The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
PAY MORE TAXES
AFTER EXPOSURE

Washington county has reached the Audi
tors Office. and this amended statement
Increases The taxes 20 the State from the
good county OF Washington something
over sloO. which H. enough t0 ~ OUT
that county's deficit herctofor, reuorted
and collected from the State treasury. If
the same judicial inquiry shall Doe extend
81 % tie tax valuations .n FEBRUARY when
the Taxpayers como 70 mako oath MS 60
tne value or their horses. mules. cattle.
furniture and other taxable Things. and
extended stli further three year. hcrre
when LANDS ere again assessed. the prob
ability To- that Washington wiI become
one of the best reyenlc-producing coau-
tics old Virginia cau boast o.
The Times Dispatch has come into pos
session Of Information that the action
Of Judge Hutton IN WASHINGTON county
/ has cast a wholesome influence over ar
| least two other Southwest Virginia cor.fi-
Ties. wherein there are Taxpayers who
have reached "a conclusion that the fever
which has attacked Judge Hutton may te
/ contagious. and other judges in the STATE
may Dc taken with g. Argsing thus. ana
! perhaps feeling that they are not alto
sether innocent. they have volunteered
/ 90 amend their own tax returns. and TO-.
auditor has received amended statements
/ that came i'm this way
prominent State official. who has had
/ a peep at these returns. and who has
/ been IN a position 10 view with dlstrust
/ the tax returns from the twenty-eight
/ deficit counties. has felt 10 his duty 20
write Judge Hutton letter congratulate
/ ing him on his bold move. and express
! ing to him the opinion that his action In
/ Washington county will easily add $4,000
/ 20 Nirginia's tax receipts at the very
| first shake Gf the bat" II other judges
! especially those who preside over the
! tWenty-eight deficit counties VIII take
{ gc
/ telling where this good work viii end.
Now Is the Time.
New assessments on pretty much
] everything except real estate are to be
| made in February, and that those In
| terested may know just where the trou-
/ bile lies. a reproduction OF some Of tie
/ salient features OF the article which ap-
peared in this paper a month ago may
I not be out Of place. IN that article 10
was noted in the outset that an the
! eighteen cities In the state collect more
/ than their treasurers have TO pay ont.
/ ANA they pay into the State treasury.
/ or did in 1905, the sum OF 81 OO9 533 IS.
they having collected IN the way OF
/ State taxes. fees. etc. that sum I'm cx-
cess OF what they paid out for criminal
! expenses schools. commissions. etc
| Tho one hundred counties paid into the
! treasury in the year 1905 the aggregate
sum OF $685., 64O.53 less s5e.7iO.35. which
/ twenty eight doncit counties drew out
/ Of the treasury.
Ia 1905 Richmond city paid IN. net.
| S869.390.14. Norfolk paid IN S164.S9O.0l.
These two cities paying in more cash
than tho one hundred counties combined.
/ Lynchburg paid in SIS, 623.96: Danvllle.
/ S44.63G. ii; Petersburg $50. 2i1.33. Roa-
! noke. S43.7O6.52. Alexandria. $35 POP
/ Bristol S14. APO 66: Buena Vista 81 6O7 80;
I Charlottesville. SiS.725.94 Fredericks-
| burg Si1.915 As. Manchester. S123so. %
/ Newport News. SOC .55O7S: Portsmouth.
s39.037: Racford S5.009.64; Staunton.
| s23 .995.Ss: williamsburg, S1,711.74: Win
chester. S12.61s.37
The twenty-eiRht counties which do
| not take IN enough money 20 pay their
| criminal expenses. their school teachers
| and other legitimate expenses. ana the
amounts trey draw out Of the state
! Treasury in excess of their collections
| are. Amelia. $35498; Appomattox. $685. SIS.
/ Amherst, Sl1ll35: Brunswick, $5l5.6f: Blu
| chanar S7.544 50: Buckingham. sos 70:
| Caroline. S23295: Carroll. s. .S29.0S: Cumbet-
land. S7267S: Dickinson. S5.2i5.96: Dinwid 81
| die. S2l903: Floyd, S2.152.O6; Fluvanna.
| Sl0s50: Franklin, Ss.523.20: Grayson. So
| 2i7.3l Henry. 80 4S767: King George.
Ss796S. Lee. 81. 55So %. Ldnenburg 81 500 80:
| Mathews S4609s: Middlesex. S9A24: Pat
! rick sSS30.62; Pittsylvania. S6.668 3: Rich
, Iaond county S2Q2 sc. RusSall 81 IS2 g. .