The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-04
MONEY FROM TAXES
The County Has Collected Up Close to
the Amount Due.
SOME REFUSED TO SETTLE
In the City Treasurer's office Pay
ments We're Made Yesterday
With the Required Additional
Penalty OF 10 Per Cent.

County taxes became delinquent yester-
day and on all payments made after 6
O'Clock Monday evening a penalty of 10
per cent was added. Monday was the
banner day for collections. sos. 9oo.55 hav-
ing been paid in during the day and the
treasurer's office was crowded from the
time the doors opened in the morning I'M
I'll they closed in the evening. Mr.. Hill
and his deputies worked until nearly mid
night, cleaning up the days business and
adding UP the receipts.
The total amount of taxes to have been
collected In the county was 1896. 07s.se. and
the total amount collected up to date is
SSUl,1ss.g1 leaving a gross delinquent list
OF ssl.2s9 OF this amount, however.
payments Of sss.75o have been refused.
which would reduce the actual amount
delinquent to 81. 90. or per cent. The
Anaconda company Is taxed s59.500 on its
alleged net proceeds OF mines and pay
ment of II is refused on the ground that
the tax was Illegally levied. other taxes
to the amount OF $3.50 have also been re-
fused for similar reasons by other par
ties OF the s27.5 90 actually delinquent
1t Is estimated that about half can be
collected, which would leave a net
amount delinquent of about s13.7esss.
The new laws on the subject of delin-
quent taxes differ very materially from
the old law. Sections 1857 to 4022 of the po-
litical code provide that on the third
Monday of December each year the coun-
ty treasurer must attend at the office of
the county clerk with the duplicate as
sessment book and carefully compare the
duplicate with the original assessment
book and every item marked paid" In
the former must be marked paid in the
latter and the treasurer must deliver TO
the clerk a complete delinquent list" OF
all persons and property then owing tax
es.
The clerk must carefully compare the
list with the assessment book, and IL cor
rect. must foot up the total amount re-
naming unpaid. credit the treasurer
herewith and make a final settlement
with him OF all taxes charged against
him on the assessment book. and must
require from him an immediate account
for any existing deficiency. On or before
the last Monday OF each year the treas
urer must publish the delinquent list, the
expense OF publication to be charged to
the county. The publication must be
made once a week for three successive
weeks. The tax sale must not be less
than n nor more than 2s days from the
nrst publication, and the place must be
In front OF the county treasurer's ONCE.
The treasurer must collect. In addition to
the taxes due on the delinquent list and
10 per cent. added thereto, 50 cents on
each piece of land separately assessed,
which must be paid to the county to COW
er the cost of publication. A redemption
of the property sold may be made by the
owner within Sc months from the date of
the purchase, or at any time prior to the
giving of the notice and the application
for deed. The purchaser of the proper
ty sold for delinquent taxes must, 30 DAYS
previous to the expirat ton OF the time for
redemption, or 30 days before he applies
FOR deed, serve upon the owner OF the
purchased or upon the person
occupying the property. a written notice
OF the sale and purchase. the amount due
and the time when the right OF exemp-
ton expires
Treasurer Hin says the collections have
been closer than for years.
The city treasurer's collections have AL
so been closer than for severa years
past. The Office of City Treasurer Yo-
der was open until II o'clock Monday
night, but only a few called In the even
ing. Yesterday there were a number
called and had to pay 10 per cent. addi-
tional. Mr.. Yoder consulted Mayor
Mayor Thompson about Il and the law
was found to be so plain that the mayor
told Mr.. Yoder he must either collect the
10 per cent. penalty or pay II himself. So
the 10 per cent. was added on all collec-
lions made yesterday. The total collec-
lions are about sl55, 0O0