Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-09

sum due on such orders or warrants and, if any collector or deputy col lector, directly or indirectly, con- tracts for, purchases or proeufes any such orders or warrants at any dis count whatever upon the sum for | which the same are respectively is- sued, he shall not be allowed, on settlement, the amount of said war rants or orders, or any part thereof and shall also forfeit the whole amount due on such warrants or or. tlers and the sum of one hundred dol lars for each and every breach of the provisions of this section, to be re covered in a civil action at the suit of the state for the use of the county and the treasurer of the state, and every person or officer to whom the county collector of any county is re- quired to return the state, county, city, town, village, school or road tax, is prohibited from receiving from any collector any warrants, orders or bonds in payment of taxes collected by him or his deputies, un- less with said warrants, orders, or bonds, said collector shall file his af- 1 fidavit with the treasurer of the state, or the person or officer entit- led to receive said tax, stating there in that all such warrants. orders and bonds were received at their par value, and that he has faithfully per formed his duties. as prescribed in this act; and whoever swears falsely in such affidavit shall be guilty of perjury, and. upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than three years. Act March 2l, 1869. sec. ,.
 And I further ask if Demo- cratic usage recognizes this as the faithful officer entitled 10 the second term? And further ask this wholesale purchase of county warrants does not result in corner" on scrip, and force the taxpayers of this county to pay practically dollar for dollar for their scrip?
 When the county records
 show that on Oct 1, 1895,
 the total indebtedness
 wasthe sum of............... .$29, ,790 25 Allowances for the fourth
 quarter, 1895. 95.................... II JOS 57 Allowances for the first
 quarter, 1S96 ........,....... + ,296 6S Total indebtedness ofcoun-
 ty, shown from records. .$5S, l90 50
 The allowances for the first quar- ter, 1896, do not include the Sher- iff's, Circuit Court nor jail account, and several other accounts, which, when allowed, will increase this in debtedness to the sum of about $62, ,OOO or $63 .O00.
 When MT. Triplett only col
 lected last year from the
 County General Fund (by
 his own statementl the
 sum of.............................$ $4o. .249 5S Penalty and cost.......... 5S9 IT alc0llectiOns....... $45 ,S39 8
 This shows that if Mir. Triplett has the same success that he did last year, there will still be $13,00 still outstanding, not allowing anything for expenses for the next two quar- ters of this year, when the last quar- ter shows that $17, ,296.6S has been allowed; this sum not including Sheriff's account for the first quarter against the county.
 In the matter of returns on person. al delinquent taxes, the office natu- rally accepts the reports brought in by the collectors sent out-who gather their eirinformation as best they can-and in some instances of this kind, some man may have been re- ported dead who really was not. Does not Sheriff Triplett accept such reports? was governed by them.
 Finally, in answer to Mr. Trip lett's question, 1 will say, that if elected, I will enforce ALL LAWS faithfully and impartially, without