New-York tribune., 1884-10-03

had changed his mind since the making Oh tn9
deed that he was the father OF TWO Cow their
aside the deed and asked that the society rs,mi
quish it's rights under it. This the managers "si''o
The secretary reported that there were 2iI COL
porteurs in tho employ of the socieiy 1na' hnnIs
the two years ending Amsnis 81, vay and sold:
that 2s4. .62S families had been visl.cu i,;ilcs
III es2 families had been found withou, p,p,u' ,o',,
and Ii 1913 families had been supplied VII" '''
PAYING TAXES WITH CERTIFIED CHhCho.
HOW THE NECESSITY OF "wAiTING ON TIE LANE
MAY BE AvOIDEp-YEsTEEnAYs RLCElriS'
taxpayer writes to The TEIBUNE:
Iwant to pay tax on real estate. How can procure
bill for the same without being on line Tor Hours
not care for rebate of interest but only To pa! c p
For the information of taxpayers gencra,ly II /.
may be stated that they can al pay tneir ,nAcs
without going near the Office of the lax receiver;
if they desire to do so and that large majority Oh
the taxpayers act upon this plan. here are oNeI
100000 persons in this city VINO pay LIZ 1nS naH wv
on personal property and on bank accounts. II any
considerable proportion of them were 10 PleSen.
themselves at the same time after the DOORS arc
open they could not be accommodated; un'ess q
much larger place and vastly larger IoIcc WI WI
provided than at their disposal at present aho
then, if they all paid in cash. IL "ouid DC s'o"
"Four-ffths Of the taxes" said General NJ T.
Mcmahon. the Receiver OF Taxes, TO q EiBoN
sent TO this office Any person can appN ~ 'o tho
Office either in person or by letter setting iorIn the
ward in which his property is located ana the aru
man number without giving any other detals OF
even stating who is the owner Of the property, ana
we give him or send TO him as he may desire d ms
bill Then he may bring or send to us q cert,hcu
check for the amount in an envelope addressed 10
the Receiver of Taxes. Where there is rebate
send him back my check for the sum that this
a,nounts 10. Tho matter Is attended to without the
necessity of his getting IN line AMI waiting his turn
to make his payment. OF course lie must enclose
with his Iequsitlon for bill, a stamped envelope
addressed to himself, III which we return
TO him his bill For a mouth before the receipt
of taxes began sending out bills 10 taxpayers
who applied for them in th's way Before @ we nro ra
ccivcd dollar Yesterday morning We had SZooo,oOo
entered IN checks on cash books as received Tor
taxes in this way. have had ility clerks eInp3ycG
night and day III opening the letters Hl ,hls k,ha i
received. sending bills TO taxpayers whoappned ior
them receiving Letters with checks enc oscd. caicu-
latino the rebate aud writing checks Tor inc
amounts TO be returned 10 naxpayet;S
p-rson aud paying cash. often IN small bllls, WHEN
it takes time 10 counr carefully: This Is SLOW
process but some people are so odistrstfnl that thcy
will make thor payments in IN nc nc Other way. we we
receive 81. 900 900. or $1,000, coo day sometimes
during the rGsh Of tho first ten days alter lac
books are opened. keep Our looks and transcripts
constantly balanced. and make daily reports 10 the
Controller after the close of business employ
about 80 clerks altogether and we work frequently
until II and ~ O'clock az night. AS soon rs
the arrears are calculated and the books
sent to this office am ready TO furnish bills to all
who apply Tor tnein, hlt ol course WHclc So many
letters are received thcy cannot all lie answered on
the dav that they reach us. Those making requisl-
tions for bills have only 10 send their letters by
mail or drop thcm In the window and they viii
receive their bills without unnecessary delay. IL
will facilitate business in their cases If they Will
write the word Requsiton on their envelopes,
for the humorous letters received have TO be cassl-
fed before they can be attended to-
Ike receipts at General McMahon's office yester-
day. from those who waited on the line for an
Opportunity topaV amounted t. 100000 The
receipts Tor the dav reached about ~, 600, the
larger portion hcing received III certified che;k
scni hv mail The entire receipts for the first day
were So. f52.470 % and for the two days nearly
four and half millions. The check of DreXo,
Morgan d Co. for $4,000 was among those re-