The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-25
The Ex-UnIted States Marshal Is Meeting
With Much Success 10 the Wark.
HAS ALREADY SERVED FIVE WARRANTS
The Men Against Whom TheT Were Issued
Settled Rather Than Go To Jah-0vM
$1,000 Collected Thus Far.

City Treasurer Granger is out after
the delinquent poll tax payers in earn
est, and since James S. McCabe. the
former United States marshal, has had
charge Of serving the warrants, there
has been a very decided licrease In the
number of taxes paid.
There are 26 collectors employed by
the city treasurer TO look after those
who have so far failed to settle for the
poll tax of 1899, which was due and
payable from December TO December
9, last, and the sum TO be paid to them
is SIPS, the extra quarter of dollar be-
ing charged as the cost OF making the
demand.
The collector. who is armed with q
printed form. makes demand for the
sum due by reading the order and then
either receives the amount of the tax
and costs. or makes return on tne sama
form into the city treasurer. declaring
that the amount due has been refused
him.
FORM OF WARRANT.
After the expiration of five days. the
city treasurer issues his warrant au-
thorizing his special assistant, who In
this case is James S. McCabe, to pro-
ceed against the delinquent. The war.
rant contains the following:
These are. therefore, to require you,
said special assistant. to levy upon the
body OF and take said -. IL
to be found in said state, into your Gus
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Jail In the county of Providence in said
state, and deliver. with a copy Of this
warrant attested by you. said ---------
TO the keeper of said Jail, there to re-
main until he shall pay said tax and all
legal costs. including the cost OF max
ing the demand as aforesaid, or be dis
charged therefrom in due course os
law"
The sum to be paid In order to avoid
a compulsory visit 10 Howard. after
the warrant has been issued. is $2.25.
or one dollar more Than would oe paid
upon the demand of the collector
FIVE WARRANTS SERVED.
So far Mr. McCabe has served five
warrants and in each case the money
has been paid, although one Of the ar
rested persons held off until he was
about to be taken on board the car
which goes TO the state institutions.
Up to Saturday last wher the office
of the city treasurer closed. the sum
collected on the poll Sax Of 1879 was
s1l, 1856 and of this amount 1896 had
been secured through the collectors
during the past thrse weeks.
Last year the total amount collected
for the tax of 1898, was 1925, and this
included the entire work of the collec-
tors. This year the total amount of
the assessments is $29, ,563, but 1t should
not be figured that the amount still due
is the difference between $29,564 and
s11,7S6.
MANY FLOATERS.
AS a natter Of fact, quite large num-
Der of the persons against whom poll
tax is assessed are always found to be
OF the floating population, such as mill
operatives who have left the city to
seek work elsewhere, and others such.
Then again persons who have per-
formed military duty for the state are
exempted from paying poll tax,while
others are found who have been trans
ferred to the personal property or real
estate lists.
However. out of the s17,777, which is
the actual difference between the num-
ber OF taxes assessed and the amount
collected, Treasurer Granger says that
he hopes to collect quite comfortable
sum without much difficulty.
Already this forenoon about 20 per-
sons came into the Office and vounta-
rily paid their poll tax, and .hus II
looks as IL the advent of McCabe on
the scene had made people realize that
1t is cheaper 10 settle than to go to