Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-02-27
REPORT OF SPECIAL AUDITORS.


REPORT OF SPECIAL AUDITORS.
To the Honorable Alexander Jordan and his Ass.oiac
Judges Of the Court Of Common feas in and ios the
fThe undersigned appointed auditors, . o7en eauiit,
settle, and adjust the accounts OF J. NJ Simpson, Jacob
Young and rancs Dacher late TsaE-ers aid Ci George
Bright the present Treasurer OF said County, ard ufcer
tain if any, uud wha, mistakes have been made in the set
tlement OF said Trcasurers accona with the county OF
Northumberland, and also with the CsnnI0nweal,h of
Pcnsy yvau from the date o. the Report by the late
cal dors appointed under and by virtue Uf an OF
Assembly, OF Ali Of May, A. D. 1852, respectfully report
That pursunnt TO their appointment; they met in the 6o-
rough Ci SQn6urv, oil the 10th day OF November, ~
1857, and having been first daily and uirmed and
having subscribed the oath dken proceeded to perform
the duties Of ssid appointment, and continued in session
from day to day until the stu day of December next esu
ing inclusive und then adj-uued to meet Monday the
4th day Of January then next ensuing Tlist the said
IrsasurcT appeared before sail auditors during their sst
Tie report Of the late specia auditors states that though
the of IS $40 70 Of Slate Tax RLai and Pctsono
remained outstanding ca tle LIST OF january, 1852 when
Young 3ecane Treasurer yet that the whole Of that
was not payable to the Commonwealth because during the
term OF Cuck, Treasurer large Of County money
had besn used in paying raid STATE Tax advance Of its
collection, and during the ieimo Of Simpson and Young
man, TreaBurers the County Commissioners had bcrroI
ed from tho Bank of Northumberland considerable a.
mount which used for the purpose. The Com
monYeath having then received in ntyance OF its clec
ton part Of the tax !cvio real and pcrsona was not
entitled to the whole Of tie outstanding lax amuuntnn
fas rcporteL) is Of January lSS2 10 $3.50 7s Tbss
amount the Commonwealth was entitled to receive from
these outstanding taxes or balances the hands Of the
TeGsuer sutiTct, owevef 10 dsdu-,ions for e1onerG
ors percentages TO csecO exhibited in the accounts
stated BY SAID special uud;os, for the years s and 40
and sc and 81 And all the State real and rer
snnal fer previous years had been fully settled during the
Of Simpson and Younsruan, the balances Of these
accounts represent the hu!c amount the Commonwealth
YVES entitled to receive The balance tor the year. 4s
and 40 ring g 4C2 AZ and fU the yeurs 80 and 81 the
Of 81 oS2 10, the Commonwealth was entitled ls or
Jan 1852 70 the gam of Sl2j0 e5 (subect as a1orcsad
eIoneraoIs and peTcenGFes and 10 although
that time larger Of real and personal
remained outstanding and cash baIsces remained in the
hand, Of the rreasurcr And it further reported BY
Raid special auditors, tlJt Tounsnaa ard Sinps N held
cash baahccs arising fcm said State tax. and hn if se
were paid to CStn,y towards refuniins whn: Size
had advanced then the Cun'th would receive the whrc
OF said Of si95o IS shi.ct sfore,adl fsou the
then outstanding taxes but, tha. If these ianc,E
less from the outstanding taxes, suhec, generations
&c Yuguan has since paid The Cnn'ih per receipt tie
sum of S92l ls. The Com'ih is entitled therefore
follows
Com'th entitled as above stated, to, seio IS
Paid by Ioungnsr, e2l 10
Amour. Cornrh entitled to .rora .axes cs.ss5s-
ing, is Of January ls3o, 43,52s GO
The zeal and personal outstanding lat of january
1882 reported IVY said special auditors a, SIS go IS
Owing to eiroIs in plca that time corrected we
report the bince then outstanding 10 have been tho sum
Of S5,9li 81 of which sum the C0m'ih was entitled 20
receive above stated the o. So 32e e5, aud in
repayment Of rrsvo.s advances the sounf entitled
to the bstsnce fOOws -
Outstanding, lr. OF JANUARY, iess "a! aKt f0-
Com'th entitled 20, 3,1IS s.
County emitted 70, easei c.
In the account heretofore annexed Of YsIn5 Tor 1882
with tho Conf Of fsnu'a respecting tax real and
personal chargs him with the whole Of the outstanding
sum (rari ;heT,o So 5SI e7 belonging to the soaay
and III his account with the County, we charge h. w
| the sare with which he il there credited.
The uccounts sisted hy the County AUDITORS for the said
several TreasgTes with the Cumth, respecting Licenses
to Eetaes, &C. are not charged exeep ~ g'ying touiS
!
exception we ado? the balances reported by Ha'd csHy
auditors.
Accounts are hereto anaezei between sid several
Treasurefs and :hs County, exhibiting ts balances tue nj
the cZplIaJn Of ths.T terms respectively Ard Ike
hereto unnezci between said Tsasurerz and
the Coiny respecting tax on real and reF'1al and militia
hnes aud .ecgpua:uGs Of the balances or said accounis
with the Couth, are hereto nnneIed !ne!atlrs tho batn
ces for licenses 10 retaers, &c ani including cIes ur
payments made since the expiration Of said Tensurers
terms Of Office. There exhibiting the prcsen. aggregate
| balance Of thcce accounts.
| The account. between Young and the County exhibit
laanee due him of S22 IL al the end oi his term. Eu
since then the Commissioners erroHeousiy paid him e
So o., that he nveTpald the Of 1873 49,
therefore report ai there is due fcm him 10 the County
tie said sam OF eleven bundled and h.'iihT.e dollars AIT
III. accounts between Bneher snd the cona,y oxhi,
balance IN Lis hsnds of four hundred doarS and Ely
eenis which SUN We theTeIe, epV. is Que fion him te
And we reaor, the, the ,arn Of hundred tnd forty
three dollars and sN,yscven cents, due from BIh
10 the County at the end OF his hrs year (sS5l pc
the annexed account.
We report that there Is due from Young 10 the Ccmh
the uf twelve hundred and dollars and sixty hre
cents being the aggregate Of al, the aances OF the
nexe1 accuaH's between him and the com'ih, and (,
licenses 20 retailers, &C. after GeducIing the poymea.
made by Him to the state FreasueG, since the expiration
OF his term, for The annexed accounts and recapitualio
for the years 1859 md 1853.
The accounts AMI Tccapluaian for 1884 and 1865 here
annexed between Bucher and the Con'th exhibit bsanc
due tho iroasGgs at the emd Of his term, of two kudre
anL twedtyth dollars md thirty cents But the Stat
Treasurer subsequently refunded 10 Bucher by orae
upon Bright, the present Treasurer, the Of S276 y:
hstn
cents which suu report is in Bacher's hands, and du
| fTom him 70 tAe Col'th.
We report balance in the hsnds NJ Bright from Inili,i
fines, 81 hundred and eighty dollars and
cents, fo the annexed account for 1856. And report
balance ia the hands Of Bright from tax real and person
OF one thousand and ninety egh, dollars and twenty
cents, per the annexed account for 1856. We make
change in the accounts between him md the Comh
specting licenses. to retailers Re- stated by the Count
auditors for that year all which is respectfully submitted
| Auditors charge, 10 days each.
c. D. WhaTtoa, lodsys, 81 per day, SO.
s. JOHN,
r s d. JORDAN,
w. !. GREENOUGH.