Show SOLD FOR TAXES Collectors Hardy and Clute Hold Daily Auctions of Delinquent Tax Property WHAT IT COSTS TO BE TARDY The County Has SoldcOver Four Hundred and Fifty Pieces of Property While the City Has Knocked off One Hundred Pieces There has been more property sold this yearthan in all the previous years said a gentleman who hangs around the county assessors office to take in a choice piece of land when it is knocked off the auction block for taxes The number of pieces sold willrnn up to 440 or 450 said the man who volunteered information in the absence of Collector Hardy When did this prolific auction begin and how long do you propose to keep it upl hit began the 15th day of December and will continue daily for some three weeks What kind of a title does the man get who bids the property in 3 over A mortagages tax title that will take precedence What show will a man have to clear his property of this cloud J He can redeem it any time within two years by the tax and costs with 1M percent per-cent per month interest In looking over the records it was noticed that J J Snell was credited with buying in about one hundred pieces while the name of W P OMeara appeared at frequent fre-quent intervals on the margin though the name of Judge Bartch was down for the major part of the property sold i How does it come that the probate judge is credited as an extensive dealer in tax titles 1 asked the reporter When no other buyer will bid the amount of the taxes and costs for the property prop-erty the probate judge buys it in for the county And the county holds a tax title to the property the same as any other citizen j Yes What classes of property as a rule are forfeited for nonpayment of taxes No particular kind nearly all kinds The reporter next called at the city hal and found Assessor Clute awaiting on a man whose property had just been levied on for 119 of taxes What are the costs up to date asked the little man as he pulled out his checkbook bookTwo Two dollars and seventy cents responded re-sponded the assessor The little man drew his check and departed de-parted In case the property had been soldwhat would it have cost the little man J asked the reporter Seven dollars andtwenty cents and 1 lX per cent per month responded the assessor asses-sor porter Will you itemise this Si20P asked the Certainly said Mr Clute suiting the action t the word and noting down Advertising in newspapers 81 CO gte l SJ Cost of innKing the levy 2 CO Twenty cents a mile mileage un r Copying notice P SO Posting notice t 1 00 Making four copies of notice one for court house one for front city hall one for city assessors office and one for premises 20 Recording copy 0000 W Total 721 In case the party is a nonrcsidenter there is5 in addition the above to cover the expense of advertising the sale in the newspapers t When asked how many pieces had been sold Mr Chute estimated about six hundred hun-dred pieces and with taxes against them to the amount of from 3500 to 3000 He fro1 atterwards correctedthis by saying that a great many persons would call and settle upon up-on finding out that the property had been levied upon and that not more than 104 pieces had been really sold the taxes of which would not amount to much over 1000 Mr Clute said that he had found great difficulty in finding the addresses of property prop-erty owners as the city directory was in no way reliable there being hundreds of property prop-erty owners that he had comeacross whose names did not appear in the directory Considering the manychanges of ownership owner-ship during the past year he thought that the sales bad been y kept down to a very reasonable amount as in collecting a total levy of 215700 only 1000 of the same had to be forced About 6700 had been remitted to widows who showed their inability to pay the same The work has been actually completed in my office said Mr Clute there being only a half dozen pieces delinquent de-linquent that have not been sold |