The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
s12O0OOAPl|D REAL ESTATE
Treasurer's Return to County Treasurer
Shows That Kenosha People Have
Been Decidedly Careless in Paying
City Taxes This Year.

Fully twenty-five per cent of the
Ken osha people against whom income
taxes were assessed last year failed to
pay their taxes. This condition Of af-
fair is shown by the fact that the re-
turn of the city treaurer, which was
made to the county treasurer on Sat
urday, shows four hundred and fifty
Kenosha men and women baked on the
payment of the income tax The total
amount Of these taxes remaining I'M
paid is $3,098.27. This is not quite
as large an amount as was returned as
delinquent in the former year, but
the number of delinquents is much
larger. The amounts of the delinquent
income tax range all the way from
twelve cents to hundred dollars and
a great majority Of them are amounts
under five dollars.
1t is certain that the cost Of collec-
ton of many of the small amounts will
be almost as great as the amount of
the tax. Interesting in the report of
the treasurer is the fact that of the
total income tax collected $50, 653. 81 was
paid by the presentation Of receipts
showing the payment Of personal prop
erty tax. Added to this is the fact
that personal property receipts from
other counties to the amount of four
hundred and eighty dollars were fled
to offset the income tax. The net re-
turn from the income tax to Kenosha
will not be much in excess of twenty
thousand dollars this year, the amount
being far below the amount collected
IN the former year and a considerable
amount below the estimate of the
finance committee Of the council.
More than two hundred Kenosha
property owners failed to pay their
real estate taxes this year and the
total of the delinquent real estate tax
returned is $12,114.64. This ranges in
amount from thirty-fve cents to three
hundred dollars. All Of this will be
collected either by the amounts being
paid to the county treasurer or by tax
sales of the property. Some of the de-
-AAA4uoAo PAoPCi W oWhCio pdlu bHo
taxes today and it is expected that
when the sale is held the total amount
outstanding will not exceed three thous-
and dollars. This will be about the
same amount as remained to be sold for
taxes last year. There are few large
amounts due for real estate tax and
for the most part the amounts are un-
der fifty dollars.
The delinquent personal tax roll
shows some two hundred and twenty
entries ranging from fotry- five cents to
one hundred and eighty dollars. On
this roll there is lot of the old tim
ers and the amounts assessed against
them are about the same as in other
year All of this money must be col
lected by the treaurer and in order to
enforce collection it is certain that he
will be forced to use the patrol wagon
vigorously, The list of personal prop
erty delinquents is being divided into
sections and the treasurer plans to start
at once the selling of personal proper
ty in order to conceal the indebtedness
of the owners
The members of the city council by
resolution demanded that the city
treasurer collect every cent of the per-
sonal property tax outstanding and he
will make every possible effort to carry
out his order to the letter.