Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-18
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amount Of taxes which have bssn -
eeived Ia payment Of flfsk hsstala
ments, due net later than NoveAnbss
80, the county treasurer'a OFFICE "a.
nounced that sSes. .00O.s2 has been col
lected up TO the frat Of the prasemt
month and that delinquenciss of real
and personal taxes amount TO eS7sA
60S64, z per cent Of the amount dssa.
Real and personal property in Caa
eade county was assessed this year
to bring in taxes amounting Ee
81 ,547, ,267.5I, according to Deputy
Treasurer w. s. Jeffries, who has
been IN charge Of the compiling a.
collection figures. OF that amount
there was due in the first inatalInent
$sl6,17l .76, Of which $74O.1g7.74 was
tax on real estate and the remaining
s75,994.02 on personal property The
real estate collections reached 4 total
Of s6ses s550.S4 and that on personal
taxes s68,957.76.
A great many taxpayers paid both
the November and June installn,snts
at once, accounting for the fact that
more was collected in the Noveinb ber
payments thah was actually due and
that there was still a delinquency o.
November installment. The total col
lected which win apply on the next
installment was s110s5s2.42.
The taxes collected by the county
treasurer win be divided between tbs
state, county, city Of Great Fails and
the towns Of the county, the amounts
depending on the value OF proparty
belonging to each.
Cheeks kstaling s276 ,2sS76 hays
been sent out by Treasurer n. D.
Nicholson to the various agencies.
CITY Treasurer W. P. Wren win re-
ceive q check payable 70 the city Of
Great Falls for s1eO.sb7.46. The
state treasurer was sent q check for
ss6 ,025.4s, it's portion Of Cascade
county taxes. The town Of Belt win
receive $s,ssi.77; Cascade, s4,sse.S5;
and Neihart, s624.6e.
In compiling the delinquencies, De-
putty Treasurer Jeffries stated that
s.e1 per cent Of taxes due from the
city Of Great Falls is delinquent; s.sl
per cent delinquent in Cascade; 1888
per cent delinquent in Belt, and 17.2s
per cent delinquent in Neihart.
There is 81 .0se.2e yet due on per |
sonal tax assessments. Jeffries said,
or more than per cent Of the total.
The treasurer has already begun at
taehment proceedings against the
personal tax delinquents and actual
seizure Of property win begin within
a week. All delinquent personal tax
payers have already been fined SO for
their delinquency, that being the cost
of making out the attachment papers,
and with the actual seizure Of prop
erty, the costs win be still more. 1t
was at first estimated by Treasurer
Nicholson that the personal tax de
would not total more than
$4,000.
The monthly report Of the county
treasurer, which viii be submitted to
the board Of county commissioners
shows that a total Of se20,575. IL has
been received in fees and taxes and
credited to the various county depart
menta and funds during the month OF
The report also shows
that there ista grand total balance Of
81 ,2le .BO31s nov credited to the
county funds ard departments. Ex-
penditures Of all departments andl
funds for November totaIed s134, +
700.06.
seheol Funds.
The report reveals that the district
school fund is credited with mors
money than any Of the departments
Dr. agencies. That total Is s24e, ,7S4.01
" which s1ee.eA7.75 was credited IN
November. most Of that being the
district aeheol fund's portion Of the
months tax instaIiments Ii
The budget for state law enforcer
nenf is ne# exhausted. the reports
show. and there i no longer money