, 1881-01-30

sble for ring to manipulate things In that
what is to prevent member OF 1T from can
ceiling Ii forfelturct
- Il would do no good. The County Treasurer
dnesn't receive tuxes after the property is for
post the owners nume+ when the properly IS
redeemed, the forfeiture is Cancelled BY the
County Clerk, who sends the money 4 70 da 6ns reas
and he has a forfeited redemption certificate on
file. When tag abstract man runs across
be ooki up faese reb
There are dozen Of these abstract men at wurk
all the time, aud such d scheme as Is suggested
in The TRIBUNE wouldn't work..
- But suppose the owner did not sell MS prop
III he didn't sell, and never died, a forfeit
ure might be Cancelled fraudulent!y and not be
found our"
And you really think the omission Of 81, Oh
In taxes WIS due to clerical errorsy
last thing done. All these forfeitures went to
the Su prene Court in October. 1877. on appeal,
and they caue back In lump, and 1t was ia that
made Klokke succeeded Lteb while the extern
sions were being made. and new men-sone OF
them perfectly green-sook hold OF the books.
CITIZEN GEN. LEB's ADMINISTRATION Is
NOT RESPONSIBLE
tor the BULK Of the omtsstons?"
mo. 1nateud Of leaving OF taxes he put
them on where 9 parties had appealed but did not
We're tnere no omissions while he held the
Yes; but not any more than under others.
The omissions occurred under his predecessors
: The reporter then went to Mr. Klokke and
told him what Mr.. Anderson had said about the
percentage of omissions when he took hold OF
"He. is mistaken" said the County Clerk. ~
came lntp Office Dec .. 1877, and ut That time the
: warr1u:s were finished except the cross foot
tngs.1all the extensions had been naade.-and
we did that work only
"'.,How, CAME YOU TO FIND OUT THAT TAXES
), had BEEN LEFT OFF 2"
During the fall Of 1875 while engaged on the
greu1 many ny Of these forfeitures-back taxes,
appealed cases. ETC., md concluded it would be
worthwhile to set Il couple of experts at work.
wcre' 'anished. They found what had been
omitted from 1871 to ls17. end the taxes were e.
lis not another comparison OF tho books be:
:. *Tss, Ts but Ut not for TINT purpose"
The clerks are figuring the back taxes on the
basis OF u ptr cent per nnnum for !ench year OF
forfeiture instcnd Ut compromising them as here
tofore,; the supreme Cour, having decided that
thAt was Illegal"
-. The reporter also saw Mr: speiler. the expert
who assisted Mr.. Anderson, and asked him when
tho bulk Of the omissions occurred
'sNot'nnder Klokkc,'' he replied.
''lnmediately prior?'
All .A0nR lfonl IL W tl-Qpout 1alrlF QlS-
tributed,''
1t is understood that
GEN. LIED
tortured meaning out OF yesterdays article
which no one else did. He thinks his personal
integrity WIS attacked. 1t was not. II the tax
ring did any work under his administrator, he
was us ignorant Of it US Mr. Klokke Was OF the
fraudulent lowering Of assessments. nnd, as in
the case Of the latter II he had suspected any
Of his employees of dishonesty, he would have
taken as prompt steps to have ts'etu brought: to
Justice. No rehecuon was cast, and none In
tended to be cast, on hts personal honesty or his
desire TO conduct his office properly. The ques-
tion us to when the bulk OF these omissions oc-
CURED Is, it will be aeet. In dlspute3