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The County Court ard II. II. Tar.

on the NOuhtN Ooufts cru MS EOA9~-'''' 49,
on me which is the sam and subsistence oil
his communications, as II Is clearly SHOWN
bv his last letter. are before the public,
will only set side by side those charges ana
the facts to show how utterly malicious ana
unsupported they are.
The'frstis that "ths lN91or sent the 0s'esS-
nenf Of 1880 to orr County Court and q ICES
TIE d,,fy Of the Cert 10 acportl6n tbs amount
according 10 the number Of macs a. read az
the different school &istrjcts.' The ORDER OF
the Court, quoted in my last letter, taken
from its records, shows that this was done
n early rs Nav, 1879. But says another
writer. Wv" "ttis mVst BE- done ecery ye0y.
The Court did not think so. The division
each wear is the same. The road neither
grows longer nor grows shorter, ana
why perform the same duty every year Wnen
the result must be the same? BBt
Is right. ard the C0prt is wrong to- courts
are not infllibie, the answer Is, the Auditor
sent the assessment down November !, looV,
after the Court had been voted out oil exist
en,-e hv the constitutional amendment. 20
much for the first charge.
The second change Is, Chat the Auditor
informs me that the b. x Q. K. X. say they
have "a special arrangement with the county
Court of jefferson about our county taxes,
and that is TIE reason the taxes OF 1851 nave
not been paid by that company 10 the
county." The records ofthe Court SHOW no
such Arrangement, but on the contrary, the
taxes a. 1880 are now in the hands OF the
Sheriff lor collection. having been sent down
to him bv the Auditor. The only evidence
offered bv the .Ntj0r TO sustain this charge
Is the statement contained an the letter OF
the Auditor published by him, that the Is. x
O. Co. declined to pay the county taxes OF
1850. claiming ;hat 1t had been or would be
settled with the county authorizes. Does the
Auditor say anything Of special arrange
mont existing with the County Court! And
where IL toe issue between tae Auditor ana
myself2
The tliil charge was, tina; the :, '. X.
r. does not pay county or school tax Tor
r.a reason. as he Cg3rrf says, it being yet i'm
Nh, hand, Of the contractors, is not bound
70 paw" In my first let;erI said this charge
was not llue. Every man of common sense
knows that .hc Court can only act through
"a. orders crtcled of record, open to public
inspection Has TIE NJor amy order OF the
Court sustaining this charge? No; he well
knows there Is no such order Gre Hyor
does not rely upon the order of the Court TO
sustain this charge but be tries to make his
proof from the letter of tie county clerk to
The Auditor. Mr.. Moore, in that letter
merely saws, "the =. V. r. IL. 4. still in the
hands and under the control OF tie contrac-
tors. as ne are jajormed dnd 5siiere. Mr..
Moore writes this rs a personal letter TO the
Auditor and bases t6H inform t'i9R ant 0thJ.
But where does he say the Court orfersd, or
The Court sri{. ~ pt4s 40 tar f0fMe reason,
- b.'45iq n h11G or tte t3vrt'f1rS, IS not
L,,sqi ~ rey ?"
Agaiu. saw there Is no issue with the
Auditor
IN MS" frs. communication. hc SAYS,
"tit& =. Z. p. pans az .Sgte ta.rcs, bit dos
not pqg 70 ta.y or c9uty scl73' qres,' there
bv leading the pubic % believe chat the
county would receive no tax icom the =. Y.
r. r. flr ih year 1850, owing n 1ir. Moore
saws "H 90 jtetqfds ~ TIE t5Htgci1yS, qaf
hit Ne. c'ert p0ke by authority, anal aiI not
qsHas q! r.HD9Rs'5iiry hwSt. How
frivolous /. ,u.h chlrs,. Ii Mr.. Moore
hal spoken by authority. he would have
slid 80. and would have cited the order
bat what does the Auditor say, which la!si-
Gc, bis charge. and that lac did not act IN
accordance with Mr.. Moor2s bclci9 Mr.
Mo1rcs letter was dated November - looO.
On the 2S.h OF January, 1881, the Auditor
ia letter addressed To- the speaker OF the
House Of Delegate, and winch tte HYpF
published ia his last communication, says,
81 b.wer-r, Wate GH asses rfW rP>" re pro-
paf} - ct-i n sat conPaw-4 meaning the
Is. * o. IS $. y. IL. IL. S Jor sat. a'tt tD"H.y
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