Evening star., 1932-01-06
Delinquencies "Merely Nor
NAL" They Advise House
District Committee.
SALES DURING JANUARY
TO PRODUCE $500, 900
1882 Budget Includes Money to Be
Derived at Auctions, Re-
port Says.

The District Commissioners see no
need for a one-year tax moratorium for
the District. they advised the House
District Committee yesterday, since tax
delinquencies are merely normal" and
in fact, somewhat smaller than they
nave been in the past.
The tax sale to be held this month,
the committee was advised, Is expected
to produce 100000 revenue an item
which entered into the making up of
the 1882 budget on which the city now
Is operating.
THE number of delinquent tax
payers, the letter stated, for the year
which ended July l, 1881, Is practically
the same as in previous years. The
number really is less than the number
OF such delinquent taxpayers four or
flve years ago. The advertisement of
the delinquent taxpayers involved less
than 10000 pieces of property.
Properties Are Listed,
"The list of these delinquent tax
payers already has been submitted to
your committee by Mr.. CWilliam P.)
Richards, the assessor. An examination
OF this advertisement made by the as
SCISSOR indicates $50 pieces of property
involve delinquent taxes of more than
$500 each. There is inclosed herewith
list of these properties.
The condition existing at the end
OF the fiscal year 1881 with respect to
unpaid taxes merely is a normal one.
In December. 1881, $4,000 pieces of
property were advertised for sale. as
against 1910 in the year 1890, 1851
In 1929, $4,000 in 1928, 10000 in 1927
and 22,120 in 1926.
The budget for the District for the
hscal year 1882 contemplates the re-
ceipt of money from sales of proper
ties for delinquent taxes. The esti-
mated amount of money to be derived
from these sales is nearly S500,00O
Included in Appropriations.
THE appropriations for District ex-
pend1tures for 1882 were made on the
basis that money could be derived from
delinquent tax sales for appropriation
purposes. All the surplus revenues of
the District OF Columbia will have been
exhausted at the close of the fiscal
year 1882 and in addition to this the
$4,000, 900 cash operating fund will be
impaired by about $1,200,000.
1t will, therefore be seen that un-
less the District is able to obtain the
payment of these delinquent taxes
through the sale of the properties in
VolVed, which is scheduled to be held
January IL, 1882, it may become neces-
sary to ask Congress to provide funds
to make good the amount of money in
volved. The District needs every dol
lar that can be obtained in revenue to
meet its obligations. Postponing the
payment of delinquent taxes for one
year Will make it more difficult to pay
delinquent taxes and current taxes in
the next year.
For the above reasons the Commits
sloners recommend adverse action on
the resolution"
The Commissioners approved a bill
to name the upper portion of Sixteenth
street, between the District line and
the Portal drive, Montgomery Blair
Portal, in honor of the Postmaster Cen
eral IN the cabinet of President Lincoln.
Senator Bingham Republican, of
Connecticut, who has introduced a bill
to authorize per cent beer, today cited
the potential revenue from that source
as one means of avoiding any reductions
in Government salaries.
"A small stamp tax on every bottle
of beer sold, and a reasonable cur
tailment of Government expenditures,
would enable a balancing of the budget
without the necessity of cutting salar-
les Senator Bingham said.