| Show PUBLIC HEARING ON 0 REQUEST roll POR additional BUDGET nU lIT all al sheriff criff Theoli ald makes request to for awit ional 00 eapen enst ln st annit nn nit the board of county commissioners will hold a public hearing on the request of sheriff theobald tor for an additional to be added to the 2000 expense fund of 0 the sheriffs office the notice of this request and the notice of hearing that appeared in the las tissue of the prepress Pre Pro press stated slated that interested people could appear before tile board on oil tuesday august the second all matters of the expenditure of 0 tax money should be ot of interest to tile the tax payers of 0 this county and this Is especially true in cases where additional budget appropriation Is sought tor for county offices expense money tile the budget law Is tile the guardian of public money it if properly adhered to and the provision in our budget system which provides for additional dit ional appropriations for the expenses of the various offices Is intended teli ded to make mahe provision tor for emergencies that cannot be forseen at the time of 0 making the various budgets it if necessity has required that the sheriffs office expend tile the 2000 expense money allowed that office tor for the lie year of 1927 and it can be shown that an additional is needed to properly carry on the duties of the sheriffs office then of 0 cou course arse tile the commissioners would be justified in granting the request now before them on oil the other hand of 0 the sheriffs office or any other public office has expended their appropriated expense money without regard tor for the limitation of their budget they should be required to continue without additional appropriation until the lie next yearly appropriation is made those familiar with the budget law and the essentials to its proper functioning all agree that additional budget appropriations are dangerous and should be resorted to only in the case of absolute necessity other otherwise vise a precedent is established that would rob the taxpayer of the safeguard the law has given him let us lie be slow in this county to establish precedents that cost the county more money as our taxes are already it high enough |
