American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-13
A NATIVE BonN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

The TREAsURER's REPORT. We copy from
the American, of Saturday, the following com.
munication from J. B. Seidenstricker Esq.
Gentlemcn:--I perceive that the Treasurer
of the Western Shore of Maryland, in his An
nual Report, says, in speaking of the "law re-
lating to the tax on the stocks of the city of
Baltimore" that "no reuenue from that source
has reached the Treasury for Two YEARS PAST"
have conversed with several friends in re-
lation to the above quotation, and have been
mortified to find, that the construction they
put upon it, is, that the Treasurer had mol re-
cciucd any Of the tares levied upon the stocks of
our city for the two years including 1913.
therefore conceive it to be a duty, not only
TO myself, as Collector of the taxes for the
prompt tax payers who set:iiad their taxes upon
their City Stocks, mary of them on the first
presc..,at,on Of their bills, to make a plain
statement Of the assessments as far as this city
and these Stocks are concerned.
You are aware, srs, that under the Extra
session Act, lS4l, CHI. 90, all personal property,
which of course included our City Stocks, was
made liable TO assessment.
The return of this assessment was made by
the Appeal Tax Court of the City of Balti-
more to the Treasurer, in such way as
the former Treasurer, MIR. Maccubbn, had
directed, and exhibited, in separate columns,
the value of the lands and houses, of the stocks
of private corporations, and of public corpora
lions, which latter embraced our City Stocks
as faI as our own citizens were concerned.
The State Taxes for l84l and 1912 are
nearly closed, and there is very little of the
City Stock assessment remaining unsettled.
n h. St,.o r
has received, on account of said Stocks, very
large amount which | am not prepared to
state with accuracy, as it would require some
considerable time to examine, with care, some
1000 folios, but believe am safe in saying
from a hasty glance over the books of ls43
that an assessment of three millions Of dollars
(S3, 000, 000) would not be too much.
In making returns to the Treasurer we nevel
state on what particular property the money
has been collected. He charges the city Of
Baltimore with the aggregate assessment, and
gives general credits for his receipts.
1t will be perceived that speak only of the
taxes of l84l, '42 and '43. OF those only
have any right to express my views.
| desire your readers, however, to distinctly
understand, that, although | make the above
statement to relieve those from forming an err
roneous opinion upon the subject, who may
have given the same construction to. the Ian
guage of the Treasurer as the above friends, il
regard to the collections on City Stocks-yet
that the Treasurer may be perfectly correct, i
he means to convey the idea, as believe he
does, that he has received no revenue from thoS
lars which looked to the City Register for the
payment of the taxes on the City Stocks.
The Register furnished the Appeal Tax Cour
with list of the city stockholders for Is4S
which have been charged, and upon which, a.
have said before, a large amount has beer
collected and returned to the Treasurer. The
balance has not been closed, mainly because O
difficulty in ascertaining the residence of tho
holders, and, think | can safely venture tt
assert, that, in very short time, the whole ba