Show Merry erry Rush on onTo To 10 Pay Taxes By Satu Saturday day dayLong Long Lines Grace Windows in County Treasurers Treasurer's Office as Last Day Nears Many Ren Remit it by M Mail il The rush to pay ay taxes is on Announcement by the the county treasurer treasur or that hat under the J provisions provisions' l ns' ns of the law he is compelled lo cloae the tax window at 5 o'clock Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night and to sell all delinquent property on December 17 has caused hundreds of ot taxpayers to rush in with their payments Yesterday there was WIlS a long line at the tax window all day and this morning the line Increased materially materially mate mato- in length It is expected that the line will multiply Into several lines and they will all grow daily until Saturday Many property owners who do donot donot donot not want to 10 stand in line in-line line are relying relying rely rely- ing lag up tt Uncle Sams Sam's postal service to land their checks s in the treasurers treasurers treasurers' treasurers treasurers' treas treas- office before expiration of the no penalty payment time The result is that the county treasurers treasurer's man mall is growing daily dally w with ith leaps and bounds In view of the fact that in former fowner years property owners have ha been given n more time for payment pf of f taxes before sale of property it is explained b by Treasurer E. E J. J Groesbeck Groesbeck Groesbeck Groes- Groes beck that the provisions o of or the law do not permit this dela delay and the auditors who check up the county affairs have hae Insisted that all an tax matters for the current year b be completed within the year Jear so that all aU business for tor the y year ar may be wound up by December 31 Heretofore unfinished tax matters 13 have ave been carried over into the new year but the auditors have ha Insisted that this practise be abandoned In view of the provisions of the law and the Insistence of th the auditors auditors auditors audi audi- tors the county treasurer treasurer has has no nO other alternative than to close th the I tax window Saturday night at 5 6 I II o'clock prepare the delinquent list for publication on the second Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- I day in December and proceed to sell seU property on the third Monday of December The count county treasurer is putting forth eVery effort to facilitate the payment of taxes and to accommodate accommodate accommodate date the taxpayers in every way the law will permit and to this end he heI heis I is stretching a point by keeping the I tax window open until 5 6 o'clock Saturday night because technically technically I cally the statute makes taxes delinquent delinquent delinquent de de- de- de at noon noon Friday November November Novem Novem- ber 30 It is gratifying to this department department depart depart- ment meat to Ito report that the general taxes for 1923 are re being paid more promptly than i 1921 and 1922 Payments o 06 delinquent taxes are unusually large said Mr Ir Groes- Groes I beck Expressions of appreciation are are frequently made macIc of the courteous II treatment of the public by this department and the dispatch with with which the business is conducted In Iq order that the the public ma may know I desire to state that In order to comply with the law pertaining pertaining per per- taming to delinquent taxes and tax sale for the present year it will be necessary to o close the department department de de- December 1 and remain closed until December 21 sp 21 sp far faras faras faras as 1923 taxes are concerned Redemptions Redemptions Redemptions Re Re- from other years' years dej deI delinquencies de- de j I ma may be made re regularly as heretofore during the closed period v The department desires to thank the public for its courtesy and kindly feeling expressed during during during dur dur- ing this taxpaying period Any further service that we may render render render ren ren- der will ba be a pleasure |