The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-16
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Wayne County Officials Dc Not
View State Examiners
Views Kindly.
WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE
WAYNE COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP
TRUSTEES HOLD TO SYSTEM OF
GIVING ROAD TAX RECEIPTS 81.
RECT TO PRoPERTY.owNER,

Suggestions made by w. A. Dehority
the state tax examiner, for crediting
farmers with tax for work done on
the roads, do not appeal to county and
township officers of this county. In
order to avoid confusion the state ex-
amlner believes that the road super
visor. instead of giving the road tax
receipts to the farmers should pre-
sent the receipts to the county treas
urer. who shall give immediate credit
whether the property owner has paid
the rest OF his tax or not.
In carrying out this plan, local coun-
ty officials see where it might be faul-
ty in many ways. Not only do they
believe it would require a double
checking and more assistants in the
county treasurer's Office. The amount
of tax paid in this county by farmers
working on the roads totaled S24.5oO
according to the spring settlement.
Under the present arrangement, road
tax receipt holders turn them in for
their face value in tax before the first
Monday in May.
The plan of the state examiner is
outlined by him in the following let
ter which he has sent to different Off
Gals in the state for their opinions:
Dear Sir: A great many complaints
are filed in this department in regard
to the way road tax receipts are hand
led. The law requires that when a
taxpayer works his road tax the sup
ervisor shall give a receipt for the
same which shall be presented to the
county treasurer for credit. Several
months elapse from the time the re-
ceipt is. issued until it can be presented
to the treasurer. The taxpayer may
lose or destroy it., when he makes pay
ment of taxes or may forget to pre-
sent the receipt. This causes annoy
ance to the taxpayer. If a receipt is
lost or destroyed. the supervisor is
an annoyance to him If the taxpayer
fails to present his receipt to the
county treasurer in time for redemp.
ton, he will ask the trustee who has
no authority to do so-and this will be
al annoyance to him.
In order to avoid all of this trou.
BILE, we would suggest that you in
struct each supervisor that when a
person works but does not detach ii
from his receipt book, but keep it un.
til he is through with his work, and
that when he makes report to you
he file said receipts with the report
This gives you an opportunity tC
check receipts with report. When
you make your report to the county
auditor you shout file all receipts
with him and he will turn them over
to the county treasurer. In this mar
ner the receipts are not lost, the tax
payer is not bothered with preserving
the same until he can get credit. the
supervisor is not annoyed with writ
ing duplicate receipts. you are not an
aoyed with being asked to redeem re
ceipts and the county treasurer has
the receipts al the time he writes ta1
receipts. can give credit at that time
and thus avoid handling the same dur
ing the rush of tax paying time.
II a person insists upon having his
receipt, the supervisor will have t.
give 1t to him: but if the matter is ex
planned to him we think he woult
much prefer having the receipt giver
to the treasurer before he pays hi:
taxes, thus avoiding the Inconvenience
of taking care of said receipts fol
many months before getting credit fol
same.
This is merely a suggestion and i
you deem it a better plan than the ole
way, this board has no objection tt
your adopting 1t. Yours respectfully
w. A. DEHORITY.