, 1877-01-10
THE SOUTH TOWN :.
II Again Takes Up the MuchsDis'
cussed CollectoFship.
enncrvisor Lincoln Wants the Board to
Proceed at Once to Fill the
Vacancy.
Meec1, and Haines Persist in
Claiming that Evans Is
the Incumbent.
And Tint the Board Cnn Approve Ills
Bond Over tho Supervisor.

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Anu a1iAt tue "'"io e"n 4.ppA0'' A''
Bond Over tic Supervisor
rhc Smith Town Boarti met yesterday at 19
o,,1ork nom in Justice Mece!,s Office ostonsibly
for the purpose, and at tic call ot Supervisor
Lincoln, Of choosing co''eetot, helthe1 Evans
nor Callaghan having furnished a satisfactory
hand, There were present Justices Summer
nc,d. Mcecn. Footc, D,Wolf, pollak, WALLACE,
laines' snness.sos a Lincoln, ana 1oan '1'elA
Carer. Nike Evans a1lh one Of Ills attorneys
Melville Fuller, occupied scats In tho rear Of
The room, wl,ilo Mr.. Callaghan looked pro-
s"..x,,,. .a,amp s,vor,i c,t;v.p. ~ io..o- ,,,.
1onn5 e9.., ,'',;,u n,,,,.,. ~, VI T,.A n,"s .
rortance, 1hc1uu'u9 L. o. iAl''sps aou jim diee-
son, hung around.
The meeting was called to order a few MIN
ntcs after the appointed time, and Judge Sum.
oeA,, u'.o s,,s1 L.. .s,
mcfuclo ea4'su uPon ~ pfcs'ae.
sofssvlson LINCOLN
vacancy ~ In the oillco Of Collector Tor the South
Town. There had been rrcat delay in tho
County Clerks ohlcc IN furnishing him With the
exact amount Of taxes to bc collected, and It
yss not until the 27th Of December that he had
sal.S a,e, ron os aas,,".', ,n,, .1s..., ,sas
*',o''oso~1' ieI1,tn'E potu t"r ''ouolo that
sim. Evans and Callagtan had been duly nosi-
ncd Of tllis, md the former had furnished
v,.or'a onrninn entirr,y ,n.uf,lricnt" Cs1fa1l,a,
ssol opato' s"''s,' '"s".' ~, ~, ea1uI.a's
had presented no bo''d' anu the Supervisor had
IN bis hands tue resignation oI TINT ger-
tler'an, which llc Ecnd. Thu. resiE-
nation was made on the grounds tlat
Mr. Callaghan had accepted tho election, he-
Icylng It to he q matter Ut duty, an It were, to
do 50; TINT no meyer rcal!y wanted the Office;
ttIat lIo considered the fight for the principle nf
oillce would bring upon him all trkaomo duty; ;
anl Tint his resignation might bc the mcaus Of
avoiding lcgal cotnptca&Ions In the collection OF
tnxcs. Tho resignation was tntosscd BY JUS
Supervisor Lincoln quoted largely from tho
law reports to sluw the correctness of l,Is posl-
tion In refusing To accept this bond OF Evans
on tho ground OF inslt1iccnry. II, conclusion,
he moved ttat tho Hoard proceed to tho election
OF Collector.
THEN AROSE ,tlt. FULLER,
who said llo would ltkc TO say nouletling In be-.
half Of Ills client.
Justice D'Wulf seconded Supervisor I.lncoln's
cccd. "
ticncfa1 consent was p!Ita;netl, and Mf. Fuller
wadcslfn In, first observing that It wns we'll to
know who constituted tho Board. Tic then
Justices Of the Peace, aud the supervisor, anu
Town Clerk. 1t then became IN interesting
question m 10 who was tho rcal Clerk Of thu
Board. The present incumbent, aIr. Carrier.
by tic Criminal Court .lnring tllc SUMMER lie
hatt appealcd to tic higher court, but tic case
hnl mt yet cotne up, md Mr. Fuller claimed TINT
the decision Of the Cr.mi,.ui Court tnuk away all
color Of Office md tho appcnl llilt not s,lspcn
tie operation Vi tic Judgment. Mr. Callaglnn
llatl also la,l Judgment Vt CUSTER atl on ap-
prnilu, tic dccjsIoti to tl,o Supreme Court, tLe
Judgment WILLS nllrtncl, Tic Supreme Eourt
could not, probably, reverse sfccIsIot1 III 50
sost t!t,e, md II was tIslr clear that t;lccson
wAs tho reat Town Clerk, and Evans tic real
within the power Ut tho Doarti 10 ap,royc tic
COLLECTORS bond. 10 give thls power to the
give him thu control Of Tie entire Board.
Thc Board had tho pnwor cltilur
to approve VI reyersc tho S.lpcrssor's decision.
powcr of tic Supervisor. Sir. Fuller further
claimed that Eyails' time to satisfy the Supcr-
visor, by thu filing Of another bold with Bi,iIi-
Client strcties, llu.i not yrt expired. Morcoycr,
the amount ol tlae ptisona!, property tax to tu
collected was tho trl.e ba,ls alon With to r,l.
ulutc The amount of tho bs,,lt. Men were not
,us!lljc lurwnrsi With any degree Of 1ron,ptucss
to pay their rral-cstatc taxes, ex<cit, ,,cri.ats,
SUNG ot tlluse tatrintlr ncul,rrs of thr Cit,zrils
Association, nii even .iiis WA quite doubtful.
Eval,a' tolltl, argued liz. Fuller, gas n,pru
tlla1 sufficient to coyrr tl.o an,uunt of
money he would collect, aud the Boar.l
lad tic rictt To unproyo or rcyrrse thc suprr-
vlsor's decision il It saw lit, am, in ease il r.
ycrscI that decision, It nt.ht scn Evans fortl,
with tho tax.luks under lis urils aDI nut lin,
Il. work collecting tho taxes. In closing, Mr.
Fuller enid it might to tossIblr, although kn
would not make a,,y nels arcpsations that tic
Supervisor Ind . ,njltiral prejudice agn!nst
Evans, ar TINT his prejudice WIS duo to tic cx-
citctI state vi mlii: feeling, Or that men w,lo
might hive, anil probably would have, sIgucl
tiis I,uf,tl, wcru bul!,tozctl intn not doing su.