188 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI 
TasLe 56: DEeLiNQUENT StaTE Property Taxes! In 
SeLecTED Counties oF Missourt, Taxes or 1923, 1925, 
AND 1927 
Source: County Collectors’ Statements in Biennial Reports of the State Auditor 
Computed by National Industrial Conference Board 
Countv 
Per Cent Delinguent T axes Were of Net Charges 
to County Collectors 
Taxes of 
ICE I RE CT 
Group | 
St. Louis City. ..... 
St. Louis County. ................. 
Jackson. ..cenccissiinnniisssanaas 
Buchanan........ 
Greene. . . . 
16. 
9.8 
164 
1 
11.2 
177 
2 
1.4 
13.0 
11.4 
i. 
| 
Group IT: Northwestern Countie~? 
Andrew. ... 
Atchison. ... 
Caldwell. .. 
Clay...... 
Clinton. ... “7 
Daviess. ......... 
De Kalb. ... 
Gentry..... 
Harrison. . . 
Holt. .......... 
Nodaway.... 
Platt. . ss vv wns op 5 «3 swans 
Ray....... 
Worth. . 
All northwestern counties” 
EA 
nq 
vy 
7 
a 
1 
ty 
6.5 
Group III: Sor+heastern Counties 
Bollinger... . 
Butler. ............ 
Cape Girardeau. . . .. 
Dunklin........ 
[ron.,.......... 
Madison. ........ 
Mississippi. ..v..o... 
New Madrid. ............. 
Pomnigont. . ccorvssnnisisrsas 
SCOtt. vt ereiiiinennaaneess 
Stoddard. ............cciiiiinn 
Wayne. ..... .. 
21 
4 
14.8 
6.5 
12.6 
23.0 
20.0 
22.8 | 
17.6 
16.5 
pt 
Th 
7 
° 
12.0 
20.1 
20.4 
20.2 | 
17.8 
13.0 
14 
T 
30 
8.9 
23.7 
8.0 
11.4 
24.7 
33.1 
21.0 
19.2 
22.8 
16.7 
All southeastern counties. ... . 
t Delinquency figures in this table are expressed as percentages of net charges ta 
county collectors. Net charges to county collectors computed as follows: To the 
original charges were added “errors and additional assessments’ which increased the 
total debits; from the latter total were deducted all errors and erroneous assessments 
which resulted in credits. 
2 Excluding Buchanan. 
8 These figures computed from combined data; they are not averages of county 
delinquency ratios.