The age-herald., 1899-03-22
EXAMINER FOSTER
 FILES REPORTS On the Tax Officials of Bullock
 County. GOOD SHOWING WAS MADE Only a Few Small Clerical Errors
 Were Found. TED SULLIVAN MAKES A KICK Says the Base Ball Fans of Birmingham Are "A Lot of Cheap Guys"-Kill- ing in Montgomery County
 Constitutional Delegates. 
ED SULLIVAN MAKES A KICK

Age-Herald Bureau, Hotel Mabson, Mont gomery, March 21-(SpeciaL) )-Ass!stant llx- aminer of Public Accounts w. R. Foster has filed with the governor reports on the books of Tax Assessor l.. F. MeGowan and Tax Collector F. c. Hall of Bullock county. The reports make a very good showing for the officials, only a few small clerical errors being found. In the report Foster says that Mir. McGowan made sev- eral errors in the footings of the assess ment book of 1897 against the state and county, the poll tax footing $S and the valuation of real estate $1, 40 more than is shown by the recapitulation of this book. On this account the collector was not properly charged with this taxes of this year. It was further found he erred in his footings of the book of 1898, the poll tax footing $9 and the valuation of personal property $50 more than is charged to the collector. T further requested" says the examiner, "the judge of probate to amend his abstract to tine auditor, in order that the collector may be properly charged with this years assessment"
 The investigation further shows that MT. McGowan failed to put descriptions of real estate on assessment books as required by section 3950 of the revenue code ex- amined a number of the larger tax payers of the county under oath as to whether they were yer sg9r-- Yhe1 y, assIns ShsIr prop era a4.lS S,.1N--ol snoWS tIIa. -nf. -,Ac- Gowan has well discharged this duty. MT. McGowan state under oath in reference to the above in substance as follows: "The errors pointed out in this examination were purely clerical. I did not place descriptions of real estate upon the assessment books because it had not been the custom in this county and because the land books snow the ownership of all lands in the county. l am, however, describing the real estate on the assessment book Of lo59 as re- quired."
 Examiner Foster has filed with the gov ernor his report on the office of tax collect or of Bullock county during the term of of flee of MT. F. c. Hall, the present incum- bent report on the office prior to his time having been made by former Examiner Reeves. Of Tax Collector Hall and his work in the office the examiner says that all moneys collected by him for the use of the state have been duly reported and paid over to the treasurer, except $12.S5. He is due this amount on account of errors made by the assessor in the footings of the taxes chargeable to the collector for the tax year of 1897. On account of these same errors he is due the county the sum of s6.45. In both instances commissions have been de- ducted and interest to date added. MT. Halls books show him to be a careful, painstaking officer and his method of book keeping good.
 Tax Commissioners Advised
 State Tax Commissioner w. J. Wood ar rived from his home in Florence this morn- ing, and spent a busy day in his office at the capitol. The most important act of the commissioner was the issuance of a circu- lar letter, addressed to the county commis- sioners, directing them not to enforce the new revenue law until after April 15. This order was issued for the purpose of allow ing all parties interested to comply with the provisions of the new law. The same action was taken by the state commission CT two years ago. In this county the local commissioner had cited more than one hun dred parties affected by the law to appear before him and make settlements. The or der of Commissioner Wood renders void the action of the local commissioner and will save to the dealers several hundred dol lars.
 State Tax Commissioner Wood today an- nounced the appointment of O. s. Tam tax commissioner for Mobile county. Pardons Granted
 Ine SONefHOI SldutSu pd|uOhS dS lOi- lows Sig Hornsby, Pike county. mur- der; Will Hawkins, Jefferson county, grand larceny, sentenced to two years and 261 days; Robert Richards, Chambers county, burglary, sentenced to one year and one day; Tony Horne, Jefferson county, grand larceny.
 Pardons were refused as follows: Laura King, Marengo county, murder; John Sher- man, Jefferson and Elmore, burglary and manslaughter; "Caper' Green and Samuel Davis. Perry county, murder; Henry Ash ford, Perry county, murder; Henry Rogers, Sumter county, murder; Ann Patterson, Marguerite Parker, Russell county mur- der; Rufus Hughes, St. Clair county, mur- der.
 Ted Roasts Birmingham Ted Sullivan returned to the city this morning from New Orleans, where he at tended meeting of the Southern League Sunday. Ted worked very hard to have l Birmingham enter the league, and he is very sore that the Magic City failed to | come in. He says "a lot of cheap guys