The Penn's Grove record., 1912-02-09
BOROUGH COUNCIL NEEDS MONEY.
Delinquent Tax Law to Be Enforced

OcI1uquSut AK Law 10 De EnfOTCeO
The Mayor and Council held thei,
fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening.
Mayor Sweeten presided with Councilmen
Dolbow, J. S. Flanagan, Naylor, Diver
and Lummis present.
A few bills were ordered paid and the
delinquent taxes discussed. The state
ment published last week showed that
taxes to the amount OF Spoil 70 had not
! been paid. This amount is owed by POI
persons. Tie council has borrowed So, GOO
Oh which interest is now being paid and
will have to borrow more to meet current
expenses unless these taxes are paid.
The delinquent taxes for 1910 amounted
to $l3.0.97, showing much slower pay
the pay the past year than in the previous
year.
A resolution was passed authorizing the
collector to notify every Delinquent, call
ing special attention TO the notice at the
top OF every tax bin as follows:
Your tax as assessed on the duplicate
OF this Borough for the year 1911 is rs
follows, payment OF which is hereby de-
manded on or before December goth, IL
per cent and cost added after December
Goth" Also to not take any tax unless
the II per cennt, Was paid.
That means the amount OF tile tax bill
will be increased | per cent, each month
it remains unpaid. and IL cents added to
every dollar ii not paid for a year.
Tue law Tor the collection OF taxes pass
ed in 1908, section 40, reads as follows:
"Where any taxes shall not be paid on
or before the twentieth dav OF December
TO flowing their assessment, interest thereon
from and alter that date shall be added
at seven per centum per annum, or ut
such higher rate not exceeding in the
whole II per centum per annum az
the governing body OF the taxing district
ma y fix; and it shall be the duty OF the
collector in person-or by deputy, forth
with after the twentieth day of
December to enforce the payment of all
taxes by distress and sale OF any OF the
good sand ~clattels OF the delinquent in the
county; where the tax is upon the real
estate, the person assessed may be relieved
from the levy by showing that lie was not
the owner at the time when the tax be-
caue alien; if goods and chattels OF the
1aIi,o II, op.,n ba fOnr1 nr ,At ,.f
ticent to make all the money required to
pay taxes on personal and poll tax and
dog tax, then it shall be the duty OF the
collector in person or by deputy to take
the body OF the delinquent, and unless
the tax is at once paid with costs to
deliver the same to the sheriff or jailer
of the county to be kept in close and safe
custody until payment be made OF the
amount due Oh said taxes with costs, but
there shall be no arrest or imprisonment
for default in payment of taxes on real
estate; a copy OF the entry of the tax as
sessed against the delinquent. certified by
the collector to be a copy truly taken from
his duplicate, shall be sufficient warrant
for the distress and sale or arrest aud
imprisonment authorized by this act and
the authority OF any person to act as
deputy shall he conferred by the collector
in writing upon said copy OF the tax entry
aud signed by the collector; the collector
shall not be liable for deficiencies in col
lection happening without any neglect,
fraud or default on his part"