$2,802…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

in the Silver City National Bank to the credit of H. H. Whitehill, collector; $2,096.76 depo*sited with Lindauer, Wormser & Co., at Deming, and county warrants in safe $1900 and what are counted as cash items — some of which we re- gard as of questionable value — amounting to $2,802.78; making a grand total of $15,933.37, leaving a balance unaccounted for of $1,224.14. The sheriff claims that the running expenses of the office paid the fees for court services, will more than offset the balance. We find that Sheriff Whitehill has not been vigilant in the collection of licenses, and that large numbers are carried until the parties go out of business or leave the country, and the then uncollected licenses are rebated, the county and the territory then being the losers. We also find among the uncollected licenses the fol- lowing : Faustino Olguin, San Lorenzo, from May 1, 1889, to October 31, 1890. A. J. Spaulding, Pinos Altos, from October 1, 1889, to October 31, 1890. Sam Eckstein, Silver City, May 1, 1889, to October 31, 1890. H. E. Muse, Silver City (out of business) Feb. 1, 1889, to Jan. 31, 1890. C. F. Flint, Silver City (out of business), Aug. 1, 1889, to October 31, 1890. Harry Fowler, Silver City (out of business) May 1, 1889, to November 30, 1890. No good reason was given to the com- mittee why collection of these licenses was not enforced.