Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
City Attorney Earl Sneed
Works Out Plan Approved
by All Factions.
ELIMINATES ATTORNEY FEE
Feature Of Present System
That Displcases Citizens
Is Wiped Out.

new section OF the city al
,..-irttiVc offices To be known aa
,nr drIlnduency department is To be
,.,NIiahcd Ia the near future ur.
,I.i.ug 10 announcement made late
Wednesday hy Civ Attorney Etrl
s.,I The new department viii he
.t.f-hrd primarily Tor the purposc
,flkIug care ~ the paving tax bills
% ... city which have brcumr de-.
n.r.,ut In this decision the city
ryr. .,ls honcve they have reached u
...uluu ~ this phase ~ the paving
r,.M,m which will hc satisfactory
Ir fu. future 60 all parties concerned
"Details concerning the exact func.
t.rs ~ the new department. its
l.s ~ operation and means fut
r..rtIug current cNpens viii hc
worked out hy tho city officials to.
t.. aud submitted tu tho city cont
u... ..unorS ~ the meeting tu ho held
IrUIt. puWr Z uf the new depart
mont viii deal with the handling ~
rurr delinquent tax bills only
pr.srn' deli iuurnCleH In taxes are 90
l.. dealt with through the law now
n force Aside from the paving
aV.. delinquent property taxes
n.,u.o fees and municipal taxes ~
every nature viii come under the
Jurisdiction OF this department.
such al least In the structural APP
pcIf,ncr of tn" new department In
Il, embryo form,
CONFER with Taxpayers.
4 conference WAS held Wednesday
between charles Grimes represent
nr the Tulsa Taxpayers Protective
l,trup and city Attorney Sneed for
the purpose ~ reaching m amlcablc
agreement on the paving question
which involved the alleged cNccs-
s,r fees charged by attorneys rep
fe-,uting the city for the collection
. nf drlinuucnt tax bills. II was
nrrr,d that such fees were eXhbrhl-
bui in some cases and the necessity
Tor a change In this arrangement
V.s recognized on behalf of the
city hy Mr. Snoed.
lnAsWuCh as contracts were
drawn up with certain attorneys the
city iH conscious Of a moral ublign
lion To see the matter through. The
city believes II In fulfilling this obli-
CATION hy waiting for the new hear
ing loo the supreme court instead OF
accrptlng the original decision
handed down month or NO ngu.
The new hearing Is set for
February 20
The taxpayers representative was
satisfactorily impressed with the
plans for the new department Late
In the iftern n = 4. Mccormick,
who represents the Parker Washing
ton company one Of the principals
IN the recent three 60, ,crcd squhh-
bic. called Tor "A conference with the
cit, attorney and expressed HatisfaC-
ton with the citys policy
Modclcd After State law.
In 10 general nature the new city
law viii be modelled after the state
system ~ dealing wi delinquent
taNptVcrs 4 suffice Z penalty Will
bee added 10 the individual tax bills
20 prompt taxpayers To meet their
obligations on time. In the case OF
real estate property when the pen
alty has been lc, 4 and "A sufficient
length ~ time allowed In which 10
pay NJ. the property viii he sold
for charges by the city. No attorney
fees viii be- involved.
Details ~ the system whereby
this plan can he successfully oper-
ntcd have not been worked out nut
n WI. hinicd by officials that the
penalty revenue might be assessed at
the rate ~ !, OF per sent In al
dr.uu a. fuu ,ioning ms penalty
heavy enough to facilitate prompt
settlement ~ tax bills. II , believed
thai some such rate will return
ample proceeds To cover all expenses
of tho new department,
Tho present system ot the city In
cu'lcriuu' delinquent tax bills IN
rather an,lquated being In use by
only few modern cities. Simul-
uurnuy with the creation OF the new
delinquent department II " uc,iev~''
the three cornered fSht between
the CIV. the local taxpayers and the
Parker Washington company VIII
have been completely sauclchcd.