Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-10-12

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alone with It's own wisdom responsible To 81
higher tribunal; It's decisions without founda-
ton, and ITS DEGREES without appeal
And, pray you, mark, The county officers.
on the spot, have already given IN their dec-
sion The appraiser. under oath, has declared
what IS the cash value OF the lands he himself
saw and examined And men, Who perhaps never
were within hundred miles of these. land.
are, at their fancy, to al;cr and amend such de-
cisions they are To suppose the appraiser and
The county board either incapable of their du-
ties or false to their official oaihs
Or Is the idea, perhaps, after having caused
the appraiser to estimate our lands al then cash
rolue, To cast 'hat equitable principle entirely
aside, and substitute the Justice and reasonn-
bleness' Of the State Board Of E1ualization
Then what chlld's play Il is TO have coua.y -
pralsers al ALL whose decisions may be knocked
over, like nine-pins, by single vote of this IS.
and reasonable Board
AT all events 1t Is certain, that the members
of the Board Of Equalization are not in any away
bound by their official oaths 10 estimate res.
estate even according 10 their vague Judgment
Of what might or should be its cash value Ii
they can persuade themselves that any other
principle of valuation is more lust and easrn-
able, It rests with them 10 adopt H. Ard five
may Judge by hint dropped in tie last Re
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pray you IN virtue Of his Office "A member Of
The Board, this Is the very end and aim of tie
measure IN question He furnishes n table
which, his report says, "is more particularly l.
show, that counties similarly situated as 10 soH,
Advantage 4 public Icorks or ofieI-rise, differ
widely IN their valuation" And C adds 1T
the radical defect is ever rcmedod, il can only
be done by a State Board of Equalization"
Now the Board may, for aught the law de-
clarcs, adopt tins very principle OF valuation al
ready publicly recommended by the Auditor
one of its members. If the local Interests ~
majority of the Board prompt that wav, they arr
very hkol} TO adop; IT.
VT follows That the vcry foundation a.
our county appralscmont Is cast doAn 81 .are
and that land may TIC valued u double. treble
YES at FIVE or ten times their real cash value
can say, for myself and my neighbot, tia
our lands have bccnusually as~csscd. with hard
" an exception at thc fall Price which Il solo
!or money, or freely taken ia pan mont # good
cash debt, they will bring. Yet can find vou
TIA nsandS of acres IN Indiana similarly stuai
Cd rs 10 soil advantage Of public works or 9th
cgWiSo' which will bring under similar terms 81
sale, more than double a. much, acre 70. acfe a.
orr lands viii Money, perhaps, - more plentiful
there emigration may be- more rarid or IN.
tcrprisc more rife BE the cause What II ziI
the fGoi Il a. | state II. Now II the rdilc Of
tio, land that Is what they Will fetch in the
markets. uoi 10 be the criterion at prtai~al
If We are - look 70 "rclatiyc siiua ou" onl
-theu ch.'d Of e." 1--we years can see. that som.
may Hc faxed on iv.cc or three times as much
as they oWn, wh..' ofl.c : lands may be rai. n.
bali their market value. l. will no longer be 81.
o8 rohroa taxa taN on valnr--ai an 1t vii
De "iciativc situation TAX Z any thing -u
innciiui AID caprci.''e caa o. unae'nc1 ia sobcr
legislation
see plainly ai.hcr al tins fcn'r sec
plainly, that the same spirit which caused tne
Legislature Of l835-G-ihc aulhcrs Of the Inter
ual Improvement Biil-to fix our tax al fire cents
only IN the hundred dollars until ne n,1Ey % Bs
people Uert once undor he yat, and there va NO.
door open for repentance or return - sec.
clear Is the day, that tie same intriguing splr,t
Is busy among Us still "a hat cannot BE-
done openly t. 10 be insiuuatej upon us. "
are 10 be rnanauvred INTO the payment OF iu~t
such IN amount Of tax as the caprice of an arb
trary aud irresponsible tribunal may sc III T.
impose.
/, TO- one, "Il resist such measures. by eyer,
honorable and constitutional means, while T
have q pen To weld 81 o tongue To- speak What
taxes are fairly and openly imposed upon us
be they heavy or leht | am content 20 INV
We owe, ~ the shape OF utcrc on our In
provcment debt alone. about seven h1ndrcd
Thousand dollars annually more Than one dol
Tar for every man woman and child m The State
Il viii require a" ad ,alorcn tax more tliall
twice and d bali as large a. cur present fax
more than TWENTY TINES as large - fhof
! imposed by the first Internal !mproyc'nc.t Lca-
lsiature, ~iX years aga tax or r,.ore than 4
III Nl)kkD CENTS iu rrtry hundred dol
laFs-to pay The interest con- that debt alone.
LAY nothing 81 the current expense Of our STATE.
Government. II orr Legislators believe. flnr
'hey cannot impose "a gucvousiy huricn-crnc "a
p 4 tax dTectiy-nay, that they cannot trr-t the
people to impose Al al all-and that they viii man
age them out Of 1t by giving t. creature. ef 'h~ir
own hnal declslon-fhcn they WI frA 10 thor
cost, that theF have mistaken tn, -ri.i, and nm
dcratcd tho intelligence ct q rea proplc
= FAIRLY AND OPENLY w WILL 'BE
TAXED, OR NOT II ALL: T.. OUR
S SELVES OR Bl 80 ONE
Ihat injustice may be done 90 ~ onc. de
SIRE 90 say, m conclusion. that do not attribute
to the maIorrv Of the Legislature which creaicd
ths Boafd, "a clear perce i'ien Of the principle
and possible Consequences involved vii moi
accuse that majouty II GeH1orai. design t.
''i>i upon ~ - ~candalati- an mr. aeiir-n' ~
tbs. IN. t.te ID fhe Board j. p'4-4.1ie enough.
Tor tie worst ASSURE generals e.fur 80 Us ar
b trac.lrcly dressed. Inc o-tensi1lc object a. .r
+. a'tained--,hr inst equalization &c the af.ra.,e-
. meut ol real estate throughout Indal- - m
it-c.f ur per and dcriraDie Nv - I'm, ,ha,
. different ceautics a-e -ri raro lc.n ,.n.o,.a,l,.
Assessed rome ~ or aba.e fhs-r I'm r,.i, -
4 ne. others below u The Officer though sworn
O. '' iheis "a;t. Haf". In some ca-es ei'hef
errrd ia judgment ri Anasircl. .f.d c.,,,sfy