Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-06
BACK TAX COLLECTIONS
EPIDEMIC IN AMARILLO
im0uBt OF De6naurneies Surprise
To- All-Ihous ands Already
Collected.

Since tho City Of Amarillo bean
20 uraIehteu up bar records and col-
lacf her hack tayss tho movement
hos become endemic ana tho
amount thar has bosn found on tho
record of mo city md county ha'
been o. surprise 10 cycrvona and
uffidont 90 have been making an
fpprsc.ahle difiercno, in Tho ta-
rates.
o. may nor be- popular iu CON
Quarters Tor me officials who are
doirg iHcir dHF hut iI g. appreciated
D. fH0sr 0t our ueoule Uh0 bcliryc
.l doing their duty ~ the state and
hove b on carrying az unjust bur.
den because these taxes have not
been collected heretofore.
Some 'imr ago M cts reported
that more than tls 600 Goo deliu
Glru' taxes had been collected al
redr during @ fow months OF the
pre- Dui city admin ffaiion nr about
ONO fffh enough 90 run very o..
pnrtmrnt of tNc city government
for an entire year or Tho amount
% delinquent taxes collected would
pay iha salaries OF tho city man
alor and both members of bis Of
flee force. for about three wears
Tho delinquent TAX lists were
made ON by the regular office
force. without tho necessity of om-
ul0yInc pecial men for nc work atO
iilh salaries SCORE OF mistakes
sore found In the record. and d
ought 20 Doc q satisfaction 10 all Tint
thcf, have boon located and the
book. corrected
County GETS Rusy.
Since tho county commissioner
20, buy and pat man 10 collect
inc tho county dnlinunoncio1 som
20. 500 10 $4,000 has bee1 collect
90 there Not only that brit the
pushing Of delinquent tax coller-
Gouv has lei to n promn'noss m
f1r payments hero that o. almost
unprecedented
Tho county affairs being run nm
nrr 70 different plan from tho city.
10 was ucce slry 90 pay out some
$500 90 have ODE dclinqu ne uXrOlls
radc up
Again the sp,cial work OF collec
uons mll on man especially cm-
Iloypd for fn9, purpose instead Of
iho regular office force.
CITY school Tav.
IN city school boari got busy
laft nll and pu' 'hg delinquent
..lool tave Boo the hands Of an a.
toruey " y Nc.ley has been
soorsiur faithfully on these records
Ton the past few months and now
HAS the lists about ready 10 adycr-
iisc
Some 10000 dclin0ucnci's were
found. amounting 20. perhaps in tho
uoiphhorhood of t's 600 OF this
amount some $4,000 has already
be NEGLECTED. and Or. N'ely hardly
has q good start M 10 this timc.
These dcliuoucnri's extend back
over period Of 'iyo years and dur
Ing chat time cores and perhaps
hundred OF mistakes hay, been dis
covered. Air Nicely has put In n
great deal OF extra time and most
CT these errors hay' already been
locat, .. 20 that ihoso who may have
paid and lost their receipts viii ho
protected hy Dr. e'tra work
Mr. Neelv g. 90 De- commended for
this extra work which is proving an
Important protection 20 'hc tatnay-
90.
Tho errors thai hay, boon located
and 'he tg,e. that have been collect
r0 up to this time reduce the de-
uu0uondoe from about 10000 to-
somr whore 600 Use u'ighhorhood of
900
Fr.uu,uiy t1uro may ho tom mr.
fifteen of those charged up 20 differ
ont properiIos of one Individual, 80
tnat the number off individuals In
.olt,l ir tho 5000 dclIrqugncic-
may not be ry'n 600. and largo
pee cont ct tb,-, arc non residents.