The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-08-02
EXAMINERS REPORT
OF Settle mept Between Swami
Day Lumber Company and
Revenue Agent A. III.
Harrison.

State of Kentucky, Office State In
spector and Examiner, Frank
fort, July 26, 19c5-To His
Excellency. j. c. W. Beckham,
Governor State of Kentucky:
Dear Sir For further report in
the matter of conduct of revenue
agents, desire to report the fol-
lowing in regard to the settlement
OF case in the Powell County Court
by A. NJ. Harrison, Revenue Agent
State-at- Large, wherein the Swami
Day Lumber Company was made
defendant.
An action was filed in June, 1905
by Revenue Agent Harrison, by L:
j. Moore, attorney, seeking to as
sess the ommitted personal proper
ty of said company at more than
81. 100000 for each of the years
1901. 1902, 1908, 1904 and 1905.
Mr.. T. b. Mccormack, a repre-
sentative of the company was sent
to Lexington, the home of Revenue
Agent Harrison, for the purpose of
settling the suit and on his return
reported to Mr.. Floyd Day, OF the
company, that Mr.. Ed Oder, of
Lexington, was one of the proper
parties to see for the adjustment
of the matter. Later Mr.. Day
went TO Lexington for the purpose
of seeing Revenue Agent Harrison
in regard to the suit but was un-
able to find him. On this trip Mr..
Ed Oder approached Mr.. Day,
claiming to represent Revenue
agent Harrison, making a PROPOSE
tion to settle in full claim for back
taxes, upon the payment of the
sum of $1,000 cash to him, the
omitted personal property to be
assessed by consented judgment
at a total valuation of $500 as
soilo-s, $4,000 valuation for 1908
and 1904 and $1,000 for 1905; the
total amount of taxes to be realized
for the State and county for the
three years amounting to $l70.
A judgment was thereupon
drawn, assessing the omitted per.
sonal property of defendant at
said sums and delivered to Mr..
Oder for the purpose of having A.
M. Harrison as revenue agent sign
same. Thereafter Mr.. Oder re-
turned to Mr.. Floyd Day with said
judgment signed by Revenue Agent
Harrison, but before deliveri ng
same demanded and received the
sum of $500 in addition to the ST.
600 previously paid him. saying
that Revenue Agent Harrison de
manded 81, 500. The further sum
OF $40 for personal expenses in
going to see Revenue Agent Harri-
son, who was absent from Lexlng-
ton, was paid Ed Oder. Said
sums were paid by checks, payable
to Ed Oder.
This judgment assessing the
property at the total valuation of
$4,000 for the three years, was
delivered by the company to it's
attorney, who filed same in the
Clerks Office of Powell County
Court on July II, 1905 certified
copy of which has been filed in the
Auditors office. In the settlement
of this suit the Swann-Day Com.
pany has paid the sum of 1920 to
Mr.. Ed Oder, claiming to represent
the revenue agent, and said reve.
nue. agent, by consent judgment
filed July II, 1905, has agreed for
the Commonwealth to allow the
case to be setteled in full upon the
payment of $85 taxes TO the State
of Kentucky and $S5 to the county
of Powell and s94 'as penalty Tor
said revenue agent.
The only record which the State
of Kentucky and Powell county
have of this transaction is the suit
filed seeking to assess the property