Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
Adopts Resolution of Investiga-
ton Into Attorneys Pay
ment of Taxes
PRESENTED
Claimed MIR. Daily Has Been Paying
on Small Amount, When He Really
Had Large Amount of Taxable Per-
sonaI Property-Webster Explains
Movement as General.

The recent action OF lhe Guy eoul-
Gil, in which the judiciary committee
was authorized to proceed as 1T best
in personal assessments, had the result
Monday night of the unanimous adop-
ton of a resolution referring to the
case of Anthony c. Daily, who is alleg-
ed to have been covering up personal
property by placing it in the names of
others, in order to prevent a large as
sesSment.
In presenting the resolution Mr..
Webster explained that the action was
case, as well as others, had been under
investigation since the last meeting Of
the board of equalization, at which
time sufficient evidence was not in hand.
Mr. DAILY had, Mr.. Webster alleged,
gone before the county treasurer last
week and sought to settle for $1,665.
when, in fact, he already owed
stall this step and estop the making
OIL lIllS SSlllGllGIll, llldl CIV
ton was necessary in his case, for Il
settlement, as MIR. DAILY had planned,
might prevent the council from taking
any action as a board of review.
Prompt measures now would also have
the result of preventing others from
settling with the county treasurer be-
fore the board of review could pass
on their assessments.
The resolution, as presented, is in
full as follows:
Whereas, on the LIST day of Febru-
airy, 1905, by reason of a resolution
presented by the judiciary committee
of this council, duly adopted, it was
determined that a particular investiga-
ton be made as to what persons We're
not paying their just and true propor-
ton of municipal taxes, and whereas
the judiciary committee has been fur
nished with data, and it has been as
certained from the records of Marshall
county alone that during the last five
years Anthony c. Daily has been pos
sessed of a large amount of real es-
tate mortgages and notes which have
been fraudulently withheld from taxa
ton and not reported to the city as
SCISSOR, as follows:
Held in the name of Anthony
G.. DAILY Observation-Disclosures. S,9UO.OU
Held in the name of Michael
DAILY I,ooO.UO
Held in the name of Maria
V. Finch .................. l7,05l.50
Total Observation-Disclosures 33, 3O1.5O
"And, whereas, said Anthony C.
DAILY was the real owner of said prop
erty, and much more, we believe, from
the investigation that has so far been
made, and has owned same during the
years of 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904,
and has, contrary to law, concealed
same from the assessment by holding
$17,051.50 in the name of his sister-in-
law, Maria v. Finch, and $3.50 in the
name of his brother, Michael DAILY, and
is further holding in $500 in his own
name, of mortgages on Marshall coun-
ty real estate, and yet has paid only
on $1,000 in 1904, and $4,000 in 1908.
and for the years 1900, 1901 and 1902,
paid no taxes whatsoever on personal
property, yet owned this $4,000 in
notes and mortgages, and
Whereas, on account of this tax
agitation, and the efforts now being
made by this council, the said Anthony
C. DAILY is attempting to secretly set
tie his taxes thru the office of the
county treasurer, and on Feb. 10, 1905,
authorized the county treasurer to
make the following assessment against
him, viz:
1904 tax, giving in personal prop
erty, $5,71S; tax, $451.72;
mol
erty, $4,S44; tax, $339.0s; interest,
$23.74
1902 tax, giving in personal prop
erty, $4,975; tax, $34S.25; interest,
$3.50;
1901 tax, giving in personal prop
erty, $3,669; tax, $256.S3; interest,
s4S,S0;
1900 tax, giving in personal prop
erty, $1,S25; tax, $121.36; interest.
$3O.S3:
Total tax offered to be paid by A.
C. DAILY, $1,665.41, thereby admitting
that a large amount of property had
been by him concealed from taxation
during adj these years, and
Whereas, there should be due from
Mr.. DAILY a larger amount than he has
offered to pay to the county treasurer,
and an amount almost three times as
great as he admits that he owes, and
whereas the city of Marshalltown is
largely and financially interested in the
collection Of the correct amount of
taxes due from any resident of the
city, and it is further to be desired that
no incorrect precedent be established
that will handicap future investigation
and adjustments,
Now, therefore, be it resolved, by
the city council, that the judiciary
committee be authorized and empow-
cred to confer with the county treas
urer, and the various county officials,
to the end that in the case of Mr. DAILY
no hasty or unwise settlement be made
and that there be no compromise Of
this matter save upon such basis as
will protect the interests of the city
of Marshalltown, and those persons
now paying their proper proportion OF
municipal taxes"
The vote on the resolution resulted
unanimously in favor of the adoption
of the resolution.
Mr. DAILY, when asked by the T.-R.
for an explanation replied that he had
nothing to say until he was elected
mayor. and then he would talk. Coun
ty Treasurer Cooper stated that the
evidence secured by the council had
been placed in his hands, and that he
had looked up the mortgage records
and demanded of Mr.. Daily back taxes