St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-01
FAILED TO MAKE RETURNS.

And the County Committee VIII NOT
pay sheriff Richter's Isill--Delin.
quent Tax Lists.
The claims committee from the board OF
county commissioners met yesterday, ana
ameng the grist of monthly bills were sew
eral from Sheriff Richter. Objection was
made to allowing the bills on the GROUND
that the sheriff had failed to make returns
of the delinquent personal tax lists as pro-
yided by law. The county attorney was
called in and the law covering the Queslion
read to the committee. An act paSseo ny
the legislature of 1886 amending chaplef H.
section so OF the general statutes reiallng
to assessment and collection OF taxes leaoS
as follows: ,,,.
..If the sheriff of said county is unable,
FOR the want of goods and chattels whereon
to levy, to collect by distress or 0ther"lse,
the taxes or any part thereof which may
have been assessed upon the PERSONA prop
erty of any person or corportlon, OF any e
ecutor or administrator, guardian, receiver
oocountinc officer agent or factor, sucn
sheriff shall file with the clerk OF the court,
on the 1st day of June following us. vi
such taxes, with an AFFIDAVIT or nihseh VI
Of the deputy intrusted with the coliectoh
of said taxes, stating that ne nae na10 IN IN
gent search and inquiry for GOODS ana cna0
tells wberewith to make such taxes, ana was
unable to make or coltsct the same. nc snaii
note on the margin OF such Ilst tue pl@ce "
which any delinquent taxpayer may nave re-
moved with the date Of his removal II ne lS
able TO ascertain the fact. The clerk snall
deliver such list and affidavit TO the ooara Oh
county commissioners at their first session
thereafter. and they shall cancel such taxes
asst hey are satisfied cannot be collected.
Section 81 of the same chapter, as
amended, reads as follows:
If the sheriff of any county snail refuse OF
neglect to collect any tax assessed upon per-
sonaI nronertv, where the same is collectable,
or 10 file the delinqucnt list and AFFIDAVIT, as
herein provided, he shall be held haple TOT
the whole amount of such taxes uncoHecteo,
and the same shall be deducted from any Dill
or bills presented by him to the board OF
county commissioners and applied TO the
several funds for which they were levied.
WHAT THE SHERIFF SAYS.
Sheriff Richter, when seen yesterday
afternoon. sald he had never heard OF or
read the sections until his attention was
rallied to them BY the action OF the commit
tee. He said over 80 per cent Of the delin-
susnt personal tax had been collected by
his Office, the amount being over 5000,
and about the same amount remained I'M
collected. AS the time for paying the tax
did not expire until May 81, and the law
required the filing of those delinquent
on June 1. it was an impossibility
to comply with the requirements. The de-
linauent list embracing 1,o62 names had
been filed ON July IL, and while in some
counties, where there were only about 100
delinquents. the law could be complied with
it could not in this county. The trouble he
limited was due to one of the members of
board who took occasion at all times to make
things as unpleasant as possible for him.
The list of delinquents. one of the deputies
said, were No COED and it would hardly pay
the county to enter up judgment against
them. so that nothing was lost by the failure
to make the returns as provided for by
lay. VI, II. Sanhorn has been retained by
the sheriff to take whatever legal action is
necessary.