l.
made and kept in my office and ths
warrants when paid by the treasurer
are compared by the board with my
books before the treasurer is given
'''N'p' 'h'iNio'' booNh III
Office show the exact condition OF the
county affairs today, and will he
pleased to show any person this
from the books themselves.
AS to the NTH specification OF gen.
eral rottenness. etc, have only this
to say. that 1t is entirely unwarrant-
ed, and, like other vaporings of its de-
prayed author, only needs reference
to It's source to refute any OF its state
ments.
In another place in his paper he
charges that the tax rolls have not
been charged to the county reasurer
This is totally false. Every one of
those rolls that have been placed In
the hands the treasurer will be
found charged 10 him In the proper
place in my office.
In another paragraph he charges
that there is absolutely no check with
out great labor and cost, upon the de
linquent taxes, unless those books are
kept mp, as the county treasurer keeps
account of the amount actually by
him collected. Treasurer keeps no
account of the tax roll, and hence. as
Weaver's books are year behind. no
account Is kept.
This statement Is TOO absurd to even
merit notice The tax roll Itself in
the office of the treasurer shows all
the time just what taxes have been
paid and what remain unpaid. The
amount OF those taxes is charged up
the treasurer in my Office and each
quarter he In given credit for the
amount which he collects In this
connection | might say that the only
information this Office receives in an
official way OF the amount of such tax
roll is from the report OF the treasur-
eI and ass'ssor. as under the laH the
assessor makes out the tax roll and
delivers 1t to the treasurer II never
passes through my hands nor under
my control. In addition, | am requir-
ed to make out and transmit to the
state tr re0surer at stated intervals a
report of the condition OF the state
revenue and my reports have always
been made in time ana as early AZ
any reports from any county in
state. II ! did not have the data in
my ONCE ! tDuiu npL Hiuht tHohe r.
ports.
In another paragraph he says that
my books should show at u glance the
amount OF warrant indebtedness and
of bonded indebtedness. They show
all that. There is no warrant indebt-
edness OF this county and has been
practically none all through my term
of Office. No warrants are issued un-
til there Is money to pay them and
very few are outstanding two houis
after their issue. My books show the
number and amounts OF county bonds
outstanding with the rate Of Interest
on each bond and the amount Of in
terest coupons redeemed, and any one
can examine this record at any time
during office hours.
In conclusion ! desire to say that 1t
is entirely in keeping with the charac-
ter of the man to make those charges
SO late in the campaign that no exam
nation of any committee can deter
mine their falseness before the