Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-20 | Page 11 | Town Currency Causes Trouble

TON R RENCY CAU CAUSES TROUBLE POTTSVILLE Pa Sept Sept- 29 0 AP After causing a. a warrant to be issued for the arrest ot of Stephen Allsop All AU- sop treasurer of the borough h of Gilbertson on charges of ance In office taxpayers ot of that place awaited devel developments In a financial riddleS le Attorney George II IL Kaercher representing members ot of the taxpayers taxpayers' taxpayers taxpayers' tax tax- payers payers' association said the borough borough bor- bor ough had been Issuing a form ot of currency that at the tho present time at least la is worthless What 1 the tho attorney described as as' as asI I an unofficial mint came Into be be- lug some time ago o when the borough bet bor- ough Ja lacked ked funds in its tr treasury urY I to pa pay current curent bills Accordingly he said orders for tor money were drawn dran on the empty treasury treasur and these soon became legal tender in the borough Storekeepers Storekeepers Store Store- keepers cashed them and eventually some of them were sent back to the treasury In payment ot of taxes only to be reissued and the attorney declared do- do clam ed without official rec rd ot of their receipt on the towns town's books Slow lIow long this form of paper currency has been used and the total amount represented in the ot or dens deIS J s not known In obtaining the warrant for arrest however five orders were vere submitted as evi- evi dence It was alleged the orders had been used to pay taxes last Jast year ear put back Into circulation and used again in paying taxes this year Gilbertson has n. n population of