The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-24
MAYREMIT THE INTEREST
THE CENTRAL ABOUT TO PAY
LAST YEARS COUNTY TAKES.

The Amount Is $l3,63o. and II the
County Commissioners Have Au-
thority to Do So They Will Probably
Release the Company From the Pay
ment OF Interestingly Tax Collector
MCGOWAN Refused to Accept a
Voucher.
To-day or tomorrow the Central is
expected to pay into the county treasury
the sum OF S13,639, and perhaps interest on
1t for nearly year at per cent. This is
the amount of taxes due Chatham from
that railroad for last year. Its non-pay-
ment at the proper time was the result OF
the financial troubles and receiverships re-
sulting from Terminal control.
There Is quite an interesting story con-
nected with the payment of these back
taxes on the part Of the Central. When the
taxes were assessed by the controller gen.
eral last year he sent word to County Tax
Collector MCGOWAN to notify the company
| OF the amount and the limit OF time allowed
for its payment by Law. This was done
after the supreme court had
passed favorably on the consti-
nationality of the law. Mr.. MoGowau COM
piled with his order, and when the limit,
Dec. 20. passed without payment OF the
taxes, he notified the controller general Of the
| fact. The controller general then issued a
Fl. ia. and placed it in the hands OF Sheriff
| Roman. He advised the sheriff, In view OF
| the conditions under which the Central was
lsboring, to place the matter in the hands
| Of the county attorney. Sheriff Roman
| accordingly turned it over to County At
| torney Saussy, who has since been in COR
respondence with the Centrals officials.
A few days ago voucher was sent to
4 FNs1t Vac,
| the taxes. hr. McGowan returned it with the
statement that the matter passed out of bis
| hands when he notified the controller gen.
| eral OF the company's failure to pay the
taxes. and that official issued the e. ia. He
added that the county attorney would
probably be the proper person 70 receive
| the voucher.
Mr.. Saussy in turn informed the Central
officials that as the voucher was merely
made out for the principal of the debt, and
| no interest was added, IL he or the sheriff
| received it only receipt for the amount OF
the voucher could be given, and the execu-
tiop would hold good until the interest was
paid. He added, however, that he would
communicate with the controller general
and ascertain from him IL 1t was IN the
province of the county commissioners
TO remit the interest In view Of the unusual
| circumstances Of the case. He wrote to
Atlanta aslSng for Information on this
point and an answer is expected this morn>
ing. IL it comes the matter will be brought
before the commissioners at their meeting
| this afternoon.
| Receiver Conner has acted very graciously
in the matter OF these taxes and the COM
missioners are understood to favor remit
| ting the interest If he had SO desired the
question of payment might have been
thrown into the United States court and
settlement deferred for several mon tbs.
The other railroads paid the taxes when
they fell due. The total amount received
from the Savannah, Florida and Western
last year was "a. 500 and from the Charleston
! and Savannah S679 This was the second
year these roads had paid such taxes The
South Bound paid into the treasury 1918 Is,
this being its first payment OF this charao-
| ter.