The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-23
$4,000 TAX
RECEIPTS IN
TWO DAYS
Receiver Hears Protest From
Man Assessed for Ivory
Dog.

The rush OF tax payers on the tax office
yesterday e1uaaled the preceding day and
when the doors were closed last night
Tax Receiver Robert L. Ross stated that
the receipts for the two days amounted
to $4,000, an increase of SIS 600 over the
first two days receipts of last year.
A laughable incident interrupted the
routine rush early today for a brief space
when a man entered Mr.. Ross private
office to protest against paying a dog tax.
In vain the tax receiver told him thai
he had nothing to do with the readjust-
ment of taxes; the man declared that ne
would never pay a dog tax because ne
never owned q dog.
After some discussion he admitted that
there was a canine in his possession, but
pleaded that the dog was small.
He was informed that the size OF the
animal made no difference, and then ne
said he had the dog with him, and reaching
into his pocket drew forth a small image
of a dog carved in ivory, stating that IL
was the dog in question.
A general laugh at the expense of Mr..
Ross went up as the man left the office
to show the dog to the city tax commits
sloners who sit in Judgment on such mat
tiers.
One of the interesting features of the
large tax office income is the absence
from the funds of large checks. None OF
the big taxpayers has settled with the city
for this year as yet. The money thai has
poured iuto the . City Hall during Inc
twelve business hours has come from me
people who largely earn their own living.
Il have received $66, 10S in currency.
largely small bills said Mr.. Ross last
night. .'That is an exceptional amount of
money in that form. l believe that from
the experience OF the two days that we
have been doing business 1t is safe to pre-
dict that there will be a total of not less
than $500, 900 taken in for the ten days
. ,nding October 81, during which a dis
! ,unt of l per cent. will be allowed on all
bills paid. In the first ten days or last
year the income was &c. 600"
The receipts yesterday were s12S, 0O0.0 Oh,
while for Monday they exceeded $1S7, 900.
The residential wards show a larger
amount paid than the business sections of
the city. The Sixth, Eleventh, Tenth.
Twelfth n Thirteenth wards measure
we'll up to the Second and Fourth in their
receipts despite the fact that the last two
named are far ahead of the others in point
of ratables
Mr.. Ross. Assistant Tax Receiver Moor
head and Cashiers AMI L. Doremus and
August ]. Chamboss, with their corps of
clerks, worked until late last night In
getting the business checked up and en-
tered to date. The night mails brought In
thousands CT dollars to be credited on
today's receipts. Among the checks was
one for $4,000, the largest so far this year.
AS nearly as could be estimated last
night, more than 1000 separate tax bills
had been paid in two days. The receipts
average about $50 per tax bill, and, as
suming that they were all paid during the
twelve business hours. money poured IN
at the rate of about $3.50 per minute. OF
course. a lot of the money was received
in the mail, and so there wasn't such a
rapid influx of coin.
There were In the receipts of yester-
day two checks from Newarkers drawn on
the Knickerbocker Trust Company, OF
New York, which suspended during the
day. In aggregate they do not represent
a large gum. The city, under the state
tax laws, cannot lose money under any
circumstances, for the tax bill is really a
lien on the property represented from the
lime the assessment IS made, whether the
owner is good for the amount or not.