The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-22

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Of the investigators could you make o
full investigation without the exams
lnalion oil The cash book?
These questions arc no sooner
asked than answered by all men OF
intelligence. the examination oil this
book is supcrlative importance 10
asccrtaining The status oil my Ops''
ness. Hence TO wha: conclusion are
we forced? You have either betras-
cd tho trust con6ded to you, for The
performance of which yoa we've paid
or you we're totally ignorant OF what
your duty was IN the premises. Take
either horn of this dilelna. Acts 10,
page 5, sec. sc provides. the audi
tor shall not make final settlement
with any tax collector, until examl'
nation Of his cash book de- Here
the STATE Auditor can make co sci.
Element before examining the cash
book, yet You the auditor OF the
county, by vir'uc Of your Office. and
having been paid extra TO do what
was your duty, not only make q re
port without its examination, but 90
20 Tar ~ to assert ils correctness,
aud brand w. ~ doing gross injustice,
IN your over supply Of egotism. Don't
you Iccl like crawling in holea'lcr
this? We know yon do. Acts 1915
page SO & 81, sec. 56-7, acts 1876.
page 5, sec. SIS same rage l47, Sec
38-0 provides in substance, each
collector shall keep cash book in
which, he shall enter the da'e amount
paid and The hume o! the tax payer,
and same shall be signed by tax pny>
c.. also that the collector shall keep
a duplicate receipt for every person
who pays taxes to him. Tell The pco-
pie. is the record in your Office in &C.
co,dance with these uct,? That they
have been kept in strict accordance
technically i tell the people no,
Jcause OF its impractibility. Who
is To judge of the impractibili'y OF
the above requirements, you or The
courts of the country? We should
say Tic courts, regardless OF your
dlctum TO the contrary.
Now sir. we challenge yon, To Ey.
En- ASSERT, that there j. q name Of
any tax payer. or Eumber of any
tax receipts, with the date and amt
laid after the first Monday Of March
in any Of the six years, on the cash
book, as required by said act!, in
words, the name Of u tux payer, who
paid his taxes to w. NJ. Robertson or
any other Of tie twenty or more de-
linsucnt tax collectors. If there Is
one please give name, nnsber OF re-
ceip', and amount paid as taken
from the cash took. There il no en-
try thereof any delinquent who paiG
his taxes after the FIRST Monday al
March to the tax galhe'crs, aud you
can't show it. This however is one
of your tcchnicaliliea. We don't
ask for tax payers signature, hut
just the date, number OF receipt, and
amount paid by such delinquent
Aagain sir, We challenge YOU, To Ev.
EN- ASSERT, that there is II duplicate
re ,eip', in ,he records of your Office.
ofany delinquent tax payer,wIo paid
his taxes to any one Ot the various
tax gathercrs, who were scattered
over the counlry,n('er tie first Mon.
dag of March. The duplicate sho'Id
be there, Us required by above acls.
Of every person who paid his taxcr,
to anyone OF the delinquent collect
ors. They are not there,as you we'll
know ye, They not being there is pro.
badly one of your 'teclihicalitics,'
and was 'imprac,icablc.' Well sir,
when man pays you up.you.rccelpt
him. aud mark him settled on your
hook, at least this is the way bust
ness men do. Now, il there are no
duplicate receipts of the delinqrnnls
who paid. us is true, urd their names
are not entered on the cash book,
with date aud numbe. Of receipt and
amount paid, as they nre not, will
please tell us what persons ore due
the county 81 1000. aud by what da.
To, you ure enabled to ascertain the
fact? Answer this intelliycntly and
We will liked to pronounced you q
Solomon, hut will say you have rub
ucd your head against Solomon
Don't soy CAUSE in answer. An in.
lelligent answer or none. You will
say, this is impracticable. We'll you
and the legislature differ in this, as
the Legislature has made and fixed
penalty Tor q tax collector to receipt
any other way than in duplicate acts
1916, page 100, sec, 60. Will you
uhdc, take to tell the people, there is
u duplicate receipt, for all delin.
qucnls who paid during the six years,
and that their names, numbers DC,
are entered in the cash book.
We defy and challenge you to
say it, and we will publish the
names of some forty deiinqucnts.
who paid their taxes. took their re.
ceipts, and we are prepared to say.
that there are no duplicates of same
in your Oflice,and that their names
do not appear OIL the cash book.
Why have sou moi discovered this
patent fact IN your investigation, If
you are capacitated for the position
you flli Either you have not the
ability 10 see, or yOu wantonly hood.