Arizona republican., 1920-08-24

we done was to prepare our back tax list and place 1t in tract form, this placed the property described in its proper place regardless of whose name 1t was assessed.
 We presented this back tax tract record to the board of supervisors six years ago, and suggested that they adopt the same for the collection of back taxes.
 They stated that there was no money to pay the expense and that there was no law allowing such record and that 1t was the business of the county attorney to collect the back taxes. We then dropped the matter and took it up again with MT. Webb when he became tax collector. We suggested the adoption of our back tax tract record and he readily saw the merits of the record and adopted it and as result there is not more than per cent of the original amount of taxes uncollected.
 Although our system was adopted we did not compile the record. the party who did was not aware that he was leaving out of the record $150. 000s of out standing certificates of tax sales. When the clerk of the board of super visors made his report of $4S9,0O0 of back taxes he was not aware of these out standing certificate of sales and as a matter of fact there was $629, 900 of back taxes when his report was made.
 The reason the clerk of the board of supervisors had no knowledge of the certificates of tax sales is this: When the present law came into effect the tax collector sold all the property on. the delinquent list, to the Territory Of Arizona and issued certificates of tax sales for the same of which there is between 1900 and 2000 of them, and issued deeds on about half of the Ter of Arixn st 7saF1f were stored away in the vault of the county recorders office. The only person who see these certificates of tax sales and deeds are the owners who have abstract of title.
 We have suggested to the board ot supervisors several times. that it is their duty to enforce the collection of these certificates of tax sale if they are a lien on the land and if not. then cancel certificate and deed and remove the cloud from the title to the prop erty. The county has clouded the title to the property and should remove the same without delay.
 The board of supervisors are doing great injustice to the owners who have these certificates of tax sales OF their land by compelling them to have these instruments inserteS- 3N their ab- stracts of title.
 The abstract viM ssseRl Eom two to five certificates of tax sale. two or three tag deeds and will end up with the A1t of the Legislature of 1893. saying the preceding instrument are all void.
 You owners of land that have these outstanding certificates of tax sales have been paying for void instruments for more than thirty years and think of the abstracts that have been made during this time on the basis of $4.00 each. You will have some idea of how much money you have been mulcted. The board of supervisors during these years and at the present hour are the cause of your unnecessary expense for your abstract of title. Thousands of dollars has been paid in taxes where there was no lien Voters and taxpayers it is up to you | to elect a board of supervisors that will remove the cloud from yoEr titles and that will give you a square deal in matters of revenue and taxation KEYSTONE ABSTRACT COMPANY. By ". K. Scarborough