The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-24

property would be Of great benefit
TO the assessor and his deputy.
IOne more word as to personal prop
ertv tax &, who, after listing rs
! personal property for taxation at
tempfs to sneak out Of the payment
/ by removing OF selling those goods,
before the taxes fall due, is q mean
man, indeed, and there could be no
better way Of showing him up before
the public than by causing q list OF
the delinquent personal property
tax pay ers Of the county to be pub
lished ID one or all the county pa
lpers.
1t has been grave question q my
mind as to Wheather it would not be
/ better to have the real estate taxes
become delinq uent on Nov 1st, IN
stead OF ] an LIST, as is now done. !
| believe that It would be better At
the time harvest is about finished,
land the wealth of the agrarian inter-
ests is at their command stthis time
better than at any other time Of the
year, unless a mouth later, some
thing for your commits sion to deter
mine. The very week following fhe.
delinquency, il possible, the list.
should be published, that the delin-
quent mi ght know that he is delin-
quent. and the amount for which he
is delinquent, and if he proposes to
pay at any time durifg that year he
will certainly beable to do so at that
time, and avoid the one per cent.
per month penalty. | regard this
change as well worth the serious
consideration Of your commission
both as being beneficial to the coun-
lty and State and to the tax payer.
Ia regard to both personal and
real estate taxes I have always felt,
and have given the subject an annu-
al study, that there is not enough
publicity given to the time when
these taxes become delinquent. It
would cost the county but very lit
| tie money to insert in every one of
the papers published in the county,
i a quarter page advertisement, In
bold-tace ty pc, for two weeks before
the date Of delinq uency in both the
personal and real estate taxes. a
notice to the effect that they became
delinquent on such a date, and I am
lsure that that that would be.of un-
| toldyalue to both the county and tax
| payer. Its like booming any other
business.
Does not the commission think
THAT the State Board Of Equal ization
proceedings should be given a
Igreater publilicity2 At the present
time, 4 believe, these proceedings are
published in one or two Of the pa
pers in this city. How many of the
people directly interested see this
table, and until they inquire why
their taxes are SO high do they com
mence to ascertain that the State
Board of Equalization has increased
| this or that item n this or that par
ticular locality. Why should not
the county auditor. after he receives
the report Of the State Board Of
ualization, be obliged to publish
in the county papers statement OF
1.-THE board s action as to the differ
lent items pertaining to his county
The REDWOOD GAZETTE prob badly owes
| Its contemp orary an apology in this
Prospect, because since my connec-
ton with it; we have published this
free of charge to the county, but
| there should be no reason why each
Icounty should not officially publish
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these proceed ings, as far as they
pertain to the county
nave already taken more time
than / anticipated, but in a CONVEX
lsation with our register Of deeds, i
am led to the belief that it would be
a wise move to annually publish the
listsof mortgages on property ia
each county, together with the list
l5of the holders Of themort gages. The
evasion OF taxation Of money in
mortgages is one 3of the most serious
problems undoubtedly before your
board, and while it is far beyond
my power 70 offer any adeq uate sys-
tenn Of relief, ! believe that the Wild
| est publicity Of the mortgages and.
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