Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-12

also hate errors, ETC., S7lO3 80, which
have not been credited. from the fact,
suppose, that the County Court Clerk
has not certified here. On the account
of 1870 you have no credit for releases
fOf the reason, / suppose, as above set
forth. When your credits are all IN, /
have no doubt we can close your ae-
counts, except the difference in 1863, -
above set forth. Respectfully yours, etc.
=. Z. r. PENNEBAKEB, Comptroller
a word or two Of explanation Is only
required. The errors and insOlvencies
of 1869, amounting to s., ,i03 IS, are
madeup ofuncollected taxes on personal
property and polls. reductions ordered
by the County Court, etc.
THIS REPORT
was presented to the County Court at
its January term 1872, and at the April
term, 1872, was referred back to me for
closer collections.-k This was right and
proper, and / am now reducing the
amount by collections on distress war
rants. Until the court allows the errors
and insolvencies, and the Clerk of the
court certifies the fact to the Comptroller
this amount of uncollected taxes for
1869, stands to my debit not as having
been collected by me and not Paid over,
but as being uncolleeted. The same re-
marks apply to uneollected taxes for
1870.
The discrepancy 1874, alluded to by
the Comptroller, arises in this manner.
The number of lots and tracts Of land
sold to the State for that year, was
3 503. LMy fee is one dollar on each lot,
making 50 503 The Comptroller refuses
to pay Oh 794 lots, and reduces it to 2709,
because in numerous instances several
lots were condemned and sold in one item.
All have to say is this: that for all
years previous to 1869, and for the year
1870, the Comptroller has settled accord
ing to the principle contend for. On
this point | refer to NJ. d. L. Stewart as
clerk, and TO A. j. Kellor as printer, for
the year named, who are interested in
these seven hundred and ninety-fOur
lots to greater extent than am. Its
only an honest difference Of opinion as
to what we are entitled to under the
law. Having
REPLIED To THE CHARGES MADE BY
GRAND JURY
as to State matters, / might content
myself with using the idea of the Grand
Jury, and ask, if the Grand Jury have
been so wOefully wrong in their report
as to State matters, what is the natural
inference as to their insinuatiOns as to
the county revenue? But l will not
content myself with this. In regard to !
county revenue, / am required to settle !
monthly with the County Trustee. |
have done so, and as soon after the day |
required (the first Monday as my state |
ment of collections could be made |
ready. l am still collecting taxes |
for 1859 and 1870, and as soon as the |
County Court acts upon and allows the |
errors and insolvencies for those years, |
full and final settlement can be made. |
The one for 1876 viii be again presented |
to the court in July next, and that for |
1870 at the October term, and that for |
1871 at the same term if possible The |
law has heretofore required the tax |
books to be delivered TO the Tax-Col- /
lectOr in May each year. The books for |
1869 We're not placed in my hands until |
January, 1870, some nine months after I
they were due, and the books for 1870 4
were not placed in my hands until Oe- 1
tOber of the same year, some five
months after they were due, and yet /
the Grand Jury would enforce the pro-
visions of law requiring the collector to
pass his accounts before the chairman of
the court on or before the thirty-first Of
December each year.
What have said covers more space
than intended, and in conclusion will
say that l am satisfied that the Grand
Jury intended no wrong to me, but were
simply missled by the information given
hem. WIN. MCLEAN,
Tax Collector Of Shelby County.