The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-29

An examination of The duplicate was
no ade, and an account of all double listed
| auctions ordered by Council, and errors
marked on duplicate that counts up only
/ to 81 437 %, which taken from the dedue-
| lions claimed by John Greek, viz: 81, 1896 So
s9s9 66.
| Mr.. Greek reports as subsequent assess.
/ sesm ents as reported, foot mp on the du
dictate to only 1909 80, making a diffs :
| ence OF 81 ,2sl S2. In Mr.. Greeks report Ia
the Mayor. made April g. b, 1870. show total
/ delinquent tax collected by him on delin-
gu mt list at sI,l26 So. The examination OF
| tue delinquent list shows that since the
list came Into his hand, the present Col
| fector hes mark ed on paid ltst taxes paid
| $50 OIL marked paid and collected before
Maynard's time: S6i6 81: total 81 1855 81. Re-
celpts for taxes since reported to have
been paid s9S 81; tog- ther; 81 .255 o6. DIFF
ference due from Greek, 1928 bS, which de-
Iinquency of 81, 255 66 has not vet been paid
| to he Treasurer by Mr.. Greek.
Another reason beside those mentioned
above, why no more correct result can be
ist. That the books OF the late City Clerk
were not correctly kept and posts d.
Mr.. Gavisk returned on delinquent list
sl4, 034 50, and here it may be remarked that
there is no report or account OF Mr.. Cav
isk on file, and on the duplicate of Mr..
Greek the sum of 1858 80 is all that has
been found charged on this sceount.
There ems to be much difficulty III dud-
ing any reason or account for this discrep-
Tie accounts of Mr. Greek are In bad
condition to exam ne, because the Clerk
has not added up the duplicate according
to law, so that IL will prove itself; nor has
Mr.. Greek complied with the law in max
ing out and returning his delinquent list.
the city OF Evansville. and section so, page
80; section 2. page lT9
with the law would remedy any such diff
IL the Clerk should hereafter make out
duplicate assessment roll or tax dupu
cate, and keep one copy in his once. and
the other to be delivered to the Collector,
and the Collector be allowed to make no
corrections for errors, erroneous assess
mentS, double listed property, or other
charges, without a certificate from the
Clerk, under sea-. and the Collector be
compelled to make the returns and de-
linQuent list a. the time, and as prescribed
by law to the Clerk, the books OF the Office
would show tho state of affairs, and any
disagreement could be perfectly tnvestl-
the books of the late Collector are not
footed up, page by page, and consequently
auy m1statement must be searched for
through the whole book. There are no
proper reports of MIR. Gavisk on file or
The delinquent lists as made out now
are on common legal cap paper tackled To-
geIher, with no binding, and are liable to
De DESTROY ed or lost, at any time, in conse-
quence of the care ess manner in which
The late Collector il, Of course. liable for
ness or ignorance which has caused the
present state of confusion in ths books of
The general and consistent neglect in
the several departments. makes an tnves
tIgation almost vain. because comparison
is the only true method to show errors or
fraud. The books of the Clerks Office and
the papers deposited there. have been so
careles sly treated that no comparison can
the best recommendation that can be
made is, that the city have compstent Of
ficers, and that, as far as possible. one Of
flee be made check upon the other. As
to the present case, we recommend that
the differences, and In case such explana-
ton can not be made. that himself and
his bondsmen be sued to recover any diff
ference.
The report was accepted and or
dered on file. and the Clerk ordered
to notify Mr.. Greek to explain the
discrepancy as recommended by the
Committee.
!. Mr.. Van Ripper, from the Finance
Committee, asked for a cash order to
pay certain interest on coupons now
due.
The order for $40 was granted.
Mr.. Carpenter called up the matter
of the Chandler Street sewer extern
sion. and submitted specifications for
the extension. together with a guar
autee from Professor J w. Knight,
that the work should not'eost the city
more than $500
On motion of Mr.. Mublhausen the
Clerk was ordered to advertise for