The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-24
COVENOR DIFFERS PENALTY ON TAXES
Proclamation Extends Collection Time to Date for Sale of Lands Members Bankers Com
 mittee Satisfied.

Little Rock, March 19.-Goyernor McRae yesterday conferred with committee of local bankers over the suspension of the tax penalty, and. following their endorsement of the proposed measure, issued a proclaim ation, requesting tax collectors of tlie several counties not to collect the penalties for nonpayment of county. municipal, state and school taxes until the day fixed by law for the sale of lands returned as delinquent.
 The purpose of the proclamation Is not to extend time for the payment of taxes, the governor said, nor to interfere with the advertisement and sale of property, but it will extend the time of all the penalties provided by law for nonpayment.
 The proclamation does not fix any date to which the suspension of tax penalties shall run, but makes it con tmgent upon the date provided by law for the delinquent tax sale in the various counties.
 The members of the bankers com mittee expressed themselves as satis- fled with the governors action, which does not they said, look to be an ex- tension of the taxpaying period, out which relieves persons who are ip temporary financial difficulty of the added burden of delinquent tax pay ments,
 Governors Proclamation.
 The governors proclamation fol- lows:
 I, Thomas c. McRae, governor of the state of Arkansas, believing that 1t will be helpful to many taxpayers, and not hurtful to the state, counties, municipal and school districts, by vir- tue of the authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim, request and direct CD that the tax collectors of the sey- eral counties in this state shall not collect from the persons, firms and corporations who owe county munich pal, state and school taxes the 10 per centum penalty authorized by Section l0066 of Crawford 6 Moses Digest; (2l nor shall they collect from such persons, firms and corporations who may owe such taxes the 25 per centum penalty that shall be assessed by the county clerks against lands and lots returned as delinquent for the non- payment of taxes thereon under Sec tion 10083 of Crawford 6 Moses Di- gest of the Statutes of Arkansas, if the taxes and costs are paid on or be- fore the day provided by law for the delinquent tax sale.
 "The purpose of this proclamation is not to extend the time for the pay ment of taxes nor to prevent the final collection of the penalties for the non- payment thereof, nor to interfere with the advertisement and sale of proper by for the nonpayment of taxes, costs and penalties, as provided by law, but is only to extend the time for the as- sessment and collection of all the pen alties denounced by law for the non- payment of the county, municipal, state and school taxes, until the day fixed by law for the sale of lands re- turned as delinquent; and I hereby proclaim, request and direct that if all the said taxes and costs due on any tract of land or lot shall not be paid on or before the day fixed by iaw the same shall be sold for the pay ment of the taxes, cost and penalty, as if this proclamation had not been issued.
 "Done at my office in this city of Little Rock, Arkansas, this Marcb Is, 1921.
 (signed) @T. c. McRlse.s