The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-19
COUNTY DIVISION AGAIN.

Since our last issue certain facts have come to light
which bear quite directly upon the question of county
division.
The close of the year 1908 Immediately after the first
half of the taxes has been collected finds the treasury
practically bare of funds for the maintenance of the
county On January l, 1908, there was in the county
treasury to the credit of the general county, contingent
INDECENT current expense and jury funds the of $780,
24440 These five the funds from which the money
is drawn for all the general purposes of county govern
ment and support. All funds to meet interest and to
maintain the Schools pleased to say, good
condition and involved in this discussion, that the
outside credit of the county for financial integrity and for
enlightened attitude towards education not affected
County officers jurors and witnesses those who labor or
furnish supplies to the county poor those who feed the
prisoners and officers and those who minister to the sick
and the afflicted will be hidden to suck their thumbs at
the outer gate when they present their claims against the
county.
On the tenth day of this month after the first half of
the taxes in and disbursed there remaining to
the credit of the five funds above numered the of
only 81 1926 49, which that now, when the
ment roll of the county shows than ten times
much taxable property it did twenty years ago. and
when the actual tax property is far greater than
then we have returned to a condition of financial dis
honor
Whose acts what baneful advice contributed to this
everlasting disgrace it is not purpose to discuss in
this article. 1t subject upon which have gathered
no sufficient data We only present for consideration
the shameful awful fact LINCOLN COUNTY is ON THE HOG
levy which will raise funds sufficient the county
until December 1910 be made by the incoming board of
county commissioners Not until that date will the first half
the taxes levied for 1910 become available order to bring this
county back soency December 1910 and qudate all
ing Indebtedness, what must the levy be?
The 1907 levy for the five funds above mentioned was as
follows general county fund % contingent fund cents
INDECENT fund 10 expense fund.- 10 and jury
fund.- Is total 70 The 1908 levy follows:
General county fund.- II contingent fund cents INDECENT
fund IA expense fund CENTS fund
total, 81 cents.
There collected these eves during 1908 be-
ing for the last half of the first levy and the first half of the
ond OOO disregard the delinquent each
year. approximately balancing each other Adding the
collected for these funds in 1908 the 600 hand in the
several funds January 1s 1905 less S425 8 gives
The county expense for December will probably
exceed the income fees by enough absorb the $42
Hence shall the year 1909 practically without dollar
in these funds and possibly than that
Assuming that there be raised for the maintenance of
the county already expended in which
SEEM foots up 0 and assuming that for the
eleven months 1910 the viii be 112hs of OO
have total of $11303 to be raised between
uary 1909 and December 1910 Of this the
half of the 1908 levy will furnish about $4,000 leaving SOB
to be raised by the 1909 tax levy
Assuming that the roll will show total
sessed valuation of S42 3d. the this year.
be fixed of about 81 IL for the total of the five items
discussion AS the total for 1908 of these five funds
81 cents follows that S42 less S051 S9 be the
by which the total levy should exceed the levy
following rates Panaca $751; Poche $751; Damar S 81 Cal