The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-01
'SUM OF s26,l3S4l DUE FROM BROWN, SAY EXAMINERS Governor Brandon To Recommend Grand
 Jury Action RECEIPTS DIFFER,
 IS ACCUSATION Clerk Accused Of Lower ing Assessments On
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lState Capital Bureau.l

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 31. Lucien w. Brown, clerk of the mu- nicipal court of Birmingham, Third division, is charged with a total sum of $2e, ,138.41, in report sub mitted to Gov. w. W. Brandon to- day, prepared by examiners Avery and Malcomb. Of this amount, $9,- 872.96 is listed in the report as "collected and unaccounted for by the clerk" MT. Brown is charged, in the report, with having altered duplicate receipts given by him for certain fees, so that the duplicate retained by him showed a less amount that the origin receipt giv- en the person who paid the money.
 Governor Brandon stated that the report will be referred by him to the solicitor and presiding judge of Jefferson county, with the rec onmendation that it be made the subject of a grand jury investiga- tion and that such steps be taken as are deemed advisable to protect the interests of the county, to which the sums are listed as being due.
 $11,96S.65 Unc0Ilected
 Of the total of $26,138.41, Brown is charged with in the report, $11,068.65 represents fees claimed to be due the county, where no collections were made, due to alleged failure of the clerk to issue executions, 14,169.76 represents collections made by the clerk as shown by the record of the court and where no disposition has been made of same, " according to the report. The bank ac- count of the clerk showed a balance of $4,29G.7S, leaving a sum of $9,ST2.96 which is the amount collected and unaccounted for by the clerk" the re- port states. A detailed summary in the report, aa bof May 31, 1924, showed the following an10fllata due stfe c0unty- Sfiseeiia peous collections due filuciary fund \ S1 I .14 witness fees due fIduciars fund, $116; monthly collections due general fund, $1s912.02; collections not shown on record due general fund, $47.80; clerks fees due general fund, $11 ,206.45; sheriff's fees due general fund, $763.20: clerks fees due general fund, $1,307.4O; sheriff's fees due gen. eral fund, $20O.32; dividends collected from Alabama Home Building and Loan association, due general fund, $S14.58 !; total; $17, ,0O8.91. On June 27, 1924, there was paid to the treasury on clerks fees, $1,302.71, leaving a balance due of $15, ,706.20.
 Receipts Fail To Tally
 With reference to collections of cer- tain fees, principally releases, it was claimed that a sum of $1,912.02 was involved where receipts issued by the clerk failed to tally with duplicates kept by him as to amount received, while $47.S0 was collected from such fees on which no record was kept, it was claimed.
 !, Reference was made to an opinion from the office of the attorney general in which it was held that all fees, in- eluding the release fee of 25 cents, were payable into the county treasury and not to be retained by the clerk On this subject, the examiners report stat ed: Upon calling Mir. Browns atten- tion to the law creating the municipal court of Birmingham, and to subsec- ton z thereof, which specifically pro- vides for the payment of all fees into the treasury of Jefferson county, and subsequent to receiving and showing him the opinion rendered us from the
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