The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-25

the said Geo. B. Mcleod to a set
Element, as required by law, and
instead of their proceeding n
against him for the violation of
law reported to them as having
been committed by the said Nc
Leod, that they have been acting :
in conjunction with him, and that c
this will appear among other
things in the said purported re-
ply of the commissioners publish ,
ed in The Robesonian on Februa-
ry Sd, 1908, at the same time
with the reply of Geo. B. Mcleod,
wherein, in reply to a charge
made by the board of audit and
finance that Sheriff Mcleod re-
tanned illegally the public tax
money, the following language
was used: All these things will
be more fully explained in the
reply which we understand
Sheriff Mcleod will make to the
charges against him..
QO). That affiant is informed
and believes that the purpose of
this action is to evade the re-
quirements of law that the set
Element between the sheriff and
the county shall be made by the
! board of commissioners Of the
Z county, and to evade the futher
! requirement and provisions of
: the Act of 1907, giving the board
= of audit and finance the right
. and power to supervise and in
vestigate the conduct Of the boar d
G of county commissioners.
l 1D. Affiant is further inform
u ed and believes that some Of the
- attorneys for the plaintiff in this
. action have been the attorneys
3 for the defendant in this action
= in all matters where an investi-
.. cation has been made by the
=, board Of audit and finance of the
IS. county in its efforts to ascertain
u whether Geo. B. Mcleod has col
-" lected and properly accounted
, for all public monies of the cOun-
i ty with which he is chargeable
~ by law.
= (12). Afhant is further inform
20 ed and believes that the institu-
~, ~ ton and purposes of this action
~ were we'll understood and agreed
VI, VI to, both by plaintiff and defend
= ant, and that the purpose there
"a of, as before stated, is to evade
~ that provision of law which has
~ been violated for now over {
20 year, requiring the board OF
- commissioners to settle a tax &C,
u count with the sheriff, and t.
~ evade the further provision Civ
u u ing to the board Of audit anC
- finance the power to investigate
H. and audit these accounts afte
u, they shall have been settled be
- tween the board of commission
ne l ers and Geo. B. Mcleod.
~ Q3.) Affiant is further in
III formed and believes that if thi
IL IL action is to proceed to final judg
a. a ment, and the said Geo. B. Nc
=; Leod and the sureties on his Of
81 fetal bond are to discharged from
-, all liability on his official bond Of
VI account Of the taxes collected b,
~, him, or that he should have col
pa lected during the year 1906, tina
in0 it is proper and necessary for tn
~ ~ protection of the public interes
e. that the board of audit an,
=; IL finance should be allowed to com
10, in and make themselves partie
ny ~ to this action, to interplead an
az ~ to produce evidence to show tina
-, - said Geo. B. Mcleod has not az
~ counted for and paid over a
~ ~ taxes due the county of Robesor
~ ~ as has been published by tn
90 board of county commissioner
;o. over their own signatures, Whic
~; ~ publication was made by then
We We whereas they now admit unde
-, oath that they have no know
. ae edge or information sufficient
odS form belief as to whether tn
~ has been done or not.
~ ~ IA. )Affiant is further inform
La+ ed and believes that if the sal
i Ia board of audit and fnanceis NJ
~ ~ permitted to interplead an
tho introduce evidence that tt
t tho county Of Robson will su
he fer great loss, in that it ca
'. aS not be expected that the boar
90 CO of county commissioners w
ler hold George B. Mcleod to
"a proper accounting when thu
' ac would declare in the public print
S 81" without having made any inve
oen tigation, as required by law, tn
S Ta he had accounted for and pa
'l nf over all taxes, and for the flu
~ 10 Their reason that they have tax,
: my - no action upon the work done
-, e ID q the board of audit and finan
, ,b y. and reported to them, nor ha
'ii Ia" they taken any action at all
nt ~ comply with the law in this
Imoy half.
, ,[irN Wherefore, the board of au,
,een and finance of Robson count
aid composed of A. B. Pearsall. CT
ase ham McKinnon and J. M. Butl
,hev acting through A. B. Pearss
ma chairman, pray that they m
if as be made parties defendant
Ieo1 this action, and that they be
said lowed to plead, either by ansv
for or demurrer.
the A. B. PEARsALL.
lsur- Chairman
the Sworn to and Subscribed hnf