New-York tribune., 1896-11-20
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
NOW GET YOUR TAX BILLS.
TAXEs WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE on
DECEMBER 10.


DECEMBER 10
Until last wear taxes were payable In Brooklyn
OH and after December l. and the time within
which they could be paid without the addition OF
interest expired at the beginning of January As
a considerable number OF small owrers of property
keep their money In savings banks. they were
compelled 10 sacrifice the interest due at the Do
ginning of the year II they paid their taxes IN
December Mainly for their accommodation the
time for the payment OF taxes was set ior"a'u
last year for half month.
They now fall due on December u. and no IN
terest is collectible If they are paid on or before
January IA. Payments made previous 10 that time
subject TO rebate for the time between "'''
Of payment and January "a, at the rate OF S-o
per cent a year When tax bill Is paid on the
earliest day. December 10. the rebate amounts TO a
little over 30 cents each 800 of tax. ana OF
course 1t gradually diminishes as the month goes
on After the end OF the first month. interest Is
charged on ali unpaid tax bills at the rate or y
per cent annually. computed from December 10
Tax bills can now be obtained at the once OF
Tax Collector Appleton. in the Municipal Building.
but no money will be received for taxes until the
18th OF next month. In the mean time those VINO
wish do can have the rebate on their piIis
calculated. and send in checks for the sums Que.
receipts for which Will be forwarded after Decem-
Der l5 provided "A two-cent stamp IS enclosed Tor
postage. with the address OF the taxpayer.
The general tax rate for the city as a whole Is
materially lower this year than II was last year
In 1895 the average rate for the thirty-one wards
was $34 O9 on each 81 0n Of valuations: this year Tor
the thirty-two wards of the city Flatlands having
been added. the average rate Is s29 O3. Leaving
out the new wards and counting the first twenty
eight wards only. the rates compare as follows:
1895 $27 70; 1896. SIG %.
one Of the surprising things In the levying of
taxes in Brooklyn is the large number OF tax rates
that prevail In the first place there is the special
rate for each ward. the rates varying somewhat.
but not to large extent The Eastern District
wards-the Thirteenth. Fourteenth. Fifteenth. Six-
tcenth. Seventeenth Eighteenth. Nineteenth Twen-
ty-seventh and Twenty y-eighth-have notably
smaller than the rest of the city. since shey
exempt from any payment for the construc-
tion OF Prospect Park. In all these wards TN.
is s25 and cents while In all the rest or
the first twenty-eight wards II Is 81. and some
thing over. In the Twenty y-siXth Ward formerly
NeW-LOts) there are two rates, SchoOl DlStTlciS
Nos and having one. and District No. hav-
ing another. According TO school districts also
there are three rates in the Twenty ward
Nlatbush). but 1t happens that two Of the rates
dentically the same. In the Thrtieth Ward
(New Utrecht the different rates number eight.
and in the Thirty-first (iravesend) there are not
less than eleven.
The highest rate In the city-si9 % per Soo.is
10 be found in the School Districts No and No.
in the Thrty-first Ward Last year there were
much higher rates than this that in these same
districts being not less than $l0l g. The lowest
rate In the citySj 59-is to be found In the Seven
teenth and Twenty-eigh'h wards. while the Nine
tccnth crowds them closely with 81 Co.