Evening journal., 1893-03-24

taxes tSh lne Henllcnhn himself IL |
that bill doesn't make provision that any |
man who doesn't pay this years tax shall |
not pay next years tax. II that is pro- |
noting the collection of taxes / don't |
understand it,
Mr.. Pyle-"l understand this is to be
followed by some better scheme.
daughter
Mr.. Records-"The gentleman says we
don't make any provision for New Castle
county If be will support this bill for
Kent and Sussex counties, and will get
up a bill for New Castle county, mayb be
we will support his bill (Laughter)
don't see anything wrong with the
bill"
Mr. Pilllng-"There is one simple way
to get the taxes Let the Legislature
pass a law providing that man must
pay the balance due before he can regis
ter believe in every man being com.
PEELED to pay his tax and have every
opportunity to pay his tax. The tax re-
ceipt is qualification TO vote. Those
are the facts Of the case, aud we all
admit it. II man does not pay his tax
he does not get a receipt. IL he pays IL
he gets his receipt, and ought to. But
l say let them be free as water. Let us
not 20 up to the registrar and quarrel
over vi ether they were bought by some
body else or bought in bulk, or how
they were bought, and all those kind Of
things. Let the man who registers you
as q qualified voter receive the pill tax
before you can 90 on there. Then he
knows you have paid II when he has got
the money and you have got the receipt
The advocates of the bill say that they
will lose a great deal Of taxes II IT is not
passed Il doesn't put any penalty on
these delinquents who do not pay tax
but 1t rays, you sha'n't be taxed next
year. That is all there is to 10 II you
cont pay debt TO Delaware to- day you
sha mt pay anything next y ear. The
temptation Of the revival of the act Of
1878 is TO prevent the paying Of taxes. "
Mr. McMullin THE object should be
90 encourage the payment and collecting
Of taxes, and anything that falls short
of being a good law in my estimation
/ ] have an idea now Of what it means
Our object should be met only TO
encourage, but, as far as possible. TO
compel the collection Of taxes Whether
or not it cOntemplates the qualifying Of
that party should be a secondary matter
| Anything that falls short Of that is
wrong Our disposition is not to run
after anybody TO pay money. The law
should e courage the collection of taxes
and also give every opportunity TO let q
man pay his taxes 1t should be the
duty of the assessor to assess, and the
duty of the collector to collect these
taxes All laws should be framed with
view of giving every body an opportun
ity TO do this. say let every man pay
his tax and vote as he pleases
Mr.. Lacey-"The bill does not prohibit
him from paying his taxes The Ia,
collector is TO be there TO receive then
and any man can 60 there and pay them
IL does not deprive any man Of the right
90 pay his taxes. Returning them delin
quent is punishment for not paying thai
tax. We have lots and lots Of peopl,
who never would pay tax IL it were
not for getting a vote. / understand
that there are $50 delinquents returned
now in the town of Dover. A large
majority of them will not pay
any tax for three years. Then they vii
come up, want to pay one tax aud vote
IJ gives them a privilege to vote
Let him 90 up and pay his taxes everl
year if he wants TO, or take the conse
quences / will agree with Senator Nc
Mullin that If we can get any plan tC
| will vote for it so that we eau get th,
taxes. The county finances are suffer
ing. and, under this law, great man.
people will pay their taxes sooner thar
lose their right to vote
Mr. Ross-''It will make 1000 differ
ence in our county"
Mr.. Records-"I have never kno =
anything like cunning for collector
in Sussex county since 1888. and / havl
Deen voting since 1872 Previous &
that time We had 20 go cunning for
tax collector, and didn't lind him ever.
time, either. think that the party il
. power there now will receive taxes frou
any man who wants TO pay them Tn
, law is not got up TO try to cheat an.
man out of his vote. If man takes hi
; taxes TO the collector / am sure he vii
; receive Il. BROAD smiles from Mr. Pill
ing)
Mr.. Pilling-"I happen to be littl
too old TO be caught with chah recol
lect two years ago that tax collecto
was brought up here to Dover and
more frightened man ] never saw.
3 certain member of this General Assem-
bly, docking at Senator Ross, an
l laughing) had him brought up here
Dover, and the charge against him wa
I made because he would not take note
for taxes
Mr. Ross.-"The gentleman is wrong
. The reason that man was brought u
. here was simply because he swore to
lie. He was released. If had had m
way he would have gone to jail.
Mr.. Pilling Yes, believe he woul'
{ In reply to the senator l would say thi
= the trouble in our county has alwa,
y been to pay taxes / say, with all cando
:, that have had my horse hitched befol
4 tax collectors house all night long an
- men surrounding that house, to keep hi
from getting away and preventing the
y from paying taxes. have aLOth
~ instance where men were going to
collectors house to pay taxes, Of b
= wife running to them and saying: Fl
70 Gods sake don't come near the hous
We have got small pox in it. (Laugl
10 teri Two years ago we wiped this la
out, and now we are asked TO re enact
a ] only take exception TO the provisil
y that when a man fails TO pay his tax o
III year the collector shall not receive
I'd tax next year. II is contradictory
ee itself. If a man does not pay his {
!, this year you say he can't pay 1t ne,
le fl.f 4. . he. 20 NJ a the ~