Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-06
S4C7,02l.86 IS
 AMOUNT PAID IN TAXES IN COUNTY Tax Collector Williams and County Clerk Nichol Set
 tie for 1915. PINE BLUFF WILL
 RECEIVE $38,838 Property y-Owners of County Pay $4s,. 495 Into State School Fund, While School Districts of County Re.
 ceive $9s,71s.5s.

Balancing to cent, the settlemen
 reports of County Clerk c. M. Nicho
 and of Sheriff and Collector R. H
 Williams for the taxes collected 1o] 1915 have been filed with the county county judge during the July term o1 the court. Sheriff Williams vii make settlement according to the re port within 15 days after the reports are approved by the court.
 The reports were prepared in the clerks office by County Clerk Currin Nichol himself, and in the collectors office by Tom Stewart and Capt. Sam F. Hilzheim, the capable deputies. MT Nichols report includes all the items covered in the collectors report, but goes into greater detail, this being necessary because he must, in the rec ords of the county court, keep every transaction separate and distinct, while in the collectors office many items are carried under one head.
 Getting the report ready so soon after the close of the fiscal year, which was Saturday last, is feat of no small proportions, in view of the fact that it requires two or three days of almost constant work to prepare the report MT. Nichol had his re- port completed yesterday afternoon, however, as did also Messrs. Hilzheim and Stewart, despite the fact that Tuesday was holiday. The reports were filed as of Monday.
 The report prepared by the col lector's department is already in final form. MT. Nichols report, however, has yet to be transcribed in the books of the county court as permanent record, this in itself being laborious work, because of the vast numbers of figures in the report, the many col umns in which the figures are placed, and the many headings under which the items are carried.
 Mr. Nichol, Capt. Hilzheim and MT. Stewart came in for congratulation yesterday, because their reports bal anced perfectly, despite the fact that a sum aggregating more than $400,- 900 was accounted for, this being divided into dozens of items, and the further fact that in order to ascertain the commissions to be deducted it was necessary to carry the decimal frac- tions to the seventh figure to learn the actual rate of commission. Any accountant will appreciate the work involved in such intricate computa- ions, and that two separate reports, the same items and figures, put prepared by different people, should agree in every detail, is con- 'idered ample cause for qualification.
 Slight Increase Is Shown.
 A slight increase in the amount of axes collected last year over the year before is shown by the report, in that axes aggregating $398, 8,7608S were for 1914, against $407, 7,O21 .86 or 1915. The actual increase was ,S,26O.7S.
 The report shows that 715 automo- pile licenses have been paid in the county at $10 each, bringing in ST. L5O. After the commissions are de- lucted this will place $3,499.99 in the state treasury and an equal amount in he county treasury, this latter to be devoted to road improvement work ,nly.
 The reports show the taxes to have been collected under the following heads and items:
 State general tax, $36, ,3O8.1O; state school tax, $4S,405.25; pensions, $32.- 227.1S; state capitol, $2,01O.55; total, s11S,9510S; commissions, $2,495.92; net taxes, $116.455.16.
 County general tax, $7S.534.47; sup SIP; delinquent penalties and costs, $79S.90; total, $79,345.37;