New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-06
TAX BOARDS LID
70 HIDE FUTURE
swEAR-OFFL LISTS
o,,dy Stops Publicity and
warns Dodgers OF
Prosecution.
aIdH PAID OFFICIALS
KISSING FROM BOOKS
,,.s,v Assessed Mayor and
r,,,roller Escape - A. q.
Vanderbilt Heads Rolls.

Vanderbilt iltdO> NViiS'
r3ba. been pu, on. Tho Tax
s,.srmircd yesterday 20 refuse
~, .l regarding the tentative
g. -....,-es who swear OF their as
-. -. Nor Will they give out any
80. 70 show the number Of assess
-. =. ,rorn OF or the amount Of the
%. cancelled. Apparently it is none
y. pab!ic's business as to who
-. Of his taxes or what amount
-. tremendous total Of personal as
e -. 20 by The board. The tax
~. arc there, giving the list Of as
' ~. as already published, but
~, hose may not be examined with
y, personal order from Mr.. Pnrdy'
We, TIE Mayor was told Of the Tax
81. action be said it had been
..,,, without his knowledge or con-
ss,t
Il .urpose the Tax Department got
49, o. seeing IFS days business
..,.,s on, in the newspapers" he add
= ~, is their business much
heir business"
.nsr their executive meeting yester-
az ,hs Tax Board gave out this state
rent: -.;.o
,.sw that only very small percent
80 a the tentative assessment has
-, held are misleading and throw no
Trustworthy light on the final result.
Early Ones Non-TaXable.
Ts.s than one-iwelfth Of per cent
~ per,ons assessed had applied for
,sr,se.ion. The first applications nat
p-snv come from persons who are
dearly not taxable. such as non-resl-
5s,,s and those whose property is OBJ
rsuslv exempt. The figures cannot be
,,ljed upon because the board has not
I'D will not act on them until the
statements have been carefully scrutl-
rfsd and In some cases verified.
she department IS taking nothing
,s- granted. but IS exercising every
,re,sution 10 make certain, first, that
=, one is overassessed; second, that
he city is not defrauded. and, finally,
via. is most important Of all, TO see
hat no uncollectible taxes are put on
ne rolls There viii be no imitation
md no padding Of tax rolls # the Tax
Beard can help IT,
sAll persons entitled 70 reduction Of
q 1ssessmeu. should apply as soon as
pssib.e. Late corners may be kept
hitting and waste time, besides impos-
q an undue burden on the depart
cent"
Many Officials Missed.
70 view o. the hit and miss way in
which the personal assessment roll was
made out, Il is not surprising that
While President McAneny, Of the Board
Of Aldermen, whose salary is $4,000,
vas assessed for $4,000; Mayor Mitchell
Controller Prendergast. salary $4,000
each; Chamberlain Bruore, salary S12,-
COO, and eighteen Supreme Court jus
tees. who draw Sl7.500 q year. do not
appear on the personal tax books az all.
Tax Commissioner Shipley is as
.sssed FOR $4,000. but Commissioners
Kline and White are not down for any
hing County Clerk Schneider was
soaked for $4,000, but Sheriff Crit
snhsgen, whose income is estimated az
10000 year. was overlooked.
Oiker officials. with good salaries,
Elo have escaped any personal assess
neri. and the amount Of their salaries.
are: Chairman Mccall, Of the Public
Service Commission. $4,000; Register
:. !. Hopper. $4,000; District Attorney
Perkins $4,000; Borough President
gsrss, $500; City Superintendent
At1sell. Of the Department Of Edu-
:silon, $4,000; City Clerk p. J. Scully,
Charles F. Murphy. Boss" Of Tam
many Hall, IS assessed for $1,000, but
rs colleague. John IT, McCooey, leader
y me Democratic hosts in Kings
0suniy is not assessed on personal
Properiy, although he enjoys a salary
= .aief clerk Of the Surrogate's Court
q Sso0o a year.
4Ne lotal amount or personal assess
stnis on estates for 1916 is S252.000,-
~ as compared with S2l2.0OO.OO0 Tor
ihs year. President Purdy said this
lN not mean that they had been more
ngd IN assessing estates this year, as
1sie was no way Of telling offhand
sos many estates OF the list last year
.-a been distributed and how many
,sS ones had been placed on the books.
y isr as he knew the estates held
"r , we're assessed the same this year