The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-28
BIG ONES GET BY
| MINUS PENALTIES

In the city tax tangle, things begin 10
ahape UP so that the home owner and
local residents will be elected the goats
Of the penalty provision for delinquency,
while the big public service corpora
items will be able to brush aside the
Sh per cent penalty imposed for non.
payment Of city taxes before the dc.
~lnquency date, which Is Sept /.
However, the public service corpora
tons have an "ovt" this time, They
state utilities commission.
The situation In a nut shell Is this,
The puolic utilities ccnnmiRRlen fixes
the assessment for all public CORPORA
tons These include railways, telephone,
telegraph, street railway, gas and cleo
tEie companies.
City taxes become dslinuuent Sept l.,
1919. Penalty Immediately Attaches to
any citizen who has not paid city taxes
before that date. The man who owns
q home, or mere residence properly,
must pay the penalty. In addition to
TIE 32.2p TAX rate addeda. on. 70 bin by
ne present powers that DO IN the city
The public utilities commission. after
determining on the assessment fpTyaocal
pulls service corporations, must certify
It's return to the city tax assessor, r. O.,
Scarborough. To date, no return has
Rumors that the delinquency date will
be set ahead to Oct !, In order that
two.thtrds Of the tax money which has
not yet been paid In, might ome IN
| without penalty. were set at rest Thurs
DAY S ANN Ma{ kSoE Franz snEtb I; M SS6St : bro.
posal 20 set ahead the data Of .delin-
ausrey," the mayor said just before
noon.
The mayor, as head Of the city gov
et nment, should know, therefore the
present outlook Is that Saturday, Aug;
50. yin see shs last payment without
The assessment fer the MsmpliS
Street Railway company viii BE- the
same this year as II IVES in 1918, sceofd+
ing tot II, Tntwiler, n Of the re-
e%eiyers of the aeHpany, me former
sivsd from SashviIle ~ this ecrpors-
ton, but no ctrtificatlnn Of them has
been made to T. q. Searbrough, city
4 rerolution, passed Tuesday by the
city commission, requests all public SER
s;fs S'r g:sf. Z. tS sS P sats 'h q t iass d lain.
oasncy. 4 revision, based on the fig
Tres, will take care of any surplus they
may pay In, or II thew underpey on the
new assessment, they will be- bound U
settle for the differences.
Mr.. TutwIleT stated that the street
railway company had net deferrnined
whether or not II would pay the cts
taS law before date Of delinquency.
Frank F1oournoy, rfaFaager- Of tnie
Cumberland TSlenhone nand FeleErapf
company, stated that his company hae
rot received the assessment, notice
while, p~ersonalig, he theukht his com
pany would want 20 pay AZ soon, a.
poksibla, he ,weE, not prepared 70 say
OFFICIALLY that thty would De s9l Ne
fsre figures from the public. .stlittts'
commission were certified e Menaphls
The Msiaphis Gas and Eiectfle sona
pany probably will ont paw bef9re SEPT
for the reason that many improve
nhsnts on their plant likely will 'chAng'
their assessment,
lack Msss1n, city treasurer, was hus|
! Thursday, figuring pp property value
{ 81 these ccrporattnla, With Q view Y
mailing 10 each one D copy OF the res
!; etutio1 PASSED BY the city eefNruissioi
TUESDAY;