The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-16

tlyik should BE accomplished at almost any sac.
F'see When that is done, tie amount Of county
tsx S,r ordinary rurposcs may be reduced 10 NJ
lcssf half its present amount
The estimate. ii tiis repart ere presented w
the Committee Is M approxiinatiun TO accuracy
ully. 90
On motion the report was adopted
On motion Of Mr.. jackson. the clerk was d'rcc-
ted 10 read his minutes Of tie proceedings cf the
term Of the cnunty court OF this county, which
was held IN Jene last
Ola motion Of M Wagner, Messrs jackson Nc
Barney, Baldwin. Barber and Wagner, were APP
pointed committee 10 examine aud report upon
The proceedings just read.
Mr. Worsley moved 10 reconsider the vote Ia
ken yesterday, adopting the res'lutisn Of Mr..
baldwin, relative TO the rule to be adopted in as.
scssing lands divided ty town lines
Mr.. Wagner said hs had no wish to re argue
this aucs,nn; bu, Il did seem TO linn the resulu.
iion was 50 clearly and palpatiy opposed to
the law, that he had prevailed on lis friend Mt,
Worsley, 10 move reconsideration, SO that he
might read some law 10 the board He read from
the town law Of New York anu showed that sec
tons 8 and 1 Of AIT. ls Of our town law We're
taken word fW word from the New York law
lie thsn referred to decision Of the supreme
court Of New York (Sdndtrs ", Spyings'cd 4
Wend, 1929, where exactly the question now ar.
gued by the board was presented and II was
J cid tlls, the words farm" and lot we's svnor'
yinnus snl that where farm, made up Of lot
uf 100 acres lying IN the town ii Lewiston, and
80 acres in the town Of Cambridge, because both
were occupied rs one farm the whole was held
taxable IN the town Of Lewiston where tie &C
cupant resided. whole farm must te taxed IN
the town OF the occupant although composed Of
portions Of distinct lut.'
Mr. Baldwin thought the decision Just read was
proof rather Of the correctness uf the rule cs,sb
llshcd by The resolution, Than that il "a. Illegal
The decision said expressly that "hc or she must
live OH the dot Now there wa a difference in
III. meaning u the word lot in this state and III
New York There the word j, indefinite, might
mean 90 or 200 acres Here Il meant a lrsa.
subdivision Of so acres, The law requires the
lans to be assessed in legal lots or subdivisions
Of so acres, Besides, he read further from the
decision IN New York, and showed tha;it was not
lecausc the so acre lot alluded 70 was part Of thu
farm, that it was assessed oit'oi the town IN
which it lay, but because 'ho barn Of the occu-
pant of the 100 acres was on titus he actually
occupied both !o,s Mr. b. said decision in y
y. WAS in no way binding here, but, where the
osses are exactly parallel, il WAS undoubtedly en-
titled to respect bat here, although the case was
not against lis position, the cases, by reason Of
the different meaning VI The word lot, wers not
parallel
Ai.pr some further discussion, in which Messfs
Jackson Jones, Barber aud Others participated,
the vote was taken Un The mutton To reconsider
BY yeas AMI nays, and 1t WAS los,--Iess ., Nays
L.
The resolution Of N Wagner was then passed
Mr.. Jackson offered the following resolution
which was adopted
Res0iu 3D. That the -hsriff Of La Sale county
be requested TO report TO the Hoard, as soon u.
possible the amount Of money received on delin.
qurnt land tax for lS4s, which is now in the hands
of said sheriff. OF unsettled for by him. also the
amount Of redemption money paid for lands sold
10 the state for taxes which has not been accnun
tsd for and tina. the clerk furnish the sheriff with
q copy VI ihis resolution,
I'll. board adjourned to O'rlocL I'm.