The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-02
SEEK WAY TO
KEEP COUNTY'S
CREDIT ALIVE
Commissioners Discuss
Means of Meeting Old
Debts But Arrive No
where.

The board % county commission
ere. in its first meeting since the re-
turn OF Chairman A.. e. Simms thts
morning. again faced the Bat"man
act. when The question OF several OF
last years bills were brought up.
Many suggestions were offered as 10
methods OF keeping the county's cred
II alive by, In some means, meeting
Us past financial obligations.
Chairman Simms stated that the
only way In his opinion to do this.
would be FOR the county ~ spend less
than II takes In during ltss ana APP
ply the savings to back accounts
This. though. he admitted il to be
Illegal. he declared. would be The
honest thing for the cnun'S 10 DO.
and would save the county = credit.
Commissioner Max Gutierrez sug
Eestad thai the county sell the $4,000
which IL now has in Liberty bonds,
and use that money 60 meet last years
hillH This suggestion was not con
sidered. however, since % was POINT
ed out hat these bonds belong In
the sinking fund. and cannot legal
~ be used for any other purpo-e
Urges TaN COLLECTIONS.
Modesto ORTIZ, Ola Town attorney,
who was present at the meeting stat
ed that the best way would DE to
collect the unpaid taxes which had
become delinquent ON June /, 1921,
and this suggestion was well received.
A motion was passed requesting the
district attorney TO take steps to dn
this.
County Treasurer I'D Swope then
stu .ed that the collections on these
taxes had been ~ per cent and there
was only a small amount outstanding
on the taxes due on the 1920 roll. r.
a. Mabry. assistant district attorney
Informed the commission that the
district attorney a already attended
60 thef mntter ~ these d""unqueEt
taxes.
The prospects Tor finances during
l92e are better shan thcy were last
year. J Felipe Hubheil county as
SCISSOR. said. He placed the blame
for shortage last yea ON the fact
that several hundred thousand dollars.
worth OF properly IN the county had
heen assessed doubly. ana that ne
county had relied on getting that
money. This year, lie stated, no
property on the tax rolls has been
assessed dcubiy. sut the figures are
higher than last year.
County Physician.
CiiE Manager James Gaddinp, who
was present. asked that the county
commissioners come 90 some definite
understanding Of tho status Of the
county physician. lie stated that
since he county levy Cor health pur-
posss had done away with tho old
plan OF co-cperation hetwecp the city
and county w hiring 81 physician the
city would not keep a physician
gfoweVsr. reports have come - the
cliy commissioners. he said. that the
health officers were refusing to han
die city charity cases. The county
commissioners took ne action lfaN-
ing the matter TO he adjusted be-
tween the physician and the city.
The contract boween ,he county
and the Rockefeller Foundation for
the maintenance of q county health
department was brought up Tor ign
inE. Il was laid aside TO De taken
up later, however in order 20 give
the commissioner time 10 study the
contract. which calls for the county
20 appropriate about Si0.G0O Tor the
expenses Of the department while
the Foundation gives $50 and pays
the salary N the director % the de-
partment.