The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
THE BOARD MEETS TO-DAY.
But They Will Not Settle the Casey
Canal Dispute.

What viii Be Done About County
Attorney Ssussy's Commission on
the Collection of Central Railroad
Commissioner Carson Thinks
the Bills for Bowers Post hortem
VIII Not Be Paid-Insolvent Taxes
to be Collected by the Tax Collector.
The meeting Of the county commission
ers this afternoon promises TO be rather
interesting one, although it is probable
that nothing concerning the well known
Casey canal dispute will come up.
One OF the matters for discussion will
be the advisa bility of accepting notes
from the Central Railroad and Banking
Company for the SIC, 600 Of taxes it owes
the cou nty. 1t is probable that this
course will be adopted.
But of the amount due, the attorney
general sent a bill of $4,000 to County
Attorney }. Il. Saussy for collection. OF
this amount ne collected $1,000, taking
out his per cent. commission as allowed
by law. The commissioners raised some
objections to this course at the time, but
were power less to do anything in the face
of the law which authorized it,
Now that the balance Of the taxes IS 70
be paid in notes directly to the county
commissioners, the question arises as to
whether the county attorney will get his
commission. One of the commissioners
said yesterday that he thought the
county attorney would be entitled 10 his
per cent commission on the remaining
81 900 in the bill sent him by the
attorney general, but that he would
not be entitled to any commission on the
remaining $4,000. Others Of the com
missioners are opposed to paying the
commission however, even on that
amount, and the question will no doubt
provoke some little discussion when it
comes up this afternoon.
OPPOSED TO PAYING THE BILLS
''What do you think will be done with
the bills for holding the post norton on
Hovers bodyln Commissioner Carson
was asked yesterday.
well, to tell you candidly,n was the
reply, l do not think they will be paid
The finance committee had them up for
discussion on Monday, and it was deci-
dediy opposed to paying them. They de-
cided, however, to refer them TO the
meeting of the board for discussion.
1.-The bills amount in all to $3.50
These are the bills for holding the exami-
nation, for digging up the corpse, for re-
interring and for assisting in all these OPP
eratlons, and the expense is decidedly too
large. The post norton, too, was a very
informal affair. The law upon that subject
is very plain. 1t provides that when the
corOner's jury recommends post norton
examination, it may be held provided
the cost docs not exceed $50. There is no
law that we could find that allows any
such charges to be made, and | am pretty
certain that those bills, as they stand
now, viii not be paid unless
the law forces US to do it.
know of no law which will require their
payment, and / think they will meet with
decided opposition from the entire board"
TO COLLECT INsoLvENT TAXES.
The commissioners will also take up the
matter of the S1S,5O0 of insolvent taxes
for 1892, which remains unpaid
The course usually pursued in this mat
ter is to turn the bills over to the tax
collector, pay him a commission of per
cent, and he collects them through the
sheriff, who gets his regular fee as al
lowed by law
1t seems that some question here has
arisen with regard to the payment of the
commission of this $l3, 500 of insolvent
taxes Eight thousand five hundred and
fifty dollars Is due By the Ocean Steam
ship Company. This is a pretty big lump
upon which to pay commission of per
cent when its collection viii be a compar-
atiyely easy matter. 1t is probable there
fore that the commissioners will
allow the tax collector nom
inal sum for the collection of
this amount in case they decide not to
pay the usual commission. On most of
the amounts the interest is large enough
TO more than cover the commission al
lowed the tax collector.
There are several other matters to
come up before the commissioners. The
meeting promises to be quiet, although
an interesting one.