| Show q to tors State 1 being the tho amount distributed rs city city and county schools ant antI nd I OD ea account ot of tax tOX isle BaIt I quIt claIm deeds issued for second gear 1 r 1 h ter tor foi and disbursements Dx second ond quarter ms for tor nd The net t saving In salaries 8 I t quarter 19 over oer same period tto n clerk 7 Auditor 6 N TI Treasurer 2471 In om ogles t and nd disburse F 8 and dl mont t or Q Qi L above amount 1164 redemptions account ot of tAX axle It i ment all on and nud deeds IlS as In quarters net nel In for tor thins the b r same I ot 1893 1699 Attorney Attorn 1 and Clerk K AUditor 35 r office cubs f e GO 6 Increase In iC Increase In treasurers i ApproximatelY the expenditures and o for tor forI for the nat last quarter I eta oto willbe will 4 and salaries 6 general exp ox eos be k About the the game me as th the first quarter Improvements mode made The principal have han been n those thole on county count roods roads par particularly the Sugar HoU house Road Hood t Dugway Duga and the erection ot of yr the new ne bridge on the tho Sugar louse House told Hoad roads throughout the county count possible Ible have been repaired by bythe eo 80 tAr far as II pass k t i the board ot of county fi t whose whole wIshes In this connection have hae Wen been to give BIe each roal road dIstrict as much L improvement on the roads os as the tho final finau cn ces of at the county would permit 2 t The T he Sugar su r House Hoad Is a source qi much benefit b to the county At large lare ot of tj and nd especially to the beet growers the t he vicinity through which it Il Posses passes During Durin 1699 1699 the expenditure on achas ac account count of of old for tor poor has hns been 1 large lorg although the demands on th been somewhat less lessI during which period I than those of UI wo n u WitS was no n necessarilY ex I than those of UI wo n u WitS was no n necessarilY ex expended of oC the sum s on account or of relief of poor and ands fit hospital the expenditure and disburse disbursements disburses disburser s t r ments m emo during 11 up to DeC ht fat being s e Vii for Cor poor 89 and The to L till tall amount expended and andi disbursed tor i the year ear will In all probability riot not ex In addition to the amount al 01 already ready expended leaving n a In fag fa favor vor ot of the county for tor 1699 1599 of something over 1000 The The Poor l Farm also figures figure largely lu ely elyIn ii c In the tho expenditure and aud disbursements The cos cost ot of maintenance le 18 for forthe forthe a the year ear 1899 1896 whIch amount Includes n maintenance salary ot of superintendent r y z and aud all II contingent expenses For Jor 1899 the costs will be a about bou t 00 less than that of 1898 1698 COUNTY TREASURERS EnS OFFICE Probably the most Important once In s the tho plan ot of county count government Is 11 that of treasurer The Tho tact fact that thal It is 19 the t source ot of supply of the necessary funds i t with which the wheels ot of government t i are lubricated makes It so The real fp Ir Importance however lies Iles In the or nr and complexity of the duo dug duga a Lit ties ot of the office ns as prescribed by Ia law lawr r Prior to 1897 1891 the duties ot of county t treasurers consisted ot of acting os as cus m toiled usually by proxy Ut In the shaW of ofa oft t 5 a local bank ot of the tho county funds rund and J r wr of ct acting us as the aGent ot of the county In Inthe the redemption or of property sold for tor fort taxes Since that time the duties have hare t a 1 been multiplied until the treasurers office Is II the year round the scene of 1 wIde awake accurate activity For Por the treasurer the year proper il r beel begins in I early carly summer when the first firsth h tax notices ore are sent out Then follows a JUlY busy perIod preparing for tor the Ihl work which follows later In the E season lIon hard l IY the second tax notices mailed k t before taxes Are due and then comes I I what the of the limo tho limor r rush The law lIa says that thal taxes are aro delinquent 1 Nov 16 15 ot of each year yar and this Is legally so 50 the treasurer t e r u frequently finds It to ox ex extend tend lend the lime taxpaying sea season eon a few dala dalar s r while the law supposes he Is writing up the list ot of delinquent taxpayers ers On Ont t the third Monday In December the sale salet of t property for tor unpaid taxes begins i r nil all property Is Ie sold lold before the first ofa ot of a the year For the past few years the J p male amount of tuxes taxes assessed In We Weber WeY Y bar ber county Is Ot Of this amount l ft 80 goes to t tr o the State Stale for State Stute and r State Slat school ol I purposes Is Og Ogden 0 G t den tax goes gou to Ogden city ti 1 e schools to Weber county while 4 37 Is the county count school tax and a 1 school tax levied by the various arous school t districts for tor current expenses In ther the r rt s and of at this large d f f r Hum aum of money the present pre nt treasurer Mr Alma D Chambers lies hns reduced thea the a system t to such n science that every cent la accounted for This I statement carries with It no Idea Ideo or of orthe r the Immense amount ot