Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-11-17

IuNlfluuhi assessments were uONhh
ana erroneous. also showed yol
quite fully tne absolute tmposslhilit
of preventing double and erroneou
asscssmentg IN county where th
titles were SO much in dispute.
n An examination of the records mus
have convinced you that The laws fol
the collection of IaXes had been fol-
/ lowed To The letter in this county
that publication had been made caci
year, general suit brought iudg
mont taken and nll property offeret
I for sale You must have Known thu|
7 not onc-tWenticth Of the cost even fol
publishing the delinquency liHt Wui
] ever collected by this method. You
] Joined with me ln asking the treas
urer to make another attempt at seli
I Ing this property 90 the county and
rc-offorlng the certificates of sale q
I the highest bidder fof the year 1910
I You may be Interested to hear that
/ this device was followed and that not
"a single bid iu any amount was of.
forod upon the certificates. So futile
and expensive was the method laid
down hy the law that ! advised the
treasurer not 20 publish any delln-
qucnt llst for 1911. You advised him
90 thc contrary and the county was
put to an expense of almost $4,000
for pui lication fees 40 the legal rate
and ! am informed that not "a single
sale was made, and that the county
received not one cent In return for
the expenditure, You must nave
realized that I'M a district whore large
land grants prcdomlnate and a vast
majority Of titles are boz conflict. you
cannot ael property at delinquent
sale "a anybody az any price.
! wish also TO recall Co your mind
that = invited sou 10 my office, where
l showed you that practically every
cent OF delinquent tax money that
had been collected Ia years had been
collected through the medium of in-
diyidual suits, Notwithstanding that
the expensive and inadequate method
laid down i'm the general tax law had
always been followed 20 the letter.
showed you that / had filed I'm the
name of the state, individual suits for
the collection OF every cent OF de-
lnquent taxes I'm this county more
than 500 in number; that / had
made collections In hundreds Of cases.
that more than half Of these suits
have been disposed of and that the
work OF collection was being Vigor-
o,teft nrooretffod Won mnet have
scon ne fav udpp,ente ON the court
rccnrds ne so, dombted fheee rec
..ras Cti.f f,,etico poberts Judge
,fctsto ar rndgo Atitle conld ten Won
gh,t theso t,tae,,ents we're taken and
made by the hundreds
You were aware that ! had brought
many hundreds of suits, also, In Mora
county. that az that time ! had prac-
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.bo strain toid yop' at fhs Time that
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y tuV uily ''u NPuls'" .,,
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shen go9 assuilie tn''' 10 iVp"i' AZ
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fe"sulol' ~ Juue l',Si''s "nN
ie Ptep"ieu lh uuPN0"te '"U "nVn
ne cletk ulehVs Wy @ ttis,s VN .
'ookA, ne aellNeIs tnv Vupi.ttV Nups
sllh the hiphey uul'oO'e" :" ''0 u 0"'
fef'
/ fan 70 understand now, knowing /
he conditions here as you must know
hem after learning as you must
ave learned that every officer CON
.ected with the enforcement OF inc
aN law was doing ms duty IN the
natter Of collecting delnquent taxes,
hat the amounts appearing on the
AK ron were IN multitudes OF mr.
tances unavoid0hly erroneous, that
he work of collecting the taxes ac-
ually owing was being pushed with
III possible speed. that YOU should
AVE without any explanation, per-
nitted TO be published statement 1
@ ruinous to the credit Of the coun-
y as that delinquent taxes amount
ng 60 The immense sum you quoted
we're due IN this county
IL is NOT true as your report ap-
lears TO Indicate that any taVoritism
las been shown TO any class or any
individuals. The list OF deunquents
on publish Is not at all tair OF
representative one, lt was the TACT aaI
-ou could easily have ascertalned /
hat an but one or two of the tax
ayers you mention had sums much