Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1923, Page 44

NEW TAX LEDGER PLAN ADOPTED Property No Longer to Be Listed Under Name of Owner Alone. The new system of keeping tax ledgers, under which a separate bill will be written for each lot in the District, will be ready to put into operation when the first haJf of this F6Ar's taxes become due in November. grance was given today or William P. Richards and tor Chatham M. Towers, Who are hard at work on the task ‘of effecting the change. At present tax ledgers are kept in: cording to the taxpaver. And if one 500 or 1,000 lots or are all listed in one owner's name. ledgers, which will be are in numerical order, number, 1 as a separate ownership. Lot. to make ¢ the collector to pre- 000 real estate bills s tompared with ap- 00 last year. The to the fact that each 1 alphabetical order, The new ready soon, rding to lo with each lot entry, regardless. Bill for Ea new system is due ot will carry a . 14 Nessor Tt ed today that the only practical way to keep tax ledgers » standpoint of good bookkeeping is numerical } order, rding to square and lot number, :ad of by the name of the owner. “The lot ar frece of prop in uare numbers of a never change,” said but the name of the ange two or three times vear. It is_ obvious that ching back to find if certain taxes ave beem paid it is jer to turn direct to the square and lot number | nt for the names of the sons who have at differ- | held title to the property. admit_that the old svstem or for the taxpayer, because he did not,have to remember his lot and square T If Collector Towers has time be- en now and November 1 he will avor to file the bills alphabetical- s well as keep the ledgers accord- ing to lot and square number. Tt was suggested today however, stmplify bills b memoradum s Jot_numbers: The tax bill itself also will be more modern in form this year. Hereto ectay bia Tor peneons’ who heir tax in November and in May. ¢ the tax bill will consist of two pages. The fitst page will be printed in black and carry the half ember. The second page| d state the Getting the Best 1 When I'm in poor condition, all out'of whack inside, I hire a learned physician whose fame is nation wide. My lungs and liver sounding, he finds just why I'm sick: his bill is most astounding when he has done the trick, but he's a trouble shooter who seldom makes mistakes, and I'm an ardent rooter for’men who are not fakes. I much admire the wizard' who knows just what to do, the doc who says, “Your giz- zard is badly out of true; I'll get my saw and chisel, I'll get my ax and plane, and make your ailments mizzle, and make you sound again.” I used to hunt the cheapest of all the docs in town, but now I get the steepest, the ones of wide re- nown. tressing I'd call cheap sawbones in; ently begin. One said I had the! fever, another said the flu, and one liquid glue. The village vet in-| the that ycllow dock would heal. And all of this was guessing and not a doc was sure that all his measly messing would brace me up and cure. So now I hire the sawbones whose fame is great and wide, from whose impressive ]a\\bo“tN the words of wisdom slide. He views me circumspectly, he knows just what to do, he grinds my valves {correctly, and makes my motor choo. | (Copyright) WALT MASON. For Sitk Friends and those far away send Gude's flow- ers. 1212 F st—Advertisement. in | | Six cases, in which the defendants were charged with viokation of the national prohibition law, some of them dating back to 1922 and all of | them ola cases, were dismissed yes-s! | terday in the United States branch of | Police Court by Judge Gus A. Schuldt {on motion of istant District At- {torney Thomas E. Lodge, who in- | formed the court that the government {agents who had maue the cases—that {is. men employed to secure evidence |ol‘ ale, po ion and transporting— e unavailable and the government uld not go to trial without these | cases follot transporting; : Raymond Bro Joe Robins, Carrie Burrell, m, sale and pos- Willie Gorman, sale and John Grimes, sale and nd Earl Frere, sale and sale | posse: | tran: Last week eleven cz were dis sed for want of prosecution, ma- witnes having failed to up. m teriz ¢ | METAL GARAGES to pay in full, both pages will be recelpted and the operation finished. If he is only ready to Di the first half the collector will simply tear off the first page and receipt it. FREED OF CONTEMPT CHARGE Justice Hoehling <of ‘the District Supreme Court disch@ifged a contempt of court rule against Charles F. 3 policeman, who: claims . “irected Bhlers limony payments of 30 per month dating back to August last. “Only the Best” As Low as $5 Cash, $7.50 Per Month Phone Main 7984 WASHINGTON GARAGE CONSTRUCTION CO. - 701 Continental Trust Bldg. prescribed a cleaver, one banked on | |UDGE THROWS 0UT | | 6 OLD LIQUOR CASES| When_ailments were dis- |wiron a carnival -of guessing would pres’ |7 sisted on bran'and flaxseed meal; {12:30 a.m., POLI'S—“Thum drama. at 2:30 an 3 PRESIDENT—"It's A Boy. at 8:30 p.m. KEITIpS—Paul Spech¥s ouz\mu. vaudeville, at 2:15 and .4§:15 . €OSMOS—Carnival of veme.e..v-nde- ville, at 3:15, 6:30 and 9:15 p.k STRAND-—Leona La Mar, ville, at 2:45, 6:30 and 8:40 p.m. GAYETY— Hlpmty Hop,” burlesque, at 2:15 and 8: BELA play, at 2:1 <cnnmnuche," photo- and $:15 p.m. /TO—PrisciHa Dean, in “Drift- g’ at 11:30 am. and 1:30, 3:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. PALACE—"The Eternal Struggle,” at 11:15 a.m., 1:20, 3:30, 5:25, 7:26 and 9:35 p.m. METROPOLITAN — “Main at 11:30 a.m., 3:30, 6:30, Street.” 7:30 {and 9:40 pm. 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