New-York daily tribune., 1843-01-03
For The Tribune.
Cssy Tax

"a ,fbruaTy are guo)eCt 10 DC Eiuieteo VAC Pc
Il additional. Now I apprehead this is not
.rue construction of the statute.
4 nc language of the act Of April, 1842, Is when
any tax Of any of ,he estates, real OF personal
aaall remain unpaid on the first day Of Februa-
danext ensuing the time prescribed BY law for
lie delivery of the Assessment Roll te the col
s,crs of the said city, it shall be lawful for the
Hdlecsors whose duty it shall be, to collect such
3as to charge receive Ind collect upon such tax
% remaining unpaid on the last day Of each
H-onth, between the month of November and the
a.sne prescribed by law for the collectors in the
a.sd CITY, to make their returns TO the chamber
aal."
4 yow, we apprehend the following is the true
.,,,c,;on Of these clauses, and these clauses
3ee govern.
a fyou offer to pay your tax any time previous
II lie LIST February the Comptroller must rebate
II .iserest ct the rate of six per cent. year for
6me between the offer to pay and the 1st
4 snary.
4 ryou let the lst of February slip by and your
sremsns unpaid on the 1ss of April, then
II amust pay enc per cent. on the amount OF your
i II addition to which, the Collector ais author
i ato charge, receive and collect upon such tax
4 ,rmeining unpaid on the last day Of each
ssth 6etwcen the month Of Noucmlder and the
4 Rprescribed By 1au for the Collectors to make
sr return to the Chamberlain or Treasurer
i rsfor, further addition of one per cent. on the
aun, of such Tax.
now we spprehcnd it is clear that this second
4 aper cent. (all of which is penal in its charac-
4 ~ cannot be collected except it is not only due
n she end of each month after November, but &C
i ally due at the time lst Of April by the law OF
L g5) when the books are returned to the Comp
aier. One per cent and one per cent only, there
re. can the citizen be mulcted, who pays his tax
i iany time before the lst Of APRIL or before the
4 ne the Collector returns his books.
4 That the Comptroller cannot, after the first Of
annary, coerce tho payment of the one per cent,
trond appear to be additionally evident, because
HE power to collect this second one per cent. is
sanfned to the Collectors. Now, if the Corpora.
ION have had any other object in view, such as col
scing monthly one per cent after the first of jan
I ary, the Legislature has not by the act referred
A carried out such intention. AN EY-ALDERMAN.
4 IMrRrsoNED FOR THE CRIME or MoDEsrY.-
servant girl was recently brought before Chel-
ssnham (England) magistrate for running away
] 5nm service. She stated that the reason why she
| 1t was because she was obliged to go through the
Ama's bedroom to her own room! The magis-
sate however, sent her to Jail for fourteen days.
ahe London Sun says the decision was a perfect
alesque upon justice, and adds: Possibly be-
ause the delinquent was poor and lowly born, the
rasistrate took it for granted that her dsinclina-
nn TO see how a man looked in his night-cap was
.ere mock-modesty, such as did not become her
nion; but we can tell this righteous Solon that
animate sense of dclicacy is by no means confined
pthe upper classes of society: the humble, untu-
sred peasant girl may have virtuous and sensi-
rc a feminine instinct the most refined patri-
tan beauty. Had the servant maid in question
acrGced her notions of proPriety to her worldly
atercsts, she would then, in the Chcltenham mag
itrstes opinion, have acted with and pru-
dence; but because she was unable to play the
ypocrits, and treat as thing of no account what
the deemed highly indicate, she has been con-
rcted of gross offence, and punished according
lE We have often heard of women being COM
aited to Jail for bad behavior; but this is the first
me, we believe, within the memory of the old
siRhabitant,' that servant maid was ever i'm
| lrioned for the crime of modesty !"
4 C Tho American Laborer foc JANUARY
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4 : Contents of this (JanuAry) Number:
ses Editorials; Effect OF the New Tariff on The Price
manufactures and the Interests of Labor (EditoraD;
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/ hsLIsH MANurAc1uREs-U.S 8. TARIFF REroRr OF THE
sicaETASY OF THE TREASURY, with Accompanying Dosu'
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AsMEas; The New TARIFF; RISE AND PROGRESS OF
| BE USEFUL ARTs-A Lecture, by Prof. POTTER FREE
Trade FALLAcIEs; Souls IMPROVEMENT IN AcRIcuL-
NsEi The BUSINESS OF FARMrNo; The AMERICAN sYs.
ss THE FAR WEST; TIE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST;
aRSoRIcuLruRE.
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For President,
LEWIS McMlJLLEN-wilhC G.. v. S. Roosevelt.
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