The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-02-17

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The next item in the repor: i,is til
ditional assessment which s,dc 10
State differs from that to he C,
Commissioners only s3229, can
look that. The next is the & lp.r
penalty:
10 the State it is reported, es,43
Commissioners, 1,94
A difference of only, S4S
Let us look at the other 6: de OF
sheet: The report of paymen Bof &C
claims,
To the Comptroller, t91, 70
Commissioners "a, I'd
A triae of only $a,555.18 1hi
cannot account for. The ne 4 ite
cash on hand:
Report to the Comptroller, @4,53
Commissioners, 25
On the 9th of Sept, or two days
than the above balance OF e., B55S
acknowledged on hand by the trcas
the Commissioners began the sue of
certificates worth 90 cents on the d,
now 1am1llar to all having clai % aga
the county.
We come next to the treasul er's C
missions, and here we find t 10 fiv
won't agree. The Comptrollei rel
says commissions $500, and chal
in his settlement with the Co umiss
ers 81 ,250, difference of S75C :; this
the Plainest errorO in the who, e rep
and the cause We have been inf ,rmed
the Comptroller declining to SC lsie "
the treasurer for 1873.
Next we have the report of d hucti
aud attachments which show at 'ifcrc
OF $722.63, handsome figure. Tie n
item is difference of &27D.38 ir the
on forfeited lands. The Nulla} fora I
ures only differ s9e.6s. The nt ito
is the tax on lands not advert: ;sed a
carried to the duplicate for 1877 sho
ing . difference of $915.27. lid ,
last item, that appears on the re IIort
the Commissioners is for tax 81 und
amounting to S3,404 04. This tri q lis I
reported to the Comptroller G suer
probably because he might not and
stand it. 1t il money claimed to = l,e
turned to tax payers for an lille 2 IL t
collected for the year 1879. II IL
amount has been returned the n asur
has vouchers for it and they shou Ill bs,
been shown. But why not repoI it
the Comptroller- General
1t may be claimed that the ,abo,
figures may ne accounted for f ON Il
fact that the date of the two rep ,rs a
almost two months apart, but it vas
period when nothing Is done ir Il
treasurer's Office Except to fgure) AID
is impossible for any such cha lgss [
take place, and it will be rcmembei I'D tn,
one is the annual report to the a Stat
Comptroller General and the Of her I
the County Commissioners, and b oih fc
the fiscal year 1873.
The last monthly report we find mad
by the treasurer for that year 10 date
August LIST, and the minutes o no
show that the Commissioners ever afte
desired report, although the ls v re
quires the treasurer to report on the 15tl
of every month.
Let us see if we can find out how thes
accounts are made to balance, 1cep
that the totals vary $434.70.
The original assessment returnedt tn,
Commissioners exceeds that report, Vi tc
the State, $960.07.
The assessment to the State exceeds that
to the Commissioners 40 follows:
On additional assessment, SO 80
On % per cent. penalty, 4r s 10
Making $525.3s. This leaves the as
sessment returned to the Commission ers
the greatest by $424.87.
Now in order to get the reports to
approximate It is necessary to have he
payments reported TO the Commission Ole
exceed those 20 the Comptroller, aud no
find they are as follows:
Excess on paid Co. claims. S2,h56 18
treasurer's commits
sions, 75o 90
Taxes rstuJned, S.4O4 O4
Total over Compt's report, $6,709 30
But here we fpd ourselves in the m:ie
again and, must 60 back and find wht.re
the report to the Comptroller Genel al
exceeds that to the, Commissioners. BY
ana lysia we .fnd -#