Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
Have Until March 31 to Pay Cemetery Paving Tax
 Without Costs.
CITY COLLECTOR
 WILL ACCEPT TAX
Attorneys Coleman < Can't Agree to Make No Charge in Cases Where Tax Is Paid Before March
 to City Collector.
Property owners who are delinquent

in payment of taxes due Cemetery paving district No. 27 have until March 31 in which to pay the delin- Quent tax, without the necessity of paying attorneys fees, as result of conferences held yesterday between the attorneys, the commissioners of the district Chancellor John M. Elliott and City Tax Collector w. V. Hut.
 Signed by William Nichol, c. U. Mayfield and M. Silbernagle. the com missioners of the district, the follow ing statement addressed to all owners of land in paving district No. 27, the Cemetery paving district, was made public yesterday:
 "At the request of the attorneys for the district, we have arranged with the city collector to receive, during the month of March. the delinquent taxes due the district. At any time prior to April l, 1916, delinquent as- easements on any property on this district may be paid to the city col- lector at his office, by paying the taxes due and the 20 per cent penalty without further costs.
 "rhe city collectors office hours are g to 12 in the morning and to 3 in the afternoon.
 "On April l, summonses will be issued for the owners of property then delinquent, and the case now pending ing in the chancery court will proceed to trial.
 "The 1915 tax is also now due and payable to the city collector:"- I' 2 v
 Council Lends Assistance. .o's5 ;
 Mr. Nichol arpeared before tile city council last night and explained to that body the result of the aconfer- ences held and the decision reached. following the suggestion of; Coleman K& Can't, attorneys for the district. i ~ Mir. Nichol stated that the attorneys Xhad stated theif willingness o''make no charge for the services already fen dered in connection with the collec- lion of these delinquent taxes. pro- vided they were relieved of the work 0f collecting, in their office the taxes now delinquent q He stated further that the commissioners felt the best method of collectinge the delinquent taxes would be for the city .cQllector to take charge of the delinquent, lists, and he urged the council to allow the city collector to be, paid a small com, mission by the district for doing. this extra work, which would benefit many Mxpayers. G. ..3.9qs ~,s3 ,t;,,,...,.. X Y. Mir. Nichol stated that all taxes now delinquent can be settled before April II with no costs except the 20 per cont penalty fixed by law. The 20 Ner cent might appear large, he said, hut as matter of fact it is. small, d0e to the fact that in the great ma 0fity of cases. the amount of the tax
 less than $1. s.
 The council unanimously agreed \ nt the city. collector shall do the
 brk of collecting these delinquent
 xes, and he was given the privilege {. collecting small commission from 3&e district for his services. It was
 inted out that the city has already M tained all there is coming to. 1t on ese delinquent taxes. fs' Last Years Taxes Due. Ihe point has been stressed by
 embers of the district commission At the 1915 taxes for the district are
 Do due and payable now, and it is
 pected there will be considerable cking up of business at Collector Mutt's' office as a result of the col
 Netting of these taxes.
 There were said to be a total of jSs 40S parcels of property in the list A which suit was filed some days so by the attorneys for the district
 &cause of delinquency. Quite a num-
 n of the defendants in the suit have 1ready paid the amounts due, it is
 td. but the great bulk of them is ex- \ eted to make settlement with City
 Rector Hut during the next 30