The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-17

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April 12 1895. the clerk reported that
he was about to surrender to the county
treasurer tax sale certificates amounting
to S7.356.96. of this amount $1,000 had al
ready been turned into the county treas
ury. The 5000 was turned into the treas
ury December 81, 1895. Whether the bal
ance was on hand at that time. / do not
know. but the balance was not turned
into the treasury until May 20 1896. six
weeks after the date of the communiea-
ton, and instead of the balance of So sc
the treasurer books show only 81. 224.S1. a
difference of 49,. Is, which | am able
in any way TO check. The treasurer S
fee of fifty cents 600 for each redemo-
ton certificate is not included in any of
these payments and has not been covered
into the treasury. Redemption certificates
No. 1.462 to 1866 (lesS ten stubs which are
not filled ouD were issued during 1896.
This makes 395 certificates at so cents each
should be made. There is a balance in
the hands of the ex-treasurer at the
present time. unclaimed on redemption
account.
Under the old system or rather lack
of system. there were numerous cases
where the same piece of property was
sold twice to the county and occasionally
the same piece of property was sold three
times. In each sale the collector was paid
the costs Cabout 80 and as the owner
could only be required TO pay the costs
once, the additional costs were a loss
to the county. During 1895 the compensa-
ton of one member of the county court
was largely made up of committee work
on tax sales at 81 per day. and alto
gether the manner in which the redemo-
ton of tax sales has been handled has
bee, very expensive to the county and a
veyation to every one connected with it,
Under the system now instituted it will
be impossible for the same piece of prop
ert.7 TO be sold the second time. while
the first sale is unredeemed. The board
of county commissioners may know at
any time how much it tied up in tax sale
certificates and deeds. and b. referring
TO the tax sale books will find a descrip-
ton of each piece of property sold to
the county: the total taxes on the same
and the amount Daid by Weber county
thereon. : SEPARATE account will be
ceived o. redemptions. The certificate
books are ruled to hold the complete
record of the taxes each wear for the
four years. during which the property is
assessed to the county eunleSs redeemed).
and when a tax deed is issued to the
county the account will De transferred
TO tie tax deed book where a record of
the assessed valuation of the property
VIII be made such year as long as the
county retains title. A trial balance NAV
be tareG each year or oftener. and If
any errors have been made the fact
will be apparent and an opportunity given
to rectif-- same before the sales of the
ing ~ the certificates and deeds which
have accumulated for several vears il
will be no more work to keep this matter
IN pro1er shape for the future than under
the old unsystemauc way. as I have en-
deaVored to utilize the work done once by
placing II in permanent and accessible
form BY following this svstem YOU win
have a complete and permanent record Of
All t2E sales ard redemDt;OnS thereon
that can be referred to at any time.