The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-06-27
The Tax Sales And The Commissioners

ILL., a Etornrsa nubshed on the order of Sheriff Fountain
as the sales for the 1913 during January
March April and May When the sheriff presented same for puo
cation attention the law that makes 1T necessary TOT
publishers of legal the demand payment IN ao
vance Mr. being limited time to legally get the required
during the time and the not oeg
n payment proceeded advertise on
his personal O the first Tuesday in March we appeared
before the County Commissioners and plead in the interest OF the
Hill that the commissioners should as tn
them do bid the taxes and costs at the tax SAFE anu
thus save the county which would certainly be a
if the sheriff depend private bidders to buy them In Co
Mcdonald the for the county was present ana stated
to the the law provides for them SO to do
Being citizen and tax payer of Ben Hill county ana IN
teney all times the conduct OF the aa OF
the county we waive the payment OF the claims OF
Leader Publishing Company until such time when the property
would redeemed the sale OF the equity OF the
county would produce the taxes and the COSTS
favored acceptance of the proposition and to save
taxes the county but the chairman Wesley Walker ana COM
missioner White through of the facts oppos
ed and thus defea county from collecting the full amounts
of the taxes due allowed the sale to proceed The property
did not bring of the proceedings and not dollar OF the
taxes At the hour Commissioners
Warren and watched the sale and the earnest peadngs
present White agreed that at
afternoon would with warren ana
have Board recnd its action of the morning and buy what m
remained the unsod executions We do not know what
uence Wesley Walker used to get
White TO again change do know that the after
noon after consulting with Walker the proposition was again
turned down. Ffty6ve tax executions of weknown tax
of unreuned property sold at
that sae for rendered bill Sheriff Fountain of So 90
each for and SIS 80 for the unknown the law author
ICES AT May sale again made the same offer to the
commissioners again failed their cooperation
tec the county against the loss of the properly assessed taxes
that sale twenon executions sold at loss to the coun
tv In Nav fourteen executions met the same fate.
taxpayers those who their should bear IN mind
fixture of commissioners collecting the full
amount of the levied all property the land owner
who does paw the loss through increased taxa
ton the following Under proposition the
the county had cent and would have
the full amounts Fl s already large number of those
whose bought private parties bave paid their
in full and large thus been made at the and
through the utter the majority the Board
of County Commissioners
To bear out our contention Col Haygood who certainly
not considered partial interests stated to the Commits
oners that they failed do their duty the law provides in
failing to protect the county its that they should have bid
the amount of the taxes The criminal negligence of the
thus losing for the county large sum OF money
unfortunately must be settled upon some one
Walker and White will fail in their attempt to saddle the
Encouragement counys affairs the shoulders of the
Sheriff ard The Tax Collector.