Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-04-28

the When
the pays Exchange bank when the
delivered to the treasurer and the notes caneed and sun
rendered o the county board
We think this respects best arrangement have
found in any counties in the 1t enables the county
obligations promptly and doing nat
ura closer and to make better trades every way
than people knew they would have to wait six or eight months for
On sheet C3 give list of collected during the
year 1908 and the early spring Of 1909 from convict hire these COZ
during peror by audit found the amount
deposit the Exchange Bank and thought best to eau at
We would suggest that this amount be turned
county and charged to hm ana ceo up as
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standing at March 18th and agggegag *oa tsa ansa
has in hand 1891 IN looking back to da5e
Of former audit find that March b. 1903 warrants ouand
ing aggregated $O6818 while the treasurer had IN hand
difference of $o355 IS It would seem from the n60Te tna tine
collected date has just about balanced the county expenses
for the past twelve months.
bookkeeping detailed istrbuon OF expenditures
anS We submitted form some days ago your chairman for
distribution record which form gives about the dsOu
ton Of expenditures that you should have II adopt
book after this general will clerk quite lot OF
rewriting detail Instead Of posting detail to his ledger as
he now doing would simply have post the monthly totals
Of the different accounts
We give YOU d. summary Of collections and
paid the state treasurer county treasurer ana
county school commissions to date We make no attemp at tns
time make full and final statement OF the collector
for the reason fas still for collection aggregatmg
$s We could not porate this tween the GO
and and the county school commissioner without
receipt the amount OF professional tax on @ etc
md
pensa for the time and expense that would nave Oee he
sary bring down balance due by the tax collector OF
So has been made statement for the com
missions earned by him. thought better delay this calcua
ton until the accounts fully closed H.
collected not on digest as reported collector Of dute
relieved of allowances for errors in digest and detailed list OF
As already stated made effort present final state
of the collectors accounts for the year Such statement
made M at this very likely mislead
e" Gnat or Hee ru on few Times that need careful attention
the law would suggest that they read the law governing
office of collector before making final settlement
Defauters relieved Of double only by the ord
by the county commissioners and Section 8 OF the Code
the ordinary your the county board shall state the
The general plan should be followed IN making allow
ance for errors in digest.
The law allowance to collector for his nsolyent
Sections $50 1854 of the Code Care should be taken
allow execution nsovent until has been returned with
proper entry by the bailf or sheriff of No property
Another matter which would direct attention
governing collectors This SET out
You will notice from this section that
the collector allowed commission OF per cent n the t ss
cent the next 81 on the next and so on down until ne
appearing the regular digest your collector has received from
railroads. express companies and other corporations who make
stand your that he has the right
from the total Of his digest and figure commissions on
per thousand dollars at cent two
thousand cent two thousand at "a cent on two
thousand - per the balance AS understand
there warrant of law for thus segregang these
and opinion the corporation tax should be added
the amount covered regular digest the commission fig
the whole the rate laid down in the Code We are thor
number of collectors the state with
approval Of the boards OF
respective counties figuring the commission
he has the right to do They base their
wording Of the Section referred to; that ION all
dgests etc They contend that the corporation tax not
regular digest they have right compute the
up entirely separate digest They overlook i'm
portan 96 the Code fixing the Of
sion passed became law February &C. 1879 At that
and all other question returned
their other tax payers to the county tax receivers and
the tax all included i'll the digest The law requiring that
railroads should make returns the comptroller general passed
be found the published Acts 1889
page When this corporation taken Of the regular
amendment made to the section fixing the coe
tor fees and there good separating
the and computing the commission separately In
difference IN the two methods of figuring
alb $177.50 per year.
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