The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09
From the Real Estate Register.
NON-R ESEDENT LAND OWN.

We wish to call the attention of
all nonresident land owners to
following considerations in refer
erence to the tax law now in
force in this State, and which we
republish in this issue. It will
be seen, by careful examination of
section 70, although phraseology
is rather obscure, that il the first
half of the tax is not paid by Dec.
goth, that the q0hole tao becomes
due at once, and a penalty of five
per cent. is at once added to The
aohoIe, an additional penalty of
five per cent. on the DIST of March,
and another of same amount on
the 21st of June.
In order to make this perfectly
plain, and to save writing a great
many letters to explain it, take
this illustration:
Suppose your tax is $40, and
none of it is paid on or before
Dee. Goth of the year for which it
is levied, five per cent. is added at
once, making 1t $21. If. the whole
tax and penalty are not paid Oh or
before March 10th following, an
other five per cent. is added, MAX
ing it $22, and so again the Goth
of June following, making it $23;
after that comes the expense of
advertising and sale, as provided
in section 81, the fees being the
same as in the old law.
Now, we propose to show that
it is best and cheapest for the non
resident, sRnless the amount he
has to pay is very large, to pay
the whole on or before December
goth.
Suppose again your tax is $50.
If the whole is paid on or before
Dec. Goth, you are entitled to re-
bate of five per cent. on one half,
leaving your total tax $3.50,
Agents fees, say 81, cost of mon
ey order, draft, or registered letter
10 cts, one letter AID postage .05,
total, 5000.
Suppose again your tax is $40,
and you pay half in Dec. and half
in June, your account win stand
about like this: Tax $40, agents
fees $1.50, exchange 80, two let
tiers and postage 10, total $21.9O.
Thus you will have paid $I.2O
for the use of 10 dollars for six
months.
Our charges for paying taxes
are based on the number of des-
criptiona, or tracts of land, and
not on the amount of the tax. 1t
is no more work to pay one hun
dred dollars than it is one dollar,
provided the number of tracts are
the same. In the above supposed
cases the agents fees may be more
or less than stated. We ask our
correspondents, for their own
sakes, as well as ours, to be very
careful in writing the descriptions
of the property they desire us to
attend to. Much delay, and some
times loss, is occasioned by mac
curate or illegible descriptions.
After we once get the correct des-
cription of your property in this
county, you need have no further
trouble about it, unless the owner
ship should be exchanged. In
that case, please notify us of it. 1t
does no good to ask as how much
your taxes are, unless we know
exactly what land you own.
The, tax roll is made up in regn-
lar order by sections, townships
and ranges, without reference to
owners.
The clerk is not required to keep
a record of real estate transfers, as
he is in some of the states. Those
who desire us to pay their taxes,
should send their lists at once,
unless we already have them.
The time in which taxes can be
paid without penalty extends from
Nov. LIST to Dee. 20, twenty days
shorter than heretofore. Our
charges, sent with each statement
OF taxes, are understood to apply
where the whole is paid in one
payment. If you prefer TO make it
in two payments, we shall charge
half price for the second payment.
Please preserve this article il it
is of any use to you; if not, hand
it to some one who owns property
in Lyon county, Kansas.