Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-30
Collector L. M. Cooley is Now Send
ing Notices to Delinquents.
VALUE OF PROPERTY IS 100000
Represents $50, 900 in Taxes If it Was
All FrauduIently withheld From
Taxalion-Nluch of 1T Has n
Legal Offset.
[From SATURDAYS Daily.l

Property to the value of 100000 in
Wapello county that has not been list
ed for taxation and consisting princi-
pally of notes secured by mortgage,
has been found by l.. Nj. Cooley to
whom the contract for the work was
let by the board of supervisors. This
amount of property represents 100000
in taxes that are due the county, only
portion of which will be collected ow-
ing to offsets claimed by many of the
parties owning securities aud which
are allowed under the law when prov
ed.
Some time last summer the board of
supervisors, in common with other
bodies of like character, conceived
the idea that portion of the personal
property of this county was not bear
ing its just share of the burdens of
municipal government. This idea was
we'll founded as evidenced by the omit
ted property found by Mr., Cooley. At
ter canvassing the situation thoroly the
board concluded to let the contract for
the collection of the tax due the coun-
tty on said properly to L. NJ. Cooley.
Mr.. Cooley commenced his labors of
recorders Office and looking up the
sons whose estates We're being admins
tered as well as funds in the hands of
guardians. Of all of such property not
listed for taxation note was made and
being matters of record were easily
found, amounting in the aggregate to
about $600,000. The collector cannot
tell whether the person holding the Sc
curities has any indebtedness that
would offset the property on which
taxes have not been paid, and to ar
rive at the truth of the matter he
serves a notice in the name of the
county treasurer stating the facts. and
calling the attention OF the delinquent
to the statement made in the notice.
that it he does not appear within thir-
| ty days and show cause why the tax
| should not be assessed, suit would be
| instituted for its collection in the dis
trict court and so per cent penalty
added. The notice further states that
a failure to appear in response to the
notice will be taken as an admission
of the correctness of the claim.
The Notice.
| The following is copy of the no.
tices that are being served upon delin-
quents:
da1. ana Nv rirt.,,. 81 saotia,, ioSt af ~,
code ri. 1907 II ;s n,ada 4ba - ~ ~. ~
county trea si,rars az 1ba sena,.a 49, -, -
fias ~ The state 70 assaSs ova,laa1.ad ~
i Withheld property from taxation when
| properly apprised thereof and that up.
on demand being made for the taxes
due on said assessment and refusal to
pay the same, the said county treasur-
er is hereby ordered to- bring sniff 10
collect the same If tho samt IL not MIA
in 40 DAYS from said notice or demand md
g. Now in nnrsnanca Of s.;d Sta+,,ta
! and under and Nv yirtua If tba ss,,,a
there is found To be dna .fron, Az.
! SIM Of S. on overlooked n,.a,,e,.ts
and assessed al. So, For sba sf, vaa :
lls95. with q ner cent interest," fro,,, II /
4 date if should have been assessed.s ana
4 the srm of s. for tha ya.,. 4 oss,r
assessment of So ovarlool,e., nro,,
|erty: and S. faxes for the yenr 1soT
ON overlooked nro,,arty ana assoss.a
lar S. and S. taxss for rba vear
j 1893 on overlooked nronartv .nd &c
1 sessed at s.. and So f,yes for +be
i wear 1899 on overloolsed nronert1, and
assessed ~ s. aach naIn,ant T.
i draw interest Of. & ne,. cent from aa4,
of when q sbonId have ham mil
/ That r. NJ (Iodlav has bean appDint
ed and empowered by the hoard Of l s,,.
pervisors of Wanello conntv 10 evan
/ me tbe records and ranort del;pa,,sn.
nronertv HAT fba aboIa i b;s raTo,,
Of vonr omjfred asse ssments mat h,
Z. has an Office in the hoard Of s,na,vis
ors' rooms and viii he in attendance
4 there dailv sunday excanted frnn,
a, m. to IS m. and from ) - a \ m
4 TO whom anv obiectians Won have r.
i sucb renort NAV he made and who viii
make Whatever corrections therei,
shonld ba nnda Yonr fa;lnra 10 Oh
iect 10 sncb renort win he +reated a =,
admission Of ifs correa+ness
That nnless n,ymanr Is made With,
"a davs from tba da Nc If tb;s no+;ce ,a
ae;yeS Nv Won of tbe tayas IN sai5
amounts or tbe amounts nnonsfnr,h ,,
4 ;nyestio,tion tomb ~ ba dino M 30
J, finn win he hrouobt Nv tba co,,n.,
fraasnrer "a collecf tba Same ana vii
eause 10 he addsd thereto 20 ne,.. or,
q saia amounts d,1a in addition !,
J. eosts Of sn;t md coiIaction :
E These are she nrovisions of tho law
md conditions wbieb T as county Irea =
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