The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-11-14
REVENUE AGENT IS
AFTER SALOON|SIS
TO COLLECT TAXES
MUST PAY QUARTERLY Assreo
MENT OR CLOSE BUSINESS
AT ONCE,
THOS. N. GREER TAKES ACTIN
Distress Warrants Issued by His O..
der-strictly Speaking the Quatar
Cannot Be Divided-one Hundred
and Twenty-Five Saloons Affectsa

o' DC O'V'oeo-One Hundred
and Twenty-Five Saloons Af4ectsa
NASHVILLE, Nov. 7.-Notwttb.
standing the fact that under the ar.
oers OF the criminal judge the g,
looms of Nashville are to be absolute,
ly closed and discontinued after Nov
10, and have already been reouirod
for several weeks to stop allou,f,n
drinking in their barrooms, the tronh
les of the saloonists in Nashville arc
not yet over.
Thomas N. Greer, state reyarro
agent for Middle Tennessee, is goino
! to collect full quarter back taveo
from these saloons, even though thev
may be closed within a day or 50 aftt.
er the quarter begins to run. Ono
hundred and twenty-five saloons are
effected.
Strictly speaking under the law fine
quarter cannot be divided, and the
and the whole quarters tax is due
and become delinquent in the saloon
runs one day, or part of one day,
into another quarter. The revenue
agent is hewing to the line on this
strict construction of the letter Of
the law, and on Thursday he made
in the county court the following
motion:
State of Tennessee, Davidson county
M otion
Comes now Thomas N. Green, state
revenue agent for the Middle Division
OF Tennessee, and moves the Hon.
w. f. Hunt, clerk of the county court
Of Davidson county, Tennessee, for
the issuance of all taxes due the state
Of Tennessee and Davidson county,
.ogether with all penalties, interest,
cost, ETC., accruing against retail
liquor dealers doing business in Da-
yidson county, for and during the
quarters beginning August /, Auguts
o, Sept /, September 5, September
0, September Is, September 20, De-
ODER 1, October 4, October Is, Octo-
er IS, November / and November
5, all in the year 1913, and. ending
hree co months from these respec-
i've beginning dates,
The appended list purports to name
hose liable for said tax, but this mo-
ion is general as well, and applies
} all those persons known to be so
ngaged.
THOMAS N. GREER,
State revenue agent
w. P. COOPER, Attorney
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 6, 1918.
Mr.. Greer having made the fore
Ding motion, and taken this attitude
lie county court clerk of Davidson
,unty will be compelled to issue dis
ess warrants accordingly, and these
stress warrants will have to be plac-
| in the hands of the sheriff's Of
e for execution.
County Court Clerk Hunt, until
avenue Agent Greer took his pres
It attitude, was proceeding upon the
ca that after the criminal judge had
osed the saloons of Nashville the
ate would not insist upon collecting
full quarters revenue, when the
INCEST that any of the saloons would
open in the next quarter wsuld be
ly fifteen days.
The above action of the revenue
ent, however, puts an end to this
wv, and starts the legal machinery
collect full quarters tax from
ese saloons, even though they may
We run only one day into another
arter This action may result in
sing many saloons in Nashville
en- before the day fixed by Judge
il as the last day their doors could
open