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Show Little Chats on Public Notice In some states the law permits the tax collector to be more lenient with taxpayers than Is permissible in other states. Maine is one state where the law provides pro-vides for prompt collection of local taxes. It also has a rising scale of penalties for being late in the payment of such taxes. An example of this was supplied sup-plied by two nearby towns In an ocean resort area. In both towns meetings were held the same day at which, among other things, the voters decided on the method of collection. In one town it was decided that no Interest would be charged on taxes paid by October 1 of that year. But interest from September Sep-tember 1 was to be charged at the rate of 6 per cent on all taxes paid after October 1. In the other the townspeople voted to charge interest on unpaid un-paid taxes after August 31. If paid in September, the rate was 1 per cent, if In October, 2 per cent, if in November, 3 per cent, and 6 per cent thereafter. Maine also permits early sale of property pro-perty if delinquent taxes are not paid. In case of both towns referred to, notice was given of the tax collection schedule, with penalties, penal-ties, In the local newspaper. This w In line v ith the principle that persons at Interest have a basic right to be put on notice of any action, or proposed action, ac-tion, affecting their rights. As in hundreds of legal situations, the newspaper is a preferred medium for this kind of notice. , |
