Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-01
u,po.tant TO Judges of Election.
"GEapQ RS. THIRD CoEG &c sSIoNAL
IirmccnArIC COMMIT TEE,
RICHMOND Vs., October 80 le?).

DEMOCRATIC COMMIT LEI {
RICHMOND Vs.. October 80 lsS))
rrToa, John e Massey Audit:r Of Public Ac-
count of the State Of Virginia.:
"In the intsrest of fairness 1t is due to you 10
state that, in our Liberation, We VIII prosecute
YOU civiliy before the Governor looking TO your
removal from ofics, and cIlmlnally oet3ro Inc
Courts of the Commonwealth, because you nave
annotated to Office as collector Of delinq nent sax
AZ in this CITY man notoricusly untrustWortny,
agd haze allowed him to commence bis services
befoTe he was quslif to do 50, you haViDg inc
knouladg &c all the whlla OF W9as Inc neteSty
are and seeing that his Office is being performed
against lew without any endeavor to stop him.
II shall publish this notice In one or more
newspspers of this city, and hereby caution oil
persons who desire to vote on the "a osH OF
November that all tax receipts issued By VIM
n, Beyeridgs IS collector of delinquent taxes to,
the city of Rich nond are absolutely worthless
and will no. enti.le any person to vote upon the
s,ms, and ell Judges of election are hereby eau"
toned to be governed By this notice. w.
fer the Committee
It is 10 BE- noted that number OF such coilec,
tors. some known to ba thieves in general, End
some who have baen specially indicted icf lar
cony, have n appointed IN various couotlee
and cite. so Beverldge ht: been, and nave not
had their conlmissions confirmed Dy the IoYefn.
or of Viz, ME. The judges Of election will be
omen to prosecution if they admit these false re-
ceipts which are not receipts st all. and the cha-
lengers will challenge all such false qualltcs;;
items. Thejudges il they accept such votes WILL
ia beld liable for breaking the laws OF the state.
The only AUTHORITY in tact which 10 given 70
tie Auditor 10 epccInt special collectors tor de-
liruuent tsxc7 is in the following words ac.s OF
l978-i9, oh. G., page $40, Sec s. and d In the
nature of q method to remedy the delinquency
of the tressurers and collectors:
Section 81 The Auditor of Public Accounts
NAV appoint COLLECTOR in any county or corpo,,
ration, 10 collect srrears OF taxes therein, sno
NAV slow him reasonable COLI pensatlon, 10 os
sgresd on (before the ser7cs is sorn nenceoJ ana
Approved By the ezecuiTe, which compensation
shall not exeesd twenty per csntum On WHst
NAV BIS collected and psii into the public treas
It will be seen that the Auditor mus: have the
ann,oval of the executive (bsing the Governor
And that such agreement or approval must rake
nlace before the service is commencet.) >,
Now, in this csge of Richmond g. q Beverage,
of AleIsndIis, of Amherst, and OF several otner
counties, the Governor has not 1een consumed,
has not agreed or approved, and In tsct KnoWs
lust nothing of the pretensions OF the AIdlso..
Those pretensons are worthless, t1eleloie.
Thore is here in Richmond telegram nom tne
Governor saying that he knows nothing sro nss
COMMENTED to nothing Of Aassey's. The pretend
ed amendments snd the appointees OF Massey
ara therefore simply law breakers IS Massey Is
himself. No vote is authorized By any pre'eno,
ed receipt given by Masseys pretended ana
mostly thievish appointees, and an ln)unctloa 10
ct this moment being sued Cus to epJoin Inc
Judges of election from considering as Yallo any
ta1 receipt signed by Beverage or BY any APP
pointee of Massey in the State OF Virginia.
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