The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-02
ELEVEN DISTRICTS
MAKE NO REPORT
In Two Others Examiners Say There
Are No Intangibles Which Have
Not Been Assessed.
VOLUNTARY PERIOD EXPIRES
Ten Per Gent Penalty With Interest
VIII Now Be Imposed on All I'm
reported Intangibles Back to Year
1902.

Taxpayers will be the objects of in
vestigation by the examiners of rec
ords, who will. according to the law
passed BY the last session of the legis-
lature. Immediately begin their work
OF unearthfng, all intangible proper
ties which have not been assessed for
taxation. Under the law. August
was the last day on which voluntary
returns could be made on unreported
intangibles. and all who have not
shown disposition to make these re-
turns to the examiners will have their
properties investigated as far back as
1902 for State tax purposes.
There has already been something
over sl1,00o.00o in unassessed intan-
gible values reported to the exar1i-
ners of the State. This represents. in
the opinion of officers. only part OF
the total unreported returns. and as
but eighteen judicial circuits have
made their report to Christopher b.
, Garrett, executive assistant of the
State Tax Board, many millions of
properties on which no taxes have
been paid are expected to come to
light under the work of the examiners.
1t is expected that in some cases
The returns that have been volun-
tarily flied by taxpayers will be found
, short of the correct figures. when they
are investigated. In the ninth cir
cult only 1925 has been returned in
intangible properties, vet this circuit
embraces the wealthy counties Of Gull
pepper, Orange and Louisa. An amount
/ largely in excess OF this 1t is believed
should show from that section The
same condition exists in the counties
/ of Washington. Smyth and Wythe,
which com prise the twenty-third cir
cEit. and which only reported values
10 the amount Of sa33o. This last
circuit is also very rich. and the
/ figures are considered ridiculously
small
Two Had Nothing to Report.
Al the time of expiration Nor the
voluntary returns to he made. twenty
circuits hal notified Mr. Garnett OF
the results TWO Of which. the exami-
ners reported. had no taxable intan-
gible properties that had not been as
sessed, There arc th!rty-one circuits
in the state and the examiners of the
silent eleven will rigidlv examine into
the assessments of the taxpayers
All properties that are discovered
by the hammers, on which mo as
sessnents have been made. twill be
subject 70 A penalty of ten per cent
with interest added. In the case OF
the persons who have made volun-
tary returns penalty and interest will
be charged only on such additional
unreportea Items that are found
The follo0+nS examiners of records
have made. returns, with the amounts
shown;
Richard McTlwaine, Jr,. second. ST.
0a5. 500: Robert W. Arnold. third.
$40. 9o3. George Mason. fourth s2a-
e25: w NJ Tredwav Ir. seventh.
siia. Sill; John s. Chapman. eighth.
s2tT,7n3: ", G. Williams. ninth ss.-
225; William II Sands. tenth, $500
/ 0o0; Samuel r. Baxton, eleventh, So
, 9sl .A7T; Charles Henry Smith, tnir-
teenth. none: Sidney Smith, four
/ teenth. $4,000; w. G. Caldwell, fif-
teenth, s2o.oa5: W. NJ. McNutt. eigh-
/ tenth. $4,000: f V Barley. nine
teentf. sl.e46sI3 A. r. Hutton TWEEN
ty-third. 50, $40; Fl. W, wyant. TWEEN
! ty-ffth. 5000; Richard Fl. Tebhs.
twenty sixth. s4fT460: Winston Par
rish. twenty eighth. s54.505: r. Fl.
| Drummond twenty-ninth. s42o. 4s5:
A J. Cauthorn. thirtieth. $3.50; John
8. NAPLES. thirty-frst. none, !Tetai
returned, $11.454.s22