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Show Series Explains Public Notices Public notices, or legal advertising adver-tising appear in this and other newspapers regularly, as provided pro-vided under the laws of all of the states. These notices are a part of the basic right of the people to know what their government gov-ernment does with tax money under the American system. Copyright 1961 By James E. Pollard THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYER No. 14 in a Series) In times of prosperity the delinquent de-linquent taxpayer is not much of a problem. But in bad times, such as the Thirties, his number was Legion. Unpaid taxes on real estate in many major counties, for example, rah into millions of dollars. , In relatively flourishing times there are comparatively few such delinquents. But even then there are always some for one reason or another. The law has a way to deal with such folks, whether few or many. This is to publicize the delinquency delin-quency through a form of public notice carried in a local newspaper news-paper of general circulation. In recent years these lists have been comparatively short, but in bad years they have run to page after page in the case of the largest cities. These lists carry the name of the taxpayer, a brief description of the property on which taxes are delinquent, and the amount of the tax due. Theinoticet gives information also as to when and under what conditions the tax must be paid. In many instances sympathetic legislatures give badly needed relief to the hard pressed taxpayers in the worst years. The local newspaper is aboiit the only effective means of publicizing pub-licizing such , situations. This is a . necessary . but effective, - form of public service for which the bona fide newspaper is peculiarly peculiar-ly fitted. Such publication , also puts the taxpayer . on , what amount to final notice so , that he can still protect his rights. |