The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-11
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 of tffe assessors makes work difficult No taxpayer should be allowed to vote with unpaid taxes that have been
 due one year against him. It is hard to get the military tax from poor men with large families. Trying to collect the tax on personal
 property when no real estate is own ed.
 Would like to see law passed mak- ing the term of office of collector five years. This would give the collector a chance to accomplish something. Make it obligatory on collectors s part to notify by bill when taxes are due, and the amount of the same. I have not received my salary in three years, and shall not serve anoth- CT year.
 Nonresident owners of automobiles refuse to pay town tax in addition to a state tax.
 The assessors make many mistakes; they do not go around and view prop erty; some pay to the treasurer after agreeing to settle with me, and I can- not keep the interest account correct; and sometimes I have to travel three miles to the treasurer to find out who has paid. They do not attempt to meet me the days and places I ad- vertise.
 The personal tax enrolment should be March 1, as so many move away be- tween the time the list is made and the time of collection. Slow payments of taxpayers and poor
 assessments, with tax book half made up make work difficult. The tax collector should be appoint ed by the selectmen or mayor, and not elected by the people. Our rate book is usually made out by an old man who is not able to
 do accurate work, and who is not sys- tematic. The assessors charge to for mer owners, even when town records
 are near at hand, making considerable trouble for the collector in tracing party liable for the tax. Some want to pay a part of the tax at different times, but I have declined to accept except full amount.
 I think when a taxpayer owns real l estate, all his taxes, whether on real eSta personal estate, Or a personal tax should be a lien on all his real estate. The provisions which exempt a person from the personal tax below the age of 45 should also be operative after that age.
 Adjusting the assessors mistakes | makes the work difficult. If our tax was due May 1 the full amount), you, of course, know 1t would simply be the matter of collecting whereas now, they are due May l and November 1. This makes it espec- ially hard to collect the poll and mili- tary tax or what is at present the personal tax.
 I think if we could have law that would disenfranchise a man who had failed to pay his personal tax it would aid greatly in collecting the same, The laws may be all right, but woe
 "-tr the collector that carries out l the laws.
 lhe o1fice of tax collector should be one of merit only, and should be fo1 | longer terms.
 I think our present laws are as good as any we have ever had. I like your method of inquiry rel tive to all tax es, and am sure it stimulates tax col 1 lectors to do better and more thor l ough work.
 One of the gems of, the collection is | the following from a collector who seems to want people to pay their | taxes and then call upon the town tc furnish the necessities of life: The taxes ought to be collected in | the fall, when people have the money | to pay, not when they have spent ii | during winter for fuel, clothing, etc.