The Grenada sentinel., 1922-05-05
SUPERVISORS ASKED
FOR STATEMENT
Many of Largest Tax Payers Sign
Petition. Board Responds But
Order Does Not Appear as Broad
as Tax Payers Ask. Supervisors
Have Many Trying Difficulties. In
teliigent Cooperation Sought by
Board.

Sentinel readers no doubt recall
that there has been something il
these columns a time or two within
the past few months, as well as com
munications from sundry citizen!
along the same line, expressing the
idea that it would serve a wholesome
end for the Board of Supervisors OF
the County to give general state
ment of the County's finances, anC
especially of the road funds of the
County since the receipt of the funds
from the 100000, 900 bond sale.
While it may be true that one who
has followed the proceedings of the
Supervisors in detail and kept tab on
matters, could perhaps get very large
ly what has been expended for diff
ferent purposes out of road and
bridge funds and what debts, if any,
that have been contracted and re-
main unpaid during the time above
referred to, but unquestionably the
average citizen is wholly in the dark,
and only very few have anything
but sort Of hazy idea of the hand
ling Of this money. This paper feels
sure that no one has wanted to em-
barlass the Board or hinder it in
any way towards the accomplishment
Of any laudable end along the lines
projected at the time the bond issue
election was on. Every good citizen
is concerned in the Boards doing the
best it can, and no thinking man can
be unmindful of the difficulties and
the problems that confront the Super
visors. They have anything but ar
easy road. All this being true, il
is the judgment of The Sentinel that.
IN view of the anxiety about public
expenditures and high taxes through
out the land, it will smooth the path
way of the Board for that body TO
give a statement of the County's fl
nances as already indicated. Indeed
under the circumstances, it is due
the public and those asking for E
nancial statement. are. -cleaflv.- wi+hi.4
their rights. The Sentinel feels that
it should congratulate the Board that
It has passed an order for the pre-
paration and the publication of a f.
nancial statement. The immediate
action of the Supervisors, it is under
stood, was in reIoonse to the follow
ing petition which was filed with them
at the May meeting:
Grenada, Miss, April 20, 1922.
ITO The Honorable Board of Super.
visors of Grenada County, Missis-
sippi:
eve, the undersigned citizens and
tax payers of Grenada County re.
sPectfully petition your Honorable
body to have your Clerk and County
Auditor make and publish a complete |
and detailed statement of all road |
and bridge funds, including the |
$500, 900 derived from the bond sale
and that such audit or statement be-
gin with the Three Hundred Thous-
and Dollar Bond Issue. The state
ment or audit to show all tax moneys
and transfers or payments of funds
rom hte State or Federal Government
through the State Highway Depart
ment.
eve want to know what each road
project has cost per mile and as a /
whole; and what has been paid for
bridges on each project. In short we
want to know what the jefferson
Davis Highway has cost the County;
what the eight miles towards Pea
Ridge has cost and of course how
much is yet on hand.
"If for any reason your Clerk and
county Auditor cannot give this de-
allied statement or audit, then we
most respectfully urge that you en-
10y at once some one to make a
complete audit of the records of the
Board of Supervisors and the County
auditors books from the time the
Auditor up to now. Respectfully"
The Sentinel understands that the
etition above bore, among others, the
ames of such tax payers as that of '
!. H. Brown, j. T. Thomas, S. S. and Z
f. A. Roane, B. c. Adams, j. c. Perry, I
J. Pressgrove, H. j. Ray, l. o. Pear
on, A. w. Stokes, R. H. Stokes, Jas. {
,uff, /Sr., B. c. Duncan and A. j. Nc {
'aslin, some Of the largest property '
olders in the County. "
The order for the preparation and I
of the financial state j
lent as passed by the Board of Sup I
rvisors read as follows:
"Ordered by the Board that the
Jerk be and is hereby instructed to
lake and publish a statement of the
Expenditures for hard-surfaced roads
ut of 100000 Bond Issue as soon {
$ the Project known as the jefferson t
avis Highway has been completed
nd amount due County from United '
tates Government has been determ- {
led. Said report to be made from j
ecords on file in Chancery Clerks j
flee and to show balances at that \
me-"
On its face it appears the order 9
ould not quite meet the wishes of
lose signing the petition asking for n
le statement, but The Sentinel takes e
for granted that the order was pre- t
ared hurriedly and that its phrase 8
ogy was intended to meet the wish Z
! of the petitioners. I
There are some who have got the t
npression, too, that it is very indef- t
tie as to when the statement will q
: prepared because it may be quite a
while before the Jefferson Davis '
ighway is completed. Let it be