Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Proposed Amendment to City Charter Re-
garding Payment Of Taxes.
CORPORATIONS HAVE ADVANTAGE NOW
Plan is TO Require Payment of Taxes
for the Full Year in January,
Instead of in Two In
GtalIments.

While no effort has been made so far by
the city ~of1cials toward an amendment to
the charter, 1t Is understood that before
long the city attorney will be requested to
go over certain sections with the city
treasurer with a view to remedying the
condition which now presents itself. At
the present time taxpayers are permitted
to pay taxes in two installments. One pay
ment is due on January 1, while the other
falls due at the end Of June. This arrange
ment was intended to assist those buying
homes who could not afford to pay the tax
all at once. Instead OF working the way
It was intended the working class OF people
pay the tax at once, while the corporations
hold back and take advantage of the allow
ance of time given by law. The result is
that the city has to pay interest on war
rants which 1t might take up. providing the
heavy taxpayers came In with their money
before the end Of the year.
A repeal OF this section of the charter Is
advocated. as the results show that there
is little or no benefit to the house owner.
while the corporations save their money
until the last day and pay only in time to
escape the usual penalty prescribed by law.
No one seems to know Just why this sec
tion was included In the charter. and its
early repeal is wished for by the city on
cials, as II makes a great deal OF extra work
in keeping accounts.
Hammond Pays First.
OF all OF the big corporations the Ham
mond company was the first to pay its 1902
taxes. The payment was made yesterday by
check from headquarters at Hammond, Ind.
The amount paid was $1,000. This is the
tax In full.
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II the corporations would follow the ex-
ample OF the Hammond company and pay
the full amount on the first installment
II would decrease the interest payable by
the city to a considerable amount. TIL
money paid in at this time, Mr.. Howe said,
can be used to good advantage by taking
up warrants and thus shutting OF i%Dterest.
Police Are Amused.
The police are amused at the story told
by Joe Weiss and Ernest Gum about their
plan to hold up a storekeeper and then go
to a point under the Q street viaduct and
stick up" the first fellow that came along.
Weiss is 20 years of age. while his pal
Gum has not reached Is yet. Captain
Troutan thinks that a real good spanking
would be about what the youngsters de-
serve. The impression is that they have
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wood Die stories and decided to take the
road right here.
witnesses Are Wanted.
Deputy Sheriff Roach was in the city yes
terday afternoon serving subpoenas on wit
nesses wanted in the case of A. v. Miller,
who is to be tried on Monday next before
Judge Baxter for alleged frauds in con-
nection with his oficial career as a mem
Der OF the Board OF Education. All wit
nesses are required to report ut the court
house at $50 O'Clock Monday morning.
OvereOat Thieves Released.
The six suspects, arrested by the police
on suspicion OF having been implicated in a
number OF overcoat robberies. we're brought
before Judge King yesterday afternoon and
were turned loose, as the police could not
produce evidence enough to convict. The
detective force wall keep at this work. how
ever, in an endeavor to land the guilty par
ties. Special oficers in citizens clothes
will be detailed to watch the Exchange
building and the hotels. as the mayor and
the chief Of police propose to put a stop TO
these thefts.
Old Newspaper Man Quits.
Yesterday afternoon Denna AIberry. for
years prominent in the newspaper business
in South Omaha. quit the business by sell
ing all Of his stock In the Times Publishing
company. A notice to this effect was pub
lished in the times OF last night. Mr.. AL
berry will, II is understood, soon engage In
business here again. He formerly owned
the DroVers' Journal and Il 10 reported that