Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-07-26
U. S. REORCANIzES
TAX COLLECTIONS
Number OF Old Internal Rev
enuS Districts Combined
Under Plan.
PERMANENT CITY BOARDS
Action Made Necessary by New
Programme and Dry Rule-Ten
Districts Abolished.-Per.
sonnet Little Changed.

Washington. A complete rcorranl.
zation of the tax collection districts
nf the country has been ordered by
Secretary Of the Treasury Glass.
number of the old Internal revenue
districts have been consolidated and
new districts along state lines ere
aird
III addition. the reorganization plan
calls for ia" establishments of branch
rcvcnuc offices in ull OF the larger com
mnitics of the country to drc"ntrallzc
the growing work of tax collection anu
to AFFORD greater facilities 10 the
public
The reorganization was made nee
.sSary by the heavy taxing program
aud the change in ASPECT of the ma
ions tax review resulting from the
.xtrnSlon of income and profits taxes
aud the coming of prohibition. In
nnny instances the old districts wer"
outlined with Il view to close collec-
ZION ~ the whi>kry taxes. No chang"
iaS been made sine" the passage or
recent revenue laws which made
practically every wage carnrr in the
country an actual or potential Fed
raj taxpayer
IN The new district alignment no
.hansr was made /. the districts
covering New York and New Jersey
They will remain the sam" with tina
second New York district established
with headquarters in III" metropolis.
The new dstrirtlng. however. gives
every state II collection district with
the exception nf Nevada. which re-
mniuS In the california district
Announcement nf the chang" was
mndr hy the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue following III" signing ~ nm
executive order Of authorization by
the President The law permits only
SiXty-fnur collection districts The
order abollShcS ten districts and con.
SolIdat"S them with others and ere
ntrs nm equal number uf new districts
on State lines The districts abolished
are largely III" liquor ones IN Pennsyl
ynnln. Kentucky and Illinois
The Fifth North Carolina district IL
combined with III" Fourth district.
with headquarters at Raleigh. Ia per
nit ~ the creation of a S"pnrat" col
lection district for the state ~ Mis-
sis>ippl. which nnw forms a part of
the Alabama district.
Til" i've districts In Kentucky are
consolidated into one Ia permit the eS.
Establishment ~ separate collection dis
trIcts In ia" States Of Arizona. Utah
Idaho and Wyoming
The Ninth (l.ancaStrr) Pcnnsylva-
MIA district Is consolidated with the
First UhiladclphIn) district 10 permit
the creation nf separni" collection
district for the Stat" ~ Delaware
The Seventh tTcrrr IIautc) In
hiann district Is consolidated with the
Sixth (IndIanapoliS) district. with
headquarters ~ indianapolis. 10 per
nit ~ the establishment OF a separate
collection district for the State OF
Maine
The Fifth Prorla) district Of II
lInols Is consolidated with the First
(Chicago) district. with headquarters
az Chicago. To- permit Of n separate
collection district for the State OF
Vermont
Tn" Thirteenth U:asi 81 Louise dis
trlct of Illinois Is consolidated with
the Eighth (Sprngfl"lh) district. with
headquarters at Springfield, To permit
of a separate district for the State Of
Rhode Island
The First (Milwauker. Wis., district
IL combined with the Second (Madl-
SOM district, with headquarters ut
Milwaukee. 10 permit III" establish
mcni of Il separate collection district
FOR m" state ~ North Dakota
The order nhollshIng The ten dis
tricts becomes effective August I The
plan does not carry with It the MP
pointmcni of large number of now
employees. hut provides for the more
effective utilization ~ The present Geld
force.