Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-01-03
County Court Fixes
1915 Tax Lew
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of said supervisor. If the work oil
the supervisor is not worth the cost,
or can, in the main, be done by the
county school superintendent where
most needed, as the committee is led
to believe, then it is the committees
judgment that all school trustees of
the county should be urged to prompt
ly consider this matter, and see
whether saving may not be effected
in this department, as suggested, and
without detriment to the efficiency of
the public schools of Jackson county,
in the welfare of which every true
American citizen in the county is
deeply interested.
County Surveyor.
The committee understands that
the county surveyor has received
more than S. per day for county
work, which is the amount the COM
mittee understand is fixed by law;
and which is the amount paid by
citizen for the surveyors services.
With this understanding your COM
mittee urges that the county court be
requested to give attention in this
and other cases affecting salaries and
expenses, and that diligence be ex-
erted along the line of reasonable
and practical economy in the expend-
iture of county money, in every in
stance possible.
Water Master.
This committee may not sufficient
ly understand the work of the water
master. AS far as it is acquainted
with the same, there is comparatively
little to do, and only for a small part
Of the year. If this is the case the
items of $1,250 certainly seem ex-
,essive, and it is recommended the
county court again take this item
under consideration.
County Roads.
In the absence of any information
rom the county court the committee
has no satisfactory knowledge as to
he item of $4,000 for county roads.
The committee believe this item
should be itemized, in harmony with
he requirements of the mandamus
ssued about month ago by the Ore
yon supreme court upon the Tilla-
nook county commissioners, wherein |
hey were commanded by the writ as
ollows:
ITO prepare an estimate of the |
mount of money proposed to be
aised by taxation for the ensuing
ear in said Tillamook county under
he general heads for road purpose,
urveyor's office and district attor-
Iey's office; not only the aggregate
under said heads, but to
how and set out therein, under sep
rate heads, Cd the amount required
or the improvement, (2) or main
enance of each public highway, CD
ach road, (4) each street, (5) each
ridge, Co the number of supervis-
RS required CD the amount of the
llary of each (S) and the amount of
leir combined salaries, (9) the
mount necessary for repairs on ma
linery, and 90 the amount neces-
iry for supplies; ="
(See Oregon Voter" issue of De-
smber 4, 1915, pg. -174.)
Surely the Jackson county court
IL itemize this item of the budget
II the Taxpayers League, and your
urges the most careful
as to this item upon !
,unty roads.
Receipts.
1t appears that inadvertently there n
as omitted from the Receipts" tht @
pected fees for the sheriffs office, i
ling estimated at $500, and the in t
rest and penalties which will prob u
'ly be received on county delinquent = =
xes, being about s19, 900.
Thus, the sheriff's office has fur \
shed this committee, by request,
e penalties, interest and cost re-
ipts from January /, 1915, to De- =
mber Is, 1915, as follows:
n 1912 and prior years. So, ,164.S0
IF 1913 only .......... 6,7S6.95 u
II 1914 only .......... 9,9S9.94
e10Qdn 20 =