The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-14
VALUES ARE TOO LOW
TAX ASSESSORS CRITICrsED BY
 STATE EXAMINERS.
Reports on the Accounts of Officials of Monroe and Tallapoosa Coun- ties Submitted to Gov
 ernor Jelks.

Reports were filed with Governor Jelks vasterdav on the officials of Tallapoosa and Monroe counties by Examiner J. T German and Assistant Examiner T. J Rutledge. respectively. In Monroe County many errors were found and some were discovered in Tallapoosa County.
 MT. Rutledge reported that the ianos of Monroe County, especially Vaiuauit timber lands, were assessed entirely toc low MT. German reported that the lands of Tallapoosa County were assessed al about 50 per cent of their actual vaiue
 MT. Rutledge reports upon the books of Tax Assessor F. M. Jones of Monroe that they are in the main well kept. By an error of the Probate Judge So.SSo III real estate had not been reported to the Auditor, but that amount had been cov- cred in a supplemental abstract.
 Probate Judge N. J. Stallworth, MT. Rutledge reported. kept his books cor rectly, but he should keep a license book and a corporation fee book.
 Sheriff M. M. Fountain was charged with $s3 .ss in the case of Will Williams who was arrested in another county and taken to Monroe County for murder, but against whom no evidence was brought.
 Tax Collector J. L. Smith was charged with $61.73. Of this amount, SIP was for poll tax and the remainder for failure to properly cover the amount of a sup plemental assessment.
 The estate of former Sheriff J. S. Har- rington, deceased, was charged with a total of $1S.60, because of errors in four feed bills.
 Clerk T. J. Ermer failed to properly enter cost bill of $1.75, and the Assist ant Examiner charged him with that amount.
 Reports on Tallapoosa.
 Tn his report on the officials of Talla- poosa County, Examiner German com mends Probate Judge J. J. Harlan for efficiency. He says, however, that there are license fees on warehouses amount ing to $l5O due the State which Judge Harlan stated would be collected prompt ly and remitted.
 The accounts of W. R. Grimes, Circuit Clerk, and Sheriff B. B. Smith. were found to be correct.
 Tax Collector c. L. Porter is reported as having failed to remit s10s.50 collected for poll taxes. His attention having beer called to the delinquency. Examiner Cor man says MT. Porter promptly remitted the amount The error was made by his | deputies. In other respects, the accounts | of MT. Porter were correct, the Examiner reporting that his books are neatly kept G. L. Bell County Superintendent oi
 Education, is complimented for his eff | ciency.
 "He paid the teachers by checks" says
 the Examiner which greatly facilitated | the examination"
 The clerical work on the books of W H. Green, Tax Assessor, is reported to bt 1 excellent.
 | As to assessments in Tallapoosa County Examiner German uses this language: | 'The following are the assessment oi Tallapoosa County for the past five years | 1899. .................$2,6 ,666, ,S99 1 1SOO.. . ss..ss.ss.s...... Z'oo4,4O4 190f., ., .. .. .. .. .. ...... 3021,557 l 1902, ...,.......... 3,1S4,SS4 1908. ............ 3. .231, ,209 | ''These assessments show an annual in | craaee The lands in thts county are glV.