| Show MAJE PULL SETTLPMPNT Weber County Clears Its Territorial Terri-torial Tax Acccuot MR HAME IS VINDICATED COMPROMISE OF ALL SUITS AGREED TO BY THE COVRT Sali Lake Comiy May Be Porcetl io Pny Delinaucnclcs Connt > Treasurer I urer lsyim Mnlsea Another Ad 1 vancu on Registered vynxraivts Id Ptxylnjy to KtmI > cr Seven Thou snutl Prejmrlne Por Sheep Slieurtng PIocIc Owners Are 3lak lug For < thc RnngeKOntile Vlll Show Un Very Pavocal Tills Spring as Par n 1rlccti Are Concerned Con-cerned One of the most hotly contested cases involving tax payments yet coming com-ing within the jurisdiction of the courts of this territory has just been compromised and the position of a Democflp4iie county collector has been fully vindicated toy the Republican successor suc-cessor to the Republican county court which Inaugurated the fight It 3s that of the County of Weber YS Collector Hamer and as a result of the compromise com-promise Mr Hamer yesterday paid into the treasury of the territory the balance of 586137 held back on the tax payments of 1893 and 355920 the amount due from the northern county on the taxes of 1894 These two payments pay-ments aggregating the sum of 942057 clear the record if Weber for the two years named and leave It with a white page in the records of the territory for the new year The cause of the litigation which tied up the revenues of the territory the county of Weber and the city of Ogden was the demand made by the county court upon the collector for weekly settlements and the refusal of that officer to comply for the simple reason that he had other Interests in addition to those of the county to protect pro-tect and had given a heavy bond for the faithful performance of his duty Of course the aid of the courts was involved but the collector always made his point before the territorial judges and then the court capitulated All of the details of the compromise were only arranged the other day and inconsequence in-consequence Collector Hamer was not in a position to make a settlement with the territory until yesterday when he came down from Ogden and made the payments named receiving receipts re-ceipts in full for the taxes of the two years last past Throughout all of the controversies Mr Hamer retained In his possession sufficient money to make full settlements with the territory terri-tory and the city of Ogden and it was this determination that the county court desired to break As a matter of fact there need have been no difficulty diffi-culty of any kind encountered in the settlement of the taxes for the past two years but for the fact that the territorial statutes do not make any provision for the payment of the taxes by the various counties urn property sold to them by the collector through default It is far from equitable equita-ble to compel the cities and the territory ter-ritory to wait until property which stands in the name of the counties is redeemed before receiving their taxes The proper course for thej counties to pursue in these cases would be that just adopted by the court of Weber county The latter released Collector Ram and permitted him to make settlements In full with the other funds and the c6utity will secure Its money through the redemption of the property sold to it under the hammer Both the court and the collector are entitled to credit for the manner in which they have disposed of the casein case-In direct contradistinction to the action ac-tion of the county court of Weber county and Collector Hamer is that ot the court of Salt Lake county and its collector The latter Is In default to the territory nearly 10000 on the taxes of 1833 and also a large amount on the taxes of 1894 notwithstanding the fact that the collections have been all made or the delInquent property has gone to the county Not only Is Le > nard n-ard delinquent in his payments to the territory but also to the city and it is highly probable that suits will soon be planted for the collection of the taxes unpaid and the collectors bondsmen bonds-men will be made parties defendants Considerable of the property sold for the taxes of both of the years named has now been redeemed and the county has received all of the money yet no payments nave been made to either the city or the territory The great difference dif-ference In the Salt Lake and Weber cases lies in the positions taken by the two collectors Hamer refused to make weekly settlements with the county foreseeing that the other funds would suffer In case he did while Leonard followed the instructions of the court made settlements every Monday and as a result found himself unable to make final settlements with the city and territory when the proper time arrived ar-rived He is now powerless in the premises and unless the county court can be made to disgorge there may be some fun |
