Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
DELINQUENT TAX
NOTICES READY
5000 Realty Owners to Be
Warned Soon of Possible
Loss in March.

Plans for the distribution of notices
to approximately 5000 District tax
payers who are faced with the loss of
deeds to their property unless cer-
tificates of sale disposed of at the
annual tax sale in March, 1926, are
redeemed, were completed at a con-
ference yesterday between Commits
sioner Sidney F. Taliaferro and Tax
Assessor William P. Richards.
The 5000 tax certificates were sold
for non-payment of taxes, and under
the law, the deed to the property can
be issued to the purchasers two years
after the date of the sale unless
redeemed in the meantime. The
major portion are held by men who
make it a business to buy such GER
Congress several years ago as tax
title grabbers."
Special Form Prepared.
A special form of notice, drawn up
Commissioner Taliaferro. The tax
assessor announced that he would
start mailing them out of his Office
sometime this week.
Blank spaces are left on the notice
for filing in the square and lot or
parcel number of the property. Then
follows this warning: Owned by you
was sold for taxes March 13, 1925,
and must be redeemed before March
13, 1928, otherwise on or after that
date, deed for said property may be
issued to the purchaser, under the
act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902.
For further information apply to
arrears division of the assessors
office. room 123. District Building"
The mailing of such notices is the
first step in special campaign inspired
by Commissioner Taliaferro to obtain
payment of delinquent taxes and to
prevent property owners from losing
the title to their holdings by failure
to pay. AS soon as these warnings
have been distributed, Mr.. Richards
has planned to send notices 10 delin-
quent tax payers, about 1000 in num.
ber, who failed to pay all or part of
last years taxes. Property owned by
these 10000 taxpayers will be adver.
tised and sold for taxes unless pay
ment is made in time to prevent such
action. To avoid the advertising
charge. the delinquents should make
payment on or before November 80.
The tax sale will be held the first
week in January and at that time,
tax certificates to all property on which
taxes have not been paid by that
time will be sold by Chatham M.
Towers, collector of taxes.
Only so Days Given.
During the last fiscal year the
first payment of general taxes and
personal taxes was required by law to
be made in November" said Mr..
Richards in a memorandum to Com.
missioner Taliaferro. This year it
is September. This has allowed our
Office only 80 days in which to add
up the cards nd compute the taxes,
write 20 ledgers and prepare some
thing like 10000 bills. Nevertheless,
the work has been accomplished and
bills are being given out.
Bills will be mailed on request cnly
to any person so requesting by post
card, giving. if possible, the square
and lot number. This may be had
at the counter in our Office by those
who call.
This has to do only with bills for
the current year, namely. from July
/, 1927, to June 80, 1928. There re-
main, of course, great many overdue
bills for the fiscal year 1926-1927, and
besides these, many cases of overdue
taxes running back from to 20 years.
The Office is new engaged in check
ing accounts of payments from the
auditors coupons. 1t will require sew.
eral weeks to do this work, upon
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