Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

being the amount distributed to STATE
city. city schools, and county SCHOOLS,
on account OF tax sale redempllons unu
oult.clalm deeds Issued for second guar
ter .....,,,. o.,
Expenditures and disbursements io'
second quarter, 1898, sSl DIV. ,
The net saving In salaries lot stS9hu
quarter, 1899, over same period' 1870
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Increase IN assessors Office o'"'Ft''-S
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or above amount si,l6s79, dlsburss-
rnent IN account Of tax sale redemp-
,Iors and quit-elaim deeds Issued as ID
previous quarters. .,,ra
The ne, savings in salaries for th lno
quarter isg9-over same period OF 1879
nA"t 49,
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Increase in assessors office ....,.,' 25'eO
Increase in treasurers Office '.''' 24S''o
S274.36
Approximately the expenditures ana
dlshnrsen,ents for the last quarter iol
general expenses and salaries, etc, VIII
10 about the same as the first quarter
The principal Improvements maue
have been those on county roads; par,
,lcularly the Sugar House koau'
"TIlntah Dugway," and the erection oi
the new bridge on the sugar house
Road" all roads throughout the county
90 FAR as possible have been repaired oy
the hoard OF county commissioners
whose wishes In this connection nave
been 10 give each road district as mueh
improvement on the roads as the IMAM
ces of the county would permit
THE sugar House Road" Is a source
~ much benefit TO the county at large,
and especially 10 the beet growers OF
the vicinity through which II passes
During 1899 the expenditure on ac-
count OF aid for poor has been excep-
tIoually large, although the demands on
the county having been somewhat less
than those Of 1898 during which period
the sum OF ST. sSG.l3 was necessarily ex-
nended on account Of relief OF poor ana
hospital: the expenditure and dlsburse-
ments during 1899 up to Dec. lst being
Se9l3s6 for poor and hospital. The to-
raj amount expended and dlsbursed Tor
the year will IN all probability not ex-
coed $500 In addition to the amount al
ready expended, leaving margin In Ia
vor Of the county for 1899 OF something
over $1,000.
The Poor Farm also figures largely
In The expenditure and disbursements.
The cost Of maintenance is $S,5SIfs for
the year 1895, which amount includes
maintenance, salary Of superintendent,
and all contingent expenses. For 1873
the costs will be about $500 less than
that OF 1898.
COUNTY TREAsURER's OFFICE.
Probably the most important office In
the plan Of county government is that
of treasurer. The fact that II Is the
source OF supply OF the necessary funds
with which the wheels Of government
are fabricated, makes II so. The real
Importance, however, lies In the ar
rangement and complexity OF the du-
ties of the Office as prescribed by law.
Prior to 1897 the duties OF county
treasurers consisted OF acting as Gus
todlan. usually by proxy In the shape OF
a local bank, OF the county funds, and
Of acting as the agent of the county In
the redemption OF property sold for
taxes Since that time the duties have
been multiplied until the treasurers
Office is, the year round, the scene OF
wide-awake accurate activity.
For the treasurer, the year proper
begins In early summer when the first
tax notices are sent out. Then follows
a busy period preparing for the work
which follows later In the season. Hard
ly are the second tax notices mailed
before taxes are due, and then comes
what the habitues OF the office call the
rush. The law says that taxes are
delinquent Nov. Is Of each year, and
while this Is legally so, the treasurer
frequently finds II convenient TO ex-
tend the taxpaying season few days,
the list Of delinquent taxpayers. On
the third Monday In December the sale
OF property for unpaid taxes begins;
all property is sold before the hrst OF
the year.
For the past few years the approx
innate amount Of taxes assessed In We
Der county Is 100000. OF this amount
$4,000 goes 10 the State for State and
State school purposes, $4,000 Is Og-
den citys tax, $4,000 goes TO Ogden city
schools, $4,000 to Weber county, While
$4,000 Is the county school tax and
school tax levied by the various school
districts for current expenses. In the
collection and disposition OF this large
sum OF money, the present treasurer
Mr.. Alma d. Chambers, has reduced the
system 70 such science that pfactl-
cally every cent Is accounted Tor, inns
statement carries with II no idea OF
the immense amount OF work and ski
necessary 10 the attainment OF sucf
and end. When II ls understood tha'
hundreds OF pieces OF property are as.
sessed in the name OF ogden city an1
Weber county through the issuance OF
tax deeds because OF unpaid taxes
when the amount OF tax sales each yeal
reaches into the lnouSdHuSf Wien 'H'
amount OF taxes on property under Ia,
sale for prior years reaches Into th'
thousands; when the list Of erroneou!
and double assessm9nts embraces every
school district in abe county; when th'
changes by th1|county commissioner
mar nearly c Nry other page Of the TAI
rolls. whJ..! the average citizen under
stands, What these things mean TO al
ofilcld, he can form an opinion OF tn
aFauous and important duties deyolvini
upon the treasurer In 1898 the take
assessed We're In round number, $500,
900. or this amount nlnety-fve pei
cent was collected. The balance Is rep
resented In taxes added to former Ia,
sales, and what Is known as "uncollect
able" This term is represented on Oh
tax rolls by mortgages assessed to non
residents and personal property as
sessed against quasi-transients. Q
which a railroad town like ogden I
bound 20 have Its full share. To Treas
urer Chambers credit, be II said, III
amount OF "uncolectable" tax for lse
was only one-half OF one per cent Of III