The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-14
COLLECTOR REG%AuLTS L, TIER

The following l. IN abstract Of Collector
Rcgnaull's lettcrreicrrcd TO in that Of Mnyor
Kelley:
Sometime carly in the month of Mat
WAS satisfied ilnm information 1cyit,,i .Jom
the Commissioners nfii,si tlm,. inc Commits
>rnrr wuuiA "M haze his books ready by
the 1T y" ,'nhr, and possibly nul earlier than
the Isl Of July. | 50 informed Mr.. William
b. J>GlcS, Chairman Finance Committee. and
he addressed YOU note. which was handed
to you by myself. \ few DAYS after, there
| was exhibited in the Commissioners office
somc life ana activity. the employment of
| two young gentlemen being added tu the
force Of the Office, and we were Cilablcd To
use one OF the lral'c-ta,ta books in ~ IN
| finished condition, the pcrrcnlnxi, Of tay,-
ton n0t being extended. varying in time
from llali IN hGnr IL Il day. This was but a
very Unsatisfactory manner of working.
and frequently complained to nv deputy.
Mr.. kiddick, and requested hinl 10 desist
from that mode OF work. The islir Fart OF
May the real-eState book NA$CnMpletrd and
handed in this office, not Is I'll" ordinance
required BY The oath OF the Commissioner
before Il magistrate as TO its correctness, and
with the certificate Of its acceptance by the
Finance Committee. (Ordinance> 1850.
chapter xii. sections ~ and 33.) The
books were sworn to rs being correct on
the 24lll of June, and to my great incon-
vcnicncC ut the time, as the books. real and
personal, were taken from this Office and
kept some time, when we required the use OF
them almost every moment to rcicr to and
make personal bills is asked for by persons
in the crowded office. The Finance Commit
tee have not yet examined and received them
according to ordinance.
"1hc first four wards of the personal book
was handed i'll this Office on the 18th Of June.
and repeatedly thereafter, for several DAYS at
time, was 1t taken out of the office to write
up the other two wards, to our great incon-
Scnience, a> the regular collections had
commenced; aud it required the whole time
OF one OF my clerks to get from the Comnis-
Sioner's office the personal items for persons
then III waiting, and 1t was not untrcQuently
the case that two or three from this office
would be in the Commissioners office at the
same time.
"At 10 A. NJ. on the 1st day of July re-
ceived from the Commissioner supplement
to Monroe, Clay, and jackson Wards, con-
tanning three thousand two hundred and fifty
one names, each with poll-taN oaiy of fifty
cents. Many of the personal bills must be
not having them TO add 10 the re,-estate bills,
and particularly so among that class living
in the three wards above named who arc as
scSsed with only the poll-taX. Many will
dispute my authority to claim them, rs they
asked for their bills and state it is my fault
that they are not paid.
"a large portion of the personal books are
Improperly gotten up. Assessments are
mn .1a trnn hnnl,S.
and say they did not give in the assessment;
are not down at all. W. W. TimbeTlake was
down poll-tax OF fifty cents, requested me
TO enter him, and paid Oh $500. Jeremiah
as last year. +. L. Hall, not assessed. paid
on 5000. A lady sent to pay her personal
tax on 5,1G0, which she handed in ComlniS-
sioner'S Office; $lG0 only entered. Robert
:Skipwith and III. M. Stewart entered twice
each, the former in Monroe and Clay, the
latter in Marshall and Jefferson Wards.
pcyton G. Bailey and others entered on per-
sonal book who have been dead for six to
twelve months.
Il might 20 on making complaint, but
continue to have, a great deal of
trouble and labor. We are now and have
been for two weeks past making personal
bills, examinations, &C., to ascertain VINO
have paid their personals; and it will be as
much us we can do TO get our books and pa
pers written up by the Ist Of September,
from which time Until December expect,
with two OF my deputies, to DC osst collect
ing.
,. There are many errors in not properly