The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-13
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My highly esfcemed friend -,
sneiin having transferred hfs c.s.aNyer
DYWW sue OF the Docket aud ,n.4'A4
fihihtiii, thereby giving me liz - no
eiose having had resort 20 more aS.,~ 49, y
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Knew having gone through the war -
tue fepelilon' the official vote II Ful,oa
county, Re ops Fables aud the Bible 49,.
ing exhausted bis stock or stale ioEes
worn our anecdotes. ard would be- viii.
haTIng trio burlesque, aud aspired ia
sarcasm, comes ia Il ght at last in the
ann vista Of his own surroundings. hold
ing fast 20 See. ID page 272, asserting
and re asserting. ''iterating and re-iter.
tting that this is the onlg L4,c aonc "a
foTce as regards the county levy ask
! him 10 explain what certain sections
/ copied ia my article OF March 10Th. mean,
! Il find them on the Statute book lie
| says they are 'io0rse than trash" l. this
an answer? Has he the impulence to
suppose that because he is lawyer Of
% years standing, that his bare assertions
VIII settle the question, and satisfy the
people lie makes but one point ia his
whole two weeks "mountain in labor
business, and that is in his closing para
graph when he 6egs tie guesfioH and wants
70 qdt this haie lore quarrel" Now this
may be love quarrel but the self-styled
lawyer sheriff will think before ! have
done with him, that l, at least avn in earn
est terribly ia earnest, for | intend 10
nave the question settled before quit it.
The point az issue between us is simply
this ! hold, that under the law 10 is
tue duty Of the Sheriff to present his de-
iinquent list Of county levy tax payers AZ
the October Court Of Claims aud make
settlement Of his accounts as collector Of
the county reyenuc-ihat the list then
allowed should be immediately transcribed
by the clerk and handed back 10 the Sher-
10 Cor collection. aud that he should Mt
the County Court in January return said
list aud make ihih settlement Of same.
Mr.. W. contends that at a, Court Of Claims
in JaHu0rB is the time prescribed by law
for the grsf prescutGfiOn Of the delinquent
list, and plants himself upon Sec. 10.
Ignoring al the other law. Ny opinion
is that Hr. Walker totally misapprehends
sec. 10. 10 uOt think il las any refer
ence to the first pyeSeafafiOH Of the list for
allowance, but refers alone to the return
of said list after the same has been ailolred
by the Court Of Claims. / believe l am
sustained in this opinion by presidents
for time whereof the memory Of man
runneth not TO The contrary" for every
one OF Mr.. Walkers predecessors have
presented their lists TO the October Court
Of Claims and made their settlements
nen aud faai settlement in January fol-
lowing. (lt has been LETT for :him 20
take new departure.) ! am also sus-
iained by Sec. 10. itself. for the words
January Court Of Claims do not
occur IN that seotiOn--it is January
County Court every time. The Coun-
y Court may ireceive and settle n
deliuqnent list which has been allowed,
when returned by the Sheriff under oath,
but It tskss Court OF Claims TO allow
one. Again, am sustained by the fol-
lowing opinion Of the Attorney General,
which l., l understand endorsed by the
hon. Vim Lindsay, ChiefJustice Of tho
State Of Kentucky:
STATE 0Y KExrucKY,
OEFIcE OF ATTORNEY general.
Frankfort, April Z, 1877.
Hon. J II. Montgomery, Judge Fulton
County Court, Hickman, Ky:
DEAR SIR Yours 10Th March, has just
reached me.
IL il clearly the duty Of the County
Court to cause settlement u fhe sheriGs
accounts a. OctoLsr OF each year, aud as
much oftener pri0r 10 October as he shall
think il advisable. Should this settle
meut in October not be had still il is the
positive duty OF the sheriff TO return 10
the County Court "a list Of all delinquents
80 the January Court.
Ia other words the duty Of q e Court is
10 cause the sheriff 90 settle in October.
The duty If tie sh,rtT IS 10 sette in October
and ELrOsT FINALLY in January.
For revenue due state sheriff shonld
in October report lists Of insolyents, and
such az have removed; whereupon the
/ Court strikes such as Is proper 10 not
! credit with, the same idea suDDlemeHfed bV
] o. Oh he Il ~.
! regard To county levy. Hoping this will
! prove sufficiently clear aud brief aia
very truly THos. h. Moss.
Attorney General.
"Oh what fall is here my country
VIII Mr. W. please tell us how he can
1 make punt scftieReat Of the County levy
in January, IL he presents his delinquent
J list hen for The first timer He LAYS great
! stress upon the dead Statute has Le
/ yet 10 learn that the Court Of Appeas
/ have decided that when the General
Statutes are silent upon any point. the
Old Statute remlms "a J0rce! Fiel upon
such lawyer.
Ny highly esteemed friend you have
got yourself in false position You are
trying 20 "Bulldoze the people. like you
have been doing in your singular request
that must be granted IL won't win
Won had better eose ~. Withdraw your
defense, confess judgment for cost, be
ready 60 present your delinquents in De-
tober, aud may you live long and pros
per.
And now my friend, we have hat our
"two shots each, are you satisfied IL
you are, j am more than willing to let
this matter drop. / think | have sus-
tanned my position aud will now strike
hands with you in friendship, and Jet
by-gones be by-gones."
j.. II. MONTGOMERY.
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