The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-27
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TERRITORIAL TAXES
. GIVEN TINE TO PAY
Effect Compromise Which viii
Enable Them To Settle On
lnstaIIment Plan
oNE-oUARTER or SALARY .-+a
UNTIL DEBT IS CANCELLED
Agreement Also Affects Many
Employees Of Fire Depart
ment, Also involved

A compromise was arrived at yester-
day by City Attorney Brown and At
torney Lorrin Andrews, representing
a number of employees Of the police de-
partment, whereby the policemen who
are in arrears with their territorial
taxes will be allowed to pay one fourth
of their salary each pay day until the
amount against them has been cleared
away, instead of having their arrears
taken out of their pay at one fell swoop,
rs was threatened by Tax Assessor
Wilder. .4aH '-..S p.
On Tuesday morning Motorcycle Of
fieer W. X. Chiffon, who is one of the
noble order of debtors, went over to
Tax Assessor Wilder, as soon as he had
read Deputy Sheriff Asch g notice, and
asked If it would be agreeable for him
70 pay his back taxes on the instalment
plan. 81. MI
Wilder Said Nothing Doing
Wilder indicated that there would be
nothing doing along this line, and said
that it was a case of no salary war.
ants being issued until clean bill of
tax health had been issued. ..' w., p.
Chiffon then consulted Attorney An
drews on the matter. So did a dozen
IT more members Of the police depart.
ment, to whom the matter was n seri-
Gus, not to say a vital one.
Yesterday Andrews and Brown had a
conference and a compromise resulted,
as stated. ..aF-..
Tax Assessor Wilder's stand in the
matter is based on law passed by the
Legislature Of 1911, which says that any
city employe who owes any taxes can
he summarily mulcted of the amount
due by the auditor, by the simple but
effective process of taking it out Of his
salary. -.. ....
Statute Unconstitutional
Attorney Andrews commended that tho
law under consideration is unconstitu-
tional, in that il is discriminatory and
makes a difference in the matter of the
objection of taxes between employees of
he city, who are certainly employees Of
q corporation, and employees of any
other corporation. .a .. ...
The compromise effected was based
IN the fact that the tax office, can sue
For the payment of back taxes and is
empowered to garnishee a delinquent s
salary TO the extent of 25 per cent, and
hat IL was understood that the meh'
be-s of the police department who arc
in arrears with their taxes are willing
70 get in good standing with the Ter
ritory. BY so doing the delinquents will
| fulfill the requirements of the law with
put the machinery of the law, with its
onsequent vexation and cost having
been put in motion.
Policemen Are Satisfied
The compromise was hailed with
great satisfaction round police head
quarters yesterday, for some of the
boys owe as much as fifty or sixty dol
airs, which, through sickness or Other
misfortune, in many cases, they have
,een unable to pay.
To hold up their wages until these
,laims were satisfied would be a gross
injustice, it is argued, for it wOult
mean that the delinquents would be de
prived of their means of support unit
he claims of the Territory had beer
| latisfied.
| One employe of the police depar
ment, a Portuguese, twenty three year.
lold, said yesterday that he had beer
charged with eight years. back taxes
and that when he had complained haC
been told that he must have been con
fused with other persons of the sam,
| name.
/ Tiremen Also Relieved
While this compromise was brough
ibout in connection with members O
the police department, it win affect il
ike measure employees of the fire de
4 nartment who will also feel greatly re