Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06

Court for Errors, lnsOlven
GIGS, Removals, 81.
Balance County revenue due
for 1873 q 377 o.
Total County revenue due
from J. NJ. Harris. l., AS IS
Balance Of railroad tax due
from j. NJ. Harris for the
years 1870, 1871 aud 1872 = SOB 81
Do. for the year 1873 8 400 %
Total railroad tax due from
J. NJ. Harris. 1891 %
From the above he will BE-
entitled to commissions for
collection and for Geduc-
tions for Errors. Insolven-
cies, Removals, Sc, allow
ed by the Court for the
years 1872 and 1873.
\ settlement with w. 4.
Anderson, Tax Collector,
shows, the whole amount
of tax for County revenues
for 1874, with which he Is
charged is 90, ~ ~
He Is entitled TO credit, ~
appears by vouchers ex-
hibited by him for County
revenue paid 10 Trustee. 3 223 90
He is entitled to comns-
sions as above 9O5 -
Total County revenue due
from him on which he will
be entitled to commissions
IA collected -, 29s 43
He il charged with railroad
revenue for the year 1874 % 30 20
He has paid the County
Trustee, n appears by
vouchers, on account of
railroad tax, 2,Gs5 %
Commissions on above, ISL SO /
Total railroad tax uncol-
lected, 1885 81
On settlement with B. r.
Bearden, Trustee, il appears
that he has received Of
county, revenue for the
year 1875, S9lll IS ,
Credit by balance Of
Com miss ions
due him for 1873, 1884 81
Credit by amt paid
on account Of
county, 3j60s 81
Credit 10y per cent
commission on
$4,000, 500 90
Credit by . per cent
on S25 sos -, 5l2 Il
Credit by balanc.
cash in Treasury, 2,l06 oG
He received on account of
railroad revenue, 94,l41 03
He paid on coupons Of rail-
road bonds and bridge
bonds, % DIS 90
Commissions on coupons, ODD rs
Balance in Treasury I,646 25
L found In this settlement that the
Trustee had charged himself with
al. 4.
proceeds of tolls on the bridge, as rail
road revenue, and that he had applied
so much of the railroad revenue as was
necessary, in addition to the 1894 10, to
the payment Of the interest on the
bridge bonds.
My opinion - that such an appria-
ton of the railroad revenue IL not in
strict accordance with the letter of the
law, bnt in the settlement / waived
the legal objection, believing that the
Trustee did the best that, under the
circumstances, could be done for the
county.
Besides a small floating debt, your
county has out at this time what are
know as railroad bends, amounting TO
$l57 300, the interest on which
amounts to $9,48S 90, payable the LIST
of January and July.
The county is also indebted for
bridge bonds SlG0, 900, the interest on
which IL Sl2,SOO, payable the lat of
April and October.
To meet the liabilities of the county
we must rely on the following assets, |
viz: The amounts due from John NJ. /
Harris, late tax collector, and w. A. |
Anderson, the present tax collector,
note for Sl,1S0 90 for the old |
jail property, due 18th of November |
next. Interest on fourteen State !
bonds amounting to $40. Proceeds |
OF bridge, revenue arising from taxes |
and privileges, lawsuits, fines, &C., to- |
gether with the balance due from
Ii. {. Tarwater and his securities, and |
whatever may be realized from the |
lands bought in by the county on ex.
eeution in its favor against III J.. w. |
Mynatt and his securities. The time |
for the redemption OF eaid lands will |
have expired on the - day of Jan |
uary inst. IL will be necessary for the |
Court To take such steps i'm reference |
thereto, as may be thought best to pro- |
tect the interest of the county.
Through the kindness of Mr.. +. w. /
Adkins clerk of the Circuit Court, | |
obtained the following statement re-
latiVe to the matters between Mr., /
a. "hN'i anu hiC IbuLlJs
The judgments for county and rail-
road tax for 1867, amounting to
1886 Il with interest and costs, have
been settled up by credits ordered by
the County Court, and cash and the
amount due the county paid over to
the County Trustee.
The judgments for county and
railroad tax, for 1868, amounting TO
SS,657 81 with interest and costs, stands
in the following condition There
has been the sum Of 1872 90 paid on
the judgment for county tax. After
deducting all unpaid costs and COM
missions, left balance of S472 81,
which amount has been paid over to
Trustee, thereby crediting said Iudg-
ment for county tax with that
amount Wig $i72 IS.
The il Jaissued May 25, 1874, was re-
turned by Sheriff GOssett. Defend
ants have no personal property sub
ject to execution, and NJ. w. Rufia-
ker, has no property either real or per- ,