Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-02-02
~ For'i#e Signal.
To the Honorable, the Legislature of The
State of Illinois.

sets5 = For,ti0 Signal.
To the Honorable, the Legislature of tie
State Of Illinois. -,
We, the undersigned, Inhabitants 81
Plainfeld, Will Co., believing the present
law in relation to the Ievying and collect.
ing of Taxes, to be in many instances un-
equal IN its operation, and always onerous
TO the public inasmuch as, under this
law, inhabitants in those, parts df counties
which are remote from the county seat,
are yearly, subjected to the trouble and ex-
pense and Of travelling to the Treasurer's
Office, in order either to pay taxes, or OBJ
tain an equitable adjustment Of their as
sessment, which expense not unfrequently
equals or exceeds their entire Taxes. And
furthermore, that the, present law imposes
a task upon one Assessor. vastly beyond
his ability to perform with justice and f.
deity to the Pu lie, and, as by the pres
ent law, great injustice is done to that
numerous and honest class ofhusbandmen,
whose lands are under encumbrance, by
their being subjected to pay taxes on lands
on which they are also, often paying ex.
orbitant interest thus sulSeusiMg them to
pay double tribute, without any legal rem,
edy. Also to prevent the common evils
Of levying taxes both upon lands, and up
on mortgages laying against said lands,
Dopetition your honorable body, TO so mod.
ity the law, as to authorize each precinct
to elect at their annual election, one As.
sessor, who shall be empowered to, adj
minister an oath to every tar paying in.
habitant in such precinct, in relation to
the amount Of his or her real or personal
estate, by which oath, the assessor shall
he bound in making his assessment
Also, that no bonds and mortgages u on
real estate, shall be assessed or taxed as
personal estate. but, that the holders ofalI
such bonds and mortgages against real
estate, on which the taxes shall have been
paid by The owner or occupant, shall by
law be held responsible TO the said owner
or occupant for the amount of such taxes
paid. That each precinct be also author.
ICED to ehcet at the annual election, a Col.
lector of Taxes. whose remuneration shall
be ,aPer centage GA the amount collected
which shall be liked by vote of the pre-.
cinct, and that such collector shall be
empowered to force the payment of all
taxes on his list by collectors warrant
issued o ut Of the County Commissioners
Court, and that said collector he required
to give ample security for the faithful per.
Torrance Of the duties of his Office. Your
petitioners would.al in view Of the evils
resulting from the extended jurisdiction of
Justices of the -Peaee.respeclfully suggest
that their jurisdiction be so restricted, that
no justice shall be. authorized to issue
civil process, ere'neilher of the ,rties,
reside .in the .preciapt Sihere the suit is
about TO be commenced. IN view ofthese
considerations, we your petitioners, conf.
ding in the wisdom and fidelity Of your
honorable body, indulge the belief. that
this our petition will beGgranted; in which
event, your petitioners as in duty bound
will ever pray.
The above petition has been pretty gen-
orally circulated, and has obtained the
name Of every inhabitant to 4shom it has
been presented. A DEMocRAT.