The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
Assistant Examiner of Accounts
Reports on DaIe's Officers.
SHORTAGE MOI VERY HEAVY
A Batch of Business Before the Railway Com
missioner Many Complaints Made, All of
Which Are Promised to be Remedied.

Which Are Promised TO be Remeded.
Special to The Age-H srald.
Montgomery Ala, Aug. 26.-Assistant
Examiner of Accounts ". r. Foster has
filed in the governors office the follow
ing report on the Office of the tax coll
lector of Dale county: 5sar5s e 'z.i.s :.
0z3rk., Aug. fa5. 1897, e
Hon. Joseph e. JohnstenI Governor Of
Alabama: SIS s7ifaess nss
Sir My examination of the office of the
tax collector for the year 1896, shows
that by, errors and omissions on the part
of the assessor in his final sum up of
th- years taxes that RfraW II. AIcDon-
aid. collector for Dale Esantyf ,zAla.,s IS
due the state and county taxes on ~
valuatonao of s15,S23, which angunts tbs
for tl1se state, SS4.27, Special state $7.SS,
interest to date $1.2d: for the county
with interest added, ,s6tes0. I also fiFd
that on account of an srFor IN the addl-r.
ton OF the insclvent list he Is due the
state $40 on account of poll tax.
These errors occurred by the omission
of two pages of the assessment book in
the final addition of this years ass SIS
lncnly dilu ny 6IIO1o III the dQQlllDn Ol
supplemental ASSESSMENTS. Mr.. McDon-
aid stated under oath that he had set
tied with the state and county for ali
amounts charged to him, and was not
awars of these errors until ] pointed
them out to him.
REHABILITATION.
Amount due account of state
taxes 1880. ...... ............$ S4.27
Amount due account SIP scial taxes 7.66
Amount due account poll taxes ;. 1000
Amount due account interest 49,. 124
Total due the state..... ........ $103.17
Total due the county,. $500. $3.50
Total 49,. ........ $172.97
He also made thorough investigation
of the books, papers and accounts of w.
W. Morris, judge of probate and ex-offic.o
clerk of the county court of Dale county,
from the beginning of his term of office
to the present time. This examination
shows all moneys coming into his hands
on account of licenses and redemption of
lands to have been properly reported and
paid into the state treasury, and that the
moneys paid into his hands on account of
licenses during the first quarter of 1896,
amounting to $270 were not paid into the
state treasury as promptly as section
4,132 of the code eontemplates, and The
was therefore charges abe with comnf:s-
sions deducted by him on this amount.
which are $6.75, interest to date SO cents;
total due, $7.5S.
The investigation further shows that as
county court clerk he failed to tax up IS
part of the cost, and issue execution
therefor, feed bills in GASES Of conviction,
amounting, with interest added to date,
to $13520.
Judge Morris, being examined as to
why these feed bills were not taxed up
and executions issued therefor, states
that he deemed it useless, as the money
could not have been made in any of the
cases. All fees earned by the county So
hcitor are paid to him instead of being
turned over to the county treasurer, as
the law directs. In this connection the
Judge states that he had overlooked the
fact that he was required to do this, but
In the future such fess would be turned
over to the county treasurer.
Amount due account of lcenses...s 75S
Amount due account feed slls -. 1876 20
Total :. ;. $142.7S
W. r. FOSTER.
Among ths matters considered today by
the railroad commission were depo.s at
Sheffield The officials of the Louisville
& Nashville, Memphis & Charleston and
the Northern Alabama railroads were
notified that positive orders for the cree
ton of separate depot houses would be is
sued by the commission at the end Of
thirty days, unless within this time an
agreement between the three roads for
the erection of union depot should be
reached.
w. A. Eastman, of Pelham, Ala, made
complaint that sit is us ually from to G
days after a car is ordered before that
car is placed. Complaint re ferred to Su-
perintcrdsnt W. NJ. Newbold, asking that
cars be placed promptly in the future
Complaint of merchants of Greensboro
in reference to rates from New Orleans
to Greensboro. This was an Interstate
matter and not within the jurisdiction
of the commission, but effort Is being
made through traffic managers to restore
rates.
There were complaints OF several par
ties mining coal on the East and West
railroad as tosfreight rates.
The traffic managers of the Southern
Railway, Louisville & Nashville and Can
trail railroads are cited to apspar before
the commission on the 18th OF September
to adjust these rates.
Freight sarisf on the Mobile, jackson
ard Karecs CITY rsi,i-cad were examined
and approved This is new road being
bull. from Missile 20 jackson, Miss, which
Is completed aEIi NOW i'm operation for
thirty miles.
Complairats of merchants of Eden ara
Pell City as tt fright rates from Bir-
mingham to Annis ton. The case has been
SGT for Sept Z, cEi which date Traffic MANI
ager Culp has bs'sn summoned 10 appear.
Quite "a number of iEserslar matters
were submitted ard in every igl-'tance the
Efforts arid influence of the commission
are being used to obtain the relief asked
fer.
On Tuesday, the 31st inst. the COM
mission will Start from Mobile on an in
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