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Show TAX COLLECTOR IS FOOLED BY CHURCH Chicago, Aug. 2. It do eloped before be-fore the tax reviewing board here yesterday that an old church has bad a "Dr. ..lekyll and Mr Hjde," existence ex-istence hero for the last seven year's and therefore the city has -received no taxes on the property. To make matters worse, tho place has been used as a dance hall and saloon during most of the time. Each year the reviewers haYO passed .the property as exempt because of its description to them as "church property." The through was learned b- persons per-sons living in the neighborhood appeared ap-peared before the board and complained com-plained of the placo being a nuleanco. A Swedish singing society which has had the lease was ordered by the board to pay the seven years back taxes. OR |