The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-11-29
TAX DELINQUENTSWARNED
DRASTIC ACTION IMPENDS
State Comptroller Advises COun-
ty Treasurer Ashby To Force
Payment or Advertise Property
TO ISSUE FINAY NOTICE

All but demanding drastic action to
force delinquent taxpayers to settle
their accounts, State Comptroller w.
S. Gordy, Jr., has notified County
Treasurer Jesse j. Ashby, Jr., to make
every effort to collect the taxes with
out delay.
Mr.. Ashby, who retires from Office
next April, announced that he must
make final settlement of all outstand-
ing State and county taxes before he
relinquishes his duties. He is bonded
to collect all taxes, he cited, and is
held responsible for outstanding ac-
counts.
Gives Final Warning
A final warning to delinquents is
issued by the Treasurer, who said
persons who failed to maks prompt
arrangements for settling the ac-
counts would have their property adj
vertised for sale, under the State law,
and must assume the costs of adver-
Using in addition to receiving unde-
sirable publicity.
81 have no choice in the matter"
Mr.. Ashby added, "and have given all
delinquents plenty of time to pay their
overdue accounts"
The State Comptroller, in his letter
to Mr.. Ashby, stated:
SIN closing our books for the fiscal
year ended September Both, 1884, our
| accounts show that we have charged
against you, as collector of State
taxes for your county, unsettled taxes
for several years of your term. All
of these taxes are overdue and we are
particularly anxious that you make
every effort possible to collect these
taxes without further delay. This is
particularly true of any taxes due for
years prior to 1888, although as you
are aware, your account for 1888
taxes could have been settled by this
time if you had availed yourself Of the
opportunity given in the law to force
collection of that years delinquent
| taxes.
"The State depends upon the collec-
ton of taxes on real and personal
property and securities for the pay
ment of the interest on and the re-
demption of its public debt and it is
important that you use your best eff
forts to collect these taxes with the
means at your command.
"Will you kindly acknowledge re-
ceipt of this letter and advise me the
steps you intend to take to speed up
your collections and close out your
accounts at an early date"
County Treasurer Ashby, in reply
to the letter, advised Comptroller Cor
dy that he would take steps at once
as may be advisable, to collect all de-
linquent taxes appearing on his books.
"a large percentage of the delin-
quents," Mr.. Ashby stated in his let
ter, care persons who have made APP
plication to the Home Owners Loan
Corporation of the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration for loans and it seems
that as yet these applications have
not been acted upon or for some rea-
son have been held up. There has been
lot of complaint here about the
slowness with which applications for
loans have been acted upon.
"Also, due to conditions here as we'll
as elsewhere, of which everyone is
aware, I have felt it unwise to pro-
coed with tax sales where the same
could be avoided in any way, inasmuch
as the county has had to be the pur-
chaser in most instances where sales
were made and that serves to give the
land owner two years, under our coun-
ty statue, in which to redeem and
puts off the collection that much
longer.
"However, shall endeavor to collect
delinquent taxes as rapidly as possible
and propose to proceed with same ad-
vertisements at once in order to speed
up payments"