The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-01-30
corscrI BIrrrs, Iowa.

NCTwCIL BLEFF1, t0WAs
January 23d ls6A.
Eui4ca yosrAasrss naAaSla - n the
Daily Nonpassil d the 22d, i conmuniea-
ton appears, signed .'Taxes,e In which
the writer propounds the elegant query
.Has all the delinquent taxes been paid?"
We propose 10 sasisfy him whether "tksy
Has, or has not - .>:< -. +.
nIt would have been well if sTaxes."
While slabbhng hi Law, and studying its
penalties - applied to Others etc. had
extended his.researches before making a.
public exhibition; however, as he chooses
that method, ws are glad Of the cpportu
spitY to rensilate the matter -
" The delinquent tax Iiss 81 pottawatta-=
mie county is perhaps more extensive
than that of any other county in the
State. This arises from the great area of
the county together with an embryo city
whose "substrueture" compares favorably
with the dimensions Of New York, filing
an al. 1aI tax list of q quires, very
considerable portion Of which is inter
lined. s
Nearly one-half Of this remains delin-
quent, the delinquency extending back
in the majority of instances to the years
'56, 81, SO, 80, and go. and has already
been three times advertised, to little pur-
pose however. bidders after selecting
few choice pieces, mostly city property
have bees content to let the balance re
main.
The Yakor and time involved in making
up correct list ofthis character can only
be estimated by performihgit; and in cases
where tax paying is distributed through
out the entire year, with more or less &C
tivity, II is difficult, to say the least, to
forward the work that must necessarily
be altered from day to day. If Taxes"
will recur to the history OF his county du-
ring the year 1860, he will find that
seerps of fast clerks was found necessary
to make up less advertisement list than
the present Treasurer has been fereed
through an illiberal policy, to make up
almost unaided. and that too in the face
of the fact, that the general work of the
office has been fully doubled. For the
above reasons the Treasurer Of "our own
county" has taken for his counsel, that
clause of the law which Taxes has evil
IDENTITY overlooked, viz; Chap. As, Sec,
40, Revised Code, If, from neglect Of
officers 10 make returns, or from any
other good cause, real property cannot
be duly advertised and offered for sale,
on the first Monday of October, it shall
be the duty Of the Treasurer to make the
sale on the first Monday Of the next sue
ceeding month in which it can be made,
allowing time for the publication, as pro-
vided in this Act"
The causes specifed>in the above sec
ton have assisted in the delay, and not
the least, has been the first specification
of said section, the tax list not being
placed in the hands of the Treasurer, till
January of the year following, through
failure of various officers to report items,
necessary to the making up Of said list
In this connection the Treasurer would
=, suggest, that the only substantial advan-
tage derived from advertising tax list is
that accruing to the printer.
The code of 100 by Section 10 OF
Chapter IS cures all defects of published
list, by reason Of Irrcgularity and inform
ality which would include defects arising
from. the want of any advertisement
whatever. A fact that is made apparent
in unmistakable language by section 784
of the same Chapter, It is not difficult
to understand the needs that could die
tate the article Of Taxes" Perhaps
with the Tanner he thought leather the
best things for Notifications"
The Treasurer is not aware that he has
departed from the law in any particular.
He is fully aware that no interest of the
State or County has been COMPROMISED
by bis action; he Will always consult pub
Il" before prirats interest, and as soon as
the pressure Of tax paving etc. will ad
init. the tax list will drag its huge
length before the public a. usual.
TREASURER.