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Show FOREIGNERS MUST PAY THE POLL TAX Steps have been taken by the County Attorney's office that will prevent in the future the wholesale evasion of the poll-tax poll-tax by the Greeks, Austrlans and Japanese. Japa-nese. It has been the custom for about six laborers la-borers of each nationality to pay their poll taxes and get receipts. Then when others were approached for their tax they would show the receipt issued to their countrymen, as it is impossible to distinguish' distin-guish' one of these foreigners from another. an-other. This evasion has been carried on in a wholesale manner. Assistant Attorney Hanson has filed suits against every foreign laborer in the county, and as fast as each one brings his receipt into court it is retained, a an exhibit. ex-hibit. By this means the supply of receipts re-ceipts will soon be exhausted and the delinquent de-linquent be forced to dig up the coin. |