The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-04-22

reads as follows:
''Be II enacted, That it shall be the duty OF
the several collectors Of taxes 10 pay over, I'M
der oath to the Treasurer Of the State OF Mary
land and the Treasurer OF Baltimore county,
respectively, on the first Tuesday vi the next
month after said taxes are placed in theIr
hands for collection, and on the FIRST Tuesday
In each and every month thereafter, the
amount collected by them, until the c'llec
lions are completed y : 8 and on failure
to complete, l0ithin t,oelUe months from the
day and date Of receiUing sad taces TOR col
lection, the collection and return If the whole
----------A---ant To The C-auty ana State Treas
uiel respectively, except such sans as the
NountY commissioners, upon examination of
.n1 returns Oh sald collectors, NAV determine
80 ~ DG anu 70 nave been uneollectabl Die, their
bonds shall be liable for the same. and ~.
county commissioners shall cause suit to be
oTo%ght on the bonds giUen for the county, tQres
@'t" @Ge otdte treasurer may cause suit TO be,
oFOHgAt on me bonds giUea for State tares to the
merit term Of the Circuit Court thereafter"
Inc report OF the late Grand jury cepsures
the county Commissioners for causing snits
be brought on the bonds of defauIting t. 20
iectors, and especially, for causing suits ; =.
brought on the bond OF defaulter OF II "a OH
district, after Receiver had bee, .,Si
ed to collect the uncollected ts,-,FP M,
law wisely provides that suits eLou -
Drought on the bends of all default, pc WITH,
regard 10 whether Receiver ha, been an.
pointed or not. We would not a., :, r
duty to notice this report were i 'n, :. Tui
lact mat Its statements with re ference 70 o,,r,
selves, as counsel to the Boar, of 60, g..
hiIS5ioners, are incorrect aJ ID manifasilv in
te4aed TO place us in tals<, position
~ Is not true that the Counsel for tie c,n-
smonnI onod "a zen per cent on The
D sueu ior, ana placed in the hands Of
necelVers Tor collection in the 9th distr,cr Tn
Counsel to the Com mu,sioners are r[,, 80 i
inns way. Their fees in the suits bropght and
" oe brought against this default.-i in this
istrlct ana MS bondsmen will cerfainlv not av
eeea Two hundred dollars. This Grand Jnrv
1'@'eA thaI our lees In these cases against this
el@uiter alone will amount to 81 500. co. which
Ny ueetn anJust and without PRECEDENT
Ahls would be so, if true, but the statement 10
not true, and in this particular is ~uninst go
lion. " 1ii'i ePiesehIa-
me Collectors or Receivers collect the tax.s
ma pay them over to the Treasurer after suit
; drought, as well as before. This is the case
wen AFTER Judg ment Is obtained when time is
I, en- "hicn Is invariably done in cases where
ne taxes nave not been collected, and there is
easonabIe effort being made to collect them
lnere are tax collectors against whom iudo s
menus nave been obtained, who can Ger
ny to this fact. They have been per-.
nitted to go on with the collections and pay
yer the money to the Treasurer. We do NOT
propose to Cypress any one unnecessarily hyt
vii promptly secure the taxes in arrears nv.
Judgments as required by law, and require them,
. De paid into the Treasury in a reasonabletime.
'0aLsel to the Commissioners are paid for their
ervlees, and their fees are not regulated bv-
ne Commissions on the amount sued for. ma.
overed or collected. These are matters wn5, =.
ne Grand Jury knew but little or not5
The had but little regard for the truth cone
John |. Yellott, one of the editors - -
Grad, IN the last issue of his paper ha..pe
,ilswIng: "Why were these suits 2G - ~
ne answer presents itssif al onEs-s<se Gomez