No greater outrage upon the tax payers of…
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Present Sheriffperson
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a.k.a. the present sheriff, sheriff
Board of Commissionersorg
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chunk 514 · paragraph 1993
e board of com-
missioners fails to show any order of the board
allowing such rebates and they are clearly un-
authorized and unlawful, and the grand jury
recommends that action at law be at once insti-
tuted against these parties for the collection
of taxes remaining unpaid.
No greater outrage upon the tax payers of
the county could be perpetrated than the
wiping out of such large amounts from the taxes
of the rich, in secret, while the poor must pay
to the utmost farthing. The committee had not
time to inquire into the validity of all the re-
bates entered, and others may prove to be un-
authorized upon further investigation.
The grand jury had evidence to show the
charging of illegal fees for services not ren-
dered by the present sheriff. We were able to
conclude investigation in only one case in which
mileage was charged for serving a warrant on
a prisoner in the county jail — $96.75, and serv-
ing two subpoenas on the same three persons in
each case, in Silver City, upon the returns of
which mileage was charged at $21 on each
subpoena — making $138.75 for mileage charged
for services made in Silver City.