Evening star., 1952-11-16
Arlington Plans
Publication Of
Tax De|inquents
500 Still Owe for
Personal Property
levies Due in 81

The names Of more than 5000
Arlington residents who failed to
pay personal property taxes due
last December will be published
in county newspaper, the County
Board voted yesterday.
Treasurer Colin c. Macpherson
said the list will be printed before
December /. The names of per-
sons who paid the tax by yester-
day will not be included.
The county has never before ad-
vertised the names Of persons
whose personal property taxes are
delinquent. Mr.. Macpherson said
he believes Arlington will be the
first local government unit in the
State to do it.
Names of property owners whose
real estate taxes are delinquent
are regularly published in Arling-
ton and throughout the State.
$4,000 Owed.
Mr.. Macpherson said that about
$1,000 delinquent taxpayers owe
approximately $4,000. Since
July l, partly as a result of q
warning Of the pending publicity,
approximately $4,000 in personal
property taxes has been collected.
The revised list includes the names
OF about 1900 individuals who
owe $40 or less, the treasurer said.
The board also voted to adver-
tise after next June 80 the names
OF persons who fail to pay by that
date personal property taxes due
next month.
Residents who fail to pay per-
sonal property taxes after the
delinquent list has been published
face possible legal action.
Three new board members
elected November attended their
first regular meeting yesterday.
They are Independent Movement
Candidates Alvin F. Kimel, Mrs.
Leone Buchholz and DR.. Robert
H. Detwiler.
Frisbie Resignation Rejected.
An offer by Alfred E. Frisbie,
Democrat. to resign as chairman
was unanimously rejected.
In other business, the board
declined to appropriate up to
$2,100 to appeal to the State Su-
preme Court a telephone-rate in
crease which has already gone
into 6ffect.
Mrs. Buchholz said that Arling-
ton should not proceed with the
appeal since other large cities in
the State have decided they will
not participate.
The County Public Utilities
Commission had voted unani-
mously to appeal.
A resolution was passed urging
the special session of the General
Assembly next month to approve
legislation to permit all citizens
to serve on the County Board and
School Board. The resolution was
proposed by Mr.. Kimel, who was
one Of the three members elected
to replace Federal employees who
were ousted from the board. A
legal attack on the right OF Gov
ernment workers to serve on the
School Board is now before the
County Circuit Court.
Hotel Permit Sought.
The board agreed to consider
along with other rezonings to be
heard next month a request for
action to permit construction of
92-room hotel at Arlington
boulevard and Pershing drive, OPP
posite Fort Myer. Attorney Cald-
well c. Kendrick of Jesse Phillips
Killing & Kendrick made the re-
quest in behalf of Thomas j. Broy-
hill, Arlington builder.
The board meeting was recessed
to 8 pm. Thursday, when bond
attorneys will present resolutions
In connection with sale Of an
$880,000 park and playground
bond issue.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Frisbie.
a letter Of coincidence will be sent
to the family of former Sheriff
Howard B. Fields, who was fatally
injured when he was struck by an
auto Wednesday night.
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