The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-16
EXAMINERS REPORT
SOCKS OF OFFICIALS OF TWO
 COUNTIES.
Some Officers of Chiffon and Lee Made Minor Errors According to Messers Rutledge and
 German.

Reports on the condition of the books and accounts of the ofiicials nf Chiffon and Lee counties were submitted to Gov ernor Jelks yesterday respectively by T. J. Rutiedge, Assistant Examiner and J. T. German. Examiner of Public Accounts.
 The reports on Chiffon County were as follows:
 "In accordance with your instructions I have examined and checked the books and accounts of Hon. s. M. Adams, Judge of Probate of Chiffon County, from June 1. 1901, to August l, 1893, and beg to report that he has properly collected and &C., counted for all funds coming into his hands from licenses and land redemptions during that period.
 "By an oversight the Probate Jrdge omitted to remit frspchise tax of sss in the case of l. N. Langston & O., orga- nized as q corporation under the general law with a capital stock of s1o,oOo. His attention was directed to this and the proper amount has been remitted to the State Treasurer to cover the same. B. B. Deason, Circuit Clerk.
 This officer has duly accounted for all money collected on account of solicitor . fees from June ]. 1901, to July 1, 1903.
 The cost bills presented for the fall term. 1sJ, and spring term. 1902. were checked over and found to be correct with the exception of the justice and constable fees amounting to s4.25 in the case of La fayette Callen. The clerk had failed to enter these fees on his docket and have charged him with the above amount. The clerk had also failed to issue execution as required by law for the removal bill in case of Charlie Adams. amounting to A.69 and I have charged him with the above amount in consequence of such error. The clerk should remit the net amount of $SN to cover the above errors.
 M. A. Killgore, Ex-SheriH.
 Y have examined the feed bills of the ex-sheriff from August 1, 1901, to May 24, 1902, the day of his resignation. There is an overcharge for three days in his &C., count for December, 1901, and he also failed to enter his feed bill for May, 1902. in the docket required by law to be kept for that purpose. The amount of this bill heinz $54.3o. The items charged in this bill are correct but 1t is not entered on feed book.
 T have charged him with the amount of the above errors asgregating the sum of $55.20 which should be repaid to the State.
 J. M. Morgan, Sheriff.
 He was appointed to succeed Mr. Kil- gore and presented a feed bill tor $1 20 on behalf of the latter which was erroneous, l ther. was not enter ed on the feed book AS required by law. The amount of this hill has been charged to Sheriff Morgan who receipted for the same on account of exsheriff Killgore and Mir. Morgan will repay the amount to the State.
 The feed bills of MT. Morgan from May 24. 1so2. the date of his appointment. tn September 1. 1908 have been fully checked over and examined and are found to be correct.
 A. c. Mims, Tax Assessor.
 "I have checked the tax assessors books for the years 1901 and 1902. and find them to be correct and that the totals of his assessments agree with the abstracts fur nshed the Auditors once for the above years. There Is glaring undervalua- ton of property in this County to which have directed the attention of the as- sessor and urged upon him the import ance of correcting this matter as far as possible.
 T. J. Hubbard, Tax Collector.
 ''The books of the collector for the years 1901 and 1902. have been fully checked over and examined. There are some small er- TOTS in the matter of escaped taxes. both against and in favor of the State, but the net amount of these is very small and show that the collector has been diligent In collecting the taxes of his County and