Amador ledger., 1910-09-23
TAXPAYERS TAKE NOTICE,

revolutionary character the proceedings before the board
of supervisors this weeks We deem
only the official minutes, but also the heated discussion
rather wrang which emvened the meeting participated
in by members of the board the district attorney and sheriff
and collector We take pleasure in paradng such
disgusting talk the columns of the Ledger and do
for the sole purpose of enghtenng the public concerning
the drift events and highanded and abusive tactics
esoed by these sweledup of the people when
any has the courage protest against their illegal
ton in trying to build system OF discrimination and
avosm in the collection of Nothing approaching
enacted last Monday before the supervisors
its abandonment of dignity and decorum becoming the
deliberations quaslegative body and the open defiance
involving the sacrifice of public interests, has
been witnessed in the history of Amador county
few months back the supervisors squared up
of about $1,000 of socaed expert going
the books of county officials for period of four years
1t was supposed fall within his province unearth dis
cepances in the collection of such that herein
treated upon His report shows that he looking for
big game of that kind The Ledger has for time
INDUCED suspicion that there something aiss in the
license business based upon braggadoco
made the street, and took the trouble interview
the records subject At the first rattle of box
was brought face face with the fact that John Ratio who
only aspres but has actually enjoyed monopoly of
the moving picture business Amador county for the
two years had contributed the prncely so toward
the support of the county government during entire
period This would pay for three performances. The bal
ance the time covered by free permits granted by the
supervisors for about year he had conducted his
side shows without either free permit the payment of
license The due the county treasury from him
figured $500 Including the periods embraced by
the free permits (which do hesitate say grant
ed without authority of law the lost to Amador county
from the moving picture alone will aggregate the
ueighborhood of $1,000.
The publication of the details in article last week
ated sensation in ocadom The facts therein stated
not dspued--hey admitted be substantially correct
The board supervisors last Monday fix the levy
for year. and the opportunity seized wgge
of this license dilemma by the expostfacto route if
sbe That all concerned excited beyond and
in mood deliberately upon such Propositions is
evidenced by what said and what done Suffice
saw the board far able wiped the back indeb
edness of Ratio and gave him free ticket for the future
1t needless say that in doing the board Transcribed
its authority Ratio liable to-day for back dues and
future licenses he before the board met Such issues
are not be decided by supervisors arrogang to themselves
powers that con6ded to courts and ures 1t is mon
srous proposition that local ordinances be made the
strumens of discrimination and persecution, in building
man up in business and tearing another down. Con-
stutiona rights of sovereign citizens to be ramped
pon in that fashion Those concerned hugging deu-
sion if they imagine people of Amador county will amey
submit to such infamous abuse of authority If their action
in this stand the supervisors the club
furnished by the license ordinance to boost crush men IN
other lines of business for any rumpedup for nc
reason at ALL Indeed this phase of the question has already
DEVELOPED At the stormy session this week application
was made bv the tax collector mark you for the remission
of delinquent liquor license and complimentary ticket to
cover the future Il is in order for every license payer
outside of Jackson march up the supervisors bargain
counter and apply for free pass through the taxcoecors
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