The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-08
Expert; Report County Books
Correctly Kept.
ClTrS REQUEST IS DENIED
Experts Report Shows Financial Condi-
tion Of County to Be in Most Excel
lent Condition-City Receives More
Than Her Share Of Road Money.

Al today's session Of the county court
the county treasurer was ordered to
issue his receipt In full 10 the sheriff
for the amount OF tax received from the
timber land syndicate, the clerk also
being ordered to credit the treasurer
with the sum Of s7,l3l.39 on the same
account thereby balancing the books
and closing the account.
The report Of Messrs. Clark and Bu-
chanan, who have been exporting the
county books, was submitted and or
dcrcd filed.
The report finds that the book. OF
the yariou. departments are correctly
kept and in addition shows that on July
| of the present year the financial con.
dition Of the county, n was also shown
by the clerks and treasurer reports
issued at that time, was the best that
IL has ever been. The total amount
Of the outstanding warrants, which j.
the cOunty'- Indebtedness, including
those drawn ON the general fund, court.
house fund and Lewis and Clark bridge
fund was SOP ,Os5s6, but TO offset this
there was Sl72324l in the hands of
the treasurer, leaving net indebted.
meas of S4l,s525j. A detailed state
mcnt attached TO the report shows that
there has been expended in the con-truc'
tion OF the new courthous SI3,3sI A.
thus. aside from what has been spent
toward the erection OF new public
building and which may he rightfully
termed a. an asset, the county's net in.
debtedncss is but Sl,46j.lI. In consid.
crng this show, there i still one years
tax to collect on the special levy for
the Lewis and Clark bridge and there
j. also outstanding in taxes on the 1904
roll the sum OF sl5,34s90, and fully 50
per cent of this, or S7,674i5, is due
the county, while the balance is due the
city and the road and school district
alnd,. The county also has on hand
tools and road.making machinery, the
actual value of which is not less than
5000.
Had this amount been taken and
added to the assets, "a was done in
many former years, the statement would
show that aside from the amount tied
up in the construction Of the court.
house. the county would bc out OF debt
and have $l2,2O93i to it, credit.
Another matter which received the at
tention OF the court was communca.
tion from the city council, presented
through the auditor requesting the
county to turn over to the city all
moneys collected in the city in the form
of poll tax by the read supervisor
The court, after having been advised
rs to the matter and upon due consid
Grafton, ordered the clerk to notify the
city that the money collected in the city
limits for the year OF 1904 amounted
to Sl,l4s, and up to the present time
for 1905 the sum OF Sl,ls6 had been
credited to the supervisor. and that
the combined amounts with $4,000 ad.
ditional had been expended for road
work within the city limits, and such
being the case, the request of the city
was denied by the court.
In the mater Of the application of W.
NJ. Lee for the position of bridge tender
il was directed that he be informed
that there was no such position vacant
and i'm case there should he there were