Nowles v. Board of Commissioners

Best, C.

On the 6th day of September, 1881, the board of commissioners of Jasper county allowed C. W. Henke, a former treasurer, $418.26 for collecting delinquent taxes for the year 1872, and allowed D. C. Janes, a former treasurer, $329.84 for collecting the delinquent taxes for the years 1873> and 1874. At the same time, the board ordered the auditorio deduct these allowances from the settlement sheet of 1881, and to apportion them among the various funds, so as to deduct from each such portion as would have been deducted had the allowance been made at the time the services were rendered.…