Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-07 | Page 7 | Morgan County is up with Its Taxes

MORGAN COUNTY IS UP WITH ITS TAXES; Amounts Considered Uncollectible Gath- exed In to Within Ninety-seven Cents of All Due. ! -The best record for collection of 1015 taxes listed as uncollectible has been ; made by Morgan county, according to W. J. Seeley, traveling deputy slate auditor. Of $2S.S1 of the state, state school and state high school 's share of 1915 taxes in Morgan county, listed as uncollectible un-collectible at the time of final settlement settle-ment of the 1915 tax- accounts. $27.84 , has boen collected, leaving but 07 ceuts , uncollected. Sanpete county will run a close sec-; sec-; ond to Morgan county, says Mr. Seeley, who returned from Sanpete yesterday. Already the record for collection of per-! per-! sonal property taxes listed as uncol-i uncol-i lectible is almost cleared up on the San-1 San-1 pete tax rolls for 1915, says Mr. Scelcy. The largest exception is in the case of j the Clarion colony, which has gone into bankruptcy, but "Mr. Seeley - said that the official's of Sanpete county have the assurance of the receiver that the taxes will be paid. Such payment, says Mr. Seeley, will bring Sanpete county easily to second place.