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To the Honorable Mayor and City Council:-
Fort Worth, Texas.

Gentlemen:-

I respectfully sibmit to your honorable body this,my
report,showing the collections made by me of the unpaid and delinquent
taxes for 1901 and prior years,beginning with April 20th, 1903 up to
March 22nd,1904. The collections made are as follows,not includ
ing the penalties.

For
1895 and prior years	2940.57
1896	1215.21
1897	1043.60
1898	1287.33
1899	1931.15
1900	1421.25
1901	4365.31
Making a total of		$14204.40

There was were on hand file in the District Courts of Tarrant
County thirty one suits to be tried or other wise disposed of,at the
time I took charge of the Tax matters for the City. In about ten of
them the taxes has been paid and also the costs,and in some of the
others the taxes has been paid,but as yet have not be able to get
the defendants in the cases to pay court costs. In some of the
cases the owners of the property owe taxes for several years but are
not able to raise the full amount of the taxes,and they are and have
agreed to pay one year each month until the full amount including
court costs has been paid. In most of the others new parties
have been made to the suit and the cases will be disposed of either by
trial or payment of the taxes.

There are about ten new cases that has been filed during my term
of office,two of which the taxes has been collected and the cases dis
posed of,and the others are in shape to be disposed of as soon as the
City can get a trial.

I have endeavored to collect without filing suits, as such and
avoid taking chances of placing the City in for costs,but I believe that the time has