Roosevelt Standard | 1951-12-13 | Page 1 | County Collected Record Tax Treasurer Reports

County Deflected Record Tax Treasurer leports A record tax collection was made in Duchesne County this year, reports Florence Poulson, county treasurer. A total of $332,822.34 was collected by the treasurer's office by noon on Nov. 30, at which time all un-'paid un-'paid taxes became delinquent. This amount represents 87.66 per cent ;ollection of the total $379,674.07 charged to the treasurer treas-urer for collection on the 1951 assessments. In 1950, $251,095.75. or 81.33 per cent of the $208,724.34 total taxes charged for collection to the treasurer, had been receipted by the delinquent date. In collecting the $332,822.34 for 1951, 4,414 receipts were issued is-sued to the taxpayers. Last year, for the same period, $4,089 receipts re-ceipts had been issued for taxes collected for the current asses-ments. asses-ments. Collections prior to the Nov. 30 deadline this year amounted to $81,726.59 more than at this time last year, Mrs. Poulson said. All taxes were collected by the treasurer's office this year. Deputies assisting Mrs. Poulson with the collection work are Mrs. Josephine Beebe and Mrs. June Bishop. This week, the delinquent tax list for Duchesne County is being be-ing published in the Uintah Basin Record and in the Roosevelt Roose-velt Standard, showing the property pro-perty that has been taxed, but prior to the deadline taxes had not been paid,