of work and skill y necessary to the attainment of such Euch I I and end When It Is understood that 1 q hundreds or of pieces of property are os as ast t N i I d In the tho name of Ogden city and andi t Weber county through the issuance ot of i I tax deeds because ause of unpaid taxes j when the amount ot of taX sales each year 1 reaches Into the thousands When the tho t 1 R S amount ot of t taxes on property pro rt under lax f t t ealo In for p tier VP 1 eura III reaches Into the tho I f a i t l k y thousands h us when the h list of r e erroneous t 1 Jr und and double ns embraces every I l i m Ja 4 school district I In te tl county aunt when the 1 1 ht k It changes by th t countY commissioners i J l mar nearly toC other page of the tax I f s rolls the nera average e citizen under 1 i r r t lat these things mean to nn an ana I a m t bf f he be can form an opinion of If the tho 0 I 1 l and Important duties devolving r o J i upon pon the treasurer In 1699 the taxes i 1 f r assessed were In round number c f t 1 Of this amount per percent 0 cent was collected ted The balance is III rep represented resented In tues taxes added to former tax J ti sales and what Is 19 known all as J I i r f r able oble This term Is represented on 01 the ther they 1 y tax rolls 1011 b by assessed to non r s y q residents and personal property as ag 1 lif d or of orI I li which hl h a railroad town like Ogden Is bound to have hoo Its full tun share To Treas tol 1 1 t I tr Chambers credit be It said time tho j f amount ot of tux tax for tor 18 1898 S So SJ o J was WIlS on only of one per cent ot of the a F 0 w tt entire Ie levy I ti If 1 n TIle The counte b books ks or accounts account kept 0 C by b Treasurer Chamers I Il w l I I of bookkeepIng In not tau taught hl In InI I r fil business c colleges for for the the reason reason that I 1 f the complications that arise from a 4 I I t tj system of government t that l keeps Its j t 0 t none yin In fitl fifteen n funds and pays ex exi i II r l by b warrants arrants some Orne payable and I Si J I t 1 tome acme Interest bearing have rICer never BUg sug BUgI I I ft I rested le themselves to 10 the popular cu AU cut t w t i thor fit of text books on bookkeeping The j j i t h University graduate who goes coes into Inlo the tho f treasurers at Ogden n learns some t I thing about bookkeeping ho never neer i a 0 dreamed of at This le Is because the treas SS a if t t titer la is the custodian u o ot ot t all mone moneys belonging be beli t li longing to th the county to hum him are paid I rO t all fees collected 1 b by the various other 1 j t county Ill he keeps belt current tax r f with lIh the th city lIy State county i Ol i r schools etc and set les with Ith each ach i it t J i HI e must mu t account for all the re reI rev I h i claimed h by time partie Interested i iJ t J 3 or his hiD bond of Is Ie In danger lie liel lieI l t I 1 must mUrt kee his tax sale Enle records ISO that n l tr In th the ro no succeeding g official can an J 1 if r iJ t 3 And nn as an error or of a rent cent lie He keeps then the Ji n t i of to who whom m prop n W w It t ll h iii t arty erly ta Is sold lold for tor delinquent taxes and andt t Ii i there mUtt must bl be eo mistake Ills JIls D L 1 f lion records rr rrt mgt t tall tally with the 1 t t t of sale a by br the auditor These r f q f it 0 ire some 8 tM of o i the ot of the flue tr treasurer surer t t jJ i gIp r In the tho matter mitter of redemptions of at prop o tI i etty Chambers was the th first rW tt I 11 4 In the State to make the roper proper rr r a 1 r of tM the moneys mones so received J t fth i y f E o tb a to 10 ace Ite that the State the city t Q ft the tl le nn and the county each re reo t J t aol J the pro proper tr credit and the proper 1 I 1 I t J I 0 Ill lea of Interest and Mr 1 t pi I I p J 0 t f t i 1 5 JI tp D X ir I Iq Ij 1 q j Chambers had hod In his system one year rear before a decIsIon by the ot at whIch advocated the Weber treasurers method and which ts is now no the tho rule rulo throughout the Slate The ambiguity ot of the law made the proper distribution of these moneys very ery difficult 7 PhI he lR of nt the treasurers once office w u for tor the past year year Is approximately rep represented represented resented by the following figures Amount ot of collected d Amount ot of r redemptions Amount of fees received Amount ot of miscellaneous rev revenue revenue ASSESSORS OFFICE The following work has been done In Inthe Inthe the assessors during th the year 1899 have drAwn a new nc scale map ot of bg b den city and placed thereon Q a grad graduating scale of prices price Per foot frontage front frontage age and acre as well as the grade ot of farming and ond grazing lands ther therein n and value aue p per r a or The whole amounting In value to new scale ecale ot of assessment for Cor each school In tile the county according ac accordIng cordIng to location n climatic conditions facilities for marketing depth of soil to hardpan water supplY otc etc Written a complete new set ot of blot blotters era and figured the frontage area and acreage ncr of t every pIece of property In Weber county count about In aU all on an entirely now basis Graded all farming and grazing