Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-10-14

I'm reality the taxes raised in the
1918 assessment was for the pur>
pose of paying 1918 Expense etc.
II want the reader to bear that
statement in mind.
| We now go back to the beginning
Back in 1917 on July End when
Payette County was organized there
was no money in the Treasury, etc
they started buying supplies and pay.
ing salaries and expenses with War
rants. In the meantime the Tax Roll
of Payette County was sent down
from Caldwell. In September 1917
the Board of County Commissioners
met as per Statute requirement,
and made the levies. Among them
was a levy of so cents for Current
Expense.
In January when the First Half
of the taxes were due all County
Warrants were paid and the Coun,
ty started on the next years bust
ness with balance etc.
Do you notice that during all
this story there is no mention made
of Bond issue for 100000 and
what was done with it. l do not
, blame the former Administration for
not mentioning this Bond Issue. At
the time considerable was said about
/ it and if you remember it reflected
no credit to the Officials handling it.
What was done with this Bond Issue
1 will tell you.
There is on file in my office Re.
port on Bond Issue of Payette Coun-
, ty, this Report of the condition of
Payette County issued January II,
| 1918. This is after the County had
been in existence six months.
1t recites among other things that
Payette County owes Canyon Coun-
/ ty forty odd thousand dollars. There
are outstanding warrants for approx
mately $4,000 total indebted.
ness of $75,OOO.OO. The Board OF
County Commissioners issued Bonds
to take up these claims; Bonds were
sold and the claims, l suppose, were
paid Now this $4,000 of Warrants
were for the purpose of organizing
Payette County and running it Tor
the first six months. Now the levy
made in September 1917 was for
the purpose of raising funds to pay
running expenses for year 1918.
You understand the 1917 expenses
amounting to the sum of $32, 900
were paid by Bond issue. But the so
cent levy on $5,156,55 did not raise
enough money to pay. the expenses
of 1913 so they used practically one
half of the 40 cent levy made Sept
ember 1918 or 20 cents more to
run the County. They used. 70 cents
in defraying the expenses of run
ming Payette County in 1918. Or if
you prefer they levied 80 cents and
run Payette County one year and
left surplus of $4,000 or $4,000
out of which the incoming admins
tration was to run the County for
the year 1919 and still they claim
there was no deficit, in fact we
were year ahead.
He rambles along in his extrava-
CANT statement, and says the assess,
ment was raised 10 per cent 1t was
raised per cent and concludes the
article by saying the present Coun-
ty Administration paid the sum Nof
$3.50, 5S2.14 out of all County funds
or approximately $4,000 for every
voter in Payette County. How alb.
surdi Will all the voters who paid
$4,000 please hold up their hands?
If every voter in Payette County
paid $4,000 it would raise $4,000.
10000.
Now 1 think have answered all |
of the matters charged in the Ban
ner and for the purpose of com,
parison and information of the voters
and tax payers 1 will append some
of the facts contained in my annual
report.
The first will be the Current Ex-
pense Fund Balance sheet, January
10, 1920: