The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-31
POURED IN COFFERS
TAX MONEY TOR CLOSING YEAR IS
 PAID.
Rush at Inspector Cesyan.s once Was Notable--Would Have Be- come Delinquent on
 JanuaFy f


 With the new year in sight. local professional and business men are re- porting at the city clerks office to settle their license dues for the com Ing year. Wednesday there was a rush of business done by the license and the tax offices. the unusual amount of business being transacted until late hour.
 All licenses for 1908 are now due and will become delinquent after De- cember 31, and liable for fines. The license schedule having been about ar ranged and all the important items nxed and enacted by the city council. the collecting of the money Is all tbat remains of this question, which has kept the aldermen on the jump for months. Some of the changes that have been made are marked. notably the licenses for hacks. soft drinks. loan companies and other matters that bring In q large revenue.
 Some of the citizens were so anx- ious to set their licenses that they paid up before the license could be is- sued and accepted receipts for their money, waiting for the issuances of the papers engaged in every lieensable business, poured into the office and IL cense Inspector cowan was kept at it until he was ready to drop
 It was impossible to say at the close of the rush what the receipts had been but judging from the bulky amount of cash received the city has taken in mere license money on the day than any day previous in the history of the office.
 Treasurer Tait was as busy as MT. Cowan, recording the receipts of money, making change and attending tp the tax receipts. Of the S2st60o due for taxes, so far only s75.00O has been received, and Mir Tait says he is thinking seriously of adopting Mr C0wan's now famous modus operands Of calling on the police department to present few of the bills. This way ot getting the cash has been so suc- cessful that precedent has been ss- abolished and in future the men in blue will be called upon for assistance as allowed by the new municipal code. ". F. Black, the recently elected city clerk, will not be able to qualify for several weeks yet. The municipal code demands that the city clerk be bonded by United States guarantee company and for thls reason he viii not be able to assume his new duties ct once. for 1t win take some time to get the papers made out and for warded- The bond required is 3I0,000 and could be easily secured from one of the local hanks, but the code de- mands a national compsny and 1t mus, be done.
 The new clerk will fnd things easy sailing when he takes charge. The main part of the years work is bains attended to now and by the time he takes over the duties of the offlce much will have been done. But he will get a world of experience, to be slowed away for future reference, by going after the delinquents
 Ben Kiigrow. the assistant city clerk, is having his troubles too. The recording of the doinas of council takes up no little of his time, ana now he has had to pass around for sigma. lures the certificates of election of al the lately elected city officials. Each certificate requires the signature oi the mayor, all the aldermen, the cit, clerk, and treasurer and getting ths names of all these gentlemen has beer no small job. Now only the signature, of three aldermen remain and thes, 1 will be secured before the next conn. ell meting, when he certificates vii he Dfegenta6 lsf