The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04

Capt. Leonard Williams, the expert ac
counl,nt appointed to Investigate the books
Of Audiror Morgan and Treasurer Scytt of
Union County, has made his report.
Governor Tillmnn carefully considered the
report Of the expert yesterday and conclu-
dcl to let Messrs Morgan aud Scott stay out
Of office, The report shows that they have
Vt least been careless, if not worse.
UNION, s. C., Feb. 2Olh, 1892.
To his Exccllency Gov. I}. Il. Tlman:
have the honor to report that on receiv-
ing n commission from you t. examine the
books oftt4 auditor and Trsnsarcrof Union
County nnQ TO report as to any shortages or
irregularities, | proceeded NJ uuco to its dis
charge, and beg leave to report rs follows:
The Auditors books were first examined
and found to bc in good shape, rs far ny they
went but with defects, rs will DC shown
further OH in this report.
In the 1rcasurers settlement with the
Comptroller General for the fiscal year lS-G
81, h, was credited wth null bunls and
polls n"a rStto the amount of SiSl G3. These
credits were rigidly Scrutinizcl ani forty
seven and 73-lOO dollars (SI6.13) was dis
approve and disal!owcl by eason of recei, i
found hy tho Sheriff and corroboratcd by
CORES p)nd;ng subs in hs receipt book.
In Comptrollcr's settlement for tc
fiscal yc,r 1888, the treasurer i credited
with nul. bouas an polls non cSi amount
ius 10 SbjG.Gi (thrcc hundred and sixty six
and ?i--lOO delars). Suhjccting them to u
clio &C cx .mination, and f,r the same reason
us in the year previous, rejected and dis.
any we'd to the amount Of fifteen and II l-lOD
($l5.2l.)
For the years lS9S-.S9 and lSSa--9O the
Treasurer was given credit f'r all the exccu-
tio1s III the Sheriirs hands. therefore
aggrcgr,l the ere Its OF those two years
and caused the reIurns- s-,tHsn Hf placed in the
haAhslfei hands, a"A hose still remaining
in the Sher.t us hands, to be brought before
ME. These | examined for the separate
years anil found in the aggregate If both
years Il Il ct OF one hundred and twenty
and 22-l0J dollars (Sl2n.242j. that Is. dis
approved on account Of Zee 'ipts found 10y
tho Sheriff to the amount OF ; 10 -
In settlement of the Comptroller General
with the Treasurer for the year lSS9-9O
tie Auditor failed to furn'sh the Compirolle"
General with an ah.tract # what they term
q ,"sccor additiopal' covering property
assessed At S23 SO, including 90 / polls was
entirely omitted.
The ,aXcs due on tbs is II ,UI2 HS. The
excWs. lur the omission you are already
niv.s Of in the report made ~ MIR. May
field. AS | undcr-tani the ,aw II is the dufy
OF The Aulltor 20 lst all piuPciiy lab u
taxation, make np duplicate of the same
for the Treasurer, and be is required TO col
lect and occount for il. In the two a,ldi.
tionals. the first involving property amount
log 10 l,I1O, the second t. So. $40, the
assessing ms were made and collected by the
Treasurer; Of this the Auditor knew uoth-
inc un'il reported To him hy IN, Treasurer.
Il = i. in vioiutfOn Of the spiril and
intention Of the law.
The Audiur on his b Oh h, 10 record Of
ad tio..alS; there nowhere appeared on
the auditors books the % per cent pcnal,y
for failure of returning, and it can hardly
be exp. ced since it IS now virtually an
electvc Office. The office ought not to de-
pend upon personal popularity, but on
efhcien y of scivce.
SUMMARY or THE TREAsuRERs DEFICIENCY.
For tic year lSSG-7..... .S 4I73
For the year 81 S........ 1921
For the year $3.50 and
81 3o...... ............... 10 -
Am,u I omitted in settle
m,nt with the Comp
tr tr,I!er......"............ ,OJ2.S
lOlalss'ssss.s ...,.........Sl ,ZIO.D1
Very respectfully,
LEONARD WILLIAMS.