The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-09
Dollar Down and Dollar Week" is Not Pos
sible Under the Wisconsin Law, so
City Officials Say.
WARRANT TO SET A new RECORD
Collection OF Taxes Will Start Last Monday in De-
cember and Council is Expected to Give All
Time Possible for Collection of Same

Taxes will be collectable in Keno
sha on and after Monday, December
9th and the man who had planned to
give his family receipt for Christmas
this year will have to scout around and
fine some other present. The aids of
the city clerk this morning began the
work on the final lap of making up the
tax warrant and it will be ready for
the city treasurer on Monday, Deem
Der 9th, the date set for the opening
of the tax books for collections. Just
a month is allowed under the law for
the payment of the taxes and the last
day for the payments under the law
will be the last Monday in January.
This must apply to the collection of
the income tax which is shared by the
county, state and city but it is certain
that the wind will be tempered to the
shorn lamb by the city council and
that the time for the payment of the
record city tax of thirty five mills will
be extended for at least a month after
the date set by the state law.
No Chance for Installments.
There is no way under the law for
the city to provide for the payment of
tire taxes on the installmeaG plan.
While the city treasurer might be will
ing to accept a dollar down and a
dollar a week for tax payments, there
is no provision OF the state law which
provides for the multiplying of the
tax receipts. "No, it can not be DONE"
said one of the officials of the city this
morning, "Undo lbtedly a lot of the
people of the city would like to break
the burden of tax payments by making
the payments in several smaller pay
ments but there is no provision of the
law. The only provision is the right
given to the city council to extend
the time for the payment of the city
tax and this undoubtedly will be done.
Under the law the city council by
formal resolution may extend the time
for the payment of the city tax until
the last Monday in February and this
undoubtedly will be done. 1t should
be said to the people that the banks
of the city have savings accounts and
moneys can be deposited with the
banks starting in at any time with
view of having the period extend
ed to the last day"
Hope for Early Payments.
A call is to be issued by the Of
ficials of the city for early payments
of the taxes in order to get the city
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as possible. The city owes a large
amount of money on which it is pay
ing interest at the present time and
it will be necessary to borrow more
money between now and the first of
the new year If large number Of
the larger taxpayers of the city will
pay promptly the taxes assessed
against their property it will aid the
city fathers materially. "If these big
fellows want to help the city out"
said one of the officials this morning,
"the entire interest amount can be
eliminated by the first of the new year.
We need to save every cent that we
can and we are hopeful that before
the first of January more than mil
lion dollars worth of the taxes will
have been paid. This would mean the
saving of lot of money to the city
and we know that these men are
interested in the city to the amount
Of making the payments.
Warrant to Set High Record.
The tax warrant this year will set a
high record for the city and it will
probably be near the three million