The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-16

satisfactory and what is required under law.
That for such labor each OF said gentlemen
have received the sum OF one hundred DOL.
lars, being the amount appropristsa by a., tu y
certainly low. Said lists are now complete
and ready for use, except, that the interest Is
yet TO be calculated thisowil necessarlIy
take some time, there being not less than five
hundred different tracts delinquent Tor each
year since lo6o.
This makes not less tsan four or five thou
SAID separate calculations. Al viii probably
take three weeks 10 month 10 coiUpie'S
these
Bat there are some sevenr-fve 10 one
hundred tracts on which the delinquent Tax
amountsto a,larger sum- that have been m sie
out and calculated separately. on when suits
can be commenced at any date. would Ini'
in the city have expressed an opinion that
the Law OF 1877, Will not stand the tess Oh vns
courts This, however, In not my view .et
it having been suggested I Una, lots
belongingto the same person. Is IAke, 80
arafe action should be commenced against
spsh lot or lots ,S an sw avoided. Il might and
probably would be well to act on such sug-
gestions. Ar, ,,,,, ., -. ,.. ,,,.,
a,nount OF delinquent tax penalties, and in
,ar,sf due TO the county but an approximate
amount near enough for present purposes,
q. saw actual tax-ES500.
Is intsre.t added, the amount would proba-
bIy be 100000.
II would seem from these figures, than any
Last OF thj. large delinquent list can be col.
lected would be wise aud welcomed by all
and am gratified TO be able 10 report as n
result OF said law that already quite large
amount OF this delinquent tx has been paid
while a much larger amount will be, without
any extra expense or trouble.
Before leaving the subject, It Is proper to
call the attention OF the Board to q large
class ofcases, where the property is Of much
less value than the amount OF delinquent
tax due. In great many OF these instances
amount in full. Under the law this end can
be reached after a sale. 1t would be well to
allow the same TO be done by way of compro-
can be collected, and al the same time the
tax payer greatly relieved Again, the tax
| sales Of number OF years have been declared
void by the court, while Others would be on
| presentation In such cases compromised can
be made, that will result in collecting the &C.
/ tua1 tax and relieve the tax payers Of the ex-
cess penalty and interest Intimately con-
| nected with this matter, is the matter OF cor
| recting the descriptions OF the tax roll. This
| Board at q former meeting appropriated III.
| sum Of 500 to be expended under my direc'
| ton on the tax roll corrected. This work
could only be done by some one who had an
abstract of titles. Tpst is, no one else could
do it in any reasonable time. MT. Wool
INV deputy, having control of q set of abstacl
| books, and In my Judgement being as well
| qualified for the work As any man IN the city
l and being TeSpOn5lDit W my
| for the manner in which the work
| was done, 1 made contract with
him to do the work for the amount OF the ap-
| preparation, and have paid him two hundred
| dollars. The balance will not be paid until
the Job is completed. The work Is being
| pushed as rapidly as possible and will be
| done In time TO have the assessment proper
ly carried on the roll for this year. book
has been prepared for the purpose OF preserv-
ing the corrected descriptions, SO as TO avoid
| a Necessity for q repetition Of the work al
| some future time. There is not less than
twenty Thousand dollars due the CITY and
| county, to-day, in taxes on property vhere the
ldescription Is so defective TO make the
assessment void. For this reason the money
| expended in this manner was not only neces.
sary, but could not have been bettefexpended
| while the price paid for the work Is reasona-
bfe being q cook deal less than half the
| amount paid by the cOenty some years ago
for the same object, when the amount oil
| work to be done was much less than it is
| now In conclusion, would call the atten.
ton of the Board TO The action Of the City
/ Council at its last meeting in relation to pro-
1 ceedings under the tax law of 1877, and
| would suggest that the Board take some such
action
Al OF which is respectfully submitted.
| 10. W. TAYLOR.