Mitchell County GaArchives News.....Tax Collector of Mitchell is Short October 2 1931
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The Cairo Messenger

TAX  COLLECTOR OF MITCHELL IS SHORT

APPARENT SHORTAGE IS ALSO FOUND IN ACCOUNT OF MR. O. O. WORLEY.

From the Camilla Enterprise:
   A shortage of approximately $21,500 in the office  
of the tax collector of Mitchell county and another short-
age amounting to about $2,450 in the accounts of Mr. O. O. Worley, 
clerk of the Board of commissioners of Roads and Revenues of 
Mitchell  county, have been  reported by auditors now at work
on  the county’s books.
   As a result of the disclosure in the tax collector’s office,
Mr. W. H. Taylor has tendered his resignation as tax collector,  
which has been accepted by the governor, and an election has been
called to fill the vacancy. In the meanwhile the official records  
of the tax collector are in charge of Ordinary R. E. L. Culpepper,  
as provided by law.
   In the case of the alleged shortage in the office of the clerk of
the board of commissioners, Mr. Worley, vigorously denies that he is  
short in any amount. He has deposited with the board, an amount 
sufficient to cover the shortage claimed by the auditors and 
he has been given time by the board to check over his books and 
explain the discrepancies disclosed in the auditor’s report.
   The conditions in the tax collector’s office first became generally
known last Friday morning when Mr. W. H. Taylor delivered a copy of 
his resignnation to the county commissioners.
The official details of the shortage have not been made public,in fact,
the audits of the tax collector’s books has not been completed, but the 
auditors made a report of their finds to date to the county 
commissioners at a special meeting held Monday morning.
The meeting was held in executive session, but, this paper learns 
that the amount of the shortage reported was $21,500, in round numbers.
It is understood that the board instructed the auditors to go back 
over the full period covered by the present bond of the tax collector
and this work will probably require a week or two longer.
    At the same time the auditors made a report of their findings in
the accounts of the clerk of the board of commissioners. All of the 
discrepancies were found in the road tax accounts and it is said, 
grew out of the  method used in crediting fees and commissions due 
road tax collectors.
  After a conference with Mr. Worley the board agreed to give him 
time to explain the matters in question and in case they are 
satisfactorily cleared up the money he has deposited to cover the  apparent  
shortage will be returned to him, according to information given this paper.
   Since the meeting of the commissioners Monday many wild rumors
have been in circulation, mentioning the names of other officials, 
as being involved in one way or another. So far as this paper has  
been able to learn there is no foundation for these reports.
   In some cases these rumors have done serious injustice to the 
public officials.

 

   



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