Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-09
TAXPAYERS RUSH ID GET THEIR
 RECEIPTS
County Taxes Are Delinquent Next Monday When Five Per Cent Will Be Added
 Reports of County Officers.
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 ToMBSroNE. Dec. s.-County Treasurer J, N Gaines and four as- sistants have been p<sy for the past few days in trying to keep up with the rush of work that has accumulated In that office, occasioned by the rush of parties who have come during the past few days to pay their county taNes before they. become delinquent
 The taxes become delinqunt after l, tfcnday. when a pehaity Of 5 per cens IS added for, the first thirty days that the taxes are deiinquent! besides cost of i5 cents that fs allowed the clerk If the Board of Supervisors on each parcel. piece. or lot of real estate SC delinquent. w
 Today there was an unusually large number of people lined up at the win dow of the treasurerfs. office trying to get in to pay their taxes. A number came from Bisbee and Douglas and other parts of the county to pay them. fearing to rely on the mails or iex. press that might not arrive in time. IT amount of taxes to be collected ms year. according to the assessment fclls, amounts in round figures to about Ss50.000 Of this amount some Sl'p.0oo has been received by Treas nrsr- Gaines, all but s20,000 having been paid in since the first of Decem. "er All of the big taxpayers, in- c'uting the Copper Queen. c. & A., scu'hern Pacific. E. F. & s. W, Tomb. stGne Consolidated company. Neal & hySuIn. Jake -Shearer and others have paid the amounts due during the past lew days. The big mining compa. mes. however. have not paid in full, keeping back the amount that was Ti9ced against them on the raise of fee per cent made by the Territorial fesra of Equalization and subsequent. " added by the Board of Supervisors If Cochise County Three suits have been filed so far in this matter-those of the Copper Queen. Tombstone Con. solidated and Black Diamond.
 It is feared. that as a consequence cf the tying up of this money it will somewhat embarrass the financial af 1atrs of the county in the matter O, expenses for the coming year. The estimate of the expenses of the coun ty was placed at se75. 900. while the loss of these taxes will be somewha. nthe neighborhood of s125, ,oo0. feay ing only $235 600 to be collected. and with the amount that will become de Enquent and placed on the back tax hooi' the amount will be further reduc ed
 The reports Of the various county officials for the month of November have all been filed as required by law The report of Sheriff Hunt shows that during the month he collected license from 6 gambling games. which meant the sum of Sl690 was collected. while the other licenses amounted to S2696 and with s9 collected as fines, makes 2 total for the month of s4594. The probate judges office contributed the sum of si76.65 for fees, and the issu ance of marriage licenses during the month. The Recorders office turned ill to the County Treasurer's office the sum of s9i2.25 collected on instru lnents filed The assessors office is given credit for $14,o2913 for school taxes collected. and the justice of the peace fines rernitted during the month was si7.eo. Clerk Howe. of the Board of Supervisors. turned in to the treas urer's office the sum of S35.70, which wss collected from tax sale. TEo current taxes that was collected dur. ing 'he month of November was s20.. i34.fS. The largest amounts expeld- ed were s6i222 20. for school warrants. and $500 on the Douglas bond and in terest fund. while the salary warrants amounted to sl75G.75. Expenses war 1arts. s340.47. --sg 4~~.
 According to the report of Treasur- CT Gaines. there is balance on hand DsceBlAeri ist. of ss3 3.sf9.34 The largest part of this money. as well as The tax money received. is deposited in the various banks of the county. sznd is not kept in the treasurer's Of ace any longer than is absolutely nec- essary.