The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-15

up. tLo investigation OF tho books
and acc ,un,a, Of W. w. Cook late
Sheriff and Tax Collector, y will DO
seen 'ha. Mr. Cook is charged with
the 10 loving items, to-wit:
For land redemption. money r
ccived from cat"n-voighet, dslin.
quoat polls aud 6ues durirg yea-
1876. and 1871. $262l Al
Now Jesirs TO say that, I find
that during thosc Years, no received
f,r rcdemptious alone, the Hnnl
of, s-Ooo IL
7 contend. however, that 1t was
wholly unnecessary for tho ccmmi'.
iec, TO ! ave charged it up to him. 'r'
ii i, was right 70 charge hin, then it
was proper that they should hav"
given him credit !or The amount cha G.
cd, when coyyinc, d that he had paid
ssmo over to tho ofiicers, whose duty
IL wac 10 receive tho same. In order
TO fully cxpl lin my position in this
respec would say thsf, under the
Law, tho lcuds then hold by the State
for ye, were Fable for redemption
OF purchase ard person desiring to
do eiter bal fifst TO So to Cbancsry
c!e:h fora certificate, this certificate
sci forth tie !oe' that he had applied
20 ,e.lscm or purcbase. and contain
I'd a s.a omeLt CT I'll costa, taxes and
damages Gac sha State, as well ca,
COZ t., ;lxal ard damages, cue the
&C un V. 1'iis certificate was then
pres, r.cd 20 Tie Sheriff, wao mtda
ort iwo receipts. zach Of which con'
! tniu, d thc amoGn's due tho Stale and
equity, as certified to him by the
cle,k, O:c Of these receipts way
gi,Lu 10 iac applicant, upon his pay
! ing to il.g She.iIl tao amount OF mon4
ey celt iaI ~ aforesaid; The o'her
w,s r,cscaied TO the Cvun'y Treas
urar, aho wrote li' receipt on The
: O. K ihc.eo', for ihe money duo the
roan!y; t!.;s rcceip, was tbsn forwar-
/ led 10 iho Auiit,r Of Public Ae-
coants, wio upon receiving Tue pon-
ey due tie State, mud being satisfied,
from Tioasurcr's recsipt given as
Aforesaid, that the money due tho
County Treasury had been paid TO
Ttouufcr, made deed and forwar-
ied il 10 Tue Sheriff, which ho. the
Shcril', delivered to the applicant,
upon his csncoiling and delivering 10
Sheriff. the receipts given him. (tho
applicant,) when he first paid tho
money to him. (tbc Sherill.) No decd
conld, or, would he made by the Au.
di.or unle,s tie Oounty Treasurei's
7, ceipt lor The money dus tho county
wss Exhibited e. Lin; therefore, the
making and sendtpg Of decd by Au.
li,or is official eviaerse that the
money due the county Las tecn into
Cuun'y Treasury and the Sheriff
sLo,ld hav, credit for oil dscds made
ny Anli,or, IL The same arc charged
up t, him. Mr. Cock has scmplird
strictly with the above. and AStw;th-.
standing the fact that the bodtl from
which they g.t these items 70 tharge'
against him, shows that thoyf wero'
pail, still they, Matthew'S and tcWe.
refuse TO give him credit. bese.
items alone, when c'oaHsd prdbsrly
will bring SIR Cook out Ar ahead.
1; Nigh; be- we'll o.s,. to rou:ind
.he ,nbi: cf Tho fact. that the book
from which they get the itoms refer
rcd to, aad which they c,rim bring
him on. in debt to tho c'nnty. iai
oriva'e ,nemorandum book. belong-
| irs to Nj C,ok, on which ia entered
he Numbers Of tho applications to,
purchacc, tie I'm UNITS paid to State
snd county, tog,thcr with the fact
thet deeds havo been received.
delivered, or ready TO be delivered to.
applicants. Now II they arsautbor-
isel 10 mako charges from this pri-
v,,e memora.dnm. are ihoy not
. olal,y antho,ized t. give him cres'
it. Tor whn, he shows no conciusiyely
TO have been paid? Dir Go X has
.ped Il o cou iy. f,r the bal,a:s due
him. eg stated in the minority report.
ana upon 'ria! OF tie cause, 1t Will
bo shown thai gross injns'ice has
h. cn done him by lie mai ,ri'y re.
port. oo. o. hi' ,''''AA'
May 3lsf. 1888.
From tic above IL appears 'iist
,tis L,nd Rsde.n p,ion aci1uni bI-.
arces itself. As ,ha deed is an cvi.
deucc .hot tho Sheiia received th"
money, 20 it is also IN evidence that
The same has been paid in tho Treat
ury.-Ep