The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-07-14

fully preserved ii his Office. a
great many Of these reports are
made up and the trustees names
signed to them by the teacher.
The last item, The twelfth,
Paid to teachers holding irregular
license Mr.. Green, SIS, ,964 Sc: I:
Mr. Bennett S69l shows the
amount paid to teachers. teaching
under license as shown in exhibit
Exhibits &c" and ID"
are supplemental to exhibit b..
There are several instances
where teachers reports for differ
ent months interiap; that is, the
second report showing date of be-
ginning several days prior to the
ending Of the first month. These
are shown on Exhibit 'E', There
have been employed d great many
teachers who held no regular
license issued in this county; who
either had no license at all or held
q state professional or transferred
license. No record Of these items
have been kept BY the County Sup
erintendent.
No regular list was ever kept Of
license, so far as can ascertain,
the stubs being the only record.
The sheriff's Office.
Next / examined the account Of
the sheriff and tax collector from
Jan. i. 1904 to June 1909. Mr..
r. G. Applwehite was the incum-
bent up to Jan. s. 1908, and was
succeeded by Mr.. ]. F. Greer. The
cash books for 1904 and 1905 cannot
he found. checked tax collect.
ions by adding the paid stub and
out against total pay
nents. My recast shows short
age in payments on account of adva-
loren and polls for the years 1904
and 1905 and 1907 of 1914. 4.61, S803.
29. $645. 46, respectively, and on
road taxes for 1907 Of $276. Over
on advalorem and poll
tax for 1906 of $631 08, and Of road
tax for 1905. STA. Total underpay-
ments 5000. .66. Total oyerpay-
nlents, $7O5.08 For further detail
as to this account see exhibit "F".
Payments to Treasurer Of
amounts collected have not always
been promptly made.
Sec. 4335 of the Code of 1906, in
regard to excess on tax sales is as
follows: And if said owner shall
not demand and receive said excess
of said tax collection within 10
days after the first Monday in
March of the year in which the
sale is made, the tax collector shall
thereupon report the amount of
exeess to the Chancery Clerk, and
on his receipt warrant he shall pay
the same into the County Treas
uFg /"
On March 20, 1907 the following
payments were made to the treas
urer for excesses on land sales:
910S, 1904, 1905 and 1906, $36. .65,
$685. .43, $1,115.68 and 81, ,003. .87,
respectively, these amounts having
in the hands of the tax
collection for year after the Act
was amended to read as above.
During the present administra-
tion the laxness in this respect and
been rather noticeable, particularly
in the matter of road and poll tax
collections. The collections for
March and May, of 1908 on account
of 1906 taxes amounting to $63,
were not reported nor paid in until
after the examination of this ac-
count was made. The same also
applies to collections for February
and March, 1909, on account Of
1907 taxes, amounting to S72.
The collections for January, 1908,
account of 1907 taxes of 1857, was
held until March Is, 1908. The
collection for March Of $87 was held
until May 20. 1908. Collections for
September, October, November and
december, 1908 of 1922, $l08, $105
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