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Show 'SYSTEMATIC PAYING OF TAXESJSSUGCESS Citizens Aid County Treasurer Treas-urer to Obey Anti-Infiu-enza Regulations. Despite the fact that nearly 6000 called at the office of the county treasurer yesterday yes-terday forenoon to pay more than $2,000,-000 $2,000,-000 In taxes, no congestion occurred. In addition to the service afforded at all of the windows of the cashier's cage, tliree locked ballot boxes placed In the hallway gave opportunity for those having hav-ing checks or exact change with which to make payment an opportunity to avoid the crowd. The plan was doslgned to avoid violation viola-tion of the health order forbidding congregation con-gregation of people for fear of spread of the Influenza epidemic. As a matter of fact. It proved advantageous from the standpoint of relieving stress on the office of-fice force as well. The three ballot boxes were jammed with envelopes containing remittances when the office closed at 12 minutes after 12 o'clock, much earlier than ever has been possible before. One small boy dropped the money and the tax notice with which he had been trusted loose into the ballot box. The girl on watch at the boxes promptly wrote a note explaining that the loose money belonged to the unlnclosed tax notice, giving the name and address on the notice. One man dropped In an envelope containing con-taining only hia notice, then corrected It by dropping in another containing the necessary check, explaining in a note to llie effect that the, check belonged with the checkless notice in another envelope. |