Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-20

Cry TAN SALES AND TAX RECORD
C,tv Auditor Price has recently Competed
tborecord Of tax sales made in this city
nj, rero-d shows that there haTs been
Ihre. tax sales in the past ten yeaFs-June
rs 1879: September g. 1856. ana October 70,
$50 "a record OF which was made. Bills
reinrned ~ deliuqnent were entered In
h,oss kept for that purpose, but as there
,.,,.e aecernl books much time was consum
"a IN making UP tex statements, the IN
coy, being worthless, as it embraced the
.,oroes Of charges Tor erroneous and lnsoiVents
hrl5. tiihes, &c, which OF course was con
f5-ine. Tia Auditor has opened tax
esl,. REGARD and entered the names ID Wnlcn
ina property stood, its description, ana
r.sr-. amounts charged, when ordered 10
he .olG, and wnen cold, giving each TAX sHie
ia p!sce and dividing the wards. Inns
wss then transferred TO a tax ledger and
-uch taxas az ha9e accrued since the sales
sdied SOB scrounts bang opened. Where
n-op4rty mas changed mazda 1t i5 'ndaXed
IN thu name ~ the former and present own
ar Every single bill, was carefully tracsd oy
a system which WAS positively accurate,
.o6 copons notes aud ahnotatlons
maize; ip fact every entry has reference.
Thia Ieon!red much thought and research
AMI il considered, SO far, the oest tcoru the
eito over mad. Information, aud that acou'
re,e which formerly required much time,
can nog be Obtained in few minutes. ann
nroper entries are now made. Auoltor
P,ice has always been struck will the very
Jon.a y,v these records were formerly kept,
nd SAID 10 January, 1889, that If re- elected
na ,Qouid pct something like correct data
..rG ,,,rnnge Is record book so that 1t Could
ma /. ~ uropariy. ! : m1ny ins;aocas II ap.
,,a.red ~ though TAX 3 we're owing although
ma hills were missing. and only after long
s.srcn would il oe found that the collector
hsd ,-raivpd such bills and paid the smcunts
nj, IA, Gitv treasufy OF the taxes FIR
croncrty soit; Ia 1879, there s after adding
,b. hiiia wbich have been charged each wear
-i,,c. 81! SCI 90. Of which amcuat, 81 sol w,
l. barred by ~ q { OF the Legislature lpro..
eide, the property is owned by residents CT
IN. : at.) the net e.nount due for taxes on
,,ro,,erty embraced in the sale OF 1879 being
1O5lG There is Que on the tax "a ct
1855 aieer adding the bills which have been
.na,ged since, IS l1G. aud on the tax sale OF
1883 IS 2l7
Tnere is also dus on real estate not em
nroced in auy tax sale, having been mad
vartaDtly omitted from such sales. 81 O63,
ard Ground rent on tine Pioneer Mills TO
July 1889. 81 900. OF the taxes in the last
named class 81, 100 is due fIr the year 1883
ON the property charged to the Potomac
Manufacturing Company. The taxes on
registered coupon boude, issue OF 1872 (they
not beug exempt from taxationl amount TO
:3lS This makes net total now charged
Of $25 800
In addition to this the collectors of taxes
heve largely collected bills to the amount oi
81 65O placed in their hands for the tax sale
Of 1889, aud tGxes amounting TO 81 ,169 (noS
included ia aDy of the figures given sooVe}
Rave been paid through the Auditors ounce
So the tax lodse: shows that on May OIL
1850 The lax accounts would be something