El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-09
COUNTY HAS MONEY
THAT CANNOT
Be SPENT
Money Never Claimed For
Years by'Persons Who
Earned 1t.

No less than $4,000 that belongs to
people who have rendered service 10 the
county of FL PasO IS unclaimed in the
treasury. Scrip has been issued against
this sum, but it has been dost. destroyed,
forgotten, or for some other reason
has never been presented TO the county
for payment What is more. this $4,000
will continue to remain among the
funds of the county. for there is no le-
gal way by which use can De made or
IT. 1t has been accommodating from year
to year, and judging from past expe-
rience. will so continue to accumu-
late.
The matter was discussed at the Mon
day afternoon session of the county
commissioners At the afternoon ses-
sion the commissioners also fixed the
tax rate at ~ cents on the 500, a re-
duction Of two and two-third cents
from the old rate. which was IA 2-S-
Weekly warrants were ordered drawn
to pay for the painting which is being
done at the court mousse
Meat Inspection at Smelter.
The city meat inspector was author
ICED to inspect meat for the county, at
Towne, in the smelter district, and TO
collect fees for Ghe same Complaints
which reached the commissioners con-
corning the meat that has been placed
on sale at Towne caused them to or
der inspection.
~ Special school Taxes.
The returns of the special election in
school district No. 1s were canvassed.
and a special levy of five cents on the
hundred dollars ordered.
Special school taxes were reported as
follows:
Van Horn
School maintenance tax........ 10
School house bonds. $4,000, series
No 1. -Vz
School house bonds, $4,000. series
No. 2. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -oz
Clint
School maintenance tax.-...... 20
School house bond tax. II
Sierra Blanca
School maintenance tax ---...--.> 10
Kent
School maintenance tax. .... -05
Concordia-
School house bond tax. .----..-.-. 20
The county clerk was authorized to
issue a warrant for $40 TO pay the in
terest on the court house addition
bonds.
County judge Eylar was authorized TO
spend $3.50 for decorating the court
house during the convention of the
sheriffs. now being held in the city.
County Health Report.
The report of county physician
Hugh White and his assistants for the
month of July showed patients entered
hospital department of county poor
farm. %; patients left hospital depart
ment of county poor farm. 80; average
number for full month, 20: seen in the
clinic, sos; visits by patients in the
clinic, 772: visits in the city not kept:
surgical operations. y; obstetrical
AoT
Cash on Hand.
The county treasurer's report show
ed the following balances on hand:
Jury fund. ...-........S 2O,S47-4O
Road and bridge fund. $1,000. 54.766.55
Road improvement and main
tenance. ........ 65.1s5.7O
General fund. .. 33.755.91
Court house and Jail fund. SCOTS
Court house addition fund 2.456.4S
Jail improvement fund. 1000
Jail addition fund - 1858
Funded indebtedness 499.77
Ysleta fund. - 1908
Division of Taxes
The tax levy is made up as follows:
General fund, Is cents; road and
bridge, 10: road and bridge mainten-
ance, 21s: court house and jail bonds. 1;
refunding bonds, 1-3: Jail addition
bonds $40: jail Improvement. /; road
Improvement. 8; court house addition
bonds. / 2-10; jury fund, ,; state,
20 2-3.
The road engineer was instructed to
report on the cost of macadam road
from San Elizario to Clint
County Road Work.
County road engineer H. Num- made a
report as follows:
Six and one-half miles of the Antho-
ny -Courchesne road has been COM
pleted All but four miles of the
grading has been completed and this
is under way. The contractors have de-