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WHERE IS THAT 25000
OF BACK TAXES
Which Tax-Collector Sanford
Says He Has Collected?
JOIN 0. MOORE WRITES
A Card in Which, as ex-Tax Collector, he
Reviews Certain Records, Quoting From
Them Ceriain Figures And Then Asks
Mr. Sanford a Few Pointed Questions. Ev
ery Voter in Floyd County Should Read.
The following communication
from ex-Tux Collector John D.
Moore, was handed to The Hus
tier Commercial, for publication
this mailing.
The article is full of statements
that are sensational in the facts
they set forth, ard as the state
ments are based oa facts revealed
hy count? records the voters, of
Floyd county will find the com
munication deeply interesting.
Ex-Tax Collec'or Moore states
tut the records show that Tax
Collector Sanford has made no
returns or the -525,000 back taxes
he hoists he has collected. Mr.
Moore quotes the records aud by
them proves that Mr. Sanford has
not accounted fir this sum to
either the state or county author
ities.
John D aioore, as ex tax col -
lector of Floyd county and as ex-
Major of Rome, has such a stand
ing in the county and city that
statements mane by him him over,
h's signature.in the public prints ’,
must have gr at weight weight
With every citizen .
Here is what ex-Fax Collector
Moo.e says:
Some, Ga. ,June 1, 1898.
Jo the Public:—So much has
Unsaid by Mr. V. T. Sanford
h| n his friends about his being a
b «tter officer than anybody else,
“'"I m these statements intimating
11 Mr. Sanford has performed
w ’>rk that I should have done, I
give some of the cold facts of
61 nation and t j lo citizens
>Bc unty ju Ige for themselves.
?’ v b -lolbing but what can
J Proven by the public records.
" “ny one can go and see that my
8 “toon’s are true.
colu' 1 S j a 1 f 0 " flyß th " t he has
ahou'h 000 ,iack Taxes, that
been collected by his
P and asks the votes of
3-pMorthat reason. The
i,imhi ’
•hw lh „, ” eo " lr “ r ’-. they
1130,1. US Btateme nts are erro
ordin V ' rifildccv of the rec
‘ ni .v possession show that
d,Best '
„ h,rg ' d in
o . $47417.80
XT? "•? ho
wag n / d tdX whieh
1141.80
Total
__ 48565.16
THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
i He has paid 36557.57
Leaving utie 12007.59
The state tux charged
on digest of '896 was 39192 10
J. D. Moore reperted
tax collected, which was
not on digest 1269,20
V. T. Sa.ford reported
tax collect Q d,not on aigest 408 09
_____________ —»
Total 40869 39
J D. Moore collected
up to Jan 1 1897,and paid
to the state $29930.47
V T. Srnford paid as
follows:
1897 July 31 on
general tax 440 00
Vugust 23, on
general tax 1672 48
Sept. 11. on
general tax 400.00
Sept. 24, on
general tax 362 63
October 12, on
general tax 748 21
October 12. on
general tax 625 74
October 13, on
general tax 452 89
October 22, on
generaljtux 509 44
1898 Jan 17 on
general tax 1132 63
February 8. on
general tax 118 51
1897 July 31.0 n
I poll tax 443 00
1898 Jan. 17,0 n
poll tax 49 OC
February 8, on
poll tax 19 70
Total 6974.28
Sanford was
allowed for er
rois in digest
and insolvents
in 1896 3880 31
Total 40,785.01
The small difference unpaid will
be covered by Sanford’s commis
don.
These are all the payments to
the state du.ing Sanford's term of
office and the figures show that
none of it covers any tax back of
1896; and all he reports collected,
not on digest, for both years
amounts to only $1555.39
That this amount of $1555,39 was
not back tax, and that he claims
to have collected other back tax,
will be shown by.S mford’s letter
• now of file in the comptroller
general’s office. Th i letter is as
follows!
ROME GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1893.
“Rome Ga. May 2 Lt, 1898.
vlr. Wm. A Wright,
Comptroller, Atlanta,
I Dear sir:
• Yours of 17th. irut. just received
I today, and contents noted. All the
; hack taxes I have collected, ex*
. ceptiug for 1896, was on insolvent
' lists allowed tax collectors for
i previous years.
j lam now making itemized
statement for various years col
lected by me that the commis
sioners may know what portion of
the money in their hands belong
to the state when they will remit
same on the first Monday in June.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) V. T. Sanford.”
This letter shows that he has
collected back taxes and that he
has paid nond of them to the
state. The comptroller’s records
a'so show that none was paid
there.
The books of Mr. James B.Hill,
county treasurer for Floyd county,
shows that net one dollar has teen
paid to him by Mr. V. T. Sanford
for taxes back of 1896 Look at
Mr. Hill's booK and you will see
that this Staten.ent is true Let me
here ask Mr. Sanford if he collec
ted these back taxes, why has he
not paid them to the proper au
thorities?
How does he expect the commis
sioners to give any money to the
state if he dees not pay it to the
county treasurer, notwithstanding
the county treasurer is the only
custodian of the county funds
Let us look at his claim that he
has done better than those who
came bes re him. I will notdiscuss
in detail, John Black’s record. He
was too well known to the peop e
of Floyd county, and stood fl e
-crutiny cf too many years wb n
lie was alive and able to ti k cate
of himself, for me to bring lis
record up now.
A reference to the books wi 1
show that he was a fa'thfvl
and efficient officer, and compand
favorably with any tax col
jlector in the S'ate and favorably
with Mr, Sanford s own record.
Iwi 1 compare Mr. Sanford's
record with my own, and let the
facts show’ who has made the bet*
ter officer.
The public records show ‘hat I
collected and paid to the
County on a digest npon which
the tax rate was only one per cent,
$36,302,02, and to the state $29,-
930,47, making a totol of $66,282,-
49, upon the tax of 1896. I went
out of office on Jany. Ist 1897.
Mr. V. T. Sanford was collector
for the year 1897. aud up to Jany.
3rd 98, he had paid to the county
$33,638.58, and state $29,057,57,
making a total of $62 6u6,15.
—This was $3,525.87 less than
I collected during the same
length of time, notwithstanding
the fact that Mr. Sanford’s di
gest was about one half million
dollars larger than mine, and
his f one quarter of one
per higher. I went into
’office in August 1896, and re
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