The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-27
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COLUMBIA, January 23.-Gov. Till.
man has removed Auditor Morgan and
Treasurer Scott, OF Union, on the report
of State Superintendent of Education
Mayfield, who conducted the investiga.
ton as reported in the News and Cou-
rier to-day. He was appointed 70 in'
vestigate by the Comptroller General
Mr. Mayfeld's examination covered
only le year lSS9-90. The figures given
are State taxes, original, additional,
and penalties Sl5,493. County taxes,
same items, S3l, 452. School taxes. same
items and polls, S9,Sl5. Total S56, 76l.
This much is accounted for, but the
report says that further investigation
revealed the fact that the treasurer had
collected other taxes than those for
which be had settled. These were not
included in the recaptulations made
by the auditor on the treasurer's books,
and did not enter into the settlement
made on July l6, though they were
entered on the treasurer's books long
before, and were, in facr, collected in
the fall and spring previous; nor were
they reported to the Comptroller Gen
eral by the auditor in his abstract Of
the property and persons in Union
County liable for taxes. The entry of
these taxes is in the back part of the
treasurer's books and no .ecap:tulation
of them has ever been made. | found
them while checking Oft the names of
certain persoDs who had paid their
taxes, (having the receipts in my pos
session. whose names were thought
not to be on the books. 1t is, perhaps,
we'll enough to state here that found
all of these names on the books except
eight, and they may be those entered
in the wrong book or township, which
is sometimes done upon wrong infornla-
the persons reside and the adjoining
ones, but did not have time to examine
those of the whole county.
The amount of each Of the eight re-
ceipts is small. A statement in detail
of what constitutes the second additio-
nal amount would be too long, and |
therefore give but the aggregates, which
are as follows: State. county and school
taxes S43, ,694, polls $50; total 81, ,092 "a.
For this amount, Sl,O92 81, the trea-
surer has not accounted, ard is still
liable.
1t is, perhaps, but proper for your
information that give you the expla-
nation given me as TO how the matter
came about. The treasurer claims that
it was the auditors faultin not proper
ly making up lis books. The auditor
says that be was sick in bed at the time
the b.oks were completed, and left
their completion to his clerk.
The clerk, who as I have before
stated, serves both the auditor and
treasurer, says that at the time he was
completing the books for the treasurer,
which are but duplicates of the audi
tors books, he received a telegram
calling him home on account of the
sickness of his mother, and that he
supposes he forgot it. He says he did
not include it in the abstract sent to
the Comptroller General, which he
(the clerk nlade.up for the auditor.
There is some complaint as to the
issuing Of executions against persons
who have paid their taxes and hold
receipts. do not know to what extent
it prevails. 1t is not unlikely that a
treasurer should make some mistakes
of this kind. l had the sheriff to make
ME list of the names of the persons
whom executions had been issued
against by the treasurer for the year
iSSS-S9.
INTENDED I to ask him for list for the
year 1SS9-90, but found that at the time
[ could not enter into an investiga- !
ton Of that matter. append the list [
had ma e to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. MAYFIELD.
Governor Tillman has called upon
the Union delegation to name success
sors to the auditor and treasurer re-