The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-06
FINE REPORT EOR JEFFERSON COUNTY County Officials Deal With Big
 Figures ALL BOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE BIount County Officials and University of Alabama Officials Are Also Checked Over and Found
 Correct.

Montgomery, September 5.-(Special)- The reports of examiner of public ac- counts and his assistant, Judge w. t. Wilkinson, on the books of Tax Assessor Mclaughlin, Tax Collector Francis and Back Tax Commissioner Thompson and other officers of Jefferson county, make a fine showing for the county They run far up into large figures. They are, con- densed, as follows:
 Assessor Mclaughlin, year 1904: Real estate assessment. sS4e45,179; personal property, $16,314024; total $5O,s5s.2o3. By the collector: Real estate, $129,4O6; perso- nal property, $ss56s; total. s21S,s6e. Sup plemented by assessor. s35.0o0; total as- sessment, S51, 1,21S172. The books of this year show an assessment of s5S,3SS,S77 an increase over last year of $2,175705. It is noted that there has been gradual in- crease in the valuations in Jefferson county for several years and that Back Tax Commissioner Thompson has done good work.
 Tax Collector J. B. Francis, 1904: For the time MT. Francis had charged against him for collection, $SS2, ,S9O. .56. and of this amount he has gotten in and paid to the state, $319, ,S10.S3 The balance was al- lowed him by the auditor In his final set clement on several credits. The work or Collector Francis Is highly commended.
 Back Tax Commissioner Thompson, Au- gust 1, 1904, to July 31. 1905: Says the ex- o,1 tpa arl ttnnring this time MT. Thompson has made raises in the valua- tion of property to the amount of $S,- 736, 477 and the assessments of escaped property amounted to $2,664,s93 making a total of $6,401,470, upon which s4l, oOs Do taxes were collected and paid into the state. In addition to this MT. Thompson was instrumental In collecting $R,2ol 5s delinquent licenses for the state
 J. P. Stiles. ex-probate judge: All books in correct shape, and all monies paid over.
 S. E. Greene, probate judge, from No- vember 19, 1904, to July 31, 1905: Corpora tions organized, 167, with capital of SS- 057. 900 from which fees of s5,675 were col- lected. For the time the mortgage tax amounted to $24,046 and the licenses to $97,3 .49.
 I. w. McAdory, superintendent of edu- cation August l. 1904. to July 31, 1SO5 It Is found that the books and accounts are all right. Besides the state fund Jeffer- son county collects by local taxation and disburses s71,536.4s.
 Blount County.
 The books of the following officers or Blount county were found correct and all monies paid over properly ex-Probate Judge T. H. Davidson. Probate Judge J. F. Kelton, ex-Circuit Clerk J. F. Kelton' Circuit Clerk H. c. McPherson, Sherifr E. c. Aldridge, Tax Assessor 4d. c, All good, Tax Collector R. Nation, Superln- tendent of Education O. A. Steele.
 It was shown by the books of the tax assessor that the property of the county Is given in at about 50 per cent of its value and that the valuation this year will be $25O,OO0 more than last year.
 University Books.
 The assistant examiner also reports on the books of the State university. The books are found to be in every way cor rect and the system admirable. The books of one checks the other. The fol- lowing is a condensed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the univer- sity fund:
 Balance on hand date last exami-
 nation May 30. 1905. Elf Receipts from that time to May
 30, 1905 .............. .............. fI,soI. 4z
 Total .............. ............... .s4o' ioo.oo Disbursed from May 30, 1904, to
 May 30, 1905. ....... ...............,S5osS sSS. z5
 The receipts from the various funds of the university are given as follows:
 University, 4s,15s,S9; cadet, s23,94327; land $665.27 (balance): Fitts scholarship, S50S.3s; investment, $2,935.Ss; total, s76,- 21169
 The expenditures of the whole run of funds on the total named were s74,216.d, leaving a balance of $1,99492
 Capitol Mention.
 The following corporations have been reported to the secretary of state:
 Dickinson Mercantile company, Dick inson Clarke county, capital s10,oOO In corporators, J. F., w. H. and Sue Tur- ner.
 Copy of charter of the Coweta Fertil- izer company of Coweta, Ga., which does business in Alabama.
 These minor appointments have besn made by the Governor:
 Justice of the peace, T. J. Terry, Court land.
 Constables-W. R. Hubbard, Pine View; Eugene Hein, Landersville; J. W.. Betts, Eclectic; T. W. Hagood, Avon dale.
  Scottsboro: J. c. Gwinn, Birmingham; w. N. Bridges, Dadeville; Andrew Strauss, Mobile; w. l.. Thompson, Daphne.
 Trouble Over Book Distribution.
 It having been brought to the atten- ton of the text book commission that there was not as satisfactory book dis tribution as was anticipated in the south ern part of the state, the matter has been investigated and 1t Is quite likely will soon be fully settled It is given out that the depository at Montgomery has had some trouble with the purchas- CTS and has not been keeping supplied lately.
 However, this has been adjusted by some change and in few days there will be no hitch in getting the books. During the interval the book buyers have been sending to Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, Birmingham, but very soon a depository will be provided that will take care of all of South Alabama. It was the purpose of the publishers to arrange for the distribution of books in Montgomery and fill orders for the lower counties direct, but the text book com mission will not allow this, but will force Repositories in two cities and them to look after the counties as contracted for It Is thought that everything will now move along quietly.