Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 14 | Wants Ruling on Delinquent Sales

WANTS RULING ON DELINQUENT SALES Holder of City Improvement Warrants Says Delays on Payment Are Hard on Contractors Again tl e city is confronted with the ques on of whether or not fa lure to pay on time one insta lment on a special improvement assessment makes a 1 un paid installments immediately due and del nquent and subjects the property to sale for taxes P J Moran holder of jnany special improvement warrants asked the city comm ss on yesterday for a nil ng on the ques on The contractor avers tl ere is a city ordinance making all Installments de n quent when one nstallment becomes de I nquent The c ty treasurer takes the stand however tl at he cannot se 1 the propertj until the last insta ment has become del nquent A suit Is now pend ing in the d str ct court on this very Issue. Moran complains that the refusal of the treasurer to sell the property imme d ately after de inquency of one install nent wo ks a hards p on the contractors holding the special lmpro ement war rants Tn that It reduces the value of the wa rants