Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-09
INTERNAL REVENUE CHANGES.

The Consolidation of the Savannah and
Atlanta Districts-The Appointment
of Division Deputies The New
Regime.
The consolidation OF the Internal Reve-
nue. Districts OF Savannah and Atlanta
was completed yesterday. The records,
/ comprising over fifty boxes of vOluminOus
documents, dating from the organization
of the department, together with the ar
mament, were shipped in a special car to
| Atlanta.
! Special Agent knight, in his official eX-
| animation of the affairs of the office, found
everything in satisfactory condition and
| all accounts correctly balanced. The in
| VentOry, under the direction of the special
| agent. had been going on several days
/ prior to the consolidation. The result
| shows the total liabilities of the office to
| the government to be $4,000 j3.
The amounts transferred to Col. john
son. Collector of the consolidated districts,
are as follows:
Tax paid spirit stamps ..--.. 1865 90
Cigar and tobacco --.--. .......- sol "a
Special tax stamps -...---. .--.--..-.- 9,456 90
COllectable taxes ..-.-.. 0Ol Al
Taxes uncOllectaDle .---......- HISS 30
Total ............. .$24.272 20
The broken blocks of stamps were re-
turned to the United States Commissioner
of Internal Revenue at Washington, as
Tobacco stamps acknowledgements 5,l67 IS
Tax paid spirit stamps ........ ,l0,459 so
special tax stamps licenses ...... blob 40
Total ........ ................... so, 72O 50
Transferred to Collector johnson 2l,272 20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2O,72O So
Total liabilities ........-...... $45,OO3 50
The preliminary work involved in the
consolidation has been considerable, but
has been progressed with the utmost dis
patch. Collector Johnson will remain in
the city until Saturday, when he will re-
turn to Atlanta and assume his official
duties as Collector of the combined dis
tricts.
The appointment of division Deputies
was announced yesterday as follows:
Division No. dalton, J. Holtzclaw.
Division No. 2-Blairsville, A. w. Post.
Division No. 3-Jasper, J. a. BleedsOe.
Division No. 4TOccOa, w. o. II. Shep-
ard.
Division No. Rome, W. II. Smith.
DivisionNO. Gainesville, J. A. Craw-
ford.
Division No. Atlanta, T. D. Irish.
Division No. S-Gainesville, VI. Van
Estes.
Division No. 9-Athens, G. w. Ware.
Division No. 1O-ElbertOn, r. II. Tay-
Tor.
Division No. 11-Newnan, j. L. Adams.
Division No. 12-Griffin, c. l.. johnson.
Division No. 13-CrawfOrdville, NJ. T.
GOrham.
Division No. 14-Augusta, w. J. White.
Division No. 15-GOrdOn, Richard Mel
son.
Division No. Columbus, LOSER Mey-
er.
Division No. 17-Macon, W. H. Nc
WhOTter.
Division No. 1s-Waynesboro, J. w.
Lyon.
Division No. EDWARDS station, B. F.
Brimberry.
Division No. 2O-Albany, W ;. Whit
ford.
Division Ne. 21-Quitman, NJ. c. Wade.
Division No. 22-Savannah, L. VI. Pleas
ant.
Division No. 23-Savannah, A. n. Will
son.
Division No. Brunswick, Frank La
mar.
Division No. %, ex-Collector Pleasant,
deputy, will embrace the counties of
Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh and
Chatham, outside of the corporation limits
of Savannah.
Division No. %, A. n. Wilson, Deputy,
will embrace the territory within the city
limits.
The appointments went into effect at
once, and the new regime is already
inaugurated. The clerical force in the
Atlanta Office will be increased by the
addition of Mr.. VIM. Belcher, of the Sa-
vannah office. Otherwise the force will
remain the same as before, Deputies Will
son and Pleasant retaining the present
headquarters i'm the custom house building.