New-York tribune., 1901-07-31
INHERITANCE TAX COLLECTIONS.
LARGE AMOUNTS REALIZED BY THE STATE
COST OF COLLECTING REDUCED.
IBy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.I

Albany, July 20-Controller knight is having
great success in executing the Inheritance Tax law
Through his efforts and those of Governor oden
law was passed by the last legislature cutting OH
the fees Of Controller Coler of New-York and other
county officials for collecting the tax, and now II
goes directly to the State Controller thus largely
reducing the of collection.
In the six months of Controller knights admin
istration from January to July l, he collected oy
thorough enforcement OF the Inheritance Tax law
the large of s25S3,73 20. Since July l over
00 additional has been collected. that there
is in all to his credit the large sum- in round num-
bers, of 81 100000
1t until April that the law, passed
at the Controllers suggestion cutting of the col
lection fees of Controller Coler and his companions
went into operation Before that however. the
Controller had kept down attorney fees. AS re-
suit of this policy of economy by the Controller the
expense collecting the inheritance tax in the SIX
months from January to July was reduced from
1872 per cent to 61-3 per cent of the amount col
lected.
Theodore P. Gilman, Deputy Controller. acted as
Controller from October l. 1900, to January l. 1901
in consequence of the death of Controller Morgan
The fiscal year of the State begins on october l.
From October 1900 to July 1901. the Controllers
office collected the of So 1854 045 33 by enforcing
strictly the Inheritance Tax AS already stated
100000 additional has been collected in July unoer
this law, that the amount collected in the
present fiscal year amounts to at least S5OoDo
in any year under the Inheritance Tax law, except
in the fiscal year ending October l. 1900 Then the
Inheritance Tax law put the Treasury the
sums of S4334,So3 27. The amounts collected under
the Inheritance Tax law in recent years have been
follows 1895 81 O52; 1897 81 1S29,9h 50; 1898
81 997210 "a; 1899 S2l946l2 pa 1900 $ So3 II; 1901
August and September not included, $S55+o45 49,
It is believed that the States income from the In
hertance Tax law this year will amount TO neary, rI
If not quite. S4000000 If the estates OF Plerfe
Lorillard and Jacob S. Rogers. the Paterson
millionaire pay any considerable sums of money IL
will certainly amount 100000
Controller Knight anticipates still larger re-
duction of the cost of collecting the inheritance
when the appraiser act of last winter chapter
173 of the Laws of 1901 goes into full erect; NO"
it only off the fees formerly collected by the
county officials in the counties of New IorK:
Kings Queens and Richmond In the counties OF
Albany, Dutchess. Monroe. Oneida, Onondaga'
Orange Rensselaer, Suffolk and Westchester the
law will not go into effect until January l, 1898
Moreover, the appraisers who had charge, OF
in the counties mentioned are continued IN
charge of them until they finish their work IN
each county where the office of appraiser was n0t
made a salaried one. the County Treasurer VIII
now act as appraiser The appraisers fees are
thus saved
law last year regarded as exceptional. since II
London The State administrations S success IN col
lecting nearly equal amount this year, there-
fore, highly crafty taxpayers Governor
OdelPs plans reduce the cost of maintaining the
State government will be materially aided by this
large inheritance tax collection.