The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-06
SHORTAGE IN TALLAPOOSA Two Officers Fail to Settle. COLLECTOR DUE $i,24s. se Examiner Sedberry Reports
 to Governor. Criticises Accounts of Collector Porter,
 and J. P. Oliver, superinten- dent of Education of the County.

At closing hours of the State Audi tors office yesterday Tax Collector C. l.. Porter of Taliapoosa County had not appeared with moneys amounting to $1,24S.s9 and Assistant State Exami- ner c. F. Sedberry immediately re- ported the officer. that much short to the Governor. In the same report a shortage of s250.21 was charged against J. P. Oliver. Superintendent of Education of Tallapoosa County.
 Collector Porter did not make set- tlement with the State Auditor on or before July 31 last as he should have done to comply with the law ana the report of the Examiner charging him with that much shortage was filed with the Governor. Mir. Sedberrys re- port says that Mir. Porter promised to make the settlement yesterday Tor the full amount. For some reascn un- known to the clerks in the Auditor s office such settlement has not been made and they have heard nothing of the coming of the officer to Montgom- cry yesterday.
 The shortage consists of collections of taxes on assessments regularly charged against MT. Porter. The shortage of the County Superintendent of Education consists of moneys deliv- cred by the State Superintendent and disbursed without authority in Talla poosa County.
 Statement of Examiner.
 The report of Examiner Sedberry to the Governor was as follows:
 T find that MT. Porter failed to make final settlement with the Auditor during the month of July for the taxes due the State for the year 1904, as re4 quired by law. and that he now owes the State on account of the regular assessment for the year 1904, $1,130.55. He also owes the State $63.17 tax col- lected by him and reported as taxes in litigation the year before and which has never been paid to the State. further find that in reporting his col lections of interest on taxes collected after the first day of January, 1905, which said report was made at the end of January, 1905, the collector reported only $25.24 interest collected, when as a matter of fact, his actual collections of interest for the State was $90.41 leaving a balance of S65.f7 interest collected by him for the State which he did not report at all, making a to- tai indebtedness to the state by MT. Porter of $1,24s.ss, which was due the State and should have been paid on July 1, 1905, and to which should be added interest from the date last named to the date of payment"
 Of Mir Oliver the Examiner says:
 "f find that Mir. Oliver has proper vouchers for all disbursements by him of the school fund except as ,hereinaf- ter stated: To the teachers herein named MT. Oliver has made oyer pay ments for the amounts placed opposite each name. That Is to say, he has paid them the amounts named in excess of what they were entitled to, as shown by their reports filed for the time mem tioned. For the full list and statement of this see exhibit A, made a part of this report. The total amount thus charged are s250.21, which amount Is now due the state by Mir. Oliver"
 These are the persons charged with being overpaid by MT. Oliver: J. NJ Darlington, J w.. Samuels. Effie Wat kins, S. F. Lawrence, Daisy Chambliss Lula Anderson, J IT. Carpenter, w. c. Walls, J. S. Ware, Lula Lavender, O. w. Benson, J. M. Burnett, Pearl Nell son, Lucy Burton.
 All the other officers of Tallapoosa County are given a clean bill and com- pliments by the Examiner.