The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-04-02

when We We're in manner dosing az
the work.
To guard against any ,oss to -
treasurer by reason OF these items ap-
pearing on the special school book mat
had no property basis Oh the regular
duplicate, and in order to balance the
interlined special school tax on the
treasurer duplicate with the speciai
school duplicate, began making list
of the property omitted, which the and
itor wou d later make additionals tor.
ad gone througl with Newbe7ry
township in this way when the treas
are~ came into the auditors Office ca
claimed to him tie occasional discrep-
ancies between the charges on the spe-
cial SC -ool duplicate and the auditors
duplicate and told l. i'm that | was keep
ing a list of the omitted property IN
order to get a balance. He said that
he was going to be charged on his ah-
stract with all the special school taA,
and hence lie wanted it al to be caf-
ried to the treasGrer's duplicate. A.
ter L at l carried all special schoo.
taxes to the treasurer's duplicate,
whether the taxpayer had property
charged to him on tie treasurer du-
plicate or not. A list Of the omitted
property is in the hands Of i e auditor
and he understands that additionals
are to be issued and charged as sup
Elemental taxes. Owing to the sys-
tenn of levying special schoo. taxes in
Newberry county, which is to make Up
seperate duplicate and interline on
the treasurer's duplicate, it is very dit-
ficult to balance these interim cations
against tie original special school
duplicate.
AS already state, some townships are
divided into many specia' school dis
tricts. These items were balanced,
however. and are approximately cor
rect, and if the auditor and treasurer
are careful there need not be the
slightest loss on this account
Another matter whia the treasurer
called my attention was that in two
of the townships, the dogs, polls and
ordinary taxes had not been extended
to the total column. There was no
special sc3ool taxes in those two town
s. ips.
The treasurer is entirely within his
rights in complaining of this, but a., a
matter of fact it was not at all 'es
sential for his protection, and few Of
the auditors of the State extend these
items to the total column at all. Il
was left undone in t3is instance be-
cause We Il ought it Of greater impor-
! tance to open the books for the col'ec-
ton of taxes than to consume more
time in unnecessary work.
We hare given in detail such mat
ters as were brought to cur attention.
The books were made up hurriedly ami
are rot as satisfactory as might be
desired; but insofar as any mater
broug t to our attention is concerned
they need not and viii not involve any
loss to t e county treasurer or to The
county Treasurer Epps is very
! efficient and very painstaking official
and he has doubtless felt more or less
annogance t, at he has not receiT ed his
books promptly. He is entirely justi-
fable, too, in looking with the greatest
care into any apparent error in Ills
duplicate, since it was made up ii
haste. But we feel sure that witt the
care ordinarily exercised by county
tax officials, working in harmony, The
treasurer has nothing to fear in COL
lecting on the duplicate now in his
hands. Respectfully,
W. W. Bradley.