Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-11-27
Receiving the Tax Tickets from Deputy
Treasurer Cushing.

Last Saturday night the city council
met to have the tax tickets remaining in
deputy Treasurer Cushing's hands from
| Mr.. CAROLS administration, turned ove1
| to the city. They included about nine
thousand tickets and were listed, making
a list several feet long. They aggregated
$3.50 tax tickets and So 1924 water tickets
On suggestion of Maj. Elder, the Mayor
was authorized to put the levying officer
in possession of the property Of Mr. Car
roll already attached, and to arrange for
the securities to be given by that officer.
The election of member of the City
School Board in place Of MIR. Carroll was
postponed.
The receipt of the tax tickets by the city
was made on the basis set forth in the fol-
| lowing preamble and resolutions, submit
ted by Mr.. G.. G.. Gooch, Chairman of the
Finance Committee. and unanimously
adopted by the Council:
WHEREAS, 1t is represented to the
| Council that large number Of tickets for
| city taxes amounting to more than sixteen
! thousand dollars are now in the hands of
E. M. Gushing. to whom they were turned
| over by John M Carroll, late Treasurer,
to be collected by said Gushing as the de-
putty of said Carroll, late Treasurer as
aforesaid. and whereas, it is further repre-
, sented to the Council, that said Gushing is
willing and DESTROYS of turning over to
the city said tickets, provided the surety
of SAID Carroll on his bond as Treasurer,
executed before the City Council, is willing
| = y h ;c CHI I>o .Fo~ h.
Res0lued by the Council of the City of
STANTON, That Arista Hoge, the Treas
urer OF said city, be and ne is here by author
lied and directed to receive from, and re-
ceipt to, said E. Nj. Gushing for all tickets
for city taxes which he is prepared to turn
over. the said tickets SO turned over to
said HOge, Treasurer. to be collected SO
far as they ara cnllectable, in the IN amer
prescribed by law for the collection of city
taxes; and in respect to ch as are insol-
vent he will make report to The committee.
Said Treasurer shall receipt to said
Gushing for the tickets which may be
turned over to him under the resolution, at
the foot of a list showing the amount of
each ticket or the balance due thereon,
the party against who 1t Is. the year for
which issued, and the kind of taxes to
which each ticket belongs. But these
tickets are to be received and receipted
for in the way herein before designated
only upon condition that John Echols,
surety to said Carroll on his bond as
Treasurer, executed before the City Coun-
Gil, shall in person, or by counsel, give bis
consent in writing thereto.
RESOLVED further. That Arista Hoge,
Treasurer as aforesaid, be and is hereby
authorized and directed to receive from
said E. M. Gushing any money that he may
he ready and willing to turn over To the
city, whether sale money be the proceeds
Of tax tickets collected by said Gushing
as deputy for John M. Carroll as late
Treasurer, or which he may have collected
as agent for said Carroll. giving separate
receipts for these different kinds of funds
the receipt in each case to show the
character of fund for which it is given.
The moneys received from said Gushing
are to be accounted for by said Hoge,
Treasurer, as other city funds received by
him.