lands ands In the county acres neres and com computed computed their valuation according to the county ecale In respect to the following grades and specifications No 1 best land In each school chool distrIct with plenty ot of water and Ind In the highest st state of cultivation Garden land IMd No 2 cultivated landin land landIn In each district No 3 poorest cultivated land In each school district No 3 good food bearing condl lion No 2 to bearIng No 3 the trees become an encumbrance to the ground Nol No 1 water ater to Insure three crops each season I n 0 No 2 will Insure two crops each season No 3 only one crop Is harvested In a 4 season No 10 1 Pastur land that It not pastured d would produce n a crop of wild hayNo hay hayNo No 2 meadow willow an and t 1 No 3 be used for tor anything but Waste Land pasture Mountain land river riverbed riverbed bed gravel grael bars bara alkali and salt bar barrens rens land that does not produce pro duce duco STan Th The whole amounting to Written the tax rolls of Weber county containing 1010 paged pAge and afterwards It at the tho suggestion Bu of the county count and Judge Inserted the description by metes and bounds bound ot of each piece or of real ell tate In the county count necessitating about one more la labor lag bar bor ip wrIting uP t the e rolls roll t than an has at been required heretofore and aM when wilen taking Into consideration the fact that It was necessary to use the compass compau and protractor to determine the courses cour s and dimensions ot of man many pieces It doubled the work on the tu tax rolls the residents ot of the county and appraised personal person property to the amount of oC Canvassed the county and In duplicate the military list ot of Weber county containing names Spent tiro weeks eks In the East Moun taht ranges looking up transIent sheep fh p grazing In this county numbering OSO head hend Attended the ot of the boar of equalization InvestiGated and reported on 5 complaints Visited Salt Lake Davis and counties and made ma e comparisons ot of os as on acreage Improvements and personal persona I properly Looked pp lP land Innet matters for tor hundreds ot of pew personal nn attended to the and nil all other business required by law of the assessor Ites Hes JOAN JOliN W SV GIDSON TilE SHERIFFS S OFFICE The once office of county sheriff is one ot of great importance to the th publics web wel welfare fare and a 11 man suitable to flit the position Is not easily found but when the citizens ot of Weber county elected Mr C E Lane Layne to the tho position ot of sheriff they put the right man In the tho right place Mr Il Layno no before Jerore being elected to the tho position be h now holds was one ot of our best beRt city policemen and could always bo be relied upon lIe Ito sa says s she he Is determined with the Did aid ot of his deputies Joseph Bailey Dalley Samuel Cave antI and V E hatch II Ich to make II a first Int class cines record for time the office ns as long as the my may keep him there The following report will show the good goodr r record cord that Sheriff Layne Larne and his deputies deputies ties have made mado during theIr tint first year of office During 1 1829 they have made eighty three arrests arrest out or of these sixty have hao been convicted Following le II Q a list of the arrests made have been arrested far tor burglary burglar 3 have hao been arrested arr for tor va vagrancy a grancy 3 have havo been arrested for tor grand 3 have been beeD arrested for tor petty larceny 7 have bove been arrested for house housebreaking breaking 3 have been arrested for mur murder murder der G 0 have hao been arrested for tor battery 3 have been arrested for tor assault with 1 a deadly n l 1 hns been arrested for tor selling liquor without n a license S Ii have bavo boon been arrested for tor obtaining money un under under der false pretense 2 have boo been arrested for tor obtaining goods under false pretense pre tense tonIe 1 has been arrested for tor rape 2 have been arrested for cruelty to mals 10 have hlo been orr arrested sted for tor In insanity sanity 3 have hae been arrested on war warrants rants to appear as witnesses 1 has been arrested for tor disturbing the peace Total 83 3 AA T The sheriffs office has hils had reported to It worth ot of goods stolen during 1699 3 and to theIr great credit they have recovered till all the goods but G worth During 1899 1599 Mr Layne has collected for tor Weber county In tees fees and has turned the same over to the county clerk The sheriffs department has been cut down from five fIe deputies to three which Is also n a great saving to the taxpayers nevertheless the cuttIng down of the number of deputies has not nOl b by any meant lessened the tho amount or of business transacted In the sheriffs ot of lice fice during time year compared with tanner former years ears The prIsoners nil all speak very ery kindly ot of Mr Laynes treatment to them while In his custody and this with the tho economy econom the high per cent ot of goods recovered and excellent manner In every wa way In which Mr Layne Ione has conducted his hll ounce office speaks very cr laud laudably laudably ably for tor the tho sheriffs department |
