Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-03-05
The Treasurer's Statement.

felt called upon in defense of the
puplic good to criticise the
county treasure on the small
amount of excess of fees he turn
ed in to the county compared
with the amount of his predeces-
sor. The Beacon begins by
saying:
"The first annual statement of
the fee account of County Treas
urer w. "A. George appeared in the
Beacon last week, and for symme-
try of form, delicacy of mould,
beauty and comprehensiveness of
design, it was masterpiece of
clerical skill and ingenuity. AS
such, it is unquestionable above
criticism and entitled to the
highest praise. The only vul-
nerable feature about it is the
smallness of the excess fees turn
ed over to the county. We have
no desire to find fault with Mr..
George. But in the interest of
fairness, we cannot refrain from
comparing his record with that
of his predecessor. Let us see.
According to the report SUBMIT
ed by M. E. Schneringer on fees
for the year 1901, the total
amount collected was SIS 597 90
Amount paid out ...... 3 Clio 80
Excess fees. .........S1 98l 90
According to Mr.. Georges
statement he collected as fees for
the year 1902. SIS OO7 20
Amount paid out ,..... 4 628 60
Excess fees. IS 378 "a
The excess fees turned over by
Mr.. Schneringer for the year 1901
exceeded those turned over by
MIR. George for the year 1902 by
81, 6O2.9 "a.
Mr.. Georges statement is a
thing of beauty but the people
have paid we'll for the whistle!"
In the first place had the Bea-
con been DESTROYS of being as fail
as he pretends he would have
called on Mr.. George and tried to
learn if there was any good cause
for so great a difference in the
fees received in the Office and the
amount paid out. In the first
place Mr.. Schneringer issued
several thousand distress war.
rants for which he received the
sum of so cents each that greatly
added to the fees of the Office fol
the year 1901. Mr.. George issu'
ed only two or three distress war
rants but sent out three Thousand
notices instead on which there
was no fees charged up to the
county.
The county bought in large
number of tax claims for which
Mr.. Schneringer received a fee O
so cents foreach one. This wa
another source of revenue for tn,
fee account put paid by thu
county.
On these two items the fee
amounted to great deal more il
| favor of Mr.. Schneringer thar
!, the difference is between the fee
5 account of 1901 and 1902 which
| was but $3.50. One can reail,
? see that fees of 1902 were largel
= in excess of those of 1901 whel
: the item of distress warrants ali
5 tax sales are excluded.
r The difference in expense /
t easily accounted for. In tn
e first place we. are not workin,
e under populist times. 1t cos
o SIS more a month to hire a com
o petent clerk than it did whei
y pop times prevailed.
e Second. Under the Schnerir
e ger administration the count
o kept one clerk hired all the. tim
IT and two part of the time to assis
a the county treaserer on gettin
'e up the deliquent tax book:
y These men were paid by til
& county and not out of the exces
1t fees. All the, help of the ofic
in 1902 received their pay froi
l. the excess fees, which made
p less amount paid to the count,
d but saved the county payin
ID out that amount by warrants Z
ii it did previously.