The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-07
arrears Must Be Paid or the
Prosecutor Will Start
Court Proceedings.
MYRICK ISSUES A LETTER.
DATE is SET FOR PAYMENT AND
IF DELiNoUENTS DO NOT HEED
WARNING THEY MAY FIND TAX
PAYING EXPENSIVE.


tomorrow will receive letters from the
county treasurer conveying the lnfor-
nation they are indebted to the coun-
ty for personal tax and must call and
settle before August l, or prosecution
will be resorted to. All delinquents
whose names begin with the letter A
may expect these letters, as they were
placed in the mails today. The coun-
ty treasurer believes he has been as
considerable as possible in the matter
and has allowed an ample length of
time for settlement without notices.
Failure to pay upon notice means
prosecution, and conviction means the
payment of the tax beside the court
costs. The prosecutor is allowed a
fee of $40 for each case.
The letters sent out by the treasur
err read as follows:
Dear Sir: Examination Of the rec
ords of the county treasurer's office of
Wayne county, Indiana for the past
five years (the examination only made
for such time, shows yourself to be
chargeable and In arrears for current
and delinquent taxes, the sum of S.
and as you are probably aware it is ice
duty of the county treasurer to make,
by himself or deputy, personal demand
and levy upon each delinquent; and
afterward the list of such as have not
paid is certified to the prosecuting at
torney for suit in the name of the
state. Each such demand, levy and
suit but adds to the cost.
BY payment of your delinquent tax
es on or before Aug. /, such additional
fees can be saved.
Upon calling to pay your taxes if
you will also call for and pay all
amounts due and beyond such five
years, all chance of subsequent and
further proceedings is avoided. Very
truly yours,
B. B. MYRICK, JR.,
County Treasurer.
Acts on Orders.
The list of all delinquents in the
county will be gone over by the treas
urer as rapidly as possible. The far
Their down the alphabet the initial let
Ter of the surname is, the longer time
will be allowed for payment. This is
because of the length of the list and
the fact that all notices can not be pre-
pared and mailed at the same time.
The treasurer is acting in accord with
orders from the state board of tax
commissioners. Treasurer Myrick
has delayed sending notices longer
than several other treaSurerS of the
state.
Publicity given the fact prosecution
was going to be resorted to. caused a
larger payment of personal tax at the
May installment than ever before.
Many young men called to pay tax
who had not paid before, although of
legal age. Many delinquents have
failed to pay for so long that the added
penalties amount to a neat sum in ex-
cess of the amount of tax. A few
young men who knew themselves to be
in arrears have been slipping quietly
into the treasurers office and paying
their tax and penalties so as to avoid
the notice.
Treasurer Myrick said today that
as soont as the date Of the notice ex-
pires the name of the delinquent will
be placed in the hands of the prosecut-
or. The law allows confiscation of
property for the payment of the tax.
With a fee of $40 awaiting him for
conviction in each case the prescott
ing attorney can not be expected to
appear very timid in the matter.