, 1876-05-14

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! tax~ fs $46.46; You givp, me; SD ,Tha
J amount u ensered on, tho face OF til
/ 9, 01u as oe1ng the amount OF money pai
clerk. Thu entry clerk enters the description oi
the the genera! cash book-the name of the party IN!
tae amount q ne tax, and pnts: his check mari
Thai ta s e isas sGssfd fhs Eli
! oe1n3 entered on The casds book~
! e Wha. .: va the check X mark I 4 t is me:'
70 the cashier ne e5nm!nesits to see ff:it Is cor
sht ets and TINT sttf The amount Of the money
ef the biz y the seceiving elsrE Hs makes til IL
STnge. t1sns Is IN place OF the- Voieetor,-4ft thu
Collectori - not there himself. aad pasaci
,Q:,Mho signs the recetptF A.-Dooley usually
Sgned me ING receipt.
9.-AAs cashisr' Ale signed as Deputy.
son Hoilen'e name. by Dooley."
.VvvDia ny pooy eise ever sign those receiptsl
A;o@Y1s str; signeda great many
aosent 1fom any cause, usually took his place
V-Ulo anybody else besides you and iDoo}eyj
i.;a ss slt; these. va. Charley Hopper He
Gr-in,aw' of'Von Hollen's by the name Of Julius
IN elahng'
!, ,Q-how, was the personal property tax paid, In
,Q-Passed through the hands OF tho receiyipR.
E:-ol8ne0 Gy him and passed out to the tax.
paTersI A.-fes sir.
Q.-Now' state about
HOW TIE TAXES. WERE COLLECTED:
A-Real' estate taxes were all collected In the
after certain length OF tsme there were Sertai.
names OF parties which ta1es wero assessed ngansI,
the valuation and the a,nonnt OF ta1 taken oG On
what We called personal property receipt books FOR
the purpose Of collecting Outside. Those men who
md charge Of those hooks,io course were author
Mea 70 sagn Eon Aollsn's name to tho persona!
property recefpt@all that were collected outside
of tho Office. When they came in at night they
mado = return-handed their. books H., drst
made llst,' what We, call siate-of the
Pi Psaiaes VINO paid the page Of the
gether as their days work, with their book Those
enanea were made oy the entry clerk on the gener-
the PAGE and tho number Of thu cash book on tho
stub LEFT n the receipt book showing the page and
number Of the eash- book on which the entry. was
4t-They had stub receipt books,. Ayes, sir.
Q.-How often did they 60 over their beats. as
yon may say: A-AFell, they might 60 OYER per.
They might moi collect the money the 1rst time,
and then 60 again on certain day. There were
always bianE spaces left for al those memoranda
ices s % sgS fud
eetpts IN thoss book wore alled out with the de-
81 s anu Inc amount OF tne ta1
seI;puon ptt o. tne properly. Or personal property;
Only tht 1t nnmoen t.,sat a,,s o. the @ street: =
ats Ill Maa, NJ nnea o1s ~. IN tnat "ay-t1e mans
The number ~ Of the street, the valuation, and the
~ .ns on Mh,en W eoe name and tax ap
~ fho.a co'sctnr F. Hna a, - ~ was iao outy
warrant mnen they eame IN nj night that they Ind
co,ectSa n S nusing sne oas.
So" ,11ooa anoat
The Tor real estate taxes were they taken
from stub books also: A-Real' estate taxes
fses a. eosa sos o9 & M
We'll, the only way they could have been,-,ff any
thin6 Was taken outside Of the Office, and not
n1a5ed ~, paid On he warrant Of course 1t was sold
Qt-Whcn did this general sale hke plaee. A.
TIE. last general sale ';took plaza on the 24th Of
August;
there had been any taxes collected outside and not
creditef-.- A--Aot. marked paid on the war
Q.-And chccked-you wonld have discovered 1t!
Q--By reason Of PERIODS objccttns to thu ea1e:
used to take particular pains 70 have everything
sold that w2s not marked paid and checked:
Q--Di9 you cver'haye any objection made to a
i11gment AEafu6t propeftY On accaunt of there
having been taxes paid ind not credited: A.-No,
sir
Qe-Bnt this might have taken plaoe siuce the
antl1 the next sale took place: Far instance, be-
tween this time and tie list sale there lad been
anv aucb recefntx gyeu 0ntHide of thr oface which
Wcre not rredifed an thr boola von vsonId nct vet
hay1diecnverea Il and won1d MI ornhahiv h9ve
scoYere It untii the lime of H. sale IN An1nst,
A.-Attrr tfr rse rverTtbfno il Ill s-ttta5 ~ w.
[nstance aunnnae now Ee taSe tha tares nj ,1S73
ge 'render an ncronnts n the G,omntrnI3er
acroriing TO-, our: yarrsnt-eiTr Kin III. \
emouut Sold for fnetanca-thn total anunnt eold M
auueared from our wnrrants. attended the snlr
anf3 marEed: evrrv nier,. that war enld ir hiue
pepcil nnd when Tiers va ;ndement -refuand ac
cordine to the iudFment record married. that and
We gaYc him also Iist Tor thr l873 tares with The
fuI1 descptiou Of ali the nronerty on which inde.
ment paa fefused 60 that ao fsr ~ the tares- 81
Ia7a we're concarned r-itE fhn eYrentfon of a Tar.
pieces that were through errors Ieft out Of the
Judgment record why he gets--
:. Q.-NoW about the taxes Of 1674e A-Tbe faxen 4
pf 1674 operated In the same manner
O.-The :sale for the ts1es Of 1874 y4as vyhen1
A-Aupust 1875:.
Q-How abort tn taxas On real estate since that
tme1 Ave hsye takex since that time since
ne sale we have tsken,-xnd in fact We did while
tha ,aalewaa IN progress. quite large amount Of
money on TINT portion On which judgment was re- I
used u.s. and, Of course, during the sale We are !
untitled TO take money up to the moment before |
which the tax was paid just previous TO the sae as
t came up from day to day.
Q--EoW the tAxest Of 1851 A.-Wa have |
Nothing to do with the taxes OF 1875.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Q~-Wlll you please state how 1t could be in -FOUR
,pfnfon that thts defalcation OCCURRED; AZ can |
ee mol other war except on the personal nroperty:
he personal property ssa1ranfs from l871 follow